Latest Jazz musicians Podcast Episodes
Listening Session #1: Saxophonist Dexter Moses (plus special album announcement!)
Six Count - February 23, 2024 10:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsSix Count hosted its first listening session with a small group of musicians in January. Dexter Moses, the featured guest, curated the following playlist for the evening: “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles,” by Charlie Parker and Jay McShann (1942) “Cherokee,” by Charlie Parker and Efferge Ware (19...
Show-day release: Percussionist Larry Q. Draughn on a pivotal moment at Newport Jazz Festival, what we can learn from youth, and the magic of double trios
Six Count - January 26, 2024 10:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsLarry Q. Draughn is a percussionist and educator based in Greensboro, North Carolina. You can catch Larry next this Friday, January 26, at the Sharp Nine Gallery in Durham. The drummer will perform a double trio at 7:30 p.m. with Lynn Grissett on trumpet, Jason Foureman on bass, Steven Haines ...
Cicely Mitchell, co-owner of Missy Lane’s Assembly Room, on opening weekend in Downtown Durham
Six Count - January 16, 2024 01:46 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsCicely Mitchell is the co-owner of Missy Lane’s Assembly Room, Downtown Durham’s newest venue dedicated to jazz and other Black American Music (BAM). Cicely spoke with Six Count during the venue’s opening weekend on January 14, 2024. She shares reactions from the inaugural evening headlined by ...
Live recording: Al Strong, trumpet player, at Duke University’s Osher Institute with guest co-host Peter Burke of Locavore Jazz
Six Count - December 08, 2023 19:37 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIf you love jazz and live in the Triangle, you know Al Strong. The two-time Grammy-nominated trumpet player, composer, recording artist, mentor, and educator spoke with Six Count at Duke University’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute on October 4, 2023. Al is the co-founder of the Art of Cool ...
Happy One-Year Anniversary to the Six Count podcast in North Carolina!
Six Count - November 28, 2023 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsHappy One-Year Anniversary to the Six Count podcast in North Carolina! Since launching in fall 2022, we have: interviewed twenty-three musicians for seventeen episodes partnered with an online jazz radio station based in North Carolina (taintradio.org) upgraded our equipment had first int...
Joseph Silvers, founder of the Hot Club of Raleigh, on the legacy of guitarist Rex Griffin on North Carolina’s jazz manouche scene, and the story of when Django Reinhardt’s son performed in Greensboro
Six Count - November 10, 2023 17:39 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsJoseph Silvers is the founder of the Hot Club of Raleigh, a jazz manouche band based in the City of Oaks. The group has performed at Watts & Ward and Young Hearts Distilling, among other establishments in the Triangle and beyond. On this episode, Joseph shares the story of when Jean-Jacques “B...
Farewell episode: Saxophonist Aaron Hill on leaving the Triangle, heading to Washington State University to serve as director of big bands and applied saxophone
Six Count - October 06, 2023 09:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsSaxophonist Aaron Hill spoke with Six Count before moving back to the West Coast this past August. Aaron accepted a position as an assistant professor at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. The musician will serve as director of big bands and applied saxophone in the university...
Dexter Moses, saxophonist, on the underappreciated influence of Don Byas (1913–1972) on swing and bebop
Six Count - September 01, 2023 09:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsDexter Moses is a saxophonist, composer, and educator in Durham. In addition to his own group, the Dexter Moses Quartet/Quintet, the musician has performed and recorded with Branford Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Joey Calderazzo, and Nneena Freelon, among others. A ...
Listen to the Six Count podcast on taintradio.org, an online jazz radio station based in North Carolina
Six Count - August 31, 2023 17:56 - 30 seconds ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsListen to the Six Count podcast on taintradio.org, a noncommercial venue for independent producers. The online jazz radio station based in North Carolina presents music and music-related programming 24/7. Six Count airs on Sundays at 6:00 p.m. and Fridays at 8:00 p.m. EST. Music credits Thi...
Show alert! Jazz guitarist Kai Lance to play with the Mark Tipton Trio of Boston at the Sharp 9 Gallery this August
Six Count - August 04, 2023 09:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsNorth Carolina native Kai Lance is a guitarist and educator based in Chapel Hill. Kai will perform with the Mark Tipton Trio at the Sharp 9 Gallery in Durham on Saturday, August 19. The lineup: Mark Tipton, trumpet Kai Lance, guitar George MacLaurin, piano Aaron Gross, bass Donovan Chea...
