A few years ago, in a conversation with a colleague of mine after a gig, we realized that our generation gleaned much of our knowledge of the history of jazz music from reading the liner notes off the backs of LPs. This made me think of my students who, while they have fluid access to more recordings than they could ever possibly listen to, often know little about the musicians who play on the recordings, why the recordings were created, or what they are about. In the era of iTunes and Spotify, the liner notes that provide this information are not easily available when downloading a recording and LINER NOTES is my response to this void of knowledge.

Utilizing my understanding of the musicians’ life as only another musician can, I conceived of this podcast to serve as a tool to fill in some of the gaps in this lack of knowledge. Additionally, it is my desire that LINER NOTES will provide an artist with a platform to speak about their process and reveal the humanity behind their music.