Episodios

  • For Spike Wilner, the scene is alive - and growing

    For Spike Wilner, the scene is alive - and growing
    Mar 19 2026
    Jazz pianist and club owner Spike Wilner reflects on Smalls and Mezzrow not just as venues, but as living containers for a scene that’s always alive—exploring community, stewardship, and his belief that jazz, practiced with care, can be a quiet force for human connection.
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    4 m
  • Jimmy Owens pays tribute to Miles Davis

    Jimmy Owens pays tribute to Miles Davis
    Mar 18 2026
    NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Owens remembers sitting in with the Miles Davis Quintet when he was 15 years old, as he prepares to lead an all star band at Flushing Town Hall in honor of Davis’ centenary.
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    4 m
  • Marquis Hill brings his “Family Band” to the Village Vanguard

    Marquis Hill brings his “Family Band” to the Village Vanguard
    Mar 17 2026
    Marquis Hill brings his “Family Band” to the Village Vanguard
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    4 m
  • Celebrating George Benson on his birthday

    Celebrating George Benson on his birthday
    Mar 16 2026
    Celebrating George Benson on his birthday
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    4 m
  • Larry Ratso Sloman on making his acting debut at 75 in Marty Supreme

    Larry Ratso Sloman on making his acting debut at 75 in Marty Supreme
    Mar 13 2026
    Writer Larry Ratso Sloman was more than ready for his close-up when director Josh Safdie tapped him to make his Hollywood acting debut in Marty Supreme — and discovered that four days on a movie set can rival a lifetime at the typewriter.
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    4 m
  • Roberta Flack fired him, Miles Davis hired him, and now Marcus Miller has a great story to tell.

    Roberta Flack fired him, Miles Davis hired him, and now Marcus Miller has a great story to tell.
    Mar 12 2026
    Marcus Miller
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    3 m
  • The Sidran Chronicles-Volume 1: Ben's search for jazz and modernism

    The Sidran Chronicles-Volume 1: Ben's search for jazz and modernism
    Mar 11 2026
    Leo Sidran goes behind the scenes with his father, Ben at the Palm Springs Jazz Festival. Part personal narrative, part exploration of how natural phenomena like overtones, particles, and waves shape our ideas of beauty — and part look at how creative work actually gets made.
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    4 m
  • Revisiting the legacy of Howard Hughes hoaxer Clifford Irving

    Revisiting the legacy of Howard Hughes hoaxer Clifford Irving
    Mar 10 2026
    Before “fake news” had a name, writer Clifford Irving pulled off one of the most audacious literary hoaxes in history: a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. In this Art of the Story, Leo Sidran revisits Irving’s remarkable tale—part scam, part self-mythology, and a strangely prophetic mirror of our media age.
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    3 m