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Six Count
by Xara Wilde
A podcast for the voices and stories of jazz in Durham, North Carolina. Hosted and produced by Xara Wilde.
Episodes
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Farewell Episode: Kevin Beardsley to join the U.S. Army’s Jazz Ambassadors this August, & Part 2 with MoBetta Ledbetter of the United States Navy Band
Bassist Kevin Beardsley is set to join the U.S. Army’s Jazz Ambassadors, departing for basic training on August 10. Kevin sat down with Six Count on July 29 in downtown Durham before his penultimate weekly performance at Kingfisher, where the jazz jam runs every Tuesday from 8:30 to 11:00 p.m....
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Yuan Dong on philosophy, mentorship, and discovering her voice
Yuan Dong is a jazz pianist and vocalist in Durham and a PhD candidate in philosophy at Duke, where she researches social epistemology and the neuroethics of video games. At age seventeen, Yuan left her hometown in China for Charlottesville, Virginia, to finish high school, a move that would...
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Saxophonist Imraan Khan: From Straight Ahead to Brazilian Rhythms
Raleigh-based saxophonist Imraan Khan specializes in Brazilian music, including samba jazz, bossa nova, and Baião. Originally from New York City, Imraan moved to the Triangle in August 2020. He shares his early influences from Caribbean music, straight-ahead jazz, and bebop, as well as the…
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Album alert: Thrio to release Volume 2 on March 21
Andrew Berinson and Paul Creel of Thrio returned to Six Count to share about the upcoming release of their second album, Volume 2. The album will be available on streaming platforms on March 21. Volume 2 will feature arrangements of songs composed by Miles Davis, Chick Corea, and Wynton Marsalis,...
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With several albums on the way, drummer Michael Shekwoaga Ode is ready to make his next artistic statement
Michael Shekwoaga Ode is a Nigerian American drummer, melodist, vocalist, composer, and educator from Durham. The musician sat down with Six Count during his visit home over the holidays. Now based in New York City, Michael leads three bands, and he frequently plays with saxophonist Kenny…
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Vibraphonist Brandon Mitchell on his latest releases, getting inspiration from his roots, and what’s coming for the artist in 2025
Brandon Mitchell is a vibraphonist and music educator based in Raleigh. Brandon shares about his latest work, including the release of the album Lakewood Jump by Keenan McKenzie & The Riffers and his 2024 singles, “A Promise is a Comfort to a Fool” and “Little Sunflower.” The artist also talks...
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Bass player Thomas Owens on the Wednesday jazz jam at Durham’s Congress Social Bar
Thomas Owens is a bass player based in Raleigh. The North Carolina native shares about balancing performing with his day job in IT, the impact of his mentors (including previous Six Count guests Al Strong and Greg Gelb), and the evolution of his music, from historic swing music to fusion and…
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Listening Session #1: Saxophonist Dexter Moses (plus special album announcement!)
Six Count hosted its first listening session with a small group of musicians in January. Dexter Moses, the featured guest, curated the following playlist for the evening: “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles,” by Charlie Parker and Jay McShann (1942) “Cherokee,” by Charlie Parker and Efferge Ware (1942…
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Show-day release: Percussionist Larry Q. Draughn on a pivotal moment at Newport Jazz Festival, what we can learn from youth, and the magic of double trios
Larry Q. Draughn is a percussionist and educator based in Greensboro, North Carolina. You can catch Larry next this Friday, January 26, at the Sharp Nine Gallery in Durham. The drummer will perform a double trio at 7:30 p.m. with Lynn Grissett on trumpet, Jason Foureman on bass, Steven Haines on...
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Cicely Mitchell, co-owner of Missy Lane’s Assembly Room, on opening weekend in Downtown Durham
Cicely Mitchell is the co-owner of Missy Lane’s Assembly Room, Downtown Durham’s newest venue dedicated to jazz and other Black American Music (BAM). Cicely spoke with Six Count during the venue’s opening weekend on January 14, 2024. She shares reactions from the inaugural evening headlined by...
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Live recording: Al Strong, trumpet player, at Duke University’s Osher Institute with guest co-host Peter Burke of Locavore Jazz
If you love jazz and live in the Triangle, you know Al Strong. The two-time Grammy-nominated trumpet player, composer, recording artist, mentor, and educator spoke with Six Count at Duke University’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute on October 4, 2023. Al is the co-founder of the Art of Cool...
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Happy One-Year Anniversary to the Six Count podcast in North Carolina!
Happy One-Year Anniversary to the Six Count podcast in North Carolina! Since launching in fall 2022, we have: interviewed twenty-three musicians for seventeen episodes partnered with an online jazz radio station based in North Carolina (taintradio.org) upgraded our equipment had first interview...
