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
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...
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...
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
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
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
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
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.
Meg Okura
- January 15, 2022
- Tagged as: big band, candombe, classical, contemporary jazz, country, experimental, folk, folklore, fusion, jazz, jazz-tango, latin jazz, new york, piano, piazzolla, tango, west orange, world
Meg is an American jazz violinist, composer, erhu player, and leader of the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble, based in New York City. The Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble combines jazz, Jewish and Japanese cultures into a unique musical identity.
On today’s show, Charu shares songs that she considers masterpieces. Some are classics to be reacquainted with, and others might become your new favorite. These songs fascinate Charu on a compositional level and how the music pioneered new sounds.