Podcast

The Rhythm Changes Podcast, hosted by Chris Fraser, is a home for creative, improvising, local music people and serves as an audio companion to the website.

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This guest-driven interview show is your guide to the people and projects of our scene. Keep up with the community, discover new artists, and catch busy musicians as they reflect on interesting times.

History

The “RCP” launched on May 25, 2021 with a release of six initial episodes. Will Chernoff was the original host and booked the early guests from his personal network. Among the first 30 guests through the rest of the year 2021, several established jazz musicians helped spread the word to an early group of listeners.

From November 2021 through the summer of 2022, as the live music scene emerged from the pandemic and began running hot, Will produced weekly episodes. The podcast accompanied the launches of the gig list, free weekly email, and subscriptions at Rhythm Changes in 2022 and earned disproportionate attention in the jazz scene, more so than even those other offerings. People would ask, "How's the podcast going?" or, "Who's coming on the podcast soon?"

In the summer and fall of 2022, Will introduced the Chernoff Music network of podcasts, adding a new show called Jazz Office Hours featuring Cory Weeds and assuming the production role for the existing podcast Pacific Sound Radio. In May 2023, Vicarious, co-hosted by jazz-trained musicians Alex Scott and Karen White, launched on the network.

Chris Fraser succeeded Will as the host in August 2024 following episode 100. "His personality in our scene is so impactful and so positive," Will said of Chris in the announcement.