Jazz Beat

About Jazz Beat

Jazz Beat is a jazz and blues podcast from New England Public Media's Tom Reney. Tom was honored by the Jazz Journalists Association with the Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Career Excellence in Broadcasting in 2019. In addition to hosting Jazz à la Mode since 1984, Tom writes the jazz blog and produces the Jazz Beat podcast at NEPM. He began working in jazz radio in 1977 at WCUW, a community-licensed radio station in Worcester, Massachusetts. Tom holds a BA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he majored in English and African American Studies.

Publisher

Tom Reney

Category

music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 May 2018

Latest episode

15 Jun 2023

Latest episodes

20 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Jun 2023

   Max Roach Interview, 1979

   Tom Reney's very first interview was with famed jazz drummer, Max Roach.

2. 

   21 Nov 2022

   Houston Person

   Jazz Beat from New England Public Media features host Tom Reney's research and love for the music, one artist at a time. In this outing, he spends some time with the work of Houston Person.

3. 

   9 May 2022

   Jazz Beat #59 - Jazz critic Gary Giddins on Sonny Rollins

   Jazz critic Gary Giddins talks to Tom Reney about Sonny Rollins.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

17 ratings

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.