In this broadcast, a conversation with pianist, composer, and author Deanna Witkowski. Her new release on MCG Jazz is Force of Nature. Her first book is a biography of pianist, composer, and arranger Mary Lou Williams entitled, Mary Lou Williams: Music for the Soul. Plus a selection from trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith’s TUM release Trumpet.

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, heard Sundays at 11 a.m. on WGXC-FM.