Phil Schaap

American disc jockey and historian.
Died on Wednesday September 8th 2021

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@DigitalTheatre1: via ⁦@nytimes⁩ R.I.P. Phil Schaap and thank you for the memories … - 4 years ago

@gregthomas22: RT @joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jazz Scholar… - 4 years ago

@gbam: RT @MVJohnson: In the blur that I wrote about Phil last week for NPR, Dorothy Darr sent me some photos of Schaap and Charles Lloyd at Jazz… - 4 years ago

@artiegold: @GeePawHill I'm gonna have to listen to a lot of archived Phil Schaap (z"l) shows in the coming weeks. - 4 years ago

@KCCKWhatsPlayin: Christian McBride—Remembering Phil Schaap - 4 years ago

@SpencerLeffel: RT @natechinen: When 'Myself Among Others' came out in 2003, our NYC book event was a Q&A at a Barnes & Noble with Phil Schaap. He playfull… - 4 years ago

@birdheadbluez: RT @IRCAM_official: rest in peace phil schaap. new york just got a little less real. i'll never forget being 19, driving & stumbling upon W… - 4 years ago

@coogan_nancy: Phil Schaap, Iconic Jazz DJ And NEA Jazz Master, Dies At 70 - 4 years ago

@BarryFranklin10: RT @Robertinno53: RIP Phil Schaap, the world of Jazz lost a giant, @BobPagesports @PeterVecsey1 @jazzdotorg @WKCRFM @wfuv - 4 years ago

@PeterVecsey1: RT @Robertinno53: RIP Phil Schaap, the world of Jazz lost a giant, @BobPagesports @PeterVecsey1 @jazzdotorg @WKCRFM @wfuv - 4 years ago

@Robertinno53: RT @Robertinno53: RIP Phil Schaap, the world of Jazz lost a giant, @BobPagesports @PeterVecsey1 @jazzdotorg @WKCRFM @wfuv - 4 years ago

@MusicCurationX: RT @joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jazz Scholar… - 4 years ago

@Robertinno53: RIP Phil Schaap, the world of Jazz lost a giant, @BobPagesports @PeterVecsey1 @jazzdotorg @WKCRFM @wfuv - 4 years ago

@robertodevido: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 Nice obit. - 4 years ago

@EllenEnders: RT @MVJohnson: In the blur that I wrote about Phil last week for NPR, Dorothy Darr sent me some photos of Schaap and Charles Lloyd at Jazz… - 4 years ago

@MVJohnson: In the blur that I wrote about Phil last week for NPR, Dorothy Darr sent me some photos of Schaap and Charles Lloyd… - 4 years ago

@MVJohnson: Phil Schaap, Jemeel Moondoc, Don + Moki Cherry: recent work for NPR. - 4 years ago

@iamfujimura: RT @joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jazz Scholar… - 4 years ago

@KALewandowski9: RT @joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jazz Scholar… - 4 years ago

@denaderose: RT @joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jazz Scholar… - 4 years ago

@_jfarrell: RT @joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jazz Scholar… - 4 years ago

@leonelloruberto: RT @joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jazz Scholar… - 4 years ago

@elebenty: RT @jazzartsgroup: RIP: Phil Schaap ( - 4 years ago

@profkakie: RT @NYTObits: His radio programs, most notably on Columbia University’s WKCR, were full of minutiae he had accumulated during a lifetime im… - 4 years ago

@UKJAMschool: RT @NYTObits: His radio programs, most notably on Columbia University’s WKCR, were full of minutiae he had accumulated during a lifetime im… - 4 years ago

@uncle_t0by: RT @joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jazz Scholar… - 4 years ago

@NYTObits: His radio programs, most notably on Columbia University’s WKCR, were full of minutiae he had accumulated during a l… - 4 years ago

@timmotzer: RT @joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jazz Scholar… - 4 years ago

@smontifiore: RT @joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jazz Scholar… - 4 years ago

@KazzHarada: RT @joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jazz Scholar… - 4 years ago

@ccooke6685: RT @joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jazz Scholar… - 4 years ago

@penttivuorinen: RT @joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jazz Scholar… - 4 years ago

@groovincho: RT @nytimesmusic: If jazz was an obsession for Phil Schaap, it was one built on knowledge. Since childhood he had absorbed everything there… - 4 years ago

@maijazz2: RT @joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jazz Scholar… - 4 years ago

@jjanews: RT @joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jazz Scholar… - 4 years ago

@DiChristine: RT @joelovano: 5/6 I’d also like to give thanks to the amazing Phil Schaap. He was so full of Enthusiasm, Love, and had a thirst for knowle… - 4 years ago

@DiChristine: RT @joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jazz Scholar… - 4 years ago

@MickEFlip: RT @joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jazz Scholar… - 4 years ago

@ihidoype: RT @joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jazz Scholar… - 4 years ago

