The Jazz Session just hit 600,000 downloads! Thanks for all your support. If you’d like to help keep the show going, please consider donating using the button on the left side of this site.

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Sometime in the past hour or so, The Jazz Session passed 500,000 downloads! Can you believe it? Half a million! Huzzah!

Thanks to all of you for your support. Tell a friend, OK?

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Today is the third anniversary of The Jazz Session, which started back on Feb. 24, 2007 with TJS #1: Grant Stewart. Here were are, 460,000+ downloads later and still going strong — thanks to YOU!

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I found out Tuesday night that FootHills Publishing, an independent poetry press celebrating its 25th year, is going to publish a collection of my work. I really can’t believe it. Huzzah!

Watch jasoncrane.org for more details…

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Here are the responses to the survey question, “If you could book one artist for The Jazz Session, who would it be?” These are in the order received, and there are certainly duplicates. If the person has already been a guest on the show, I’ve noted that in bold type with the show number after their name. And for everyone else: I’m workin’ on ‘em!

(Two notes: 1. This post has a “Continue Reading” link partway through. Click on that link for the full list. 2. If you’re reading this at thejazzsession.com, you’ll see an alphabetical list of all the past guests on the left side of the page. Click on any name to hear the interview.)

• Tom Harrell
• Kurt Rosenwinkel
• Pat Metheny
• Miles Davis! Hehe … seriously, though … I can’t think of anyone – and actually appreciate learning abuot new folks rather than just hearing from folks I already know!
• Julian Lage – TJS #94
• Jeremy Davenport
• I’m afraid I’ll say one who has already been done!
• Carla Bley
• John Scofield
• One? In a perfect world, Wayne Shorter. But you do such a great job with artists that deserve more recognition, such as Joe Fonda, Mario Pavone, Vinny Golia, John Hollenbeck, etc
  – Hollenbeck is booked!
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My year-in-review article for All About Jazz is now available online. It’s a look at some of the interesting places at which I recorded episodes of the show in 2009. These spots include:

• Steve Kuhn’s kitchen
• The lobby of Vijay Iyer’s apartment building
• A trailer behind the stage at the Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival
• James Shipp’s minivan
• …and many more!

Read: The Jazz Session: Oh, The Places You’ll Go!

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What a way to end 2009! Thank you so much for your support. You make it all worthwhile.

Stay tuned in 2010 for many more interviews, including Sonny Rollins, Marty Ehrlich, Amy Cervini, Matthew Shipp, Lee Shaw, Tyshawn Sorey, Chad Taylor, James Wiedman, Mike Reed, Linda Oh, Hiromi, Jason Parker, Erik Deutsch, Harris Eisenstadt, Roger Kellaway, Sam Sadigursky and many more!

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