The Jazz Session Podcast
1) The Jazz Session #648: Tineke Postma & Theo Bleckmann
Voya (2025, Clap Your Hands) is the new album by saxophonist Tineke Postma and her band, featuring Theo Bleckmann on vocals. In this interview, they talk about working Theo into the existing quartet; ...Show More
2) The Jazz Session #647: Alison Shearer
Saxophonist Alison Shearer's new album is called In The Garden (Pinch Records, 2025). In this interview, Alison talks about the creation of the album with her working band; the way she works her own l...Show More
3) The Jazz Session #646: Jack DeJohnette [2012]
Jack DeJohnette passed away. In his honor, I'll hope you'll enjoy this 2012 interview I recorded with Jack at the Blue Note in NYC at the time of the release of his album Sound Travels. [Photo: Mitch...Show More
4) The Jazz Session #645: Carmen Staaf
On her new album, Sounding Line, pianist Carmen Staaf explores the music of Thelonious Monk and Mary Lou Williams. In this interview, Carmen talks about making music in the context of Palestine and CO...Show More
5) The Jazz Session #644: Kelly Green
People make music for many different reasons. In Kelly Green's case, her new album Corner Of My Dreams is in part an attempt to process the loss of her mother to suicide. In this interview, Green talk...Show More
6) The Jazz Session #643: Chris Cheek
Chris Cheek's new album is Keepers of the Eastern Door. It features Bill Frisell, Tony Scherr, and Rudy Royston. In this interview, we talk about putting the band together; how the stories of indigeno...Show More
7) The Jazz Session #500: Sheila Jordan (Encore)
Sheila Jordan passed away today (August 11, 2025) at the age of 96. This is an interview I did with Sheila for episode #500. She will be missed. /// The Jazz Session celebrates its 500th episode...Show More
8) The Jazz Session #642: Nico Soffiato & Josh Deutsch
Jason Crane chats with guitarist Nico Soffiato and trumpeter/keyboardist Josh Deutsch about their new Redshift Trio album Cloud Forest. The trio features three drummers on different tracks: Dave King,...Show More
9) The Jazz Session #641: Jump Off This Bridge
Jason Crane chats with the members of the improvising collective Jump Off This Bridge: Judith Insell (viola), Virg Dzurinko (piano), Eli Asher (trumpet), and Leonid Galaganov (percussion). They tell a...Show More
10) The Jazz Session #640: Johanna Summer
German pianist Johanna Summer has released several albums in recent years: Upright (ACT, 2025); Cameo (ACT, 2025 with Jakob Manz); and Resonanzen (ACT, 2023). In this interview, Summer discusses all t...Show More