Tragedy + Time = Comedy: Verna Gillis
- Author
- Bradford Graves, Daniel Ponce, Franklin Roosevelt, Paul Robeson, Toscanini, Roswell Rudd, Hayley Downs, Marian Anderson, Sara DeRose, Verrna Gillis, Micah Blumenthal, Blake Pfeil, Eva Tenuto
- Published
- Wed 01 Apr 2020
- Episode Link
- https://www.tmiproject.org/podcast/verna-gillis/
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.
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