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Terri Lyne Carrington: Renown Grammy-Award Jazz Drummer's Humanitarian Activist Focus

by Doug Hall
August 30, 2026

Our guest is the acclaimed Four-Time Grammy-award winning jazz drummer, band leader, educator, mentor and activist Terri Lyne Carrington, also the founder and artistic director of the Berklee College of Music's Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice.Terri shares here thoughts about her current recording project, the upcoming release Trip the Night Fantastic as well as her focus on the greater need of humanitarian action around the world.Terri also expands on the mission and hope for her ...

Kris Davis: Grammy Winner And Musical Explorer

by Doug Hall
July 11, 2026

Our guest is Kris Davis, Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist, composer and bandleader, who released the acclaimed recording Run the Gauntlet in 2024, with her superb trio featuring bassist Robert Hurst and drummer Johnathan Blake. Davis has released 26 recordings as a leader or co-leader and collaborated with artists such as Terri Lyne Carrington, Dave Holland, John Zorn, Craig Taborn, Ingrid Laubrock, Tyshawn Sorey and Esperanza Spalding. She was named a 2021 Doris Duke Artist, alongside Wayne Shorter and Danilo Perez, ...

Steve Shaiman: Swingtime Big Band bandleader, artistic director and genre ambassador extraordinaire

by Doug Hall
June 21, 2026

Our guest is Steve Shaiman, bandleader, saxophonist & artistic director of the Swingtime Big Band. Mr. Shaiman's critically acclaimed 20 piece swing big band is celebrating 50 years of performances with concert audiences, and ballroom dancers alike, with authentic recreations of timeless swing music with such iconic bandleaders as Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Glen Miller, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey & Duke Ellington. Regularly engaged by Lincoln Center for its renowned Midsummer Night Swing festival, Swingtime Big Band was ...

Jarrod Lawson: compelling R&B vocal soulfulness infused with jazz on latest release

by Doug Hall
June 6, 2026

Our guest artist is Jarrod Lawson, internationally acclaimed soul singer, songwriter, and pianist. Jarrod has carved out a reputation as one of the most compelling voices in modern soul and jazz. Blending elements of soul, gospel, R&B, and jazz, his music is marked by rich harmonies, thoughtful lyricism, and an unmistakable spiritual depth. He released Just Let It this past May. We will listen to a portion of two cuts from this recording later in the podcast. ...

Matthew Stevens, Grammy-award winning jazz guitarist, brings multi-generational talent for upcoming self-titled release

by Doug Hall
May 10, 2026

Our guest artist is Matthew Stevens, a critically acclaimed Grammy Award-winning jazz guitarist and producer. His upcoming album, Matthew Stevens, will be released May 8th on Candid Records. We will listen to a portion of two cuts from this recording, later in the podcast. Stevens shares the concept-album inspiration and overcoming personal challenges that have now allowed him more musical freedom. These compositions meld acoustic and electric sonics through a mix of genre-blurring originals and deeply personal covers. It features ...

Javon Jackson, Renown Saxophonist, Channels Dylan In New Release

by Doug Hall
April 19, 2026

Today our musical guest artist is American saxophonist Javon Jackson, renown horn player, composer and bandleader. A protege of both Art Blakey and Elvin Jones, Jackson has been actively recording and performing around the globe for decades. He now shares his personal journey to his Dylan tribute in a compelling conversation about his latest project, Jackson Plays Dylan (Solid Jackson Records, 2026).Following his acclaimed collaborations with poet and activist Nikki Giovanni, Jackson turns his focus to the music ...

Aaron Irwin, jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and bandleader talks about his new release

by Doug Hall
April 11, 2026

Today our musical guest artist is Aaron Irwin. Mr. Irwin is a critically acclaimed saxophonist, multi-woodwind player, and composer. He began studying piano when he was 5 years old and switched to the alto saxophone in the 4th grade. In 2024, Mr. Irwin released After (Adhyâropa Records, 2024), his ninth album, which was a collection of works inspired by poetry, as quoted in a AAJ profile, described as “interactions between sound and verse weaving together melancholy, effervescence, and at times, ...

Ray Seol, Berklee Associate Professor, Bassist, Composer And Performer

by Doug Hall
February 22, 2026

Today our musical guest is jazz artist Ray Seol, a Berklee College of Music Associate Professor in the department of Professional Music. Ray is also a composer of five studio albums, and has performed at major international jazz festivals and collaborated with many regional and national jazz artists.In 2025 Ray received a Fullbright scholarship to sponsor his project Another Season. I will briefly quote from the Berklee Web site posting, summarizing this emotionally intense project: “It also draws ...

Aditi Malhotra, Indian Hindu-influenced jazz vocalist and composer from New Delhi

by Doug Hall
November 15, 2025

Today our musical guest is jazz artist Aditi Malhotra, a vocalist and composer from New Delhi, India. With an early background in Hindustani Classical Music, and later influences in jazz and Black American music, and Brazilian music, she has performed at notable venues such as the NCPA Mumbai and the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. She won a number of inter-school state and national level singing competitions, and was a recipient of the 2021 ASCAP Foundation Herb Alpert Young Jazz ...

Cuban-Born Jazz Pianist, Vocalist And Bandleader Zahili Zamora

by Doug Hall
October 25, 2025

Today our musical guest is Cuban-born Afro Latin jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, bandleader, arranger and educator Zahili González Zamora. She started playing piano at the age of six and graduated from the National School of Music with a performance degree. Her passion for music has taken her to Canada, Southeast Asia and the United States. Her Afro-Cuban jazz trio, MIXCLA, has headlined at the landmark Scullers Jazz Club in Boston since 2018. MIXCLA has also performed at the 59th Monterey ...