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Denny Zeitlin Wears Many Hats - View
Jazz listeners admire Denny Zeitlin because he's an imaginative, audacious pianist. He's also a full-time psychiatrist and Professor at UCSF. In his free time, the Chicago native passionately pursues his hobbies: wine, mountain biking and flyfishing. This podcast features his remarkable solo piano.

Denny Zeitlin Trio: All of You - View
The Denny Zeitlin Trio playing All of You featuring Buster Williams, bass and Matt Wilson, drums

Denny Zeitlin: Free/What Is This Thing Called Love - View
Recorded at the 1983 Berlin Jazz Festival, this video presents a Solo Piano performance by the distiguished pianist/composer Denny Zeitlin. " He is the jazz world’s most visible Renaissance man-- a full time practicing psychiatrist, a medical school teacher, and a world class jazz musician.” Los Angeles Times 

Denny Zeitlin: Time Remembers One Time Once [Zeitlin] - View
Solo piano jazz from the Berlin Jazz Festival, 1983

Denny Zeitlin: Country Fair [Zeitlin] - View
Solo Jazz Piano from the Berlin Jazz Festival, 1983

Denny Zeitlin: Quiet Now [Zeitlin] - View
Solo Jazz Piano from the Berlin Jazz Festival, 1983

Denny Zeitlin: Cascade [Zeitlin] - View
Solo Jazz Piano from the Berlin Jazz Festival, 1983

Denny Zeitlin: Aura [Zeitlin] - View
Solo Jazz Piano from the Berlin Jazz Festival, 1983

Billy Taylor on Denny Zeitlin (CBS Sunday Morning, 1991) - View
The man who dubbed Jazz as America's Classical Music reports on Dr. Denny Zeitlin

The following 15 interview clips courtesy of Monk Rowe & the Hamilton College Jazz Archive, 2002

Denny Zeitlin: First Playing Experiences - View
Denny recalls his earliest musical adventures.

Denny Zeitlin: Psychiatric Beginnings - View
Denny discusses early influences

Denny Zeitlin: An Eager Student - View
Denny discusses his intuitive, osmotic aproach.

Denny Zeitlin: Jazz Pianists - View
The jazz pianist discusses influences.

Denny Zeitlin: College Days - View
Denny Zeitlin recalls jazz experiences at college and medical school.

Denny Zeitlin: Three Musical Giants - View
Denny describes three pivotal early encounters.

Denny Zeitlin: San Francisco - View
Denny describes his love for the city.

Denny Zeitlin: Improvisation - View
The jazz pianist-composer-psychiatrist outlines the psychological challenges.

Denny Zeitlin: Electronic Music - View
Denny describes a decade of acoustic-electronic integration.

Denny Zeitlin: Invasion of the Body Snatchers - View
The composer describes his acoustic-electronic-symphonic score.

Denny Zeitlin: Dual Career - View
Denny Zeitlin discusses his dual commitment

Denny Zeitlin: Quiet Now - View
Denny discusses his most well-known composition, championed by Bill Evans.

Denny Zeitlin: Psychiatry - View
The jazz pianist-composer-psychiatrist describes some recent developments in psychiatry.

Denny Zeitlin: How Denny Improvises - View
Denny describes cultivating a state of mind that invites music in.

Denny Zeitlin: The Balancing Act - View
Denny Zeitlin is a well known jazz musician, psychiatrist and professor at UCSF. Here, he discusses how he balances the different elements of his life.

Denny Zeitlin: Solo Voyage - View
Denny presents the story of his CD, Solo Voyage

Denny Zeitlin’s Wine Cellar - View
Not only a remarkable jazz pianist and psychiatrist, Denny Zeitlin also loves wine. 

Denny Zeitlin: Chateau Latour Wine Tasting - View
Denny conducts a vertical tasting of this great claret.

Denny Zeitlin: Introduction to Fly Fishing - View
Denny shares the basics

Denny Zeitlin: Fly Fishing in Fresh Water - View
Denny shares his fresh water experiences.

Denny Zeitlin: Fly Fishing in Salt Water - View
Denny's salt water adventures

Denny’s Pets - View
The menagerie as of 2005