Best Jazz Beat With Tom Reney Podcasts (2025)

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Max Roach Interview, 1979 1:00:39

2y ago1:00:39

1:00:39

Tom Reney's very first interview was with famed jazz drummer, Max Roach.

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Houston Person 17:24

2+ y ago17:24

17:24

Jazz Beat from New England Public Media features host Tom Reney's research and love for the music, one artist at a time. In this outing, he spends some time with the work of Houston Person.

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Jazz Beat #59 - Jazz critic Gary Giddins on Sonny Rollins 51:00

3y ago51:00

51:00

Jazz critic Gary Giddins talks to Tom Reney about Sonny Rollins.By Tom Reney

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Jazz Beat 58 - Billy Boy Arnold Part Two 49:44

3+ y ago49:44

49:44

For Jazz Beat 57 and 58, Tom Reney spoke with Billy Boy Arnold about his autobiography, THE BLUES DREAM OF BILLY BOY ARNOLD.By Tom Reney

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Jazz Beat 57 - Billy Boy Arnold Part One 51:09

3+ y ago51:09

51:09

For Jazz Beat 57 and 58, Tom Reney spoke with Billy Boy Arnold about his autobiography, THE BLUES DREAM OF BILLY BOY ARNOLD.By Tom Reney

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Jazz Beat 56 - Ricky Riccardi and Tom Reney, Part Three 59:37

4y ago59:37

59:37

In Part 3 of Tom Reney's interview with Ricky Riccardi, author of Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong, they discuss Armstrong's tour of England in 1932, and his European sojourn in 1934-35; his top billing in the movie, Pennies From Heaven; his groundbreaking achievement as the first African American host of a network radio …

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Jazz Beat 55 - Peter Guralnick Interview, Part Two 36:16

4+ y ago36:16

36:16

In part two of Tom Reney's interview with Peter Guralnick, they discuss three of the subjects of Guralnick's book, Looking to Get Lost: Adventures in Music and Writing: Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, and country music legend, Dick Curless, whose career began in the late 1940s in Ware, Massachusetts.By Tom Reney

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Jazz Beat 54 - Peter Guralnick 50:45

4+ y ago50:45

50:45

In 2015, Tom Reney spoke with Peter Guralnick about his biography, Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock & Roll. And now in a two-part Jazz Beat, he’s interviewed Peter about six of the American music legends who are profiled in Guralnick’s new book, Looking to Get Lost: Adventures In Music & Writing: Robert Johnson, Skip James, Johnny Cash, Howl…

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Jazz Beat 53 - Ricky Riccardi and Tom Reney, Part Two 56:09

4+ y ago56:09

56:09

In Part Two of Tom Reney's conversation with Ricky Riccardi about his new book, Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong, Riccardi discusses Armstrong's skirmishes with Prohibition-era gangsters and managers; the trumpeter's triumphant return to his birthplace of New Orleans in 1931; and the massive archive of self-documentation …

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Jazz Beat 52 - Ricky Riccardi and Tom Reney Discuss Louis Armstrong, Part One 56:17

4+ y ago56:17

56:17

Tom Reney spoke with Louis Armstrong biographer Ricky Riccardi about his new book, Heart Full of Rhythm, The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong. In the first of a multi-part interview, they discuss Armstrong’s breakthrough in the early 1930s as a popular artist; his first recordings of Broadway show tunes; and the mixed response that Armstrong recei…

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Jazz Beat 51 - Interview with Joe Farnsworth 56:44

4+ y ago56:44

56:44

Tom Reney spoke with drummer Joe Farnsworth about his new album, TIME TO SWING. In his liner note essay for the album, veteran drummer Billy Hart describes Farnsworth as "one of the rhythm philosophers.” Listen here for the South Hadley, Massachusetts native discussing his experiences working with Junior Cook, Harold Mabern, Lou Donaldson, Cecil Pa…

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Jazz Beat 50 – An Interview with Sonny Rollins 40:15

4+ y ago40:15

40:15

Tom Reney interviewed Sonny Rollins in August 2020 for a project honoring Yusef Lateef’s centennial. Sonny enjoyed a long friendship with Yusef, and he considers the late saxophonist a mentor and spiritual inspiration. The 90-year-old Saxophone Colossus also discusses his groundbreaking work of 1958, THE FREEDOM SUITE, and elaborates on interviews …

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Jazz Beat 49 - An Interview with Paul Arslanian 56:35

5y ago56:35

56:35

Tom Reney spoke with Paul Arslanian on May 6 about his career in jazz. Paul is a veteran pianist who's been a highly visible figure in jazz in Western Massachusetts since 1984. In 2010, he was a co-founder of the Northampton Jazz Workshop, and since then, he's produced a series of weekly performances that feature a guest artist who plays with the N…

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JazzBeat 48 - Lee Konitz 38:56

5y ago38:56

38:56

Jazz a la Mode host Tom Reney interviewed Lee Konitz in 2004 before concerts he was playing in Northampton and Cambridge. Konitz died from Covid-19 related pneumonia on April 15 at age 92. He was still touring and recording until social distancing began in March. A major figure in his own right, the Chicago-born saxophonist was associated over the …

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Jazz Beat 47 - Champian Fulton 47:35

5+ y ago47:35

47:35

Champian Fulton was hailed by Francis Davis in the Village Voice in 2007, the year of her debut recording, as "the best new singer I've heard this year-- make that several years." Mark Stryker in the Detroit Free Press called her "the most gifted pure jazz singer of her generation." And Nate Chinen in the New York Times said, "she's a charming youn…

