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Today’s guest deejay is Kyle Eagle, the host of The Major Scale, a news magazine that meets a mixtape on the subject of jazz, past, present, future, and everything in between. Kyle Eagle has been...
Roxy Coss
- March 26, 2022
- Tagged as: big band, bop, contemporary jazz, creative jazz, creative music, hard bop, jazz, modal, new york, post bop
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Today’s guest deejay is Roxy Coss . Roxy is a musician, composer, bandleader, recording artist, educator and activist. I have Phil Freeman (listen to Phil’s mix for Genius and Soul here) to thank for turning...
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Today’s guest deejay is saxophonist and singer/songwriter Grace Kelly. I was introduced to Grace through Kyle Eagle, the host of The Major Scale, when Grace was the guest on his show. Her music was great,...
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Today’s guest deejay is trumpeter, singer, and composer Sarah Wilson . I listened to Sarah a lot while brainstorming ideas for Genius and Soul. One of her tracks from her Kaleidoscope album popped up on...
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Melissa Haizlip Today’s guest deejay is Melissa Haizlip, film producer, director, and writer most notable for her 2018 award-winning film, Mr. SOUL! The Movie. Mr. SOUL! The Movie is a documentary about her uncle Ellis...
John Morrison
- February 19, 2022
- Tagged as: contemporary jazz, free improvisation, free jazz, funk, hard bop, hip hop, jazz, modal, soul, swing
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Today’s guest deejay is John Morrison. John Morrison is a writer, DJ, and sample-flipper from Philadelphia. John has written for NPR Music, Bandcamp Daily, Jazz Tokyo, Grammy.com, and more. John is also the host of...
Jon Butcher
- February 12, 2022
- Tagged as: blues, blues rock, country, folk, funk, hard rock, jazz, pop, psychedelic rock, rock, rock n roll, soul, world
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Today’s guest deejay is Jon Butcher. Jon is a Grammy nominated singer, songwriter, guitarist, and multimedia producer. Jon recently released his album, Special Day, which features 10 songs that include blues, jazz, funk, soul, reggae,...
Amina Claudine Myers
- February 5, 2022
- Tagged as: blues, bop, delta blues, free improvisation, free jazz, jazz, soul-jazz
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Today’s guest deejay is Amina Claudine Myers. Amina is a pianist, organist, vocalist, composer, and arranger. Amina will tell us about her childhood and how she became a professional musician on today’s show. She has...
Phil Freeman
- January 29, 2022
- Tagged as: adventurous music, afrobeat, arabic, art rock, avantgarde, blues, brooklyn, cello, chicago, contemporary jazz, dub, electronic, experimental, experimental jazz, folk, free jazz, fusion, hiphop, improvisation, indonesia, instrumental, jazz, jazz fusion, jazz rock, london, london jazz scene, modern music, new york, no wave, nu-jazz, philadelphia, poetry, psychedelic, psychedelic arabic jazz, punk, red hook, soul, space disco, spoken word, uk, uk jazz, washington, washington dc, world
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Phil is a journalist, author, digital marketer, and social media professional.
Phil has written for The Wire, DownBeat, Village Voice, and other fine publications. Phil has written three books. His fourth book is Ugly Beauty: Jazz in the 21st Century, which will be released Tuesday, February 1st.
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Muriel is an Austrian alto, soprano, tenor saxophonist, and composer. Muriel has released 13 albums, all on her Dreamlandrecords music label.