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Joseph Silvers, founder of the Hot Club of Raleigh, on the legacy of guitarist Rex Griffin on North Carolina’s jazz manouche scene, and the story of when Django Reinhardt’s son performed in Greensboro
Joseph Silvers is the founder of the Hot Club of Raleigh, a jazz manouche band based in the City of Oaks. The group has performed at Watts & Ward and Young Hearts Distilling, among other establishments in the Triangle and beyond. On this episode, Joseph shares the story of when Jean-Jacques…
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Farewell episode: Saxophonist Aaron Hill on leaving the Triangle, heading to Washington State University to serve as director of big bands and applied saxophone
Saxophonist Aaron Hill spoke with Six Count before moving back to the West Coast this past August. Aaron accepted a position as an assistant professor at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. The musician will serve as director of big bands and applied saxophone in the university’s...
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Dexter Moses, saxophonist, on the underappreciated influence of Don Byas (1913–1972) on swing and bebop
Dexter Moses is a saxophonist, composer, and educator in Durham. In addition to his own group, the Dexter Moses Quartet/Quintet, the musician has performed and recorded with Branford Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Joey Calderazzo, and Nneena Freelon, among others. A…
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Listen to the Six Count podcast on taintradio.org, an online jazz radio station based in North Carolina
Listen to the Six Count podcast on taintradio.org, a noncommercial venue for independent producers. The online jazz radio station based in North Carolina presents music and music-related programming 24/7. Six Count airs on Sundays at 6:00 p.m. and Fridays at 8:00 p.m. EST. Music credits This...
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Show alert! Jazz guitarist Kai Lance to play with the Mark Tipton Trio of Boston at the Sharp 9 Gallery this August
North Carolina native Kai Lance is a guitarist and educator based in Chapel Hill. Kai will perform with the Mark Tipton Trio at the Sharp 9 Gallery in Durham on Saturday, August 19. The lineup: Mark Tipton, trumpet Kai Lance, guitar George MacLaurin, piano Aaron Gross, bass Donovan Cheatham…
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50 years of jazz in the Triangle: Saxophonist and bandleader Gregg Gelb on his performance and teaching career, and new music with La Fiesta Latin Jazz Quintet
Gregg Gelb is a saxophonist and clarinetist, bandleader, and educator based in the Triangle. On this episode, the musician shares about his latest work with La Fiesta Latin Jazz Quintet, “The Latin Jazz Dance Suite,” which his group debuted at Magnetic Sound Studios in Durham on June 23. The...
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Pianist Ernest Turner on his approach to improvisation, fatherhood, and reflections from a more than 20-year career in jazz
Ernest Turner is a GRAMMY-nominated pianist, composer, and educator based in Durham. Ernest began learning the piano at the age of four from his mother. Since launching his professional career more than twenty years ago, the musician has performed with three of the Marsalis brothers (Delfeayo,...
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Jazz vocalist Angela Bingham on storytelling through music, performing little-known lyrics, and creating intimacy with audiences
Angela Bingham is a jazz vocalist, voiceover actress, and podcast co-host. You can catch her next with the Jim Ketch Quintet on Friday, June 9, at the Sharp 9 Gallery in Durham. The show, entitled “There’s Lyrics for That,” will feature songs by Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Jon Hendricks, and...
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Keenan McKenzie & The Riffers to launch recording project this spring on historic jazz, swing music
Keenan McKenzie is a musician (saxophone and clarinet), composer, and educator based in Durham. On this episode, Keenan shares about an upcoming recording project for his band, The Riffers, to produce the historic jazz group’s first full-length album. The Riffers will record at Magnetic Sound...
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Live recording! Laura Windley, vocalist and bandleader of Mint Julep Jazz Band, on the release of the album Watch the Birdie
For Six Count’s first recording with a live audience, Laura Windley of the Mint Julep Jazz Band spoke with Xara Wilde about her latest album, Watch the Birdie, released in fall 2022. Laura shares about the recording process for the historic jazz band, converting the album into vinyl, and what’s...
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Six Count to air on taintradio.org, an online jazz radio station based in North Carolina
Beginning this spring, the Six Count podcast will stream on taintradio.org, a noncommercial venue for independent producers. The online jazz radio station based in North Carolina presents music and music-related programming 24/7. Six Count will air on Sundays at 6:00 p.m. and Fridays at 8:00 p.m....
