{"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":17,"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":"2026-06-26T02:21:23.377079+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/close-enough-for-jazz-7734034"},"episode":{"title":"Recording Unobtainium: The Bear Skinner Session","slug":"recording-unobtainium-the-bear-skinner-session","published_at":"2026-04-23T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/close-enough-for-jazz-7734034/recording-unobtainium-the-bear-skinner-session","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/close-enough-for-jazz-7734034","url":"https://shows.acast.com/close-enough-for-jazz/episodes/recording-unobtainium-the-bear-skinner-session","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69a7b8282fb50a2e17913fc0/e/69e994a2d2febdbec9128e32/media.mp3","summary":"Alan and Lindsay Bjorklund join Matt Scollante to explore the intensive process of recording the new Bear Skinner album, Unobtainium. They discuss the technical challenge of live tracking during a snowstorm, the discipline of creating original audio patches, and the infrastructure required to document high-level creative music. BIRCH GROVE MEDIA Web: birchgrove.io Follow us: @birch.grove.media on Instagram. Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/@BirchGroveMedia Get the Record: Shop our current 180g LP and digital releases on our website. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Alan and Lindsay Bjorklund join Matt Scollante to explore the intensive process of recording the new Bear Skinner album, Unobtainium. They discuss the tec…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3082,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/close-enough-for-jazz-7734034/episodes/recording-unobtainium-the-bear-skinner-session/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/recording-unobtainium-the-bear-skinner-session.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}