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Off Cuts – #45 – Best Cuts

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PFT Media Podcast NetworkEliot Hillis invites Holly Kapherr from The Culinati Podcast to join him, Nick Georgoudiou from To A Certain Degree, and substitute producer Chris Crespo on picking the Best Cuts of the Central Florida/Orlando food scene in 2019. Where is the best pizza? Who has the best tacos? What is New American cuisine? Can you defend your ramen choice? Chuan Lu or Cheng Du? Why doesn’t Eliot know about the places Chris brings up? Is college radio more prestigious than podcasting? Listen to this episode to get answers to most of these questions.

This episode brought to you by Steinberg & Feldstein, Naughty Advocates.

The Major Scale – Hillary Donnell and How Feminism is Shaping Jazz’s Future

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PFT Media Podcast NetworkA large chunk of the work that goes into producing The Major Scale is research – lots of it. The majority of our time is spent reading, seeking new channels, and taking leads from faithful hardworking artist management and PR. This episode is a nod to these tireless efforts.

The always anticipated Winter Jazz Festival is coming, and while reading about past years’ events we came across an op-ed in Jazz Right Now titled “A Feminist Urge Is Driving the Shape of Jazz to Come,” written by Hillary Donnell. The piece was so impressive and eye opening, looking at both the social roots of the music and towards the future that lay ahead, that we decided to book her for an interview on it. You might recognize Donnell, music journalist and DJ, from previous episodes of The Major Scale, and hopefully again in future broadcasts. In this episode, we discuss her op-ed in detail. She also picked out all the music to go along with it: from Geri Allen, Emma Jean Thackray, David Murray, Alice Coltrane, Nubya Garcia, Yazz Ahmed, and many more. Donnell knows her stuff, so don’t sleep on this one!Continue Reading …