Host of The New Edge, Ken Fields, talks with William Susman about his 2019 album Collision Point and plays tracks from the pieces Camille and Clouds and Flames. They also discuss influences, musical background and the album Fate of the Lhapa. Tune-in Tuesday, November 17 from 2-4 p.m. at WMBR 88.1 FM, Boston, MA.

Host Hilary Robertson talks with William Susman about Octet Ensemble’s album Scatter My Ashes, his background in jazz performance starting with early influences and the band’s unique instrumentation in the world of contemporary classical music. In addition they talk about how the pieces came about and the musicians in the group. Other topics include how technology has created new musical relationships and new ways to record music.

An interview about the album Scatter My Ashes on WGXC The Jazz Disturbance with host Cheryl K including a discussion about the label Belarca Records, Octet Ensemble, and the poetry of Sue Susman (the composer’s sister), as well as American popular music, and the harmonic and rhythmic influences from Jazz and Afro-Cuban music.