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Join host Mike Jones as he discusses music in the lives of creative and interesting people! Mike talks 1-on-1 with the various people he has met as a jazz pianist and as the music director for magicians Penn & Teller.
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Quentin Walston: Teaching Jazz, Retro Future, and Reviving 1920s Stride (opens the original)
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This week Quentin Walston, pianist, author, and jazz educator, joins Jonesy for a conversation about a simple idea: people enjoy the music more when they understand what is going on inside it. He would know. He broke down Take Five into a short video and four and a half million people watched. They trace Quentin's path from a bluegrass corner of Virginia to a self-taught start on ragtime and boogie woogie, the moment in high school when the sound he was chasing finally clicked as jazz, and the w
Skip Heller on Dizzy, Joy, and Never Taking a Music Lesson (opens the original)
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This week Jonesy sits down with the great Skip Heller: composer, guitarist, bandleader, arranger, and one of the most restlessly curious musicians you will ever meet. Skip grew up in Philadelphia a few blocks from Dizzy Gillespie's old house, never took a real music lesson, and built a life in music that runs from bebop to rockabilly to exotica. They get into his new Dizzy Gillespie project with his band Voodoo 5, why joy is the fuel in the music he loves, growing up on the Smothers Brothers and
Michael Jackson: Photographer, musician, visual artist and jazz journalist (opens the original)
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This week Jonesy sits down with Michael Jackson: photographer, musician, writer, visual artist, and the guy with his finger on the pulse of every jazz event in Chicago. From playing saxophone at London’s Royal Festival Hall as a kid to graduate school at the School of the Art Institute, from iconic Downbeat shoots to late nights at the Green Mill, Michael has done a bit of everything, and he still never stops. They dig into his 32 years in Chicago, tracking down von Freeman on a snowy February n
Alex Frank: Jeff Goldblum's Bassist on Swing and the Ray Brown Tradition (opens the original)
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Alex Frank grew up in the room while the music was being made. The son of an LA film composer, he was a kid at recording sessions who traded the clarinet for an upright the moment he heard Ray Brown. Now he's the musical director of Jeff Goldblum's jazz band and one of the most in-demand bassists working the drummerless-trio tradition that ran from Nat Cole to Oscar Peterson. He joins host Mike Jones for a conversation about where that deep time and taste actually come from. They get into the Au
Introducing The Stereo Image | Official Trailer (opens the original)
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Welcome to The Stereo Image, a lighthearted look at how music fits into the lives of creative and interesting people. Hosted by jazz pianist and Penn & Teller music director Mike Jones, this show trades rigid music theory for great storytelling. Each episode features fascinating guests sharing their wildest musical memories, unexpected histories, and the songs that soundtracked their lives. From backstage antics to personal deep cuts, it is a fun, casual dive into the sonic backstories of except
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