The Jazz Loft Radio Seriesinactive
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WNYC Studios
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audio
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W. Eugene Smith was a famous photo essayist for LIFE magazine and a suburban family man when he left it all in 1957 and moved to a rundown loft in Manhattan. The building had already become a popular hangout and jamming space for jazz players both prominent and obscure, and Smith spent the next decade documenting the music, conversations and personalities that passed through. This program, produced and hosted by Sara Fishko and originally heard as a 10-part radio series in 2009, pulls from the 4,000 hours of audio Smith recorded.
In 1957, W. Eugene Smith packed up a truck with all his work and belongings to a rundown loft building in Manhattan’s Flower District. For over a decade, he recorded -- in thousands of still photographs and endless hours of tape-recorded sound -- the daily life of the place. The Jazz Loft Series uses the audiotapes recorded by Smith (he wired the whole, 5-story building from the ground floor up) to explore the music, conversations, stories, dramas and characters. The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith, a documentary film produced by WNYC Studios in association with Lumiere Productions, is now available as a full-length feature film on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and more.
Smith had left a stellar career as LIFE Magazine photo essayist. His new project became this loft -- not fixing it up, but rather capturing it in all its musical, eccentric and beat-up detail.

The Jazz Loft Radio Series uses the audiotapes recorded by Smith (he wired the whole, 5-story building from the ground floor up) to explore the music, conversations, stories, dramas and characters that emerge from this 4,000-hour archive of material. The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith, a documentary film produced by WNYC Studios in association with Lumiere Productions, is now available as a full-length feature film and is available on iTunes, Amazone, Google Play and more.
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Country Of Origin |
USA
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New York, NY
Premiere Date |
2015-10-21
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11 Available Episodes (11 Total)Average duration: 00:19:42
Mar 07 | 00:56:44
Special Episode: Jazz Loft Jam Sessions
Oct 30 | 00:11:20
Episode 1: Introduction
Oct 29 | 00:21:25
Episode 2: Enter W. Eugene Smith
Oct 28 | 00:16:00
Episode 3: The Tapes
Oct 27 | 00:19:42
Episode 4: Hall Overton
Oct 26 | 00:13:14
Episode 5: Before the Loft
Oct 25 | 00:20:24
Episode 6: Drummer Ron Free
Oct 24 | 00:09:58
Episode 7: Flowers at 6 AM
Oct 23 | 00:18:03
Episode 8: Monk at Town Hall
Oct 22 | 00:14:10
Episode 9: More Tapes
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