@airlift1300: RT @joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jazz Scholar… - 4 years ago

@JesseDrucker: RT @joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jazz Scholar… - 4 years ago

@3flat9: RT @joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jazz Scholar… - 4 years ago

@aaronmyers: RT @joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jazz Scholar… - 4 years ago

@Mark_Stryker: RT @joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jazz Scholar… - 4 years ago

@buba7gp: RT @joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jazz Scholar… - 4 years ago

@joelovano: 5/6 I’d also like to give thanks to the amazing Phil Schaap. He was so full of Enthusiasm, Love, and had a thirst f… - 4 years ago

@joelovano: 1/6 I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of two prominent figures in my life and the history of Jazz. Jaz… - 4 years ago

@DJpeterDE: Now streaming 24/7: my show saluting Phil Schaap, Jemeel Moondoc, @OliverLake, Joseph Jarman #ArtEnsembleOfChicago,… - 4 years ago

@CyntShadyW: - 4 years ago

@JazzOnTheTube: Phil Schaap Week – Day Seven – Phil Schaap Video: - 4 years ago

@batesdon1: The man deserved a MacArthur as well as a Nobel. Amazing mind, memory, motivational authority. No one has been more… - 4 years ago

@ShON25486781: RT @NYTObits: He taught courses on jazz at various institutions. "I teach listening," he said.  - 4 years ago

@jmflam: RT @natechinen: When 'Myself Among Others' came out in 2003, our NYC book event was a Q&A at a Barnes & Noble with Phil Schaap. He playfull… - 4 years ago

@KazzHarada: RT @mctony: Iconic Jazz DJ Phil Schaap Dies At 70 : NPR - 4 years ago

@mctony: Iconic Jazz DJ Phil Schaap Dies At 70 : NPR - 4 years ago

@patrickhadfield: RT @NewYorker: A 2008 Profile of the legendary d.j. and jazz archivist Phil Schaap, who died this week at the age of 70. “In the capital of… - 4 years ago

@patrickhadfield: RT @natechinen: When 'Myself Among Others' came out in 2003, our NYC book event was a Q&A at a Barnes & Noble with Phil Schaap. He playfull… - 4 years ago

@danakst: Hard to believe in a world absent Phil Schaap. “For what is genius, I ask you, but the capacity to be obsessed?” - 4 years ago

@wtd_x: RT @natechinen: When 'Myself Among Others' came out in 2003, our NYC book event was a Q&A at a Barnes & Noble with Phil Schaap. He playfull… - 4 years ago

@realtracyfields: RT @natechinen: When 'Myself Among Others' came out in 2003, our NYC book event was a Q&A at a Barnes & Noble with Phil Schaap. He playfull… - 4 years ago

@garyecounsil: @NYTMetro An incalculable loss. You will be very much missed Phil Schaap. Rest In Peace. - 4 years ago

@jhoffman: RT @natechinen: When 'Myself Among Others' came out in 2003, our NYC book event was a Q&A at a Barnes & Noble with Phil Schaap. He playfull… - 4 years ago

@IRCAM_official: just toasted to phil schaap at reopening night of the village vanguard - 4 years ago

@natechinen: When 'Myself Among Others' came out in 2003, our NYC book event was a Q&A at a Barnes & Noble with Phil Schaap. He… - 4 years ago

@ericnoble42: RT @nytimesmusic: By 6 he was collecting records. Jo Jones, who had been the drummer for Count Basie’s big band for many years, would somet… - 4 years ago

@nytimesmusic: By 6 he was collecting records. Jo Jones, who had been the drummer for Count Basie’s big band for many years, would… - 4 years ago

@Jonphils: RT @Harmony_Holiday: George Wein and Phil Schaap gone in one week is a lot of jazz stories muting and tis time for us to do some things oth… - 4 years ago

@TerryTavis1: Phil Schaap Week – Day Six – Charlie Parker - 4 years ago

@NYTMetro: Phil Schaap, who explored the intricacy and history of jazz in radio programs that he hosted, Grammy-winning liner… - 4 years ago

@listensessions1: Surely an understatement to say that the past few weeks have been tough - Tom T. Hall, Don Everly, Charlie Watts, P… - 4 years ago

@Press_III: RT @jazzartsgroup: RIP: Phil Schaap ( - 4 years ago

@Str8NoChsrJazz: Missing Phil Schaap? Here is a lengthy interview he gave to WKCRW - thanks @Two4ShowMedia - 4 years ago

@jazzartsgroup: RIP: Phil Schaap ( - 4 years ago

@UKJAMschool: RT @NYTObits: He taught courses on jazz at various institutions. "I teach listening," he said.  - 4 years ago

@NYTObits: He taught courses on jazz at various institutions. "I teach listening," he said.  - 4 years ago

@KnightKortLang: @Klararadio @Concertzender @nposouljazz @manteljazz @jazzmagazine @bertvuijsje Phil Schaap is overleden. Een verl… - 4 years ago

