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EP81: Taking Risks
Jun 5, 2026
18m 49s
EP80: Will Scruggs and Churchill Grounds at the Mary Lou Williams Jazz Center
May 15, 2026
20m 26s
EP79: Confidence, Not Arrogance
May 1, 2026
18m 24s
EP78: The Psychedelic Buddy Red
Apr 17, 2026
23m 16s
EP77: J.Paul Whitehead: Getting Back to My Music
Apr 3, 2026
17m 30s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/5/26 | ![]() EP81: Taking Risks✨ | risk-takingmusic+3 | — | EP81: Taking Risks | — | Sonny Rollinsbebop+3 | — | 18m 49s | |
| 5/15/26 | ![]() EP80: Will Scruggs and Churchill Grounds at the Mary Lou Williams Jazz Center✨ | jazzmusic sustainability+4 | Will Scruggs | Churchill GroundsMary Lou Williams Jazz Center | Atlanta | jazzsaxophonist+6 | — | 20m 26s | |
| 5/1/26 | ![]() EP79: Confidence, Not Arrogance✨ | confidencearrogance+4 | Sam Darnold | New England Patriots | — | confidencearrogance+5 | — | 18m 24s | |
| 4/17/26 | ![]() EP78: The Psychedelic Buddy Red✨ | psychedelic musicrock 'n roll+3 | Buddy Red | Northside Tavern | — | Buddy Redpsychedelic+5 | — | 23m 16s | |
| 4/3/26 | ![]() EP77: J.Paul Whitehead: Getting Back to My Music✨ | musicianscareer change+3 | J.Paul Whitehead | — | — | musicianscareer change+3 | — | 17m 30s | |
| 3/20/26 | ![]() EP76: The Eclectic World of Steve Williams✨ | jazzmusic composition+3 | Steve Williams | One O'Clock BandU.S. Navy Commodores+3 | — | Steve Williamsjazz+3 | — | 17m 05s | |
| 3/6/26 | ![]() EP75: Mica Bethea - Persistence and Determination✨ | jazzrehabilitation+4 | Mica Bethea | University of North FloridaNSF Ranch+1 | JacksonvilleNorth Florida | Mica Betheajazz+5 | — | 21m 06s | |
| 2/21/26 | ![]() EP74: Musicians Are Entrepreneurs✨ | musiciansentrepreneurship+3 | — | Harvard Business School Online | — | musiciansentrepreneurs+3 | — | 17m 51s | |
| 1/30/26 | ![]() EP73: Howard Paul Part II: Savannah Jazz✨ | jazzmusic community+3 | Howard Paul | Savannah Jazz FestivalSavannah Jazz/Coastal Jazz Association+2 | Savannah, GeorgiaNew Orleans | jazz guitaristSavannah Jazz Festival+3 | — | 13m 11s | |
| 1/16/26 | ![]() EP72: Music and Ministry - Timothy J Mercaldo✨ | musicministry+3 | Timothy J. Mercaldo | WorshipPlus | — | musicministry+5 | — | 16m 13s | |
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| 1/2/26 | ![]() EP71: Howard Paul, Guitarist and Guitar Maker✨ | jazz musicguitar making+3 | Howard R. Paul | Benedetto GuitarsSavannah Jazz Festival+4 | Savannah, Georgia | Howard R. PaulBenedetto Guitars+3 | — | 21m 52s | |
| 12/19/25 | ![]() EP70: The Versatile Bassist Chris Riggenbach✨ | bass guitarmusic education+3 | Chris Riggenbach | Emory UniversityOglethorpe University | — | Chris Riggenbachbass+5 | — | 17m 14s | |
| 12/5/25 | ![]() EP69: The Hank Mobley Story by Matt Miller✨ | Hank Mobleysaxophone+3 | Matt Miller | Jazz MessengersBlue Note | — | Hank MobleyMatt Miller+5 | — | 14m 44s | |
| 10/17/25 | ![]() EP68: Advice From Monk (Part Two) | It was around 1960 when Steve Lacy, a saxophonist in Thelonious Monk’s band at the time, wrote down a series of items, pieces of advice that Monk had conveyed to him while touring in 1960 and 1961. Long before there was an internet, Lacy’s handwritten list went viral. In Episode 67, we covered the first 11 items on the list. In this episode we discuss the meaning or implications of the remaining items. | 20m 07s | ||||||
| 10/3/25 | ![]() EP67: Advice from Monk (Part One) | It was around 1960 when Steve Lacy, a saxophonist in Thelonious Monk’s band at the time, wrote down a series of items, pieces of advice that Thelonious Monk had conveyed to him while touring in 1960 and 1961. Long before there was an internet, Lacy’s handwritten list went viral. And while it provides insights into Monk’s philosophies about performing, many of those pieces of advice can metaphorically apply to life outside of music. In this episode, we tackle the first 11 items on the list; in our next episode, we will address the rest of the list. | 17m 03s | ||||||
| 9/19/25 | ![]() EP66: Music and the Brain - David Michael Bashwiner | David Michael Bashwiner is a composer, a guitarist, a professor at the University of New Mexico, and at the root of it all, a neuroscientist. He speaks nationally on the subject of music and the brain, and in particular on how music is used to establish meaning and emotion, for example, by the movies as the means to having scenes interpreted as they are intended. David talks about how his neuroscientific approach to music guides his understanding of music theory. | 19m 06s | ||||||
| 9/5/25 | ![]() EP65: Ronnie J. Frugé - From His Cajun Roots | Ronnie Frugé learned t play guitar as a 10-year-old on a Sears Silvertone acoustic in a town called Iowa (pronounced I-o-way) outside the city of Lake Charles in Southwest Louisiana where, now in his 70s, he has returned to live and perform. His first influences were Cajun songs; his first band featured him on guitar and a friend on accordion. From South Louisiana his music took him to Austin, Texas, then the Colorado mountains, then to Nashville where he spent 11 years working his way up and through the swarm of guitar players all seeking stardom, and only some like, Ronnie, able even to gig regularly. No matter the town or the venue, wherever he played, the one constant was an enthusiasm and energy that got people on their feet dancing. His story is that of many: a talented guitarist, singer, and songwriter who might not have achieved celebrity but is grateful for a career that has enabled him to make a living playing his music for the people. | 18m 49s | ||||||
