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In a 28-minute program from WGBH, saxophonist Archie Shepp paints a vivid picture of what it was like to be making jazz music in the avant-garde/free-jazz era of the 1960s. He also gives insight into teaching jazz on the college level.
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Composer and jazz clarinetist Jimmy Giuffre, who died April 24, was an early pioneer of both the cool jazz and avant-garde jazz movements of the '50s and '60s. In Giuffre's honor, WGBH presents an audio documentary recorded in 1994. The program features Giuffre telling his story in his own words.
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