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Podcast 215: Guitarist Miles Okazaki

September 2018

On this week’s podcast, we talk to jazz guitarist Miles Okazaki about his epic new project, Work: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk. On it, he transcribes and performs the 70 known Monk compositions for solo guitar. We learn about his arrangement process, the guitar he used for the recordings and the rules he gave himself before tackling this huge undertaking.

This episode is sponsored by Lee Valley and Retrofret Vintage Guitars.