Episode 209: More Jazz Therapy.

A lot of focus on how playing jazz (as well as listening to it) helps us. It starts with a short clip from Victoria musician Brian Tate about improvising as ‘saying yes’….sort of like a going with the flow.

Lots of ‘flow’ in this episode. You’ll hear Wayne Shorter with some of the other greatest jazz musicians of all time. Then there’s Sonny Rollins, Michel Petrucciani, and Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross. I also play three great vocalists: June Christy, Angela Verbrugge (from Victoria), and Stacy Kent..

Also from Victoria is altop saxophonist Roy Styffe and a wonderful healing poem that he has very cleverly set to music—with the help of Kelby McNayr and Scott White.

Kenny Werner has written two great books about the interplay between our own empowerment and how we play (and listen to ) jazz. In this episode you actually hear him play thanks to a track from one of his earlier albums.

And last but not least, “Healing Power” by a trio of Steve Cardenas, Ben Allison, and Ted Nash.