@JeanDeler: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@OfficialDurham: RT @jazzdotorg: #JALC mourns the passing of our dear friend and colleague Phil Schaap. We will miss his encyclopedic knowledge, infallible… - 4 years ago

@Itsuno55: Listen to Phil Schaap Radio - 4 years ago

@matthewkassel: Phil Schaap and George Wein, gone in consecutive weeks. - 4 years ago

@dshameer: ICYMI: Phil Schaap, who explored the intricacy and history of jazz in radio programs and Grammy-winning album liner… - 4 years ago

@PopularLosers: RT @Harmony_Holiday: George Wein and Phil Schaap gone in one week is a lot of jazz stories muting and tis time for us to do some things oth… - 4 years ago

@ButterscotchSt: - 4 years ago

@mevkelley: RT @natechinen: Rest well, Phil Schaap. Earlier this year, on the occasion of his @NEAarts award, @jazznight aired this profile, which Alex… - 4 years ago

@Kboss00: Two jazz greats have passed this last week, Phil Schaap and George Wein. George Wein, Jazz Festival Trailblazer, I… - 4 years ago

@Kboss00: Two pillars of the jazz world have died w/in a week of each other. Phil Schaap the historian, professor, producer,… - 4 years ago

@davedouglas: Phil Schaap and George Wein the same week. 💔 - 4 years ago

@WilkinsImmanuel: RT @Harmony_Holiday: George Wein and Phil Schaap gone in one week is a lot of jazz stories muting and tis time for us to do some things oth… - 4 years ago

@DiChristine: RT @Harmony_Holiday: George Wein and Phil Schaap gone in one week is a lot of jazz stories muting and tis time for us to do some things oth… - 4 years ago

@dupuisj: RT @nytimesmusic: “He knows more about us than we know about ourselves,” the great drummer Max Roach told The New York Times in 2001. https… - 4 years ago

@CBCAdrianH: RT @Harmony_Holiday: George Wein and Phil Schaap gone in one week is a lot of jazz stories muting and tis time for us to do some things oth… - 4 years ago

@carynrose: RT @Harmony_Holiday: George Wein and Phil Schaap gone in one week is a lot of jazz stories muting and tis time for us to do some things oth… - 4 years ago

@jakejakeny: Phil Schaap was probably the greatest scholar of jazz of all time. Columbia did him and his knowledge a great honor… - 4 years ago

@ejmccarthy: RT @nytimesmusic: “He knows more about us than we know about ourselves,” the great drummer Max Roach told The New York Times in 2001. https… - 4 years ago

@rorybark: @tedgioia Seems extraordinary that he and Phil Schaap have gone within a week of one another. - 4 years ago

@nytimesmusic: “He knows more about us than we know about ourselves,” the great drummer Max Roach told The New York Times in 2001. - 4 years ago

@JESUSALFONSOP3: RT @JazzOnTheTube: Phil Schaap Week – Day Five – Ornette Coleman Video: - 4 years ago

@JazzOnTheTube: Phil Schaap Week – Day Five – Ornette Coleman Video: - 4 years ago

@JazzOnTheTube: Phil Schaap Week – Day Four – Eddie Durham Video: - 4 years ago

@dennismartinnyc: RIP Phil Schaap - go swing it with Bird & Dizz. - 4 years ago

@CO_EQ: RT @nytimesmusic: Phil Schaap did more than write and talk about jazz; he also knew his way around a studio and was especially adept at une… - 4 years ago

@see_venice: RT @NYTObits: His radio programs, most notably on Columbia University’s WKCR, were full of minutiae he had accumulated during a lifetime im… - 4 years ago

@SCPublicRadio: NPR Remembrances ... including Willard Scott, Michael K Williams, Phil Schaap, et al - 4 years ago

@ShepardWill: RT @BlessedBDC: Heard that Phil Schaap, host of one of my favorite radio shows, Bird Flight on WKCR, passed. Thank you for so many fascinat… - 4 years ago

@ShepardWill: RT @nytimesmusic: Phil Schaap was perhaps best known as a fixture on WKCR-FM, where his delightfully (some would say infuriatingly) obsessi… - 4 years ago

@ShepardWill: RT @stevesilberman: Rest in birdflight, legendary #jazz DJ Phil Schaap. Here's David Remnick's excellent profile of the ultimate Charlie Pa… - 4 years ago

@ShepardWill: RT @__seab: This points out something that was easy to take for granted around Phil. Bird Flight was on the air longer than Charlie Parker… - 4 years ago

@elvislver56: RT @nbogaty: I was lucky enough to know Phil. My condolences to his partner Susan Shaffer and Phil’s family. Bird Flight, my man. https:/… - 4 years ago

@ShepardWill: RT @nbogaty: I was lucky enough to know Phil. My condolences to his partner Susan Shaffer and Phil’s family. Bird Flight, my man. https:/… - 4 years ago

