
On Keys
Friday nights at 8pm on WUOT
On Keys celebrates the great players and composers from across the globe in jazz and jazz adjacent music history. Join host Margherita Fava on a discovery from the classic years of jazz to the present day. Interviews, insights and much more for your ears.
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Jeff Babko catches Margherita Fava up on his latest projects in this interview from On Keys.
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Mimi Terry stopped by Improvisations to chat with Todd Steed about her jazz piano history, her teacher Donald Brown, and her plans for the future.
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Melony Dodson talks with Alex Dally, Executive Director of Nief-Norf, about Synnergy 2025
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Melony Dodson talks with soprano, Kathryn Frady and tenor, Edward Brennan. Frady and Brennan are the leads in Marble City Opera's upcoming production of Leoncavallo's Pagliacci. Performances are in Oak Ridge at A.K. Bissell Park on Thursday, June 5th and Saturday, June 7th.
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David Lowery has released the heavily biographical Fathers, Sons and Brothers. He talks with Todd Steed about the evolution of the songs, his family history and the music behind his most intimate release yet.
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Gerald Clayton discusses a wide variety of topic, including his newest release, in this interview with Margherita Fava.
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Eric Reed catches up with Todd Steed to talk about his newest release, Out Late. Reed tried a new approach in the recording process that yielded some amazing results.
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Matthew Motley speaks with composer Derrick Skye, conductor Aram Demirjian, and Drummer Obayana Ajanaku about the upcoming world premiere of Skye's concerto Between Suns.
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Ernest Freeberg reflects on his career as a celebrated author and professor of American History. He's joined by his colleague Monica Black to discuss a celebration of his career to be held at the East Tennessee History Center this Thursday. More details here.
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Saxophonist Melina Paxinos checks in from Athens to discuss her recording history, her varied compositional styles, and the therapeutic value of the practice of her art.