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What to expect: Wednesday jazz jam at Hayti Collective Kitchen and Cocktails, with drummer Taha Arif
Taha Arif spoke with host Xara Wilde outside the Hayti Collective Kitchen and Cocktails in Durham to share about the restaurant’s jazz jam on Wednesday evenings. The jam takes place from 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., and musicians of all levels are welcome. Weekly jazz jams in the Triangle Mondays…
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Saxophonist Brad Linde with co-host Peter Burke of Locavore Jazz on making avant-garde jazz accessible, paying tribute to our heroes, and what we can learn from Lucky Thompson
Brad Linde is a tenor and soprano saxophonist based in Washington, D.C., where he’s known as “the capital city’s contemporary cool king” (Giovanni Russonello, Capitalbop). The North Carolina native regularly performs at the Sharp Nine Gallery, the Cave, and other venues in the Triangle. Brad…
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Mark Wells, pianist and vocalist for Peter Lamb & the Wolves: “There’s that thing in me as a vocalist that is a primal drive to wail”
Mark Wells is a pianist and vocalist for Peter Lamb & the Wolves, among other bands in the Triangle. You can find the Wolves next on Sunday, March 5, at SideBar in downtown Cary from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Mark shares about the Benny Goodman Small Groups, the King of Swing’s original trio and quartet...
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Vibraphonist Christian Tamburr presents Legacy of Jazz Series at the Fuquay-Varina Arts Center this spring
Christian Tamburr is a vibraphonist, pianist, composer, and arranger based in the Triangle. The musician joined Six Count to share about the Trio Legacy of Jazz Series at the Fuquay-Varina Arts Center happening this spring in Fuquay-Varina. Christian also shares about his varied career so far,...
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Al Strong presents Beyu Caffe’s winter live music series in downtown Durham
Al Strong shares with Six Count about the winter live music series he’s been curating on behalf of Beyu Caffe in Downtown Durham. The shows, at 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, will continue through February. You can purchase tickets ($25 for seating, $12 for standing) on the venue’s...
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Vocalist Frankie Alexander on being discovered as a late twenty-something and her mentorship under pianist Yusuf Salim and singer Bus Brown
Vocalist Frankie Alexander grew up listening to her sister’s jazz records, but never thought she’d become a musician herself until her late twenties. A North Carolina native from Concord, Frankie was discovered by Baltimoreans Yusuf Salim (born Joseph Blair), a jazz pianist and composer, and Bus...
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New to the scene: Meet Rebecca Kleinmann, jazz flutist, singer, composer, and educator
Jazz flutist Rebecca Kleinmann moved to the Triangle in February 2022 after more than 20 years in California, and a dozen in the Bay Area alone. The internationally renowned musician joined Six Count to share about her first year in North Carolina after a busy year splitting time between both...
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DreamRoot on the album release of Leaf, with bassist Ittai Korman, drummer Theous Jones, and keyboardist Joe MacPhail
Ittai Korman (upright and electric bass), Theous Jones (drums and percussion), and Joe MacPhail (piano and keyboards) of DreamRoot joined Six Count in Durham. The trio released Leaf, the group’s second album, on October 28 at the NorthStar Church of the Arts. DreamRoot recorded Leaf in the...
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From the producers’ studio at Chatham Street Records: Michael Pelz-Sherman and Hal Goodtree
Pianist Michael Pelz-Sherman and multi-instrumentalist Hal Goodtree joined Six Count at Chatham Street Records, an indie record label in Cary, North Carolina. The label supports local artists through artist management, fair-share royalty collection, music production, and distribution. Michael and...
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From Chapel Hill’s The Cave: Ellis Dyson & The Shambles
North Carolina native Ellis Dyson (of the band Ellis Dyson & The Shambles) joined Six Count just before a performance at The Cave in Chapel Hill. The show was the first gig on The Shambles’s short tour along the East Coast this October. The band is known for combining “old-time influences ranging...
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Six Count is back! Thrio, with pianist Andrew Berinson, bassist Paul Creel, and drummer Donovan Cheatham, from the Triangle album release tour of Volume 1
Thrio is, you guessed it, a trio (“. . . because there’s three of them!”) featuring Andrew Berinson on piano, Donovan Cheatham on drums, and Paul Creel on bass. They released the group’s first album, Volume 1, in fall 2022. This interview was recorded on September 23, 2022, before Thrio’s...
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Jazz Voices, with Peg Delaney, Jody Shayne, Colleen Pratt & Teresa Broadwell
For a special episode of Six Count, the women of Jazz Voices reunite. Peg Delaney, a pianist, composer and arranger, is responsible for the vocal group with Jody Shayne, Colleen Pratt and Teresa Broadwell. Thank you for listening to Six Count. This show, hosted and produced by Xara Wilde, seeks…
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Rod Ferrone, Tap Dancer
Rod Ferrone is a tap dancer and vaudevillian based in Upstate NY. After dropping out of college, Ferrone went on to lead a long-standing dance career in NYC. He eventually partnered up with Joe Orrach, a boxer-turned-tap-dancer. On a park bench outside of McGeary’s Irish Pub in downtown Albany,...
