Bill Carter and Presbybop Music

We wind up Season 4 with a celebration of the 100^th birthday of trumpeter Miles Davis. What prompted this episode? A phone call from the BBC to interview Bill Carter on the “spiritual dimensions of the music of Miles…

As we continue to talk with trombonist Steve Davis, we ask about some of the people that he’s performed with: Chick Corea, Jimmy Heath, Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter, Christian McBride, and pianist Harold Mabern, Jr. It’s quite a list, and…

It is a privilege to talk with some wonderful musicians. Today we speak with Steve Davis, one of the world’s great trombonists. Jeff met him on a jazz cruise over the winter, and Bill played music with him at a…

A biblical storyteller and a jazz pianist walk into a bar – and a new recording project was born. That’s the origin of John According to Jazz, a unique Presbybop Music project from many years ago. Our hosts invited Dennis…

There is a new band forming: the Blue Note Jazztet. It’s a consort of favorite musicians in the Presbybop Music family who will present concerts in the hard bop tradition of Blue Note records. Jeff Kellam gets the run down…

As Bill gets ready to hit the road again, he leaves behind a recording of a sermon offered at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, George. Wary of a sermon? Don’t despair. He’s speaking about music and the creativity that can bring…

There are many underappreciated jazz musicians. Bill and Jeff have a conversation with Dr. Deanna Witkowski about Eddie Bonnemere, a brilliant composer and jazz musician. Eddie wrote a significant amount of sacred music that swung hard and lifted the spirits…

As a New Year begins, Bill and Jeff share a moment from the road. The Presbybop Quartet was invited to play in worship recently at First Presbyterian Church of Greensburg, PA. The pastor also invited Bill to preach the sermon.…

In this Christmas episode, Jeff and Bill have a conversation about incarnation. That’s a ten-cent word that points to the mystery of the ineffable taking flesh. If Christmas reveals that God loves us by sending love in the birth of…

The co-hosts return to one of their favorite conversation partners: Derrick Bang, author of Vince Guaraldi at the Piano (second edition). They have a fresh conversation about Guaraldi and his work of creating a jazz mass in 1965 at…