Extra Eclectic - Feb. 15, 2023

Host Steve Seel continues his celebration of Black History Month this week on Extra Eclectic. He features Black composers who mix jazz and popular music styles into their works. We'll hear from composer and pianist Billy Childs, saxophonist/composer Steven Banks, band leader Ed Bland, vocalist and flutist Nathalie Joachim and more. In the second hour of the show, it's a meditation on things dreamed and remembered with music by Max Richter, Valentin Silvestrov, Thomas Ades and Meredith Monk.

Julian Velasco, Tenor Saxophone (Soloist)

Dance Like the Wind: Music Of Today's Black Composers (Album)

Vocalessence Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)

Urban Counterpoint: The Piano Music Of Ed Bland (Album)

Ourself Behind Ourself, Concealed (Album)

American Contemporary Music Ensemble (Orchestra/Ensemble)

Rautavaara: Lost Landscapes: Works For Violin And Orchestra (Album)

Malmo Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra/Ensemble)

Meredith Monk: On Behalf Of Nature (Album)

Meredith Monk Ensemble (Orchestra/Ensemble)

Steve Seel possesses a broad knowledge of many musical genres, having hosted radio programs ranging from classical to jazz and even avant-garde music at public radio stations around the country. Steve came to Minnesota Public Radio in 1999 to be a part of its nationally-syndicated classical music programming. In 2005, he became one of the founding voices on MPR's eclectic station The Current, and has hosted various time slots from mornings to late nights, and conducted in-depth interviews with pop music luminaries ranging from Brian Eno to David Byrne to Tori Amos. 
 
Steve is an avid reader of political and social commentary as well, and he emcees The Current's popular Policy and a Pint community series, featuring discussions with noted scholars, politicians, community leaders, authors and big thinkers on important issues of the day. Steve is also a basement composer obsessed with all things both minimalist and slow, and might actually be incapable of writing anything that exceeds 75 beats-per-minute.


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Steve Seel

This week on Extra Eclectic, host Steve Seel continues his celebration of Black History Month. We will hear works from composer Billy Childs, saxophonist/composer Steven Banks, band leader Ed Bland, vocalist and flutist Nathalie Joachim and more.

 


Where classical meets jazz