The Checkout with Simon Rentner

Series produced by WBGO

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New Jazz in New York City

The Checkout is a one-hour music magazine show and podcast. It features the best content from Jazz 88.3FM, the leading presenter of jazz in public media. Every week, WBGO Host and Producer Simon Rentner crafts a program that aims into the heart of New York's creative music scene, featuring exclusive interviews, studio sessions, and field recordings of today's top artists.


27 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
Caption: Fred Ho
A remembrance of revolutionary saxophonist Fred Ho, a studio session with Rio de Jainero's Flame Collective, and an exploration of jazz from Ethiopia.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
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Singers! Cecile McLorin Salvant's auspicious recording debut "WomanChild," UK's Zara McFarlane rite of passage as an artist, and drummer Theo Bleck...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
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Vijay Iyer's recording "Mutations" and the state of the recording industry, Rudy Royston channel's Denver, Colorado with his album "303," and Pete ...

Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jose James
Jose James's album "While You Were Sleeping," The Danilo Perez Trio performs in-studio, and reflects on five centuries of Panama's history, and Jef...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 59:01
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George Wein talks Newport Jazz Festival, Mostly Other People Do The Killing's "Red Hot" fable, and a Charlie Haden memorial.

  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 58:57
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On the scene of the Montreal Jazz Festival Part II: Tom Harrell thinks of melodies in his dreams, and shares his appreciation for Debussy, Rubin K...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
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Pianist Monty Alexander shares his earliest recordings as teenager in Jamaica, Vincent Rehel's love for original movie soundtracks, and Baptiste Tr...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2014
  • Length: 58:59