34 min listen
Tragedy + Time = Comedy: Verna Gillis
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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Apr 1, 2020
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Podcast episode
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This is Episode 1, Season 1 of The TMI Project Podcast, Tragedy + Time = Comedy featuring Verna Gillis. It was produced in partnership with Radio Kingson with production assistance from Ida Hakkila, Nate Brogan, Marlan Barry and Manuel Blas.Dr. Verna Gillis has a storied career recording and producing multicultural albums with famous world musicians like Daneile Ponce. She founded Soundcape, a jazz club in New York City, a musical home to nurture the careers of countless musicians. In this premiere episode of The TMI Project Podcast we take a deep dive into Verna’s life story and discover that through grief Verna found her voice as a writer and “sit down” comedian. Useful Links: Verna’s WebsiteVerna Gillis on WikipediaBradford Graves on WikipediaDaniel Ponce on WikipediaRoswell Rudd on WikipediaSoundscape on WikipediaVerna’s albums on Smithsonian FolkwaysThe Muse of the Melting Pot, The New York Times, April 1990Awesome and Gruesome by the Olders
Released:
Apr 1, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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S01E01: Verna Gillis: TMI Project’s co-founder Eva Tenuto met the well-known ethnomusicologist turned comedian and storyteller Verna Gillis ten years ago at TMI Project’s first story slam. Eva was mesmerized by the regal, older woman who stepped up to the mike and brought the house down with a raunchy monologue about sex and aging, but that was only the beginning. by The TMI Project Story Hour