In this special live Essential Radio Pledge Drive edition of The Jazz Disturbance, host Cheryl K speaks with composer William Susman. His newest release, “Scatter My Ashes” is on his Belarca Records label and features the premiere of the New York-based Octet Ensemble. The release features his music including two song cycles, featuring poems by Sue Susman, as well as the instrumentation of American popular music, and the harmonic and rhythmic influences from Jazz and Afro-Cuban music.

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