Season 3, Episode 17: Ballake Sissoko & Nicole Mitchell
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In this September 2017 conversation with Ken Vandermark, Ballake Sissoko & Nicole Mitchell discuss early experiences with music, improvising across musical traditions, and working in different languages.

Season 3, Episode 16: Sandy Ewen
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In this September 2017 conversation with Andrew Clinkman, Sandy Ewen talks about the beginnings of her sound art career in Houston, her opinions and ideas of the guitar as a musical instrument and her techniques in relation to playing solo.

Season 3, Episode 15: Lou Mallozzi
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In this June 2017 conversation with Seth Kim-Cohen, Lou Mallozzi improvises his way through an intertwined performance and interview.

Season 3, Episode 14: Mette Rasmussen
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Season 3, Episode 13: Jessica Ackerley
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In this September 2021 conversation with Andrew Clinkman, Jessica Ackerley talks about playing clean electric guitar, the role of enjoyment in playing music, and collaborating with Shane Parish in Hawai'i.

Season 3, Episode 12: Ab Baars
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In this June 2020 conversation with Ken Vandermark, Ab Baars shares his musical influences from Von Freeman and John Carter, the inspirations he draws from color and poetry, and his interests of Japanese art and music that he translates into his clarinet.

Season 3, Episode 11: Magda Mayas
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In this August 2020 conversation with Ken Vandermark, Magda Mayas talks about her early musical influences from her family and seeing Cecil Taylor, shares her experience being a student of Misha Mengelberg, and discusses her techniques working with a prepared piano.

Season 3, Episode 9: Farida Amadou
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In this October 2020 conversation with Andrew Clinkman, Farida Amadou talks about the similarities between punk, hip-hop, and improvised music and the rigors of solo playing.

Season 3, Episode 9: Mabel Kwan
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In this May 2019 conversation with Tim Daisy, Mabel Kwan talks about her early musical life, playing with Ensemble Dal Niente, and the thin line between interpretation and creation.

Season 3, Episode 8: Hamid Drake
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In this May 2021 conversation with Ken Vandermark, Hamid Drake discusses his respect and approach on all kinds of drums, shares a story about traveling to Sweden to work with Don Cherry, and discusses his influences from Max Roach.

Season 3, Episode 7: Terrie Ex & Andy Moor
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In this October 2015 conversation with Ken Vandermark, Terrie Ex and Andy Moor discuss the several social, political and creative scenes in Amsterdam that shaped them, the longevity of The EX, and shines light on the bureaucracy of international artists to be in the United States to share their music.

Season 3, Episode 6: Hollow Deck
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In this April 2020 conversation with Ken Vandermark, Mia Friedman and Andy Allen talk about forming Hollow Deck, working with cassettes, and the vibrant music of Western Massachusetts. The music in this episode is from the duo's July 2019 Option concert.

Season 3, Episode 5: Jim O’Rourke
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In this March 2021 conversation with Ken Vandermark, Jim O'Rourke talks about 1980s and '90s Chicago music, the impact of studying on creativity, and his move to Japan. This episode features a playlist assembled by Jim.

Season 3, Episode 4: Ryan Sawyer
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In this September 2019 conversation with Ken Vandermark, Ryan Sawyer talks about his transition from rock to free jazz, his techniques used in his solo improvised playing and shares a story about a memorable performance on Southwest airlines.

Season 3, Episode 3: Karen Ng
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In this November 2021 conversation with Andrew Clinkman, Karen Ng talks about her technical exploration as a saxophonist, her ups and downs of her musical education, and they both discuss the similarities and differences of the Chicago v. Toronto scenes.

Season 3, Episode 2: Ishmael Ali
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In this November 2021 conversation with Tim Daisy, Ishmael Ali talks about improvising with modular synth and cello, working with artist-run collective Amalgam Records, and moving back to Chicago after a year in New York.

Season 3, Episode 1: Greg Kelley
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In this October 2018 conversation with Andrew Clinkman, Greg Kelley talks about developing a palette of sounds for the trumpet, the importance of context and narrative to an improvised set, and seeing how much “music” can be taken out of music.

Season 2, Episode 19: Gerry Hemingway
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In this October 2018 conversation with Tim Daisy, Gerry Hemingway discusses the under documented New Haven sound scene, the active differences between listening and hearing, and touches back into his origins as a videographer.

Season 2, Episode 18: Don Dietrich
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In this March 2019 interview with Ken Vandermark, Don Dietrich talks about his experience at Parsons School of Design, his sculpture practice, and working with his longtime band Borbetomagus.

Season 2, Episode 17: Christof Kurzmann
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In this 2016 duo performance and conversation with Ken Vandermark, Christof Kurzmann discusses making music about the second Iraq war, using the laptop in improvised music, and working as a concert organizer.