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

Episode 106. S2. Jezabel Montero, Actor, Filmmaker, Director Producer. A two part episode. 01.07.2020 20:43 ↓

PRIDE. YES!  Fireworks? Hmmm. Shall we think again?

Episode 105. S2. Richard Spiegel, Poet. Creator of Venue for the Voices of Thousands of Poets. 30.06.2020 13:44 ↓

Richard Spiegel is living literary history. If you love and love poetry, literature and justice, this episode is a must-listen for you.

Episode 104. S2. Cajordion. A whimsical, musical duo. The Valley Advocate compares them to French composer, Yann Tierson. 30.06.2020 15:41 ↓

Music that allows us to be playful, reminding us that in the of worst times we most need to find our playfulness and laughter. 

Episode 103. S2. Revolutionary Artists, Fred Ho, raúl r. salinas, and Magdalena Gómez. An Historic Radio Broadcast, 2003. 28.06.2020 31:24 ↓

The original broadcast in Minneapolis, Minnesota, circa 2003. Part of the "Circle Around the Sun: Caliente Tour"; a preview to their performance at Macalester College.

Episode 102. S2. Marian Woodstock Shares Stories from Across the Pond of Beloved Animal Friends. 27.06.2020 11:33 ↓

Marian Woodstock, whose story was featured in Episode 33, shares true stories for animal lovers, in her own voice. She also brings us a song written by Paul Francis Webster and made famous by Johnny Mathis.

Episode 101. S2. Derek Bermel, Composer and Clarinetist. A Passionate Embrace of Inspiration. 25.06.2020 15:47 ↓

Academy Award winner and two time Grammy nominee, Derek Bermel, shares work inspired by painter, Jacob Lawrence (1917-2020). Performed by the Albany Symphony Orchestra.

Jazz Ready. Episode 100! A Soul Drenching Celebration with Gizelxanth Rodriguez; Ben Barson;Caridad De La Luz,aka La Bruja; Nejma Nefertiti. Your Host: Magdalena Gómez. 24.06.2020 30:20 ↓

This double episode features these four world class artists intersecting, collaborating, in this global and intergenerational Legacy of Jazz Ready! Jazz Ready brings you OOAK listening experiences.

Episode 99: Barbara A. Holland, Poet (1925-1988) 24.06.2020 9:45 ↓

Thanks to the exceptional work and love for poets of Brett Rutherford and Poet's Press, we can hold Holland's earlier work in our hands. www.poetspress.org

Episode 98: Magdalena Gómez, Poet. The Last Cable Car of Ireland. 22.06.2020 10:41 ↓

When the people and the land welcome us, and we accept, we can be at home anywhere. 

Episode 97: Angelo Geter, Poet Laureate of Rock Hill, South Carolina. 22.06.2020 6:46 ↓

Geter's poem as also heard on poets.org.

Episode 96: D. Dina Friedman. Poet, Author, Professor. Witness at the Border. Witness at Homestead. 20.06.2020 15:25 ↓

A devoted and relentless activist and highly accomplished writer, D.Dina Friedman is a witness to the treatment of immigrants and asylum seekers at the U.S. border between Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Mexico. Also at a child "detention" center in Homestead, Florida. Dina speaks out in true story and true poems.  *Note from Magdalena: Matamoros is an unfortunate name of racism, murder and...

Episode 95: Magdalena Gómez, Poet. Mestiza Legacy. 20.06.2020 8:01 ↓

How well do you know your ghosts?

Jazz Ready. Episode 94. Taína Asili: Singer, Filmmaker and Activist. 18.06.2020 10:01 ↓

Get your heart lit and your feet dancing!

Episode 93: Ben Barson, Baritone Saxophonist; Composer; Scholar; Educator. 18.06.2020 12:04 ↓

Barson is the protégé of the late Fred Ho (Episode 92). Barson and a number of other artists invite us into an excerpt of his "Mirror Butterfly: The Migrant Liberation Movement Suite" as performed at the Kennedy Center in 2019. 

Episode 92: Fred Ho, (1957-2014) Composer; Baritone Saxophonist; Author; Scholar; Educator; Producer; Fashion Designer. 17.06.2020 16:19 ↓

Many of the artists you have heard on Jazz Ready have a Fred Ho connection. Now its time you hear one of his works. Later this summer Jazz Ready will offer a  tribute performance for Fred in honor of his birthday. 

Episode 91: Matthew King, Musician/Composer/Activist. Homage to the Mother of All Waters and to Water Herself featuring Abe Sanchez on Piano. 15.06.2020 12:04 ↓

Taproots, back in the house! Previously on Episode 57. Welcome back!

Episode 90: José Angel Figueroa, Poet 14.06.2020 12:21 ↓

Figueroa performs a soulful fusion of two original poems.

Episode 89: Virginia Grise. Award Winning Playwright; Interdisciplinary Artist; Activist. 13.06.2020 14:42 ↓

Where is your farm? What are your seeds?

Episode 88: Caridad De La Luz, aka La Bruja. Poet, Actor, Singer...and more 12.06.2020 9:52 ↓

Caridad brings you her Nuyorican Hip-Hop vibe, with a new poetic work.

Episode 87: Zoe Rinchen Lemos. Singer, Songwriter, Activist. 11.06.2020 7:30 ↓

Zoe's latest song - Uprising (Hunger Games). Let's get this on the radio! Spread the word!

Episode 86: Dr. Diana Alvarez honors George Floyd in song and poetry. 10.06.2020 8:59 ↓

Dra. Xingona with us again! Also with us on #27 and #39

Episode 85: John Brandoli, Award Winning Singer, Songwriter, Musician and Composer 09.06.2020 7:55 ↓

Had a tough day? John Brandoli has some spirit lifting music as he performs his new single, "All Your Heart"

Episode 84: Marina Celander, Actor and Writer performs an except from one of her solo shows. 09.06.2020 7:18 ↓

Marina was with us for Episode 50 and now joins us again for another performance excerpt.

Episode 83: María Luisa Arroyo, First Poet Laureate of Springfield, Massachusetts. 08.06.2020 6:11 ↓

María Luisa Arroyo shares an Ekphrastic poem inspired by a quilt created by Faith Ringgold.

Episode 82: John Lescault, Actor. A View of the U.S. from Vietnam, 1969 07.06.2020 5:19 ↓

Three brothers. One was a soldier. Featuring John and Jim Lescault.