The Stereo Image
About TSI
How music fits into the lives of intersting and creative people!
Welcome to The Stereo Image, a new podcast hosted by Mike Jones. Mike is a professional jazz pianist and the music director for Penn & Teller for over 20 years. In all the years and all the people Mike has met, he has found that music shapes lives and inspires creativity in everyone, not just professsional musicians.
That spawned the idea: how does music fit into the lives of creative and intersting people? Whether they just took music lessons in school, have pursued music to a high level, or just listened to their favorite album on repeat in high school, we want to talk to people from all over about how music fits into their lives.
What is The Stereo Image?
Stereo imaging is a term in both the visual and audio fields. In visual mediums, it has to do with 3d imagery. In audio it has to do with how different sound sources are percieved spatially. This seemed like a perfect name for this podcast. Where does music fit into the lives of creative people? We are going to talk to them about it!
Meet Mike Jones
Born and raised in Buffalo, NY – the only American city named after a huge smelly mammal – Jones attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, and after college he remained in the city, working with such eminent local players as Herb Pomeroy and Gray Sargent. After significant East Coast performances, appearances at the Floating Jazz Festival on the S.S. Norway and the Queen Elizabeth ll, and a series of recordings that established him as a world-class pianist steeped in the pre-bop jazz tradition, Jones relocated to Las Vegas. There he caught the ear of Penn Jillette who, in 2002, brought Jones onboard for the nightly Penn and Teller show at Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.
Learn more about Mike on his website: Jones Jazz.
Credits
This podcast is hosted by Mike Jones and produced by Jennifer Szabo. All theme music is written and performed by Mike Jones. Our logo is designed by Rockman Designs. This podcast was created in 2025 and hopefully lives on for many years to come.