Jazz Ready: 15 Minutes (more or less) of Unexpected Pleasure.

Jazz Ready. Episode 206. S3. Doctora Xingona. Singer Songwriter. First Listen Debut Single: "Charlie on a Boat" from "Ser Artista" - New Album! 17.04.2021 13:44 ↓

A first listen for our global Jazz Ready Community!

Jazz Ready. Episode 205. S3. For All Women: The Holiness of NO! And: A Call for Poets! 11.04.2021 8:46 ↓

If you identify as a woman then you ARE a woman, so YES this is for you.

Episode 204. S3. Nina Kennedy Back Again! Concert Pianist. Award Winning Author. Reads from Her New Memoir and Ignites the Piano! 04.04.2021 24:51 ↓

A great way to celebrate Spring and all new creations and re-creations. Reclaiming being alive! 

Episode 203. S3. Rethabile Masilo. Poet. Professor. Scholar. Lesotho in the House! 29.03.2021 7:54 ↓

So much to learn when we choose to truly see.

Episode 202. S3. Hitomi Tono'ka. Musician. Come travel with us to the Chale Wote Festival in Accra,Ghana! Close your eyes and you are there. 21.03.2021 24:28 ↓

Feel the joy and spirit of the music and the people!

Episode 201. S3. Fred Ho and the Afro Asian Music Ensemble. "Strange Fruit Revisited" 20.03.2021 9:33 ↓

Honoring those who have died at the brutal hand of revisionist history and hate crimes.

Episode 200. S2. Tantra Zawadi. Maria Luisa Arroyo. Poets. Zoe Lemos. Singer-Songwriter. Roque aka Neville Mtsweni. Music Producer. 18.03.2021 27:25 ↓

Poetry, Music and a Chance to Dance into a New Day and the Next 100 Episodes!

Episodes 198 & 199. S2. Zoe Lemos. Singer. Songwriter. Matthew King. Taproots Founder. Cross-Generational Conversation & Music Celebration! 17.03.2021 17:53 ↓

A Double Header! 

Episode 197. S2. Nejma Nefertiti. Hip Hop Artist. "The Valley of the Queens" Advisory: If you don't like it real, raw and fear the F word, listen anyway. 17.03.2021 18:51 ↓

Some history just got made.

Episode 196. Season 2. George Goodwin. Poet. Boat Builder. Traveler. 16.03.2021 6:44 ↓

George is now one of our Jazz Ready regulars and we are always happy to have him return.

Episode 195. Season 2. Beverly Naidus. Poet. Artist. Scholar. Activist. Dr. Bob Spivey Scholar. Activist. Poet. Musician. Identity/Jazz 15.03.2021 12:11 ↓

Beverly Naidus and Dr. Bob Spivey, have been practicing/imaginative/innovative artists and activists for decades and still going strong!

Episode 194. S2. Nina Lydia Olff. Poet. A Liberation Continuation from Ep.191. Get Your Second Dose Love Vax Here. 14.03.2021 8:50 ↓

An intimate moment.

Episode 193. S2. Constanza Reyes Bricio. Poet. Scholar. Educator. Mexico in the House! Poems in Spanish and English. 12.03.2021 10:51 ↓

Constanza Reyes Bricio reads her original work.

Episode 192. S2. Nathalia Hernández Ochoa. Poet. Photographer. Painter. Scholar. Poetry in Spanish and English. 10.03.2021 10:33 ↓

"May we re-center our spirits and feed our souls to keep our joy of living." NHO

Episode 191. S2. Nina Lydia Olff. Poet. Visual Artist. Join her on a poetic journey out of despair. 05.03.2021 7:02 ↓

Nina Lydia Olff is the author of the poetry collection: Many Tribes, Many Nations. Sea Venture Press. Wellesley, MA.

Episode 190. S2. Rashaud Colbert, Clarke University Student. Never Give Up On Yourself: A Personal Reflection. 02.03.2021 14:33 ↓

Rashaud Colbert is from Chicago. Illinois and will be graduating from Clarke University on May 15th, 2021.

Episode 189. S2. SoSoon. NYC Emcee. Producer. Filmmaker. Apparel Owner. A Tribute to the Working Class. 18.02.2021 11:26 ↓

Award winning Hip-Hop artist SoSoon had been introduced to Jazz Ready by another JR artist, Galen Passen (Episode 68)

Episode 188. S2. Noelle McManus. Poet. Scholar. Educator. Polyglot. Original Poems in Spanish and English. 04.02.2021 15:15 ↓

Noelle comes to us referred by Jazz Ready Angel, Dr. Luis Marentes.

Episode 187. S2. Citlalli Berruecos. Periodista. Cuentista. Profesora y Mucho Más! Episodio en español, con sorpresa especial. 28.01.2021 14:31 ↓

Jazz Ready welcomes Citlalli Berruecos. Journalist. Storyteller. Professor. Spanish Language Episode.

Episode 186. S2. Bridget Loudon. Singer/Songwriter and Producer. Ign!te the M!c in the House! 17.01.2021 9:02 ↓

16 year-old Bridget Loudon premieres a new song on Jazz Ready!  

An Audio Letter from La Sirena Magdalena to Our Beloved Listeners. 12.01.2021 6:38 ↓

We want to hear from you. To encourage comes from the French that means "to give another heart." Will you share your heart with us?  And no, we are not asking for money.

Episode 185. S2. Two Globally Renowned Artists: Taylor Ho Bynum. Jazz Composer & Musician. Matthea Harvey, Poet. Librettist. "The Temp" An Oratorio. 11.01.2021 19:51 ↓

Taylor Ho Bynum, in my estimation, is a living jazz legend, as well as being a teacher and writer for such publications as the New Yorker, Point of Departure, and Sound American.

Episode 184. S3. Matthew King, Singer-Songwriter, Composer, Returns with Taproots in Homage to the Great Silvio Rodriguez! 06.01.2021 12:38 ↓

Featuring Yaya on vocals. John Corda on Keys.

Episode 183. S2. Kevin Scott. Composer. Conductor. A New Year's Eve Concert of Celebration and Remembrance. 01.01.2021 34:43 ↓

Listen with closed eyes or gently blindfolded; don't just listen, enter the music, as together we step into 2021. We will make it through and we will thrive together.

Episode 182. S2. Nina Lydia Olff. Poet. An Excerpt from her book: "American Heritage: Many Tribes, Many Nations" 27.12.2020 9:59 ↓

Nina, is an artist in everything she does - from her paintings, photographs, hand painted shirts and so much more - and she is a formidable poet.