Life from the Coronazone David Beasley

This was an idea I originally thought to do as a spoof but i decided to take it seriously!Support the Show.

This week we lost friend and family member, Dave Jones. Please join us in wishing his family and friends our deepest condolences. Support the Show.

Chick Corea was the center of many musical universes when I was a young listener and curious musician in training. On February 9th 2021, one of the brightest stars in that universe went dark but his light will shine for as long as music is performed and taught. These are just my extemporaneous thoughts on Chick and his music and how i was affected. I'm sure I'm leaving out many things about Chick but I wanted to speak while his loss was still raw. I hope you enjoy and I hope to be more regula...

Once in while we experience the oncoming of an artist that in all respects seems to be ahead of his time. The depth of this kind of artistry on every level is more than evident on the debut Release of Senegalese Composer and Bassist Cheikh Ndoye. The well known term “Young Lion”, seemingly has reached even greater heights as of late by collaborating with such world renowned artist as Baaba Maal, breaking incredible ground musically at such a young age.Early in his life Cheikh played the piano...

Friends of mine tell me that I'm one of the more astute listeners regarding music. I do really take it seriously and have since I was a child. This podcast stems from a conversation with my good friend Nina Brown-Lane. She's just beginning to nibble around the edges of our great Black American art form known, for better or worse, as Jazz. Jazz to some artists has become a label with negative connotations, and the term can be the source of some very heated arguments. Notedly from the great mus...

In this mini episode I take a minute to talk about bassist Laurence Cottle. I've added a link to his site so that you can explore in greater depth. If you're not familiar I think you will be glad that you stopped by! https://www.laurencecottle.co.uk Support the Show.