# Tom Reney

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Jazz Beat - Max Roach

In the latest episode of Jazz Beat, Tom Reney celebrates the legacy of the jazz great Max Roach, and recalls the personal influence the drummer had on his life. Our podcast includes excerpts from Max's recordings with Clifford Brown, Sonny Rollins, Abbey Lincoln, and Stanley Turrentine, and selecti…

Jazz Beat - Fats Domino

Tom Reney's memorial tribute to Fats Domino credits the great pianist as a founder of rock 'n' roll and an exemplar of New Orleans rhythm and blues, and addresses a schism between jazz and r&b.

Jazz Beat 58 - Billy Boy Arnold Part Two

For Jazz Beat 57 and 58, Tom Reney spoke with Billy Boy Arnold about his autobiography, THE BLUES DREAM OF BILLY BOY ARNOLD.

Jazz Beat 57 - Billy Boy Arnold Part One

For Jazz Beat 57 and 58, Tom Reney spoke with Billy Boy Arnold about his autobiography, THE BLUES DREAM OF BILLY BOY ARNOLD.

Jazz Beat #59 - Jazz critic Gary Giddins on Sonny Rollins

Jazz critic Gary Giddins talks to Tom Reney about Sonny Rollins.

Houston Person

Jazz Beat from New England Public Media features host Tom Reney's research and love for the music, one artist at a time. In this outing, he spends some time with the work of Houston Person.

All That Jazz

6/15/23: UMass Prof Amilcar Shabazz on "Retracing the Journey of Slavery;” Rep. Jim McGovern on craziness and dysfunction in Washington; GCC Prof Brian Adams with Hilltown Land Trust’s Sarah Welch on hikes and beauty here; Glenn Siegel with Jazz a la Mode’s Tom Reney.

Max Roach, May, 1979

Tom Reney's very first interview was with famed jazz drummer, Max Roach.

Tom Reney on Charlie Musselwhite

Tom Reney was honored by the Jazz Journalists Association with the Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Career Excellence in Broadcasting in 2019. In addition to hosting Jazz à la Mode since 1984,  Tom writes the Corner Pocket music blog at tomreney.com and hosts the Jazz Beat podcast at New …

Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: the lock-down at the high school last week, a swatting incident, and the community debate that has ensued—what about phones in schools? How about metal detectors?

9/14/26, Co-Host Megan Zinn Tom Reney, 42-year host of Jazz a la Mode: his presentation Thursday at GCC Symposium on the Swing Era, race, gender & jazz, and some history we didn’t know. Meghana Mysore, author of “Let All Our Ghosts Depart” on our own ghosts and speculative fiction. Her book launc…