@ShepardWill: RT @longrally: Jazz treasure, radio legend, the best. RIP Phil Schaap, I listened to so much Bird Flight for a while that I started dreamin… - 4 years ago

@ShepardWill: RT @cassondrajw: I may have cried about Schaap's passing. Bird Flight got me through some really rough times in NYC. When I felt like my wo… - 4 years ago

@ShepardWill: RT @therealCT1: RIP to Phil Schaap, a man who deeply influenced how I hear and think about music (jazz and otherwise). Such an honor to pre… - 4 years ago

@ShepardWill: RT @CharlieParkerKC: Today we honor Phil Schaap, jazz disc jockey, historian, producer and Bird lover. For over 40 years, Schaap hosted t… - 4 years ago

@ShepardWill: RT @GlennCrooks: Sad news. "Bird Flight" was a part of my radio listening pleasure for years. #RIP to a giant in #Jazz - 4 years ago

@ShepardWill: RT @ethan_iverson: RIP Phil Schaap. A monument we thought would always be there is gone. If I had a dime for every time a musician said to… - 4 years ago

@ShepardWill: RT @plumnelliesound: Inarticulate, gutted & in a sad shock regarding the passing of Phil Schaap. Listening to “Bird Flight” & his centenn… - 4 years ago

@Yastreblyansky: RT @dubiousraves: RIP Phil Schaap. Endless hours sharing the love on WKCR. - 4 years ago

@bombaylychee: The bird has flown. - 4 years ago

@ianshawjazz: The brilliant, inspiring and clever… Phil Schaap ♥️ - 4 years ago

@GWHomeTeam: RT @tomphilpott: Jazz heads of a certain vintage who have spent time in NYC will join me in lamenting this news. Learned so much from his d… - 4 years ago

@HistoryGardner: RIP jazz historian, archivist, producer, and writer Phil Schapp - 4 years ago

@birdheadbluez: Phil Schaap is what makes New York City what it is. The absence of his voice, live, Mon - Fri in the AM leaves a h… - 4 years ago

@birdheadbluez: RT @DailyMusicBrk: I just published Talking Jazz: Phil Schaap (1951–2021) - 4 years ago

@Traces_Oasis_1: RT @NewYorker: A 2008 Profile of the legendary d.j. and jazz archivist Phil Schaap, who died this week at the age of 70. “In the capital of… - 4 years ago

@KornerKeystone: RT @KornerKeystone: NO GREATER LOVE. No one ever loved jazz more deeply or with any more engaging passion than our indispensable colleague… - 4 years ago

@rtaylor3rd: Phil Schaap, Iconic Jazz DJ And NEA Jazz Master, Dies At 70 - 4 years ago

@dubiousraves: RIP Phil Schaap. Endless hours sharing the love on WKCR. - 4 years ago

@frankelfrankel: I just learned that Phil Schaap passed away. There may never be another human who possesses the same outrageously t… - 4 years ago

@ArlineNet: RT @JazzTimes: JazzTimes remembers Phil Schaap, a radio broadcaster, record producer, educator, and historian whose knowledge of jazz was l… - 4 years ago

@Carllimbacher: Damn, RIP Phil Schaap. I listened to him for decades. - 4 years ago

@EllenLevittEL: #jazz #Radio #philschaap #NYC #music - 4 years ago

@ambilevous: RIP, Phil Schaap #WKCR #BirdFlight - 4 years ago

@Ntwoitive: via @NYTimesRIP - 4 years ago

@alessioricciuti: RT @JazzTimes: JazzTimes remembers Phil Schaap, a radio broadcaster, record producer, educator, and historian whose knowledge of jazz was l… - 4 years ago

@bmoller: RT @JazzTimes: JazzTimes remembers Phil Schaap, a radio broadcaster, record producer, educator, and historian whose knowledge of jazz was l… - 4 years ago

@CoolMojo: RT @JazzTimes: JazzTimes remembers Phil Schaap, a radio broadcaster, record producer, educator, and historian whose knowledge of jazz was l… - 4 years ago

@JahFurry: RT @jhoffman: For some reason my #blog is not working right now. But here is what I just wrote about Phil Schaap, and I need to get this o… - 4 years ago

@DailyMusicBrk: @rosieschaap Hi, again, condolences. I wrote this at my Medium site: - 4 years ago

@the_wreckusant: @RStevieMoore Awwww man. Spent many an afternoon listening to Phil Schaap on the radio. Truly a scholar - 4 years ago

@JohnnyR48951492: Phil Schaap, jazz scholar, historian and broadcaster, dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@DavidZapolsky: RIP Phil Schaap, a legend in the Columbia and greater NY music community, who educated and broadened the musical ho… - 4 years ago

@KarrieUrbanist: There have been many, many times when I’ve yelled at the radio, “Just shut up and play the damned music.” But I’m… - 4 years ago