50 years of jazz in the Triangle: Saxophonist and bandleader Gregg Gelb on his performance and teaching career, and new music with La Fiesta Latin Jazz Quintet
Six Count - July 21, 2023 09:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsGregg Gelb is a saxophonist and clarinetist, bandleader, and educator based in the Triangle. On this episode, the musician shares about his latest work with La Fiesta Latin Jazz Quintet, “The Latin Jazz Dance Suite,” which his group debuted at Magnetic Sound Studios in Durham on June 23. The q...
Pianist Ernest Turner on his approach to improvisation, fatherhood, and reflections from a more than 20-year career in jazz
Six Count - June 30, 2023 09:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsErnest Turner is a GRAMMY-nominated pianist, composer, and educator based in Durham. Ernest began learning the piano at the age of four from his mother. Since launching his professional career more than twenty years ago, the musician has performed with three of the Marsalis brothers (Delfeayo,...
Jazz vocalist Angela Bingham on storytelling through music, performing little-known lyrics, and creating intimacy with audiences
Six Count - June 08, 2023 21:39 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsAngela Bingham is a jazz vocalist, voiceover actress, and podcast co-host. You can catch her next with the Jim Ketch Quintet on Friday, June 9, at the Sharp 9 Gallery in Durham. The show, entitled “There’s Lyrics for That,” will feature songs by Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Jon Hendricks, a...
Keenan McKenzie & The Riffers to launch recording project this spring on historic jazz, swing music
Six Count - April 21, 2023 09:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsKeenan McKenzie is a musician (saxophone and clarinet), composer, and educator based in Durham. On this episode, Keenan shares about an upcoming recording project for his band, The Riffers, to produce the historic jazz group’s first full-length album. The Riffers will record at Magnetic Sound S...
Live recording! Laura Windley, vocalist and bandleader of Mint Julep Jazz Band, on the release of the album Watch the Birdie
Six Count - April 14, 2023 09:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsFor Six Count’s first recording with a live audience, Laura Windley of the Mint Julep Jazz Band spoke with Xara Wilde about her latest album, Watch the Birdie, released in fall 2022. Laura shares about the recording process for the historic jazz band, converting the album into vinyl, and what’...
Six Count to air on taintradio.org, an online jazz radio station based in North Carolina
Six Count - April 13, 2023 20:08 - 30 seconds ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsBeginning this spring, the Six Count podcast will stream on taintradio.org, a noncommercial venue for independent producers. The online jazz radio station based in North Carolina presents music and music-related programming 24/7. Six Count will air on Sundays at 6:00 p.m. and Fridays at 8:00 p...
What to expect: Wednesday jazz jam at Hayti Collective Kitchen and Cocktails, with drummer Taha Arif
Six Count - April 07, 2023 19:22 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsTaha Arif spoke with host Xara Wilde outside the Hayti Collective Kitchen and Cocktails in Durham to share about the restaurant’s jazz jam on Wednesday evenings. The jam takes place from 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., and musicians of all levels are welcome. Weekly jazz jams in the Triangle Monday...
Saxophonist Brad Linde with co-host Peter Burke of Locavore Jazz on making avant-garde jazz accessible, paying tribute to our heroes, and what we can learn from Lucky Thompson
Six Count - March 31, 2023 13:34 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsBrad Linde is a tenor and soprano saxophonist based in Washington, D.C., where he’s known as “the capital city’s contemporary cool king” (Giovanni Russonello, Capitalbop). The North Carolina native regularly performs at the Sharp Nine Gallery, the Cave, and other venues in the Triangle. Brad ...
Mark Wells, pianist and vocalist for Peter Lamb & the Wolves: “There’s that thing in me as a vocalist that is a primal drive to wail”
Six Count - March 03, 2023 10:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsMark Wells is a pianist and vocalist for Peter Lamb & the Wolves, among other bands in the Triangle. You can find the Wolves next on Sunday, March 5, at SideBar in downtown Cary from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Mark shares about the Benny Goodman Small Groups, the King of Swing’s original trio and quarte...
