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The Late Set
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Jazz is a conversation — and that’s what The Late Set is all about. Nate Chinen and Josh Jackson convene every two weeks for straight talk and in-depth interviews with featured guests. Just like a hang at the end of the gig, in the back of the club, it’s direct, unfiltered and illuminating, revealing the music and its culture in a deeper light.

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  • Steven Bernstein is a known wildcard in the modern jazz game. His interrelated new releases, 'ResoNation Trio' and 'Ultra Resonance,' move him into an exciting new sonic area as a trumpeter and composer. He joined us to talk about it before a recent show.
  • Mana, the new album by trombonist and vocalist Kalia Vandever, is named after a Native Hawaiian term for spiritual energy or sacred power. It’s an intentional gesture from an artist who has always had the instinct of a shape-shifter.
  • Emmet Cohen is a pianist who puts connection at the center of his performance ethic, whether he's burning down the bandstand or lighting up a livestream. During a recent stop on his "Miles and Coltrane at 100" tour, he stopped by The Late Set for a lively chat about building an audience, preserving jazz history, and the meaning behind his new album, 'Universal Truth.'
  • When Chris Speed formed Yeah No in the late 1990s, there was no lane for its hybrid style. Things are different now for Speed and his bandmates — trumpeter Cuong Vu, bassist Skúli Sverrisson, and drummer Jim Black — but their rapport is as deep and distinctive as ever. Before a reunion show at Solar Myth, Speed and Black sat down with Nate Chinen to talk about that journey, and share their views on the current scene.
  • Miles Davis is a source of endless fascination — so for his centennial episode, we decided to sit down and compare highlights, including some of the less celebrated turns and pivots in a famously forward-thinking career.
  • For more than 25 years, bassist Carlos Henriquez has been the beating heart in the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. He joins us to talk about his dynamite new album, 'Monk con Clave.'
  • We're getting ready to celebrate International Jazz Day, at a moment of roiling global tensions. It feels like a great time to connect with Kresten Osgood — a Danish drummer, composer and commentator, host of the podcast Dangerous Sounds.
  • Tomeka Reid embraces the cello’s full range—earthy to ethereal—on dance! skip! hop!. In our studio, she talks dance, AACM mentors, early inspirations, and her work as an educator and advocate.
  • In the hands of Béla Fleck, a banjo is a skeleton key, capable of unlocking almost any musical door. For this episode, he joins us in the banjo parlor at Vintage Instruments to talk musical legacies, personal histories, and how his perspective has changed (and how it hasn’t) over the course of a nearly five-decade career.