Jazz Beat

Jazz Beat

Tom Reney

Jazz Beat is a jazz and blues podcast from New England Public Media's Tom Reney. Tom was honored by the Jazz Journalists Association with the Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Career Excellence in Broadcasting in 2019. In addition to hosting Jazz à la Mode since 1984, Tom writes the jazz blog and produces the Jazz Beat podcast at NEPM. He began working in jazz radio in 1977 at WCUW, a community-licensed radio station in Worcester, Massachusetts. Tom holds a BA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he majored in English and African American Studies.

Radio: WFCR New England Public Radio

Categories: Music

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Tom Reney's very first interview was with famed jazz drummer, Max Roach.

Previous episodes

  • 99 - Max Roach Interview, 1979 
    Thu, 15 Jun 2023
  • 98 - Houston Person 
    Mon, 21 Nov 2022
  • 97 - Jazz Beat #59 - Jazz critic Gary Giddins on Sonny Rollins 
    Mon, 09 May 2022
  • 96 - Jazz Beat 58 - Billy Boy Arnold Part Two 
    Tue, 01 Feb 2022
  • 95 - Jazz Beat 57 - Billy Boy Arnold Part One 
    Tue, 01 Feb 2022
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