Max Roach Interview, 1979
Tom Reney's very first interview was with famed jazz drummer, Max Roach.
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Jazz Beat
A Jazz and Blues podcast from New England Public Media's Tom Reney. Tom has been the host of the Jazz a la Mode radio program for over 30 years. He lectures widely on jazz, and his writing o...
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20 episodesHouston Person
Jazz Beat from New England Public Media features host Tom Reney's research and love for the music, one artist at a time. In this outing, he...
Jazz Beat #59 - Jazz critic Gary Giddins on Sonny Rollins
Jazz critic Gary Giddins talks to Tom Reney about Sonny Rollins.
Jazz Beat 58 - Billy Boy Arnold Part Two
For Jazz Beat 57 and 58, Tom Reney spoke with Billy Boy Arnold about his autobiography, THE BLUES DREAM OF BILLY BOY ARNOLD.
Jazz Beat 57 - Billy Boy Arnold Part One
For Jazz Beat 57 and 58, Tom Reney spoke with Billy Boy Arnold about his autobiography, THE BLUES DREAM OF BILLY BOY ARNOLD.
Jazz Beat 56 - Ricky Riccardi and Tom Reney, Part Three
In Part 3 of Tom Reney's interview with Ricky Riccardi, author of Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong, they discuss...
Jazz Beat 55 - Peter Guralnick Interview, Part Two
In part two of Tom Reney's interview with Peter Guralnick, they discuss three of the subjects of Guralnick's book, Looking to Get Lost: Adve...
Jazz Beat 54 - Peter Guralnick
In 2015, Tom Reney spoke with Peter Guralnick about his biography, Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock & Roll. And now in a two-part Jaz...
Jazz Beat 53 - Ricky Riccardi and Tom Reney, Part Two
In Part Two of Tom Reney's conversation with Ricky Riccardi about his new book, Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong,...
Jazz Beat 52 - Ricky Riccardi and Tom Reney Discuss Louis Armstrong, Part One
Tom Reney spoke with Louis Armstrong biographer Ricky Riccardi about his new book, Heart Full of Rhythm, The Big Band Years of Louis Armstro...
Jazz Beat 51 - Interview with Joe Farnsworth
Tom Reney spoke with drummer Joe Farnsworth about his new album, TIME TO SWING. In his liner note essay for the album, veteran drummer Billy...
Jazz Beat 50 – An Interview with Sonny Rollins
Tom Reney interviewed Sonny Rollins in August 2020 for a project honoring Yusef Lateef’s centennial. Sonny enjoyed a long friendship with Yu...
Jazz Beat 49 - An Interview with Paul Arslanian
Tom Reney spoke with Paul Arslanian on May 6 about his career in jazz. Paul is a veteran pianist who's been a highly visible figure in jazz...
JazzBeat 48 - Lee Konitz
Jazz a la Mode host Tom Reney interviewed Lee Konitz in 2004 before concerts he was playing in Northampton and Cambridge. Konitz died from C...
Jazz Beat 47 - Champian Fulton
Champian Fulton was hailed by Francis Davis in the Village Voice in 2007, the year of her debut recording, as "the best new singer I've hear...
Jazz Beat 46 - Bennie Wallace
Tom Reney spoke with Bennie Wallace for Jazz Beat a few days before concerts that the veteran tenor saxophonist was scheduled to play in Con...
Jazz Beat 45 - Tom Reney on Open Source
Jazz Beat host Tom Reney appeared on Open Source with Christopher Lydon on WBUR. They discuss jazz and r&b and classical music and Tom Reney...
Jazz Beat 44 - T-Bone Walker
Jazz Beat 44 is devoted to Tom Reney's appreciation of the blues singer and guitarist T-Bone Walker.
Jazz Beat 43 - Aretha Franklin, 1942-2018, R.I.P
As with many of you, my Aretha Franklin vigil began with the news of August 13 that she'd entered hospice, and for the next two days I poste...
Jazz Beat 42 - Charles Neville
Tom Reney pays memorial tribute to Charles Neville on this edition of Jazz Beat.