In this hour, an interview with New York City-based composer and trombonist Sam Blakeslee. Busy Body, Blakeslee's second and latest release with his group Wistful Thinking, is now out on Outside in Music. Plus, a rebroadcast of a conversation with Cat Henry, arts executive and curator of the Hudson Jazz Festival. The event this year is entitled, The Shape of Jazz Today, and will take place over two consecutive weekends — February 16 to 19 and February 23 to 26 in Hudson, NY. Hudson Hall is located at 327 Warren Street.

Featured music
[excerpt] Sam Blakeslee/Hollandaise Sauce/Busy Body/Outside in Music [5:14]
[excerpt] Sam Blakeslee/Little Song Diary – Part I/Busy Body/Outside in Music [:53]
[excerpt] Sam Blakeslee/Wistful Thinking/Busy Body/Outside in Music [8:33]
[excerpt] Sam Blakeslee/Klepto/Busy Body/Outside in Music [2:27]
[excerpt] Sarah Elizabeth Charles/Blank Canvas/Blank Canvas/Ropeadope [4:09]
[excerpt] Marquis Hill/The Watcher/Modern Flow Vol. II/Black Unlimited Music Group [5:52]
[excerpt] Michael Mayo/Stolen Moments/Bones/Mack Avenue [4:54]
[excerpt] Ulysses Owens, Jr./Harlem Harlem Harlem/Soul Conversations/Outside in Music [9:44]
[excerpt] Lucy Yeghiazaryan and Vanisha Gould/Look This Way/In Her Words/Lucy Yeghiazaryan and Vanisha Gould [2:57]
[excerpt] Aaron Parks/Friendo/Dreams of a Mechanical Man/Ropeadope [6:34]
[excerpt] Endea Owens/Where the Nubians Grow/Where the Nubians Grow/BassBea Music [4:57]
[excerpt] Ornette Coleman/Peace/The Shape of Jazz to Come/Atlantic [9:05]

A weekly one-hour program focused on jazz and improvised music, news, radio, conversations, and more. There’s news out there about the people, ecosystems, history, and culture of jazz and improvised music, and host Cheryl K. and her erudite guests are ready to share. Hosted by Cheryl K., host of "The Jazz Disturbance" Sundays at 11 a.m. on WGXC-FM.