@DailyMusicBrk: I just published Talking Jazz: Phil Schaap (1951–2021) - 4 years ago

@sheilamcclear: I talked to Phil a year and a half ago for a piece and was happy to have found a mensch in the jazz world. Few kne… - 4 years ago

@davereaboi: @SethAMandel Phil Schaap said so, so it’s gotta be true. - 4 years ago

@davereaboi: Here is a fascinating four-hour WKCR broadcast on the birthday of Lester Young. Over 4 decades, nobody taught more… - 4 years ago

@jazzworkshop: - 4 years ago

@TheZenithBeast: via ⁦@nytimesmusic⁩ - 4 years ago

@NYTObits: He taught courses on jazz at various institutions. "I teach listening," he said.  - 4 years ago

@bradweis: #bradweis Deaths: Doctor Joseph I. Kramer; jazz scholar Phil Schaap; soprano Carmen Balthrop; actor Franco Graziosi… - 4 years ago

@BareBranches: phil schaap 😭😭😭😭😭😭 - 4 years ago

@nytimesmusic: His radio programs, most notably on Columbia University’s WKCR, were full of minutiae he had accumulated during a l… - 4 years ago

@Sabine24: Beautiful piece on PHIL SCHAAP - 4 years ago

@maxinecaffeine: Phil Schaap was involved in reconstructing “Ellington in Newport” in stereo in the 1990s. One of a kind - 4 years ago

@Martinolichmd: via @NYTimes ⁦@philschaap⁩ #legend RIP - 4 years ago

@MusenginstS: Ich weiß von Phil Schaap nicht viel, außer dass ich seinen Namen als Reissue Producer und mit kenntnisreich erfrisc… - 4 years ago

@Joannebridge: via @NYTimes #Jazz#CharlieParker - 4 years ago

@SheikYerbutti2: Phil Schaap, who explored the intricacy and history of jazz in radio programs that he hosted, Grammy-winning liner… - 4 years ago

@lekh27: RT @nytimesmusic: Phil Schaap, Grammy-winning jazz D.J. and historian, dies at 70. - 4 years ago

@MusicREDEF: Phil Schaap (1951-2021) (@JazzWax) - 4 years ago

@shipdrummer: RT @nytimesmusic: Phil Schaap, Grammy-winning jazz D.J. and historian, dies at 70. - 4 years ago

@PixieLLL: RT @StretchArmy: Phil Schaap RIP NYC legend. The walking jazz encyclopedia. WKCR pillar. 💔🙏🏼 - 4 years ago

@Michael_BloomMR: RT @MVJohnson: Much gratitude to the people who contributed poetic wisdom on short notice. Honor roll in the thread. - 4 years ago

@adlermusic: RT @nytimesmusic: Phil Schaap, Grammy-winning jazz D.J. and historian, dies at 70. - 4 years ago

@SethPlotnick: via @NYTimes - 4 years ago

@its_yoonjinssi: RT @NewYorker: A 2008 Profile of the legendary d.j. and jazz archivist Phil Schaap, who died this week at the age of 70. “In the capital of… - 4 years ago

@zensolo: RT @EricAsimov: So sad to post the link to the @nytimes obit of Phil Schaap. - 4 years ago

@gone2bongo: RT @IRCAM_official: rest in peace phil schaap. new york just got a little less real. i'll never forget being 19, driving & stumbling upon W… - 4 years ago

@gone2bongo: RIP Phil Schaap. I have never heard anyone so passionate, so knowledgeable, and so strange on the radio, and I hope… - 4 years ago

@Vermeer417: RT @NYTObits: Phil Schaap, who explored the intricacy and history of jazz in radio programs that he hosted, Grammy-winning liner notes that… - 4 years ago

@LolisEricElie: RT @EarlOfEdgecombe: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@EarlOfEdgecombe: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@the_turtle: Shit. And I just found out Phil Schaap died Tuesday. This week would be hard-pressed to get worse. - 4 years ago

@WGXC: Phil Schaap, jazz scholar, historian and broadcaster, dies at 70 - The Washington Post - 4 years ago

@free103point9: RT @rosieschaap: My cousin Phil Schaap died last night. I loved him like crazy, will miss him beyond measure, and wish he could tell me one… - 4 years ago

@StefanDz11: Damn. I heard more Bird than I ever knew existed thanks to Phil Schaap. - 4 years ago

@dean_frey: RT @TimPageWriter: Some thoughts on the late Phil Schaap, friend of 44 years. - 4 years ago

@AaronPutnam14: RT @profadamsobel: Argh, I don't know how to use Twitter. Somehow the first tweet from this thread got lost. This is all about Phil Schaap,… - 4 years ago

@kathyweber8: RT @NPR: Phil Schaap was one of the leading jazz scholars in America, and the genre's foremost evangelist. He died at 70, after a long batt… - 4 years ago

