Jazz 1959

Published: Sept. 24, 2019, 8 a.m.

b"Charlie's out on parental leave, which means no one is here to stop Nate from going off the rails. And you know what means... JAZZ! As soon as dad left the room, Nate enlisted his favorite journalist, jazz and sports writer Natalie Weiner, to come on the show and discuss her incredible 1959 Project \\u2014 a day-by-day chronicle of jazz during one of its most pivotal years. We listen to classic 1959 albums Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and Dave Brubeck's Take Out, discuss the complex legacy of Billie Holiday, and dig into some of the year's forgotten gems.\\nSixty years later, jazz is no longer the cultural juggernaut is once was \\u2014 but it still has much to teach us about pop culture of the present.\\nPlaylist:\\n\\u2022Miles Davis - So What\\n\\u2022Dave Brubeck - Take Five\\n\\u2022Billie Holiday - Blue Moon\\n\\u2022Billie Holiday - Billie's Blues\\n\\u2022Erykah Badu - On & On\\n\\u2022Amy Winehouse - There Is No Greater Love\\n\\u2022Muriel Roberts - Sleigh Ride\\n\\u2022Terry Pollard - Laura\\n\\u2022Willene Barton and her Trio - Rice Pudding\\nCheck out the 1959 and 2019 jazz cuts we're listening to.\\nWe are conducting an audience survey to better serve you. It takes no more than five minutes, and it really helps out the show. Please take our survey here: https://voxmedia.iad1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ewVXHPZIsQNlxCR?Source=note\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"