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The Major Scale – Sonny Rollins & Jaime Branch

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In this episode we present a very Brooklyn friendly theme. First up is Sonny Rollins, maybe the greatest living artist in America today. His impromptu performances on the Williamsburg Bridge are the stuff of legend, which is why there’s a grassroots effort to rename the bridge in his honor. We interview Amanda Petrusich, staff writer for The New Yorker, and organizer Jeff Caltabiano to talk about Caltabiano’s petition for New York City to make this name change in honor of one our best and brightest. Our second feature is on Chicago bred, trumpeter Jaimie Branch – a transplant to the borough of Brooklyn herself, and very much inspired by Don Cherry. She gave us time to talk about her debut Fly Or Die and her melodic approach to Free Jazz. Catchy, intense, beautiful.

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The Major Scale – Kamasi Washington & Grace Kelly

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In this episode, we start with Kamasi Washington and the stellar trajectory his work has taken with his new album Heaven and Earth, a celestial collection of voices and cinematic instrumentation. I had the chance to talk with him about how the album came to be, his Coachella performance, the state of music, and more.

Next up is Grace Kelly, a name as great as her work. We dive into this sax prodigy’s virtuosity, her sublime composing, and her sense of the absurd. In addition to her own releases, she’s scored for both film and TV, and she’s a member of Stay Human on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. She’s gained a large social media following for her musical parodies of Billie Jean King to Jedi Knights, serenades to llamas, and impromptu jams in crowded city streets.

SONG CREDITS FOR THIS EPISODE:

THEME: Jazz Phantom by Chomsk’ (from the album “Different Beats” on Magentic Records).

First Half: Street Fighter Mas, Space Traveller’s Lullaby, Connections, Fist Of Fury, Vi Lua Vi Sol, and Hubtones, by Kamasi Washington (from the album “Heaven And Earth” on Young Turk).

Second Half: Fish And Chips, Sax Wars, and Sound Of Redemption by Grace Kelly (from Grace Kelly Music).

Blues For Harry Bosch by Grace Kelly (from the album “Trying To Figure It Out” on Pazz Records).

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