In Your Ear

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In Your Ear is a cool fusion of jazz and Latin music, giving voice to musicians deserving wider recognition, and showing that jazz and Afro-Caribbean music are separate, but “branches of the same tree” as the late Afro-jazz pioneer Mario Bauza used to stress. Hosted by Art Sato.

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In Your Ear

In Your Ear – Interview with Amir ElSaffar & Hafez Modirzadeh

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Amir ElSaffar, Iraqi-American composer, trumpeter, Santoor player, and vocalist; and Hafez Modirzadeh, Persian-American composer and multi-instrumentalist are interviewed by program host Art Sato. The program features selections from ElSaffar's critically acclaimed recording, "Two Rivers" (Pi Recordings), inspired by the Tigris and the Euphrates.  ElSaffar and Modirzadeh perform live from KPFA's studio. The program is available … Continued

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In Your Ear – April 4, 2009 at 4:00pm

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The US government privatizes the profit while socializing the debt: Catherine Austin Fitts lays out what Obama's new plan for the financial system means for the American public; plus, Robert Knight discusses the Iranian elections and power politics with Muhammed Sahimi in part two of their interview; JR and the Block Report in an in-depth … Continued

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In Your Ear – March 28, 2009

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The late timbalero/percussionist Manny Oquendo, who passed away on March 25, 2009 at age 78, is honored over the first hour of "In Your Ear."  Oquendo, legendary leader of the band Libre, is one of the most pivotal figures in New York Latin music over the past sixty years having played with the likes of … Continued

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In Your Ear – March 21, 2009

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Horace Mansfield Jr. sits in for Art Sato and plays a wide and rich range of African American creative, improvisational music – commonly known as jazz.  

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In Your Ear – March 14, 2009 at 4:00pm

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In these difficult times who's fighting for the little guy? Consumer Watchdog, Free Press, and Just Cause Oakland that's who. Chevron gives $350,000 to Schwarzenegger, was that to keep an oil extraction tax off the table? Obama picks a new FCC chair, will the internet get morefree and open now? And Bank of America gets … Continued