@deitchstudio: With the greatest sadness…via @NYTimes - 4 years ago

@ellenlebowitz: RT @warrenleightTV: The man who knew too much about jazz... The man who kept aging sidemen alive and playing at the West End Cafe for decad… - 4 years ago

@psuba98: RT @NPR: Phil Schaap was one of the leading jazz scholars in America, and the genre's foremost evangelist. He died at 70, after a long batt… - 4 years ago

@danthecritic: RT @MVJohnson: Much gratitude to the people who contributed poetic wisdom on short notice. Honor roll in the thread. - 4 years ago

@genznyt: RT @NYTObits: Phil Schaap, who explored the intricacy and history of jazz in radio programs that he hosted, Grammy-winning liner notes that… - 4 years ago

@NPR: Phil Schaap was one of the leading jazz scholars in America, and the genre's foremost evangelist. He died at 70, af… - 4 years ago

@tswaterman: RT @NYTObits: Phil Schaap, who explored the intricacy and history of jazz in radio programs that he hosted, Grammy-winning liner notes that… - 4 years ago

@yitzlandes: Oy. To say that Phil Schaap was the real deal would be a massive understatement. *Nobody* knew jazz like he did. Wh… - 4 years ago

@HarrySandick: RT @nytimesmusic: Phil Schaap, Grammy-winning jazz D.J. and historian, dies at 70. - 4 years ago

@jeremyrwalsh: RT @NewYorker: A 2008 Profile of the legendary d.j. and jazz archivist Phil Schaap, who died this week at the age of 70. “In the capital of… - 4 years ago

@jeremyrwalsh: RT @natechinen: Rest well, Phil Schaap. Earlier this year, on the occasion of his @NEAarts award, @jazznight aired this profile, which Alex… - 4 years ago

@TimPageWriter: Some thoughts on the late Phil Schaap, friend of 44 years. - 4 years ago

@AndreToonman: A rare non-fetish post: for my friend, the late Phil Schaap. Thanks for teaching me so much about jazz. WKCR wil… - 4 years ago

@MusicREDEF: Phil Schaap, Iconic Jazz DJ And NEA Jazz Master, Dies At 70 (@MVJohnson - @npr) - 4 years ago

@reportwire_: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@regmlongo2: RT @riptornlover: I didn’t have to go to Columbia to be educated via the airwaves by Phil Schaap. A mensch & a blathering maniac whose unsu… - 4 years ago

@FiveMinNews: Phil Schaap, Iconic Jazz DJ And NEA Jazz Master, Dies At 70 - 4 years ago

@Jah_Schwa: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@rocohen_: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - The New York Times. #BirdFlight - 4 years ago

@johndned: RT @warrenleightTV: This is heartbreaking news. Phil Schaap held court at the West End cafe for years, keeping jazz alive during its darke… - 4 years ago

@the1stmunz: I've been listening to Phil Schaap for over 50 years. The greatest jazz DJ & airwaves teacher of my generation, we… - 4 years ago

@E_Steven: RT @NYTObits: Phil Schaap, who explored the intricacy and history of jazz in radio programs that he hosted, Grammy-winning liner notes that… - 4 years ago

@ExBulletinUk: Iconic jazz DJ Phil Schaap dies at 70ExBulletin - 4 years ago

@2ndgenmianative: RT @adamshatz: It’s hard to imagine WKCR, jazz radio, jazz culture itself, without Phil Schaap. - 4 years ago

@adlermusic: RT @MVJohnson: Much gratitude to the people who contributed poetic wisdom on short notice. Honor roll in the thread. - 4 years ago

@adlermusic: RT @nightafternight: Martin Johnson (@MVJohnson) offers an authoritative look at the life and legacy of Phil Schaap, with words from @wynto… - 4 years ago

@1Pro2Go: RT @kcsmjazz91: #RIP Phil Schaap, DJ whose airwaves were flocked with all things Bird "Since childhood he had absorbed everything there was… - 4 years ago

@allthethings319: RT @MVJohnson: Much gratitude to the people who contributed poetic wisdom on short notice. Honor roll in the thread. - 4 years ago

@BrendanShawNuff: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@CalMorgan: RT @Schnookalook: Obsessive, sometimes maddening, but indispensable. R.I.P. Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at… - 4 years ago

@donotperceiveme: RIP Phil Schaap. His deep knowledge of anything to do with Jazz was truly amazing. - 4 years ago

@QueenAtLiveAid: RT @zombiesfj: We woke up to Phil on KCR in the 90s. Deborah didn’t have strong feelings about Charlie Parker but she liked Phil first thin… - 4 years ago

@dineshnandan: RT @ethan_iverson: RIP Phil Schaap. A monument we thought would always be there is gone. If I had a dime for every time a musician said to… - 4 years ago

@WCMUNews: Phil Schaap, Iconic Jazz DJ And NEA Jazz Master, Dies At 70 - 4 years ago

@kcsmjazz91: #RIP Phil Schaap, DJ whose airwaves were flocked with all things Bird "Since childhood he had absorbed everything t… - 4 years ago

