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

Episode 156. S2. Rethabile Masilo. Poet. Lesotho and Paris in the House! A Return Visit to Jazz Ready. 21.09.2020 7:05 ↓

Rethabile Masilo visits us again with a poem that reminds us of our shared humanity. Please visit him on his first visit with Jazz Ready, Episode 130.

Episode 155. S2. A Tribute the Memory of Supreme Court Justice, the Most Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg. 19.09.2020 14:42 ↓

No holding back grief. No holding back rage. No holding back love.

Episode 154. George Goodwin. Writer. Poetry. Prose. George is a Mystery - But Only for Now. 16.09.2020 4:54 ↓

Goodwin turns one of his poems into prose for Jazz Ready Listeners.

Episode 153. S2. Stephanie Jacob. Poet. Playwright. U.K. in the House! 13.09.2020 14:17 ↓

Jacobs shares poems from her project with frontline healthcare workers entitled "Shifts."

Episode 152. S2. Yusuf "Yoshi" Misdaq, Musician, Composer and More. A Brand New Album, Released Today. 11.09.2020 23:44 ↓

Afghanistan in the House! Yusuf "Yoshi" Misdaq reminds us that love, joy, and beauty can emerge even in times of horror. He shares a cut from his new album released today and a story from a recent trip to his homeland, Afghanistan, and how it influenced the music.

Episode 151. S2. Kenisha Coy. Founder and Executive Director of My Care Initiative Dot Org. Arts for For Healing. Make Art if Your Life. 10.09.2020 10:48 ↓

Kenisha Coy Keeps it Real. An organization that offers tools for survivors of violence and trauma. 

Episode 150. S2. Cornelius Eady Helps Us Celebrate Our 150th Episode of Jazz Ready. Music to Lift the Spirit! 07.09.2020 8:55 ↓

Cornelius Eady is joined by musicians Charlie Rauh and Lisa Liu.

Episode 149. S2 Voces Del Silencio. Nos visitan desde Bógota, Colombia. Grupo Musical de Hip Hop.. Episodio en Español. 06.09.2020 9:09 ↓

This episode is in Spanish. I encourage non-Spanish speakers to listen and feel how the body and mind open when embracing the unfamiliar.

Episode 148. S2. Un poema para la mujer Latina/x por Magdalena Gómez. Episodio en español. 02.09.2020 5:22 ↓

This episode is all in Spanish. All welcome. Some of my best life moments come from listening to the musicality of languages unknown to me.

Episode 147. S2. Nancy Mercado. Award Winning Author. Poet. Scholar. Editor. Activist. 31.08.2020 7:19 ↓

Nancy Mercado share two of her poems.

Episode 146. S.2. Beverly Naidus, Life-long Globally Respected Professor and Cultural and Social Justice Worker. New Sensory Liberation Poem. 28.08.2020 7:55 ↓

After you listen to Beverly Naidus I hope you will consider writing your own sensory liberation poem. 

Episode 145. S2. Peggy Robles-Alvarado. Poet. Educator. Initiated Lucumí and Palo Priestess. 26.08.2020 11:08 ↓

Peggy, an award winning poet, performs an original work for us.

Episode 144. S2. Diego Angarita Horowitz. Poet and Food Justice Activist. Colombia in the House Again! (For Mature Audiences) 25.08.2020 17:09 ↓

Diego reads two of is poems from the anthology, "BULLYING: Rebuttals, Confessions, and Catharsis." Co-edited by María Luisa Arroyo and Magdalena Gómez. Skyhorse Publishing, NYC, 2012. Multicultural. Intergenerational, and multi-genre.

Episode 143. S2. A Tribute to the Late Dr. Roger N. Buckley, 1937-2020. Featuring Ben Barson, Baritone Saxophonist; Composer; Political Activist. 24.08.2020 18:37 ↓

Dr. Roger N. Buckley shared his final public reading with our global audience. Respected, admired and beloved by countless people. His Legacy will endure.

Episode 142. S2. The Mystic. Written and performed by La Sirena Magdalena. 19.08.2020 9:54 ↓

New work debut.

Episode 141. S2. royal hartigan. Internationally Acclaimed Musician and Composer. A Tribute to Fred Ho. An Extended Legacy Episode. 18.08.2020 38:02 ↓

Living history here, in memories and music, from one of the world's most respected musicians, who you might be hearing for the first time. This episode is part of the education we can give ourselves: to learn, to heal, to feel.  

Episode 140. S2. Sammy Plotkin. Singer. Songwriter. Producer. 14.08.2020 12:03 ↓

Born in Springfield Massachusetts, Sammy Plotkin, now Los Angeles based, shares one of his original songs with us!

Episode 139. S2. Nicole M. Young. Performance Poet. Scholar. Young performs an original. 13.08.2020 11:50 ↓

"No one can tell my story better than me." - Nicole M. Young 

Episode 138. S2. Masaru Koga. Musician. Composer. Band Leader. Saxophonist; Flautist; Shakuhachi Player. A musical tribute honoring the memory of Fred Ho. 13.08.2020 8:51 ↓

A dear friend and collaborator of Fred Ho, Koga offers a tribute to what would have been Fred Ho's 60th birthday.

Episode 137. S2. Flight or Visibility (Rafael Natan). Classical Punk. "Visibility is a superpower, whether chosen or not..." 10.08.2020 13:29 ↓

Rafael Natan: Oboist; Violinist; Singer; Songwriter; Educator.

Episode 136. S2. Dr. Clara Eugenia Ronderos. Poet. Author of Short Stories. Reading in Spanish and English. 08.08.2020 9:58 ↓

Dos poemas en su propia voz por Dra. Ronderos, primero en español, luego traducidos al inglés. Two poems written and read by Dr. Ronderos. first in English then translated into Spanish.

Episode 135. S2. Nathalia Hernández Ochoa. Poet. Doctoral Candidate Reads in Kaqchikel; Spanish and English. 07.08.2020 11:25 ↓

A poem to bring us back to center.

Episode 134. S2. José González, a.k.a. Dr. Zae. Springfield in the House! 07.08.2020 7:52 ↓

You want to hear these lyrics.

Episode 133. S2. Nejma Nefertiti. Hip-Hop Artist. A nice surprise awaits you inside... 05.08.2020 23:10 ↓

You heard her on Episode 66 and here she is with us once again, sharing her revolutionary love!

Episode 132. S2. Rhina Valentin. Television Personality and so much more. 04.08.2020 9:26 ↓

Rhina takes us on a brief and relaxing journey. Jazz, Chill and Lofi Beats for Rhina's Texts Produced Royalty Free by Lukrembo.