The Sounds of Brooklyn and Beyond

Featuring former and current NYC residents The Rad Trads, Larry Grenadier, Kat Edmonson, + Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings; funky legends Curtis Mayfield, Bobby Womack, and Prince; LA indie darling Jon Brion; some of the best pipes ever heard on this planet courtesy of Carmen McRae and Dean Martin; and finally, the pride of Strong Island, NY legends De La Soul.

A special XMAS show featuring all kinds of traditional and alternative holiday, winter, end-of-the-year, December, snowy weather, and anti-holiday songs. Contemporary offerings come from string wizard Jon Graboff, VA and Berkshire Mtn legend Erin McKeown; + Jay Z and Danger Mouse, Bebel Gilberto, Lila Downs, Norah Jones, Bay Area rockers the Counting Crows, and Belle and Sebastian; then it’s John...

Featuring stellar new jams from Mark Guiliana & Spencer Zahn; fine work from Brooklyn amigos Greg Humphreys and Norah Jones; the pride of Colfax (and one of my mentors) cornetist/composer extraordinaire Ron Miles; + Otis Redding, Keith Jarrett, Roy Ayers, and the one and only Jimmy Reed.

Featuring a special show of all soul, all groove, all the time, all aboard or get the hell off this soul train YOU DIG?? With timeless jams from Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Ike Turner and the Kings of Rhythm, Curtis Mayfield, Booker T and the MG’s, Roberta Flack, Sam Cooke, D’Angelo, Stevie Wonder, and MR. Isaac Hayes.

Featuring Brooklyn gypsy-jazzers The Showdown Kids, Durham NC fusion maestros The Hot at Nights, young lions Mark Turner and Ethan Iverson on the ECM label; + two other-worldy beings: James ‘Blood’ Ulmer and Thelonious Monk; arguably the greatest American musician (Miles Davis); arguably the greatest Brazilian musician (Milton Nascimento); and arguably the best rock n roll singer, Mr. Robert Plant...

Featuring fresh tracks from Brooklyn compadres Luca Benedetti (+ Tony Mason and Tony Scherr), Micheal Blake (aka Blake Tartare), Mike McGinnis (con maestros Art Lande and Steve Swallow), Mmeadows, and Tim Lappin’s Casual Male; also Jamie Mclean’s collaboration with singer Marc Broussard for the “New Orleans Session” + Angelique Kidjo, Leo Dan, MF Doom, Mable John, Ella Fitzgerald, and the one and...

Featuring epic jams from Brooklyn drummer Mark Guiliana & Beat Music, a solo album recorded in a water tank from cellist James Hoskins, CDMX-based A Love Electric w/guests John Medeski and Loli Molina; + classic records from Betty Carter, Freddie King, Lee Morgan, Bill Evans, Dr. John, and Funkadelic.

Featuring fresh jams from Brooklyn bassist/synthman Spencer Zahn, two new releases on the ECM label from Kit Downs and Kavitah Shah, epic late-nite party vibes from NYC guitarist Avi Bortnick (shout out to Nublu!), a live recording from jazz diva Diane Reeves, 2000’s beats from L. Pierre, 70’s beats from Earth, Wind, and Fire, and the sweet sound of Memphis, TN (via Stax Records) from the Mar-Keys...

Featuring a brand new single from mmeadows, a new ECM release from Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble, Ben ALlison’s 2019 release with Ted Nash and Steve Cardenas, John Scofield feat. Avi Bortnick, + Rudresh Mahanthappa, Reed Mathis, McCoy Tyner, Red Simpson, and the one and only Richie Spice

Featuring extraordinary music from Brooklyn amigos Frank LoCrasto, The Four Bags, and Erin McKeown + a brand new release from the vault of the John Coltrane Quartet, Lovage, Floratone, a deep live-cut from Erik’s 2012 Demonio Teclado tour, the amazing Freddie King, the mind-melting Flaming Lips, and two doctors: Hook and John.

Erik sat down with NYC bassists/composers Ben Allison and Alexis Cuadrado in 2017 to talk about composition, the scene, inspiration, and their unique experiences navigating life as a NYC artist.

Featuring unreleased music from the Catalan-Belgian band Bad Currency, an instrumental anthem from saxophone genius Michael Blake and Slowpoke, a killer track from SF/NYC pianist/multi-instrumentalist Dred Scott, the modern mastery of Seattle-based composer Wayne Horvitz; + Bill Evans, Otis Redding, Janelle Monae, The Pharcyde, and Bauhaus.

Featuring fresh jams from drummer/composer extraordinaire Allison Miller, more music from Alwyn Robinson’s “Bluebonnet”, a brand new ECM release from pianist Ethan Iverson (w/trumpet legend Tom Harrell), the short-lived Brooklyn group EMMA (Allison miller, Erin McKeown, Todd Sickafoose, and Erik Deutsch), trumpeter/vocalist and jam-band staple Jennifer Hartswick, superpower-diva Alice Smith, Keith...

Featuring brand new music from Brooklyn vibraphonist Tyler Blanton, Israeli-born maestros Avishai Cohen and Yonathan Avishai’s new ECM release, a vibe new live ECM release from Joe Lovano and Enrico Rava, + Feist, Federico Aubele, Extra Golden, The Fleets, and the great Freddie King. Arriba!!!

Featuring brand new music from teen keyboard prodigy Maxwell Friedman + denver soul musician Brian Bourgalt, other worldly psychedelic jams from Frank Locrasto’s Dispatch, Bay Area drumming legend Scott Amendola, and classic cuts from Milton Nascimento w/Lo Borges, Nina Simone, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Cassandra Wilson, Prince, and Pink Floyd.

Featuring American music legends Otis Redding, John Coltrane & Thelonious Monk, Booker T and the MGs, and Stevie Wonder; + Bjork, Tom Hagerman, and Victoria Reed featuring brilliant guitar work by the late great Neal Casal.

Featuring Brooklyn’s stars of gypsy jazz The Showdown Kids + brand new music from Camila Meza and also Jon Batiste (feat. Rachel Price); a little tase of the legends Horace Silver, Jimmy Reed, Tom Waits, and Stan Getz; and finally J Boogie and Gang Starr.