@afrikbestradio: Phil Schaap, Iconic Jazz DJ And NEA Jazz Master, Dies At 70 - 4 years ago

@canibusaurus: RT @natechinen: Thanks, @MVJohnson, for answering the call. - 4 years ago

@natalieweiner: RT @RichardScheinin: Rest, Phil. You did so much. All your joy. Love of the music. You made us aware. You filled the world with song -- Bir… - 4 years ago

@kitchen5203: This! 💔💔💔💔💔 Rest in Peace, Phil😢🎚️🎛️🎙️🎶🕯️ Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@PetalumaRecords: RT @karateboogaloo: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@AcrossTheBay: RT @ethan_iverson: RIP Phil Schaap. A monument we thought would always be there is gone. If I had a dime for every time a musician said to… - 4 years ago

@Steenshorne: RT @DoctorBrant: When my dad would call the radio station, Phil Schaap, seeing the phone number, would answer by calling out my dad's date… - 4 years ago

@chrisgrigsby: RT @ethan_iverson: RIP Phil Schaap. A monument we thought would always be there is gone. If I had a dime for every time a musician said to… - 4 years ago

@delphineblue: RT @karateboogaloo: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@StevenC_in_NYC: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@JudithMaryGee: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@lovevolv: RT @natechinen: Rest well, Phil Schaap. Earlier this year, on the occasion of his @NEAarts award, @jazznight aired this profile, which Alex… - 4 years ago

@JDSpiedie: R.I.P. Phil Schaap😢 Say hello to MAX ROACH!!!!! - 4 years ago

@bertvuijsje: RT @ethan_iverson: RIP Phil Schaap. A monument we thought would always be there is gone. If I had a dime for every time a musician said to… - 4 years ago

@aoftelie: RT @ethan_iverson: RIP Phil Schaap. A monument we thought would always be there is gone. If I had a dime for every time a musician said to… - 4 years ago

@DavidWaldstein: How is @WKCRFM not devoting the entire day to Phil Schaap? Come on, man he WAS the station. - 4 years ago

@rogerk999: via @NYTimes - 4 years ago

@MaureenLangloss: Very sad to hear about Phil Schaap. I once attended a small event that he spoke at & he was so delightfully obsesse… - 4 years ago

@DJ_BIGVIC: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@eisuke_takegami: RT @jazzdotorg: #JALC mourns the passing of our dear friend and colleague Phil Schaap. We will miss his encyclopedic knowledge, infallible… - 4 years ago

@eisuke_takegami: RT @jackwdenton: RIP Phil Schaap, who knew the jazz history of even a spaceman with no past - 4 years ago

@AloysiusGogarty: @EricAsimov If I remember correctly Phil Schaap's show about Charlie Parker ran on WKCR for more years than Charlie Parker was even alive. - 4 years ago

@bright8694: RT @Wolfe321: Goodbye, Phil Schaap. Thank you for teaching us so much. - 4 years ago

@couponbenign: RT @SoHipSoCrushing: RIP Phil Schaap. “There isn’t anyone in the country who knows more about the music than he.” - Max Roach “Phil Schaa… - 4 years ago

@djjazzpants: Damn. Rest In Peace Phil Schaap. - 4 years ago

@deadheadned: #thankataper RIP Phil Schaap - 4 years ago

@EricPooley: @bourgwick Loved Phil Schaap, learned so much about listening from him. - 4 years ago

@geist_mariep: RT @zombiesfj: We woke up to Phil on KCR in the 90s. Deborah didn’t have strong feelings about Charlie Parker but she liked Phil first thin… - 4 years ago

@christianna_j: RT @adamshatz: It’s hard to imagine WKCR, jazz radio, jazz culture itself, without Phil Schaap. - 4 years ago

@marcwiki: Damn. "DJ" doesn't encompass Phil Schaap's contributions to radio, which were a combination of biography, history,… - 4 years ago

@letitrollcast: - 4 years ago

@AlikKarmokar: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@emiafield: phil schaap was sneaking out as a kid hear what louis armstrong had to say about his favorite (and some of the 1st… - 4 years ago

@john_slotkin: via @NYTimes - 4 years ago

@CelebrityPool: RT @nytimesarts: Phil Schaap, who explored the intricacy and history of jazz in radio programs that he hosted, Grammy-winning liner notes t… - 4 years ago

@DoctorBrant: When my dad would call the radio station, Phil Schaap, seeing the phone number, would answer by calling out my dad's date of birth! - 4 years ago

@chik_cj: RT @natechinen: Rest well, Phil Schaap. Earlier this year, on the occasion of his @NEAarts award, @jazznight aired this profile, which Alex… - 4 years ago

@deadheadned: RT @bourgwick: the all-time champion of jazz tape collecting/archiving/obsessing/DJing/meditating/spieling, legendary DJ phil schaap. - 4 years ago

