Monday, February 01, 2010
The Jazz Loft Anthology (WNYC)
The Jazz Loft Anthology
From 1957 to 1965, the master photographer W. Eugene Smith had a studio and darkroom in a dilapidated building on 6th Avenue north of 28th street in Manhattan. The Jazz Loft, as it became known, had already become a favored spot for jam sessions by hundreds of jazz players of the day. During his years there, Smith became obsessed with the goings-on in the building, musical and otherwise, and he taped and photographed them with an unimaginable thoroughness, capturing thousands of hours of sound as well as tens of thousands of images. The sounds and stories that emerged from those years are the basis for The Jazz Loft Anthology, a ten-part radio series now heard across four one-hour programs.
Hear the whole story of the Jazz Loft years in The Jazz Loft Anthology.
ON AIR SCHEDULE
- Monday, February 1 WNYC-FM @ 10:00 PM
- Monday, February 8 WNYC-FM @ 10:00 PM
- Monday, February 15 WNYC-FM @ 10:00 PM
- Monday, February 22 WNYC-FM @ 10:00 PM
Click "MORE" to listen to the episodes streaming online.
Episode 1 -- Introduction
Monday, November 30, 2009
An overview of the incredible Loft story. (Originally aired November 16, 2009)
Introduction to The Jazz Loft Project Radio Series
Monday, November 30, 2009
Read Senior Producer/Host Sara Fishko's introduction to The Jazz Loft Project Radio Series.
Episode 2-- Images of the Loft
Sunday, November 29, 2009
We learn more about Eugene Smith and his background, experience in WWII, pioneering work as a photo essayist for Life magazine; as well as his later preoccupation with recording life around him. (Originally aired November 17, 2009)
W. Eugene Smith's Photographs
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Click the below slideshow to view 25 of W. Eugene Smith's photographs and to listen to ambient recordings from within the Jazz Loft.
Episode 3 -- The Tapes
Saturday, November 28, 2009
This segment explores the tapes themselves in no particular context. (Originally aired November 18, 2009)
Episode 4 -- Hall Overton
Friday, November 27, 2009
The admiration and love for Hall Overton spills out of those who remember him: a portrait emerges of a brilliant, open-minded musician with a modest, self-effacing manner and an ever-present dangling cigarette. (Originally aired November 19, 2009)
Episode 5 -- Before the Loft
Thursday, November 26, 2009
So many of the stories of the people in the Jazz Loft begin the same way: with the musicians arriving in New York after service in World War II. (Originally aired November 20, 2009)
Episode 6 -- Ron Free
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
The focus in this installment is on Ron Free, a musician considered the ‘house drummer’ at the Loft. (Originally aired November 21, 2009)
Episode 7 -- Flower District
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
In keeping with the memories musicians had of leaving the loft in early morning after all-night jam sessions — and getting hit with the aroma of flowers from the neighboring wholesale shops — we look at the Flower District. (Originally aired November 22, 2009)
Episode 8 -- Monk Town Hall Concert
Monday, November 23, 2009
The “Crown Jewels” of the Smith tapes: the arranging and rehearsal sessions spanning a three-week period in 1959 when Thelonious Monk and Hall Overton were preparing the Monk Big Band for the February Town Hall concert. (Originally aired November 23, 2009)
Episode 9 & Episode 10
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Episode 9 -- More Tapes: Another ‘non-story’ episode featuring more extended tape. (Originally aired November 24, 2009)
Episode 10 -- Times Change: In the early to mid 1960s, the cultural scene is changing in NY, as is the city itself. (Originally aired November 25, 2009)
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