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Don DixonOn McCoy Tyner, The Large Ensemble Recordings, Part 1 we present the piano giant leading large ensembles between 1967 and 1977. In the company of Lee Morgan, Bennie Maupin, Hubert Laws, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham, and more. -
Award-winning journalist, music critic and co-creator/host of NPR’s Alt Latino, Felix Contreras has the widest range of music he adores of anyone I know. He’s an international ambassador of Latin music and art but can just as easily rhapsodize about his love for The Grateful Dead, jazz, and the Beatles and explain poetically how it all connects. Felix and I met at NPR in 2001 when Jazz Inspired was part of a show called, “Jazz Riffs” and Felix was the Executive Director of the series. Felix has been a dear friend ever since, and a tireless supporter of Jazz Inspired, so it was a treat and honor to finally have him on the show.
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On McCoy Tyner, The Large Ensemble Recordings, Part 2, we present the piano giant leading large ensembles between 1977 and 1991. In the company of Hubert Laws, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, and more. -
Abstract Citizen. Aaron Lebos is a 25-year veteran of the Miami jazz scene. He’s a guitarist and composer who tours internationally with Nicol Henry and the Nu Deco Ensemble among others. In his quest to grow and expand musically he recruited three younger South Florida musicians to form Abstract Citizen. Appearing here courtesy of a grant from Jazz Roads, and featuring Aaron Lebos on Guitar, Marty Quinn on Bass, Vania Junco on Vocals and Lucas Apostoleris on Drums, and from a May 23rd, 2025 performance, Daniel Peck is your host for Abstract Citizen…Live at the Bop Stop. -
On McCoy Tyner, The Large Ensemble Recordings, Part 3 we present the piano giant leading large ensembles in 1991 and 1993. In the company of Eddie Henderson, Billy Harper, Dianne Reeves and more.
