In this broadcast, a conversation with tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson and renowned African American poet, activist, and educator Nikki Giovanni. Their collaborative release, The Gospel According to Nikki Giovanni (Solid Jackson) is due out on February 18. Plus a selection from keyboardist Luke Carlos O’Reilly’s I Too Sing America: A Black Man’s Diary.

A weekly one-hour program focused on jazz and improvised music, news, radio, conversations, and more. There’s news out there about the people, eco-systems, 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.