{"podcast":{"title":"Close Enough for Jazz","slug":"close-enough-for-jazz-7734034","podcast_index_feed_id":7734034,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/69a7b8282fb50a2e17913fc0","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/close-enough-for-jazz","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1772598836323-a8561f62-a4cf-49a5-9010-4c491fee5bb9.jpeg","author":"Birch Grove","episode_count":28,"summary":"Tired of the old jazz paradigm? We call this Close Enough for Jazz because \"Modern-Avant-Garde-Polyrhythmic-Sound-Art\" was too long for the RSS feed. Join Lindsay and Alan Bjorklund (Birch Grove Media) for unfiltered dialogues with the composers and improvisers pushing the boundaries of the modern and avant-garde jazz scene. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-11T02:21:34.129388+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/close-enough-for-jazz-7734034"},"episode":{"title":"Face’s Upcoming Album and the Glory Days of the Bushwick Loft Scene","slug":"face-s-upcoming-album-and-the-glory-days-of-the-bushwick-loft-scene","published_at":"2026-07-16T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/close-enough-for-jazz-7734034/face-s-upcoming-album-and-the-glory-days-of-the-bushwick-loft-scene","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/close-enough-for-jazz-7734034","url":"https://birchgrove.io/home/podcast/cefj-20/","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69a7b8282fb50a2e17913fc0/e/6a585408c0080f2be71a0d32/media.mp3","summary":"We step back to the gritty 2009 Brooklyn loft scene to announce the upcoming Birch Grove Media vinyl release of Fall 2009 by Alan's acoustic avant-garde band, Face. In this episode, we explore the origins of the group, tracking their evolution from high school friendships to playing lost Brooklyn venues like Goodbye Blue Monday and Evening Time Place. Alan breaks down the cast of characters, including the late Andrew Carrico, David Schnug, Pascal Niggenkemper, Cody Brown, and vocalist Matt Scollante—whose intense, yelling spoken-word performance at The Stone gave this album an explicit warning. We also take a clinical look at the realities of early DIY recording, with Alan explaining how he salvaged a highly flawed, 44.1kHz session recorded on cheap gear using modern audio plugins. Packed with stories about the \"Almost V-Day Suite\" and the parallel run of his electric band Smirk, this episode captures a definitive era of Brooklyn music ahead of the album's double vinyl release alongside Bear Skinner later this year. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro: A yelling vocalist at The Stone  00:30 - Announcing the release of Face's Fall 2009 album  01:05 - The cast of characters: David Schnug, Pascal Niggenkemper, and more  02:00 - High school connections and moving to a Brooklyn Bedford Avenue apartment  03:45 - How the band's instrumentation evolved from the \"Actually Actually\" trio  05:27 - Remembering baritone saxophonist Andrew Carrico  06:43 - Recording the album on Halloween 2009 at the \"Evening Time Place\" loft  08:19 - The thriving 2009-2012 Bushwick loft scene and lost Brooklyn venues  10:00 - Face as a working acoustic band vs. the electric Smirk project  12:58 - Matt Scollante's unique spoken word performance  14:26 - Writin…","meta_description":"We step back to the gritty 2009 Brooklyn loft scene to announce the upcoming Birch Grove Media vinyl release of Fall 2009 by Alan's acoustic avant-garde b…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1237,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/close-enough-for-jazz-7734034/episodes/face-s-upcoming-album-and-the-glory-days-of-the-bushwick-loft-scene/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/close-enough-for-jazz-7734034/face-s-upcoming-album-and-the-glory-days-of-the-bushwick-loft-scene.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}