Interviews and show previews with national, international and local jazz artists
Episodes
Wednesday Mar 20, 2019
Wednesday Mar 20, 2019
Mike Jeffers talks with saxophonist Justin Robinson ahead of his performances at Chicago's Jazz Showcase March 28th-31st. Justin talks about growing up in New York and learning how to play jazz at a very young age. They discuss him sitting in at clubs throughout the city, touring and performing with some of the legends of jazz, his longtime collaboration with trumpeter Roy Hargrove and his latest project.
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Monday Mar 11, 2019
Monday Mar 11, 2019
EPISODE 128 of Talking Jazz with Mike Jeffers features an interview with the executive director of the Chicago Jazz Orchestra Travis Rosenthal. Travis previews the 40th Anniversary Gala for the Chicago Jazz Orchestra with vocalist rene marie on March 29th at the The Empire Room Palmer House Hilton.
Get tickets at www.chicagojazzorchestra.org
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Friday Feb 22, 2019
Friday Feb 22, 2019
On this Episode of Talking Jazz Mike Jeffers visits Elmhurst College ahead of the 52nd annual Elmhurst College Jazz Festival (February 21st-24th) and talks with the Director of Jazz Studies, Doug Beach. They discuss the festival, all of the college and high school bands that participate and the headliners which include Mike Stern, Michael Davis, John Fedchock and Randy Brecker.
They also discuss the jazz program at Elmhurst College and the faculty that makes it all happen.
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Friday Feb 22, 2019
Friday Feb 22, 2019
On this TBT Podcast we talk with Lonie Walker, the founder of the Underground Wonder Bar at the final location of the Underground Wonder Bar in Chicago (Clark St). We talked about the challenges she faced in starting it, the incredible music she created and the celebrity guests she performed with over the years.
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Tuesday Feb 19, 2019
Tuesday Feb 19, 2019
Talking Jazz with Mike Jeffers and special guest Trumpeter Victor Garcia
EPISODE 126 of Talking Jazz with Mike Jeffers features an interview with Trumpeter Victor Garcia ahead of his performance at City Winery Chicago with his Septet on Tuesday February 19th.
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Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
On Episode 125 of Talking Jazz with Mike Jeffers his guest is saxophonist Chris Greene Quartet talking about his upcoming performance on February 17th at Evanston Space.
Plus they talk about his appearance on the hit show Empire and winning a Chicago Music Award plus much more. Special thanks to Johnny O's for hosting the show!
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Friday Feb 08, 2019
Friday Feb 08, 2019
Chicago Jazz Audio Experience Podcast presents TBT podcast! Today went back into the vault and pulled up one of our Chicago Jazz Revealed Shows from December of 2014 recorded at Katerina's in Chicago and featuring host Mike Jeffers and special guest Bobby Lewis.
Bobby talks about the over 7500 recordings he has done over the years, his friendships with Peggy Lee, Tony Bennett and other and much more.
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Tuesday Feb 05, 2019
Tuesday Feb 05, 2019
Chicago Bassist Joe Policastro sits down with Mike Jeffers for EPISODE 124 of TALKING JAZZ to discuss the release of his fourth recording entitled "Nothing Here Belongs". Policastro talks about how he got started in music, his choice of bass, his influences and much more.
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Thursday Jan 31, 2019
Thursday Jan 31, 2019
The Chicago Jazz Audio Experience
On this TBT Podcast we reach back to 2013 to the Chicago Jazz Revealed Show hosted by Chicago Jazz Magazine founder Mike Jeffers that was aired on ChicagoJazz.com and WDCB 90.9 FM. The show was recorded on October 9, 2013 live at Katerina's in Chicago. On this episode the guests are world renown artists Paulhinho Garcia and Grazyna Auguscik.
Show description
This is a very special show because it features two internationally known artists that live right here in Chicago, Paulhinho Garcia and Grazyna Auguscik. The two talk about how they individually got started in music and how they developed their careers. They also talk about how they began performing as a duo and the unique sound that they have created. Mike and Grazyna also get into a discussion about music marketing, touring and the business in general.
Wednesday Jan 30, 2019
Wednesday Jan 30, 2019
Watch all of the episodes at https://www.chicagojazz.com/talking-jazz-with-mike-jeffers