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Jazz Beat 46 - Bennie Wallace 49:30

5+ y ago49:30

49:30

Tom Reney spoke with Bennie Wallace for Jazz Beat a few days before concerts that the veteran tenor saxophonist was scheduled to play in Connecticut in October 2019.By Tom Reney

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Jazz Beat 45 - Tom Reney on Open Source 50:45

5+ y ago50:45

50:45

Jazz Beat host Tom Reney appeared on Open Source with Christopher Lydon on WBUR. They discuss jazz and r&b and classical music and Tom Reney reveals eight essential recordings and one book that he would take to a desert island.By Tom Reney

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Jazz Beat 44 - T-Bone Walker 24:54

6+ y ago24:54

24:54

Jazz Beat 44 is devoted to Tom Reney's appreciation of the blues singer and guitarist T-Bone Walker.By Tom Reney

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Jazz Beat 43 - Aretha Franklin, 1942-2018, R.I.P 32:53

7y ago32:53

32:53

As with many of you, my Aretha Franklin vigil began with the news of August 13 that she'd entered hospice, and for the next two days I posted some reflections on Lady Soul on Facebook. Then on what proved to be the eve of her death, I listened to her throughout a three-hour drive to Cape Cod and could hardly contain myself. Hers is simply the most …

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Jazz Beat 42 - Charles Neville 29:11

7y ago29:11

29:11

Tom Reney pays memorial tribute to Charles Neville on this edition of Jazz Beat.By Tom Reney

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JazzBeat 32 - Ellington's New Orleans Suite 21:34

8y ago21:34

21:34

Tom Reney looks back at Duke Ellington’s “New Orleans Suite,” and the crucial role that Duke and festival producer George Wein played in the establishment of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which just completed its 49th annual presentation in the Crescent City. Wein’s insistence that any festival he produced would include Ellington, who “…

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Jazz Beat - Nat Hentoff 31:19

8+ y ago31:19

31:19

For JazzBeat 30, Tom Reney pays tribute to Nat Hentoff, who died on January 7 at 91. The Boston-born journalist wrote primarily on First Amendment issues for the Village Voice for 50 years, but was also a renowned jazz critic and historian. In the early 1960s, Hentoff produced an outstanding series of albums for Candid Records by Charles Mingus, Cl…

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Jazz Beat 29 - Bob Dylan As Nobel Laureate 29:39

8+ y ago29:39

29:39

In the latest edition of NEPR's Jazz Beat, Tom Reney highlights the prominence of jazz in Bob Dylan’s memoir, Chronicles, Volume 1, and a critical moment of impact that the music had on the return to form that the Nobel laureate has exhibited since 1997.By NEPR-NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO

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Jazz Beat 28 - Loren Schoenberg 56:00

8+ y ago56:00

56:00

For the latest edition of New England Public Radio's Jazz Beat, Tom Reney speaks with Loren Schoenberg, the founding director and resident scholar at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. The museum has just released the first volume of recordings from the Savory Collection, a treasure trove of jazz recorded off of broadcasts in the 1930s and early ‘…

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JazzBeat 27 - Phil Woods 28:28

8+ y ago28:28

28:28

In this edition of Jazz Beat, NEPR's Tom Reney pays tribute to the jazz legend Phil Woods. The late, great alto saxophonist was born in Springfield, Mass, 85 years ago. This month, Downbeat Magazine announced that Phil has been elected to its Hall of Fame. Listen here for an overview of Woods's career and numerous samples of his great music.…

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Jazz Beat With Tom Reney Podcasts

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Jazz Beat with Tom Reney

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Max Roach Interview, 1979 1:00:39

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Houston Person 17:24

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Jazz Beat #59 - Jazz critic Gary Giddins on Sonny Rollins 51:00

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Jazz Beat 58 - Billy Boy Arnold Part Two 49:44

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Jazz Beat 57 - Billy Boy Arnold Part One 51:09

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Jazz Beat 56 - Ricky Riccardi and Tom Reney, Part Three 59:37

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Jazz Beat 55 - Peter Guralnick Interview, Part Two 36:16

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Jazz Beat 54 - Peter Guralnick 50:45

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Jazz Beat 53 - Ricky Riccardi and Tom Reney, Part Two 56:09

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Jazz Beat 52 - Ricky Riccardi and Tom Reney Discuss Louis Armstrong, Part One 56:17

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Jazz Beat 51 - Interview with Joe Farnsworth 56:44

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Jazz Beat 50 – An Interview with Sonny Rollins 40:15

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Jazz Beat 49 - An Interview with Paul Arslanian 56:35

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JazzBeat 48 - Lee Konitz 38:56

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Jazz Beat 47 - Champian Fulton 47:35

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Jazz Beat 46 - Bennie Wallace 49:30

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Jazz Beat 45 - Tom Reney on Open Source 50:45

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Jazz Beat 44 - T-Bone Walker 24:54

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Jazz Beat 43 - Aretha Franklin, 1942-2018, R.I.P 32:53

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Jazz Beat 42 - Charles Neville 29:11

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JazzBeat 32 - Ellington's New Orleans Suite 21:34

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Jazz Beat - Nat Hentoff 31:19

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Jazz Beat 29 - Bob Dylan As Nobel Laureate 29:39

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Jazz Beat 28 - Loren Schoenberg 56:00

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JazzBeat 27 - Phil Woods 28:28