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William Kennedy, Author & Journalist, Co-Writer of 'The Cotton Club'
William Kennedy is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and journalist based in Averill Park, N.Y. As a reporter for Albany's Times Union, Kennedy interviewed Louis Armstrong at the Kenmore Hotel. He shares about this conversation with Satchmo as well as his other run-ins with jazz greats including...
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Wayne Hawkins, Pianist & Composer
Six Count caught up with pianist Wayne Hawkins at the Halfmoon Diner in Clifton Park, N.Y. Originally from Kansas City, Hawkins now plays in a variety of jazz styles around the Capital Region as well as composes and arranges music for films, commercials and recording artists. In showbiz, he’s...
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Frankie Bailey, Crime Novelist
A Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden. A public concert by opera singer Marian Anderson at Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday. The World’s Fair in New York. All three events took place in 1939 and are at the center of crime novelist Frankie Bailey’s next novel. The historical thriller, “A Penny...
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Rich Syracuse, Bassist
Hudson Valley-based musician Rich Syracuse spoke with host Xara Wilde following a gig with the Chuck Lamb Trio at Caffè Lena in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Syracuse, who plays the string and electric bass, has been a mainstay in the area’s jazz scene for more than three decades. He began his jazz…
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Jeff "Siege" Siegel, Drummer, & Andre Peterson, Pianist
Drummer Jeff "Siege" Siegel and pianist Andre Peterson sat down with host Xara Wilde to chat briefly before a gig with bassist Ira Coleman at Grappa '72 in Albany, N.Y. Peterson, based in Johannesburg, shares what it was like to grow up around South Africa's jazz greats, how music was used as a...
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Graeme Francis, Percussionist
Graeme Francis is a percussionist who began playing jazz around the Capital Region four years ago after moving from San Antonio, Texas. Originally from Prince Edward Island, Canada, Francis has played with numerous chamber orchestras and ensembles, jazz bands and other musical groups across the...
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Colleen Pratt, Vocalist
Vocalist Colleen Pratt performs in her four-piece band, “Colleen Pratt & Friends,” as well as a host of other jazz groups around the Capital Region. She is the daughter of musicians Helen and Norman Pratt and the niece of renowned jazz pianist and trombonist Bobby Pratt. Her uncle played with…
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Tim Coakley, Drummer and Jazz DJ
Drummer Tim Coakley performs with Skip Parsons’ Riverboat Jazz Band, a dixieland band (featured in our pilot episode!), as well as his own trio. He has played with jazz greats including Doc Cheatham, Vic Dickenson and Buddy Tate. Coakley is also the president of A Place for Jazz, a fall concert...
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Joe Finn, Post-Bop Jazz Guitarist
Joe Finn is a jazz guitarist playing in the post-bop style around Upstate New York. On this episode, Finn shares about teaching music lessons during the "Beatlemania" era of the 1960s, growing up with his father's vast record collection, and what it was like to start his professional jazz career…
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Six Count Special! Interview with Alan Bramwell of Giants of Jazz Radio
While visiting Galway, Ireland earlier this week, host Xara Wilde spoke with Alan Bramwell of Giants of Jazz Radio to share about the pilot season of Six Count. The station, based in Lancashire, England, will begin airing the show starting next Wednesday, Oct. 23. Episodes will broadcast on...
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Tyler Giroux, Valve Trombonist and Pianist
Tyler Giroux is a valve trombone and piano player based in Troy, N.Y. He performs around the Capital Region with the Giroux Brothers (featuring his brother, Nate Giroux, on sax and clarinet), Alex Torres and His Latin Orchestra, the Dylan Perrillo Orchestra, Phil Allen's Concert Jazz Band, Bryan...
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Peter Fisher, Gypsy Jazz Jam with Collar City Guitars
Peter Fisher is the owner and founder of Collar City Guitars, a guitar shop that specializes in repairs, sales and service on 199 4th Street in Troy, N.Y. The luthier and rhythm guitarist is also the founder of the Gypsy Jazz Jam, a free and open event that takes place on the third Tuesday of…
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Jeanine Ouderkirk, Vocalist
Jeanine Ouderkirk is a vocalist based in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. On this episode, Ouderkirk shares how she came to pursue life as a professional jazz singer while in college, how she battles nerves before performing and what working as a vocalist is like near the home of the Saratoga Race Course....
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Zach Cohen, Le Bēt
Zach Cohen is the guitarist for Le Bēt, an electro-swing band with roots in gypsy jazz, and swing and electronic music. On this episode, Cohen shares how he and clarinetist Jonathan Greene got the band started, what it was like to play with internationally-renowned guitarist Stephane Wrembel at...
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