The Jazz Session Explained

Genre:Jazz
Creator:Jason Crane
Language:English
Length:30-60 minutes
Country:United States
Theme Music Composer:The Respect Sextet
Opentheme:In the Shadow of my Bier
Began:24 Februrary 2007

The Jazz Session is a jazz-interview podcast created by Jason Crane in 2007.[1] [2] [3]

In the podcast's first episode, Crane interviewed saxophonist Grant Stewart. One of its earliest episodes featured Crane's interview with guitarist John Abercrombie.

In 2009, Crane and Michael Ricci developed a promotional partnership between the podcast and Ricci's website All About Jazz to which Crane had been contributing as a writer.[4] [5] From 2009 to 2012, Patrick Jarenwattananon made frequent mention of episodes of the show on National Public Radio's jazz blog, A Blog Supreme.[6] [7]

In 2012, the podcast featured a series of episodes called Jazz or Bust which included Crane's interviews with musicians and others in places he visited during a tour of the United States and Canada. Among those he interviewed was John D'Earth in Virginia.[8] One of the stops on the Jazz or Bust tour was Auburn, Alabama where Crane ended up moving later that year, stopping production.[9]

In 2013, after a crowdfunding effort promising to re-launch the podcast, Crane relocated to State College, Pennsylvania to be closer to family and started producing new episodes. By 2015, it could boast over 2.5 million downloads.[10]

In 2021, Crane turned over control of the podcast to Nicky Schrire, who turned control back to Crane in 2022.[11]

By 2023, The Jazz Session featured interviews with over 600 musicians including artists such as Sonny Rollins, Marian MacPartland, and Vijay Iyer.[12]

The show's theme music is excerpted from a recording by The Respect Sextet.

References

  1. Web site: 27 February 2007 . New Jazz Interview Podcast: The Jazz Session . 7 July 2024 . All About Jazz.
  2. News: Johnston . Anne . 29 April 2007 . Music, activism and all that jazz (article start) . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015134903/http://www.thejazzsession.com/downloads/mparticle1.pdf . 15 October 2015 . 2 July 2024 . Daily Messenger.
  3. News: Johnston . Anne . 29 April 2007 . Music, activism and all that jazz (jump page) . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015183208/http://www.thejazzsession.com/downloads/mparticle2.pdf . 15 October 2015 . 2 July 2007 . Daily Messenger.
  4. Web site: Crane . Jason . 18 May 2009 . The Jazz Session and All About Jazz announce new partnership . 23 June 2024 . The Jazz Session.
  5. Web site: 18 May 2009 . All About Jazz and The Jazz Session Announce Partnership . 23 June 2024 . All About Jazz.
  6. Web site: Jarenwattananon . Patrick . 16 June 2009 . Concertgoing, Chinen, Podcasts: The Tuesday Link Dump . 23 June 2024 . National Public Radio.
  7. Web site: Jarenwattananon . Patrick . 21 September 2012 . Around The Jazz Internet: Sept. 21, 2012 . 23 June 2024 . National Public Radio.
  8. Web site: Wynn . Ron . 14 June 2012 . Jason Crane, popular Jazz Session host, makes his first Nashville stop Sunday . 7 July 2024 . Nashville Scene.
  9. News: Turrentine . Zeke . 11 October 2012 . Jason Crane, self-described 'hobo poet' returns to Auburn for Gnu's Room poetry reading and to work on new book . 26 May 2024 . Auburn Plainsman . A8.
  10. News: Jones . Marilyn . February 2015 . Voices Profile: Interview with Jason Crane . 26 May 2024 . Voices of Central Pennsylvania . 22-23.
  11. Web site: Fripp . Matt . 14 April 2022 . Interview with Nicky Schrire of The Jazz Session . 7 July 2024 . Jazzfuel.
  12. Web site: Fripp . Matt . 2 June 2023 . Interview with The Jazz Session’s Jason Crane . 26 May 2024 . Jazzfuel.

External Links

The Jazz Session podcast website

Jason Crane's website

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