Dr. Michael Hittman's "In The Pocket" Back On The Air WLIU-FM 88.3

Starting on October 2nd 2006, “In The Pocket" (formerly “Sounds") can now be heard every Monday evening from 7:00-8:00 pm on WLIU-FM 88.3, Southampton (http://www.wliu.org/), a National Public Radio Station. Subtitled “The Smart Jazz Talk Show," Dr. Hittman, an internationally-known professional anthropologist whose expertise and publications center on Native Americans, once again will bring jazz artists and their supporting cast (writers, photographers, film makers, and club-owners) into the “Studio Paramount," our brand new radio facility in the basement of Long Island University's Brooklyn Paramount, for lively, thematic (if not academic) discourse about America's greatest art form.

As in the past, when interviews included such distinguished players as D. D. Jackson, Vincent Herring, Eric Wyatt, Virginia Mayhew, Mat Maneri and Jack Wilkins, along with Phil Schaap, Ira Gitler, Jean Bach, Bob Myers and Dale Fitzgerald, the first thirteen of these interviews in the new series feature Bill Saxton, Bob Cunningham, John McNeil, Ahmed Abdullah, as well as interviews with non- musicians, such as the jazz writer David Kastin (discussing the life of “The Baroness"); Professor Joe Dorinson (on “Lenny Bruce & Jazz") and others.

For more information either contact WLIU or [email protected], and also at [email protected].

IN THE POCKET: THE SMART JAZZ TALK SHOW
Host/Producer
Dr. Michael Hittman
WLIU-BK

Fall Series 2006

2 October 2006: Bill Saxton (tenor saxophonist): “Harlem's Best-Kept Secret"

9 October 2006: Stephane Wrembel (guitar): “Gypsy Jazz: The Music of Django Reinhardt & More"

16 October 2006: David Kastin (writer): “Shadow & Act: Legends & Facts Regarding The Baroness Nica Koeningswarter"

23 October 2006: John McNeil (trumpet): “East Coast Cool"

30 October 2006: Bruce Ricker (Rhapsody Films/Producer): “Clint Eastwood Jazz"

6 November 2006: Ahmed Abdullah (trumpet): “The Music & Philosophy of Sun Ra" (Part 1) (4/21/06)

13 November 2006: Ahmed Abdullah (trumpet): “On His Own" (Part 2)

20 November 2006: Joe Dorinson (Historian): “Lenny Bruce & Jazz" (Part 1)

27 November 2006: Joe Dorinson (historian): “Lenny Bruce & Jazz (Part 2)

4 December 2006: Bob Cunningham (bassist): “Lover, Sensualist & Trickster"

11 December 2006: Bill Francis: “The Francis Report"

18 December 2006: Martin McQuade (Archivist): “75 Years Since Bing Crosby's Brooklyn Paramount Performance & The Early Definition of Jazz"

25 December 2006: John Isaacs (The Harlem Rens): “Incubation of Bebop & the NBA" (co-host, Professor Arthur Kimmel, Sociology)