Les meilleurs podcasts Jazz Loft Radio Series (2024)

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Special Episode: Jazz Loft Jam Sessions 56:52

7+ y ago56:52

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In this episode, thanks to W. Eugene Smith's tape recorders, we get to experience something audiences rarely hear - the unrehearsed, imperfect, open-ended, overlong, rough-around-the-edges music that jazz players made when they got together to jam at 821 Sixth Avenue. No audience present. Just the musicians playing. The late vibes player Teddy Char…

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Episode 1: Introduction 11:20

9y ago11:20

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Few people in history had as much access to the greatest jazz musicians of our time as W. Eugene Smith. The famous LIFE magazine photographer moved in 1957 to a rundown, bohemian loft on 6th avenue, in the heart of Manhattan’s Flower District. During this time, the likes of Thelonius Monk, Chick Corea and Hall Overton slept here, smoked here, and p…

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Episode 2: Enter W. Eugene Smith 21:25

9y ago21:25

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Before photographer W. Eugene Smith lived in a rundown loft in the thick of New York’s jazz scene, he lived in another world. A native Kansan who earned a scholarship to Notre Dame, Smith was a staff photographer for LIFE magazine -- considered photojournalism's top job in an era when photographers were major stars. What compelled him to leave that…

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Episode 3: The Tapes 16:00

9y ago16:00

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W. Eugene Smith recorded more than 4,000 hours in his Manhattan loft. Some 139 different personalities—musicians, writers and artists—make appearances. The conversations are one thing, but the impromptu jam sessions, involving remarkable musical collaborations, add to the incredible story of what became known as the Jazz Loft.…

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Episode 4: Hall Overton 19:42

9y ago19:42

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By day, Hall Overton was an instructor of classical music at Juilliard. By night, he was living, teaching, and playing jazz piano at the Jazz Loft. In this episode, some of the musicians who knew him best share their memories of the brilliant, self-effacing man with an ever-present cigarette dangling from his lip.…

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Episode 5: Before the Loft 13:14

9y ago13:14

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Like many of New York City's most influential artists, most of the prominent jazz musicians of the 1950s came from someplace else. After World War II, returning soldiers flocked to New York, bouncing from clubs to studios to lofts in search of a place where jazz could flourish.Par WNYC Studios

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Episode 6: Drummer Ron Free 20:24

9y ago20:24

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Ron Free, a prodigious drummer from Charleston, South Carolina, was the Jazz Loft’s "house drummer" from 1958 to 1960. Holing up in W. Eugene Smith’s apartment for weeks at a time, he jammed with everyone from Thelonious Monk to Chick Corea. Eventually, Free's personal struggles with drug addiction forced him to leave New York. But Smith’s tapes pr…

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Episode 7: Flowers at 6 AM 9:58

9y ago9:58

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In the early mornings, as each all-night jam session at the loft came to a close, musicians stumbled out into the fragrant air of the surrounding flower shops. For W. Eugene Smith, the Flower District was more than a neighborhood -- it was an obsession, and a subject crucial to his evolution as a photographer and an artist. This episode explores th…

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Episode 8: Monk at Town Hall 18:03

9y ago18:03

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In early 1959, a genuine stir was created in the loft -- even among the more seasoned jazz players -- when Thelonious Monk turned up to arrange his music and rehearse with the help of drummer Hall Overton. Monk and Overton had a rare chemistry, and the result of their labors made a little history on February 29th, when they took the stage at New Yo…

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Episode 9: More Tapes 14:10

9y ago14:10

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The commercial jazz world relied on by-the-hour club dates and recording sessions, but the after-hours loft scene gave musicians the luxury of forgetting time, as they played through long, uninterrupted, all-night jam sessions. In this episode, hear immersive samples of the young Chick Corea and other musicians from W. Eugene Smith's recordings.…

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Episode 10: Times Change 15:52

9y ago15:52

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It was hard not to notice that by the early 60s, things had changed dramatically for the Jazz Loft set. Folk and rock music had gained in popularity. Life in New York was becoming more expensive. The late-night jam sessions slowed down, and Smith became more isolated as the loft scene faded away. Finally around 1965, his tapes stopped rolling for g…

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The Jazz Loft Radio Series

WNYC Studios

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Special Episode: Jazz Loft Jam Sessions 56:52

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Episode 1: Introduction 11:20

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Episode 2: Enter W. Eugene Smith 21:25

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Episode 3: The Tapes 16:00

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Episode 4: Hall Overton 19:42

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Episode 5: Before the Loft 13:14

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Episode 6: Drummer Ron Free 20:24

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Episode 7: Flowers at 6 AM 9:58

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Episode 8: Monk at Town Hall 18:03

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Episode 9: More Tapes 14:10

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Episode 10: Times Change 15:52

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