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The Jazz Loft Radio Series

All 10 episodes are now available on-demand.

W. Eugene Smith was a famous photo essayist for LIFE magazine and a suburban family man when he left it all in 1957 and moved to a rundown loft in Manhattan. The building had already become a popular hangout and jamming space for jazz players both prominent and obscure, and Smith spent the next decade documenting the music, conversations and personalities that passed through. This program, produced and hosted by Sara Fishko and originally heard as a 10-part radio series in 2009, pulls from the 4,000 hours of audio Smith recorded.

The Jazz Loft Radio Series

  • Episode 9: More Tapes

    Oct 22, 2015
    In this episode, hear immersive samples of Chick Corea and other musicians from the all-night jam sessions that made the Jazz Loft such a unique space.

  • Episode 10: Times Change

    Oct 21, 2015
    By the early 60s, folk music was gaining in popularity and New York was becoming more expensive. At the Jazz Loft, the tapes finally stopped rolling around 1965.   

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