Jazz Podcasts – A New Collection Begins

We’ve previously put you in touch with great classical music podcasts (here and here). Now it’s time to
focus on jazz. Today, we’re highlighting 16 podcasts that will keep you current on today’s jazz scene. You’ll know what’s happening in Chicago, Detroit, New York and beyond. You’ll also find some podcasts that explore some jazz greats — namely, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins. This list will grow as we encounter more quality material. If you see that we’re missing a good one, drop us a line. In the future, you’ll be able to find these podcasts in our larger collection of Arts & Culture Podcasts. For all of our podcasts, click here.

• Bending Corners  Feed  Web Site
  • BendingCorners explores the groove within: acid jazz, afro-beat, bop, cool jazz, cosmic jazz, dub, downtempo, electro-jazz, fusion, future jazz, groove jazz, jazzatronic, jazz dance, jazz-funk, jazz-rock, kozmigroov, modal, phusion, progressive, modern, nu-jazz, soul-jazz, spiritual, and world. (If you don’t know how to work with feeds, see our Podcast Primer.)
• Brooklyn Jazz Underground  iTunes  Web Site  Blog
  • A podcast looking at the Brooklyn jazz scene. Part music, part interview.
• Christian McBride Podcasts  iTunes  Feed  Web Site
  • Talks with and peformances by bassist Christian McBride. Includes some video clips.
• Detroit Jazz Stage  iTunes  Feed  Web Site
  • A monthly podcast featuring the best in the Detroit jazz scene.
• In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond  iTunes  Feed  Web Site
  • From Jazz masters of past and present to emerging new artists performing hard-bop jazz and fusion. Featuring Independent Jazz artists from around the world. A popular podcast.
• Jazz Corner Innerviews   Feed  Web Site
  • Jazzcorner.com innerviews are vignettes with insightful commentary, interesting sound bites and lots of great music with great jazz masters and up and coming musicians. Each podcast ranges in time from 4 minutes to more than an hour.
• Jazz in Chicago  iTunes  Feed  Web Site
  • Interviews and information about the jazz scene in Chicago.
• Jazz Podcast from Magnatune  iTunes  Feed  Web Site
  • 60 minutes of straight, high quality jazz.
• NPR Piano Jazz Shorts  iTunes  Feed  Web Site
  • For more than twenty-five years, pianist Marian McPartland has welcomed
    a stellar line-up of jazz artists for conversation and improvisation on
    her Peabody Award-winning program. Piano Jazz showcases both acclaimed artists and up-and-coming performers.
• Pat Metheny – The Song X Podumentary  iTunes  Feed  Web Site
  • Guitarist Pat Metheny explores his influences, recordings, music and more on this intimate podcast series.
• Portland Jazz Jams Podshow  iTunes  Feed  Web Site
  • Live jazz jams, interviews with great players, and instructional materials, all coming out of the Portland jazz scene.
• Sonny Rollins Podcast  iTunes  Web Site
  • A 12-part video podcast series to be released in monthly installments. It introduces Sonny Rollins, a major American jazz figure, to new
    listeners.
• Swing is in the Air  iTunes  Web Site
  • Although swing is something of a focus here, this podcast coming out of Canada also looks at other jazz forms.
• The Jazz Suite  Feed  Web Site
  • This is a podcast dedicated to Jazz played by independent and indie artists that the major music labels have missed.
• The Night Passage Jazz Podcast  iTunes  Feed  Web Site
  • An English-language podcast coming out of Rome, Italy.
• The Traneumentary  iTunes  Feed  Web Site
  • A series of podcasts featuring the work of the jazz great, John Coltrane.