Vibraphonist Christian Tamburr presents Legacy of Jazz Series at the Fuquay-Varina Arts Center this spring
Six Count - February 24, 2023 10:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsChristian Tamburr is a vibraphonist, pianist, composer, and arranger based in the Triangle. The musician joined Six Count to share about the Trio Legacy of Jazz Series at the Fuquay-Varina Arts Center happening this spring in Fuquay-Varina. Christian also shares about his varied career so far, ...
Al Strong presents Beyu Caffe’s winter live music series in downtown Durham
Six Count - January 21, 2023 16:35 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsAl Strong shares with Six Count about the winter live music series he’s been curating on behalf of Beyu Caffe in Downtown Durham. The shows, at 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, will continue through February. You can purchase tickets ($25 for seating, $12 for standing) on the venue...
Vocalist Frankie Alexander on being discovered as a late twenty-something and her mentorship under pianist Yusuf Salim and singer Bus Brown
Six Count - January 11, 2023 19:37 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsVocalist Frankie Alexander grew up listening to her sister’s jazz records, but never thought she’d become a musician herself until her late twenties. A North Carolina native from Concord, Frankie was discovered by Baltimoreans Yusuf Salim (born Joseph Blair), a jazz pianist and composer, and Bus...
New to the scene: Meet Rebecca Kleinmann, jazz flutist, singer, composer, and educator
Six Count - January 07, 2023 21:35 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsJazz flutist Rebecca Kleinmann moved to the Triangle in February 2022 after more than 20 years in California, and a dozen in the Bay Area alone. The internationally renowned musician joined Six Count to share about her first year in North Carolina after a busy year splitting time between both ...
DreamRoot on the album release of Leaf, with bassist Ittai Korman, drummer Theous Jones, and keyboardist Joe MacPhail
Six Count - November 30, 2022 11:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIttai Korman (upright and electric bass), Theous Jones (drums and percussion), and Joe MacPhail (piano and keyboards) of DreamRoot joined Six Count in Durham. The trio released Leaf, the group’s second album, on October 28 at the NorthStar Church of the Arts. DreamRoot recorded Leaf in the Cat...
From the producers’ studio at Chatham Street Records: Michael Pelz-Sherman and Hal Goodtree
Six Count - November 09, 2022 11:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsPianist Michael Pelz-Sherman and multi-instrumentalist Hal Goodtree joined Six Count at Chatham Street Records, an indie record label in Cary, North Carolina. The label supports local artists through artist management, fair-share royalty collection, music production, and distribution. Michael ...
From Chapel Hill’s The Cave: Ellis Dyson & The Shambles
Six Count - October 19, 2022 13:23 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsNorth Carolina native Ellis Dyson (of the band Ellis Dyson & The Shambles) joined Six Count just before a performance at The Cave in Chapel Hill. The show was the first gig on The Shambles’s short tour along the East Coast this October. The band is known for combining “old-time influences rang...
Six Count is back! Thrio, with pianist Andrew Berinson, bassist Paul Creel, and drummer Donovan Cheatham, from the Triangle album release tour of Volume 1
Six Count - October 05, 2022 14:38 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThrio is, you guessed it, a trio (“. . . because there’s three of them!”) featuring Andrew Berinson on piano, Donovan Cheatham on drums, and Paul Creel on bass. They released the group’s first album, Volume 1, in fall 2022. This interview was recorded on September 23, 2022, before Thrio’s perfor...
Cancel Culture and Chick Corea
Politics But Jazz - February 15, 2021 07:29 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWeekly article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/star-wars-the-blacklist-strikes-back-11613093759 Weekly album: Chick Corea with Return to Forever - Light As a Feather (1973) Intro/Outro music: The Udder - "Disco Lion Safari", from Tamakeri (2020) theudder.bandcamp.com
Minimum Wage and Miklós Lukács/Larry Grenadier/Eric Harland
Politics But Jazz - February 09, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingshttps://www.wsj.com/articles/15-minimum-wage-would-cost-1-4-million-workers-jobs-lift-900-000-from-poverty-cbo-study-finds-11612800875 Weekly album: Miklos Lukacs with Larry Grenadier and Eric Harland - Cimbalom Unlimited.
Filibuster and Ambrose Akinmusire
Politics But Jazz - January 27, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsBumper Music: The Udder - Disco Lion Safari From "Tamakeri" (2020) theudder.bandcamp.com Weekly album: Ambrose Akinmusire - When the Heart Emerges Glistening
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