@emiafield: phil said: he realized then that bird—and bebop—was the the bridge between listeners who loved swing song (billie)… - 4 years ago

@JoeyHorn_: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@deadheadned: RT @natechinen: Rest well, Phil Schaap. Earlier this year, on the occasion of his @NEAarts award, @jazznight aired this profile, which Alex… - 4 years ago

@werewolfmali: RT @nytimesarts: Phil Schaap, who explored the intricacy and history of jazz in radio programs that he hosted, Grammy-winning liner notes t… - 4 years ago

@ana_captures: RT @nytimesarts: Phil Schaap, who explored the intricacy and history of jazz in radio programs that he hosted, Grammy-winning liner notes t… - 4 years ago

@sunthekevin: RT @rosieschaap: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@CopticDisco: RT @nytimesarts: Phil Schaap, who explored the intricacy and history of jazz in radio programs that he hosted, Grammy-winning liner notes t… - 4 years ago

@emiafield: there are and will be other jazz historians, but phil remains peerless. in the late 60s, he stepped out of the radi… - 4 years ago

@JGoldsteinLawNY: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@DavidWondrich: RT @rosieschaap: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@MusicREDEF: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 (@genznyt - @nytimes) - 4 years ago

@WikiBious: Ellen LaFurn Wiki - Ellen LaFurn Biography Ellen LaFurn is the wife of Phil Schaap, was an American disc jockey, hi… - 4 years ago

@shadownlite: RT @nytimesarts: Phil Schaap, who explored the intricacy and history of jazz in radio programs that he hosted, Grammy-winning liner notes t… - 4 years ago

@NewYorkSEO123: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@NationalsLiker: RT @NewYorker: A 2008 Profile of the legendary d.j. and jazz archivist Phil Schaap, who died this week at the age of 70. “In the capital of… - 4 years ago

@MediaBot: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@AmineTX: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@vasavasora: phil schaap lives in the jazz now🌹long live phil schaap - 4 years ago

@bcbnyc1: Rest in power, Phil Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@rosieschaap: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@nytimesarts: Phil Schaap, who explored the intricacy and history of jazz in radio programs that he hosted, Grammy-winning liner… - 4 years ago

@retroporter: RT @nytimesmusic: Phil Schaap, Grammy-winning jazz D.J. and historian, dies at 70. - 4 years ago

@twitbituaries: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - - 4 years ago

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@deadpeoplecom: It's a sad day, Phil Schaap dies - #PhilSchaap #Phil #Schaap #rip - 4 years ago

@MusicCurationX: The jazz world mourns the loss of superfan and historian Phil Schaap - 4 years ago

@Kriegmerica: RT @NewYorker: A 2008 Profile of the legendary d.j. and jazz archivist Phil Schaap, who died this week at the age of 70. “In the capital of… - 4 years ago

@morjan61455: RT @NewportJazzFest: We mourn the passing of Phil Schaap, one of the most important historians, DJs and educators jazz has ever known. http… - 4 years ago

@Kriegmerica: RT @nytimesmusic: Phil Schaap, Grammy-winning jazz D.J. and historian, dies at 70. - 4 years ago

@morjan61455: RT @jazzdotorg: #JALC mourns the passing of our dear friend and colleague Phil Schaap. We will miss his encyclopedic knowledge, infallible… - 4 years ago

@icemastromatteo: RT @jazzdotorg: #JALC mourns the passing of our dear friend and colleague Phil Schaap. We will miss his encyclopedic knowledge, infallible… - 4 years ago

@BrianShuman9: Phil Schaap Discusses Fletcher Henderson - 4 years ago

@5269f5e4e918490: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@morjan61455: RT @SoHipSoCrushing: I’m comforted by the thought of Phil Schaap right now eating some ice cream with Papa Jo Jones, watching Bird play, an… - 4 years ago

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@morjan61455: RT @nytimesmusic: Phil Schaap, Grammy-winning jazz D.J. and historian, dies at 70. - 4 years ago

@DavidLubarsky: - 4 years ago

@BillKramer32: RT @stevesilberman: Rest in birdflight, legendary #jazz DJ Phil Schaap. Here's David Remnick's excellent profile of the ultimate Charlie Pa… - 4 years ago

@Sanjayk01992362: Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70 - 4 years ago

@lucas_gonze: Thanks and praise to the best fan ever. - 4 years ago

@sseliger01: RT @GhostofCrouch: “He knows more about us than we know about ourselves,” the great drummer Max Roach told The New York Times in 2001. Dav… - 4 years ago

@TVMCCA: RT @nytimesmusic: Phil Schaap, Grammy-winning jazz D.J. and historian, dies at 70. - 4 years ago

@nytimesmusic: Phil Schaap, Grammy-winning jazz D.J. and historian, dies at 70. - 4 years ago

@PernBeckman: - 4 years ago

@rollomanhattan: WKCR Mourns Phil Schaap | WKCR 89.9FM NY - 4 years ago