IMPROVISATIONS

Fresh from her big Grammy win, Nicole Zuraitis releases an intimate and smoking new live record. She catches Todd Steed up on all the latest.

From a recent Improvisations, Judith Winchester remembers her husband, jazz piano player Jim Winchester.

Composer and trumpet player Sarah Wilson talks about how an encounter with art helped shape her new, brilliant Incandescence.

In this wide ranging interview mixed with live performance, Kingsport native Zoh Amba discusses their unlikely path and her inspired new recording, Sun.

Gregory Tardy talks with Todd Steed about his new beautiful recording of mostly original ballads, Abide in Love.

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.

Kris Davis returns to Knoxville for the Big Ears Festival with her trio. Todd Steed finds out what's in store. Her new recording, Run the Gauntlet, is a staff favorite.

Anat Cohen talks with Todd Steed about her upcoming concert with the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra on March 4th at the Bijou Theatre.

Canadian Guitarist Strat Andriotis talks about his new trio recording Exits, his compositional works, and the joys of finally giving in to the stratocaster guitar, despite the confusion it could cause with his name.

From 2008, enjoy the unedited and complete interview with local legend Jerry Coker.