Judy Carmichael's Jazz Inspired - Public Radio Show

10/07/2025

Samara Joy, this week on Jazz Inspired! We revisit my conversation with Samara right before she started collecting a pile of Grammys! Listen on your local NPR station, podcast platforms and at the link below.

https://www.jazzinspired.com/browse-shows/samara-joy?rq=%20joy

09/27/2025

Get your cowboy on with some Western Swing! Hilary Gardner this week on Judy Carmichael's Jazz Inspired - Public Radio Show.

Listen on NPR, podcast or the link below.

https://www.jazzinspired.com/browse-shows/hilary-gardner-2?rq=Hilary%20Gardner

09/22/2025

A snippet of my chat with vocalist Stella Cole on "Judy Carmichael's Jazz Inspired - Public Radio Show.

Listen this week on NPR or your favorite podcast platform.

A snippet of my chat with Stella on Judy Carmichael's Jazz Inspired. Listen on podcast platforms or at www.jazzinspired.com.

09/17/2025

Vocalist and social media star, STELLA COLE next week on "Jazz Inspired."

Stella shares my love for 1930s and '40s musicals and has a gorgeous sound and approach to carry on the tradition with her own personal touch. Stella's not only a fabulous singer, she's a thoughtful, sensitive person. I loved our conversation and having her on the show.

Listen here: https://www.jazzinspired.com/browse-shows/stella-cole?rq=stella%20cole

09/17/2025

Robert Redford from "The Candidate." I flew to San Francisco to do my first TV show and Natalie Wood happened to be flying up (we sat together) to appear in "The Candidate" as a favor to Redford. She asked what I was going to be doing in SF, then I asked her what she was doing and she said, "I'm doing a walk on for a friend, well you know him, Bob Redford."

It was the first of a number of times that someone said something like that to me. My brother looks like Redford, something people commented on a lot when we were younger. When I came to NY, I met an actress who said, "Do you know Bob Redford? You look like you could be his sister." People kept saying we should meet.

I admired him on multiple levels so he was always my number one fantasy guest to have on "Jazz Inspired." I tried for years to break though his firewall and get him on the show. Finally, in 2005, he hired me to play at the Sundance Film Festival, so I grabbed the chance to have him as a "Jazz Inspired" guest. Happily, he hired me a number of times to return to Sundance and every minute with him was a joy and inspiration. A great man who made a difference, something we should all try to do.

Listen to our conversation here: https://www.jazzinspired.com/browse-shows/2015/1/30/robert-redford?rq=redford

09/13/2025

To celebrate 25 years on NPR, we're revisiting some of my favorite conversations and this one with the fabulous BETTY BRYANT was definitely a favorite, shown below with her longtime musical collaborator, multi-instrumentalist Robert Kyle. Love them both!

09/10/2025

Catherine Russell this week on Jazz Inspired. Here we are at breakfast in 2009 on tour in Brazil. Catherine was advising me to always wear your sunglasses at breakfast to hide how tired you are when you're on the road.

Listen here: https://www.jazzinspired.com/browse-shows/2015/1/30/catherine-russell?rq=catherine%20russell

08/11/2025

This week on Judy Carmichael's Jazz Inspired - Public Radio Show guitarist, Larry Koonse, recorded onstage at The Next Picture Show in Dixon, IL, outside of Chicago. We talk, we play, and that great audience we had chime in. Fun episode.

We're revisiting some of my favorite shows as part of Jazz Inspired's 25th year on air celebration and this one was certainly a favorite.

Here's a bit of "Honeysuckle Rose" in San Diego at the sadly long gone Martinis Club. Loved that room.

08/05/2025

This week on “Jazz Inspired” JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH producer (and Oscar, Tony, Emmy and Grammy-winner) FRANK MARSHALL. But it’s not just about dinosaurs with Frank, he’s also a lifelong jazz lover. We talk about his growing up with jazz and recently discovering an unreleased recording his father, Jack Marshall, produced, of Jack Sheldon and Chet Baker. I commented on how wonderfully surprising their pairing is on this recording.

07/20/2025

BRIDGERTON! I asked Julie Andrews how she created the voice of her Bridgerton character Mrs. Whistledown, here from my conversation with Emma Walton Hamilton (Julie's daughter & writing partner) and Julie on "Jazz Inspired."

Listen to full show here:

https://www.jazzinspired.com/browse-shows/julie-andrews-amp-emma-walton-hamilton?rq=Julie%20andrews

07/18/2025

Next week on Jazz Inspired, my conversation with The Simpsons writer, Mike Reiss who been with the show from the beginning. We started by my asking what Homer thinks of jazz. Here's the answer.

To hear my full conversation with Mike, go to www.jazzinspired.com or listen next week on your local NPR station.

07/17/2025

Here’s a bit of my conversation with Julie Andrews and her daughter (and children’s book collaborator) Emma Walton Hamilton. Airing as part of our 25th anniversary celebration on NPR stations, podcast platforms and at www.jazzinspired.com