Jazz Therapy
by Jazz Therapy
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Season 2 Episode 5: A Deep Dive into Mary Lou Williams’ “Black…
Season 2 Episode 5: A Deep Dive into Mary Lou Williams’ “Black…
About this podcast
Jazz enthusiast and psychotherapist Jesse Shapiro interviews Jazz lovers who see their work as a service to humanity. We listen to music together and discuss the feelings it brings us along with the historical timeframe it was made in.Jesse Shapiro, the creator of Jazz Therapy, prefers to hear mostly jazz, 24/7. She is a licensed psychotherapist in CA and NY. To learn more about her psychotherapy practice, you can visit here: www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/jesse-little-shapiro-sacramento-ca/300329
Episodes
- Season 2 Episode 5: A Deep Dive into Mary Lou Williams’ “Black Christ of the Andes” · 39 min · Season 2 Episode 5In this Special Edition: “Album Therapy” episode, Jesse and the audience listen Mary Lou Williams’s visionary album “Black Christ of the Andes,” honoring San Martin de Porres…
- Season 2, Episode 4: Breaking our Bad Habits, Self-Compassion, and the resiliency of Phinneas Newborn, Jr · 36 min · Season 2 Episode 4In this episode, Jesse talks about how we can break bad habits from neuroscientific, psychological, and spiritual perspectives. We do a visualization for breaking our bad habits…
- Season 2 Episode 3: Post: Election Special: The Power of One, Meditation for the USA, and the Genius of Clifford Brown · 40 min · Season 2 Episode 3In this episode, Jesse processes her feelings about the election. She explores the “power of one,” the idea that one person can change a group and the world. We turn to the jazz…
- Season 2, Episode 2: Preconceived Notions, Mindfulness and Self Compassion, and the Intensity of Sidney Bechet · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 2In this in this episode, Jesse talks about having preconceived, notions and assumptions, and how she’s been wrong about some things recently. She talks about bringing mindfulness…
- Season 2, Episode 1: The Monkey Mind, Inner Peace, and the genius of Ahmad Jamal · 34 min · Season 2 Episode 1Welcome back, Jazz Lovers, to the premiere of Season 2! In this episode, Jesse talks about the Buddhist concept of the "monkey mind," how she struggles, and ways we can calm the…
- Episode 10: Shinrin-yoku: The Japanese Art of Forest Bathing, a Meditation, and the genius of Eric Dolphy · 53 min · Season 1 Episode 10In Episode 10, also our Season 1 Finale, Jesse talks about the Japanese concept of "Forest Bathing," how nature is so therapeutic for all of us, and how we can call get outdoors…
- Episode 9: The beauty of immigrants, “Othering” others, and Paquito D’Rivera · 56 min · Season 1 Episode 9In this episode, Jesse talks about all of us being immigrants, celebrating diversity, and how we have a proclivity to “other” those different than us. We listen to the music of…
- Episode 8: Wu Wei: The Art of Not Forcing, and Christian McBride · 51 min · Season 1 Episode 8In this episode, Jesse ponders the Daoist concept of “Wu Wei,” or “Don’t Force,” and how we can all align better with the Tao, or flow of the Universe. We listen to amazing…
- Episode 7: Group Therapy, Dying to the Ego, and Red Garland · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 7In this episode, Jesse talks about pianist Red Garland and how his involvement in The Miles Davis Quintet is an example of “dying to the ego.” She applies psychodynamic aspects…
- Episode 6: Trailblazing Spirituality, Mary Lou Williams, and The War in Gaza · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 6In this episode, Jesse reflects upon the life of the multi-talented Mary Lou Williams, pianist, composer, arranger, and spiritual trailblazer. Then, she guides the audience…
- Episode 5: Curiosity, Spirituality and Sinatra · 1 h 3 min · Season 1 Episode 5Jesse speaks with Larry Saidman, host of the hit podcast “Discovering Jazz.” They discuss curiosity as a spiritual path, Larry’s lifelong love of music, and listen to jazz. Song…
- Episode 4: Design, Beauty, and Ella Fitzgerald · 1 h 22 min · Season 1 Episode 4In this episode, Jesse talks to interior designer Dorothy Morrow about her spirituality, approach to life and bringing beauty via design into public schools. They then listen to…
- Episode 3: Revivalism, Activism, and Max Roach · 1 h 16 min · Season 1 Episode 3In this episode, Jesse speaks to Rev Dr. Ambrose Carroll, founder and CEO of Green The Church, a movement to bring climate change and activism to the Black church nationwide…
- Episode 2: Quilting, Social Justice, and Billie Holiday · 1 h 53 min · Season 1 Episode 2In this episode, Jesse speaks with Frances Deck, a quilter and social justice advocate, about how she blends her two passions together. They talk about Frances's spirituality…
- Episode 1: Kundalini and Coltrane · 1 h 18 min · Season 1 Episode 1On this episode, Jesse speaks with spiritual mystic Rigzin, a devotee of the teachings of 8th-century mystic Padmasambhava. We talk about spiritual practice, what do do when we…
