Awadagin Pratt: STILLPOINT (Listening Party), Fall Podcasts Preview, Late Night Television, Devon Gilfillian, Lewis Latimer's 175th Birthday

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Sep 14, 2023

STILLPOINT is the first album in 12 years from acclaimed concert pianist Awadagin Pratt. The album comprises six pieces commissioned by different composers, including Tyshawn Sorey and Paola Prestini, and draws from the T.S. Eliot poem, Burnt Norton, as inspiration. It also features the self-conducted string orchestra A Far Cry and experimental vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth. Pratt joins us for a Listening Party.

Vulture podcast critic Nicholas Quah returns to share some recommendations for podcasts to listen to this fall. Plus, we take your calls to find out what you're listening to.

Talk show are at an interesting inflection point. Drew Barrymore and Bill Maher have recently decided to go back on the air, sans writers, drawing the ire of some union supporters. Then there are the late night hosts, who have banded together to form the podcast Strike Force Five... in the midst of controversy surrounding Jimmy Fallon, who was the subject of a Rolling Stone expose about a toxic work environment at "The Tonight Show." Eric Deggans, TV critic for NPR, joins us to break down all the recent talk show news.

[REBROADCAST FROM MAY 9, 2023] In 2020, Nashville-based singer Devon Gilfillian recorded a track-by-track cover of Marvin Gaye's 1971 album What's Going On. Now, he has a new album, titled Love You Anyway. He joins us for a listening party. Gilfillian has an upcoming concert at Racket NYC on Monday, Sept. 25 at 8:00 p.m.

This month, inventor Lewis Latimer (1848-1928) turned 175 years old. Latimer was born in Massachusetts to self-emancipated slaves, and after serving in the Union Navy during the Civil War as a teenager, he became an important inventor who worked on the development of the incandescent lightbulb, the telephone, and more. Latimer settled in Queens towards the end of his life, and his house is where The Lewis Latimer House Museum stands today. This Saturday the museum is hosting Lewis Latimer’s 175th Birthday Celebration, a free event featuring science activities, musical performances, and more! Executive Director Ran Yan joins us to preview the day.

*This episode is guest-hosted by Tiffany Hanssen.

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