The Upside of Jazz

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Comedian Robert Klein, Part 1

In the first of two episodes featuring the comedy legend, Joe and Robert Klein get together to talk about Klein's career in comedy. Despite not being a musician, Klein explains how improvisation in comedy is not so different from improv in jazz, opening for jazz greats like Sarah Vaughan and The Modern Jazz Quartet, as well as his relationship with comedian Rodney Dangerfield. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Bassist Bill Crow - "I'm still figuring stuff out"

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  Comedian Robert Klein, Part 2

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  Kelly Peterson - "He was always looking to the next thing" 

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  Pianist John Beasley - "There is no clear cut path"

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  Larry Goldings - "That makes the challenge of being myself harder"

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  Luther S. Allison - "It's a gift to be able to love this"

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  Tia Fuller and Shamie Fuller-Royston - "We've always embraced all types of…

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  Harry Connick, Jr. on Finding Your Own Sound

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  Louis Armstrong & America's Voice

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  The Business Behind the Notes

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  The Sound Between the Notes

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  Matt White - "For me, it's connection"

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  Sarah Sharp - "It's almost mythology, it's so universal"

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  An Interview with Sonny Rollins

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  Sean Mason - "There was something about jazz that pulled me"