Music and art grow like wildflowers when the economy collapses. Plus: Why Richie Cole is the "luckiest guy I know."
On this final installment of the Mob Town Tour series, we visit Detroit, Cleveland and Toledo. We look at how the arts are the appetite for life, how life on the road can change people, and why jazz is Talmudic. Plus Richie Cole tells us why he is "the luckiest guy I know".
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What makes a group of creative people lean in the same direction? Outside the Jazz Estate in Milwaukee with Ben Sidran and Bob Rockwell.
The third installment of the Mob Town Tour. This week: Milwaukee! What does it mean to have a bunch of creative people leaning in the same direction, or speaking in the same accent, and what brings that on? Particularly today, is it possible retain local flavor and speak a regional dialect in a global world?
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"We're not trying to be cool. We just are cool." The Green Mill is a jazz club beyond category.
The second installment of the Mob Town Tour series settles in for a weekend at the Green Mill in Chicago. Notably, the club's owner Dave Jemilo explains why "we're not trying to be cool, we just are."
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Bitcoin, road tripping, and the world’s oldest jazz musician
The first in a series of road documentaries capturing our journey, some conversations about it and what it means. Notably it features an in depth conversation with Minneapolis based jazz saxophone player Irv Williams, the oldest working jazz musician alive.
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