| 8/22/25 | ![]() EP64: Surgeons Guided by Pianist's Playing | On Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025, surgeons at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida drilled 14 holes in jazz pianist Mark Burnell’s skull and inserted 200 electrodes in an attempt to halt his increasingly frequent seizures resulting from a brain injury that had been festering since a childhood accident. In the newly developed treatment protocol designed to remove damaged areas of the brain, Burnell was kept awake and instructed to play jazz on a mini-keyboard while also singing the tunes’ lyrics. If he played a wrong note or sang a wrong lyric, the doctors were alerted by his wife, vocalist Anne Burnell, who was at his side for the procedure. At her signal they would stop probing so as not to disturb the part of the brain used for making music. In this episode we interview the couple and hear their amazing, inspiring story. Stay tuned for the results of the surgery. | 19m 59s | ||||||
| 7/4/25 | ![]() EP63: Authenticity | Typically people who want to play music want to play the kind of music they like most. And learning to play involves studying and absorbing how the musicians we admire most play. But maturing as a performer means finding your own voice; that is, beyond imitating, learning to express your music in your own unique way. | 20m 26s | ||||||
| 6/20/25 | ![]() EP62: A Life Lesson from Playing Music | Responsibility is one of the life lessons that learning to play music and performing music teach you. Not only do you have to show up, you have to be “on,” that is, playing your best every time you take the stage, no matter how you feel or what your day was like. You owe it to your audience, to other members in the band you’re playing with that night, and to yourself. | 16m 07s | ||||||
| 6/6/25 | ![]() EP61: Play Music; Learn to Express Yourself | Consistent with our recurring theme of how music has a positive impact on our lives, we talk about how music teaches those who learn to play to express themselves better, not just through music but in other ways, including in their careers outside music and their social interactions. | 19m 06s | ||||||
| 5/23/25 | ![]() EP60: Mark Gresham, Publisher of EarRelevant | A composer, conductor, and journalist, and the founder, publisher, and principal writer of EarRelevant.net, Mark Gresham has been writing about classical and post-classical music and other arts for more than 35 years. He co-founded the monthly publication Chorus! in 1989 and edited it through 1995. Thirteen of his interviews from the magazine were published in 1997 as the book, Choral Conversations. Before founding EarRelevant, he was a contributing writer for Creative Loafing from 2002 to 2011 and then for ArtsATL until mid-February 2019. In this episode of Music Life & Times, Mark discusses his life-long involvement with music in multiple capacities, how music has shaped his life, and its impact on all of us. | 13m 17s | ||||||
| 5/9/25 | ![]() EP59: Lisa Campbell Albert - Singer, Educator, Author | Lisa Campbell Albert sings and teaches others to do the same. For more than 30 years she has been singing and playing keyboard, leading her and her husband’s blues band, Uncle Albert, performing in and around St. Louis as well as nationally and internationally, including regular annual appearances in Germany. She has also channeled her knowledge from her academic studies as well as her professional experience into a career as an educator, currently as a professor at the Webster University Conservatory Theatre. Her book on singing, co-authored with fellow professor Bill Lynch, is titled The Moment Before the Music Begins. In our podcast, she talks about her work coaching all types of singers and, most importantly, that each must find their own voice. It was the turning point of her career, she notes: “I’m going to sound like Lisa” and her audiences would have to “take me as I am.” Now nearing 60 and still “singin’ the blues,” she reflects on the key life lessons being a musician has taught her, that “Every time I take a new step I find a different part of me that lets me exhale,” and that music has allowed her to find herself as “a person who’s authentic and happy.” | 27m 05s | ||||||
| 4/25/25 | ![]() EP58: Trumpeter Mark Rapp, Founder of ColaJazz | Mark Rapp’s resume as a performing artist is impressive enough. He has performed in jazz clubs and festivals around the world from Croatia, Brasil, Austria, Switzerland, and the US, including back-to-back appearances at the 2017 and 2018 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. His celebrated 2009 debut release “Token Tales” earned him DownBeat magazine’s recognition as a “Top Emerging Trumpeter,” a sold-out Blue Note appearance, and a spot in the famed Newport Jazz Festival. Moreover, he is the founder of the ColaJazz Foundation, an initiative in his adopted home of Columbia, South Carolina, which hosts a premier annual jazz festival as well as ongoing performances by leading jazz figures, and an outreach program that includes three Summer Camps and jazz-based education sessions at schools throughout the state. | 28m 37s | ||||||
| 4/11/25 | ![]() EP57: A Tribute to Sam YI | This extended episode of Music Life & Times pays tribute to Sam Yi, “the guiding light of jazz in Atlanta,” who ran the Churchill Grounds jazz club in Midtown for two decades. Sam passed away on February 3. “His steadfast promotion of jazz music helped artists maintain a sense of belonging and provided listeners with a spot to hear the latest talent, among shifting venues and interest,” noted the ArtsATL website upon his passing. The podcast features comments from friends and musicians, just a handful of the many whose lives he blessed. Podcast participants include trumpeter and educator Gordon Vernick, saxophonist David Sanchéz, and Sam’s longtime close friend John Hammond. Their memories of a loyal friend and supporter and stellar human being are here to enjoy. | 26m 43s | ||||||
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