Phil Freeman: Ugly Beauty Complete Interviews

Part 1:

How is jazz evolving and changing in this century? That is the complex question that the guest on this episode of Inquiry attempts to reveal. PHIL FREEMAN is a music journalist specializing in jazz and metal. His new book is a challenging series of essays about what jazz is today: UGLY BEAUTY: JAZZ IN THE 21^ST CENTURY.

Part 2:

On this episode of Inquiry, we welcome back PHIL FREEMAN, a music journalist specializing in jazz and metal. We continue our conversation about his thought-provoking new book: UGLY BEAUTY – JAZZ IN THE 21^ST CENTURY. Tonight we talk about musicians who are really expanding the definition of jazz-like Mary Halvorson, Vijay Iyer, Tyshawn Sorey, and Taylor Ho Bynum.