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48 minutes ago
48 minutes ago
48 minutes ago
This show begins by paying tribute to Chuck Mangione who passed away last week. Best known for his hit 'Feel So Good', Mangione is one of a few musicians that bridged jazz and popular music audiences. Also notable in this show we play new releases from modern jazz artists you may not yet have heard.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Chuck Mangione ~ Land of Make Believe ~ Land of Make Believe
Chuck Mangione ~ Give It All You Got ~ Fun and Games
Kenny Burrell ~ Midnight Blue ~ Midnight Blue
Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio ~ Impressions ~ Smokin' At The Half Note
Nicole McCabe ~ A Change In Scenery ~ A Song To Sing
Jimmy Greene ~ As We Are Now ~ As We Are Now
Andrew Renfroe ~ DREAMER ~ POP LOGIC
Linda May Han Oh ~ The Sweetest Water ~ Strange Heavens
Dexter Gordon ~ Soy Califa ~ The Swingin' Affair
Sunday Jul 20, 2025
Sunday Jul 20, 2025
Sunday Jul 20, 2025
This is an all flute special, with jazz greats James Moody, Herbie Mann, Roland Kirk, Hubert Laws and many more.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Holly Hofmann Quartet ~ Bohemia After Dark (Live) ~ Live At Birdland
James Moody ~ Cherokee ~ 80 Years Young: Live at the Blue Note
Lori Bell ~ Streets of New York ~ Brooklyn Dreaming
Herbie Mann ~ Memphis Underground ~ Memphis Underground
Roland Kirk ~ Serenade to a Cuckoo ~ Kirkatron
Eric Dolphy ~ Gazzelloni ~ Out to Lunch!
Jamie Baum ~ Far Side ~ Solace
Hubert Laws ~ The Rite of Spring ~ Rite of Spring
Sunday Jul 13, 2025
Sunday Jul 13, 2025
Sunday Jul 13, 2025
In this episode we get back to a more hard-bop oriented sound, from the 1960's to new releases with roots in that more straight ahead jazz tradition.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Hank Mobley ~ This I Dig Of You ~ Soul Station
Wayne Shorter ~ Tom Thumb ~ Schizophrenia
Joshua Redman ~ Era's End ~ Words Fall Short
Branford Marsalis Quartet ~ The Windup ~ Belonging
David Borgo ~ Tanpura ~ Cycles
Brandee Younger ~ Discernment ~ Gadabout Season
Kurt Rosenwinkel & Jean-Paul Brodbeck ~ Intermezzo, Op. 118, No. 2 ~ The Brahms Project
Sunday Jul 06, 2025
Sunday Jul 06, 2025
Sunday Jul 06, 2025
Another Fusion set, but this one a bit different. We'll hear jazz fused with pop tunes, string quartets, orchestra, Indian Classical, Ukrainian folk music and hard rock.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Frank Zappa ~ Stolen Moments ~ Broadway the Hard Way
Frank Zappa ~ Murder By Numbers ~ Broadway the Hard Way
Roman Baranskiy | Scott Amendola, Matt Muntz, Friction Quartet ~Chuhayster ~ (YouTube)
Ben Williams ~ Consciousness ~ Between Church & State
Andrew Renfroe ~ DREAMER ~ POP LOGIC
Mahavishnu Orchestra ~ Lila's Dance ~ Visions Of The Emerald Beyond
Shakti ~ Happiness Is Being Together ~ Natural Elements
Tim Garland ~ Moment Of Departure ~ Moment Of Departure
Brandee Younger ~ Gadabout Season ~ Gadabout Season
Miles Davis ~ Honky Tonk ~ Get Up With It
Sunday Jun 29, 2025
Sunday Jun 29, 2025
Sunday Jun 29, 2025
Jazz Rock Fusion is on tap to begin this week's show. Headhunters, Return To Forever, and Mahavishnu Orchestra were the innovators in Jazz from the early 70's. After that set we hear new music from saxophonist Joshua Redman and others.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Herbie Hancock ~ Sly ~ Head Hunters
Return to Forever ~ Captain Señor Mouse ~ Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy
Mahavishnu Orchestra ~ Open Country Joy ~ Birds of Fire
Joe Farrell ~ Sound Down ~ Outback
Joshua Redman ~ Icarus ~ Words Fall Short
David Borgo ~ Bright Sun ~ Cycles
Victor Baker Quartet ~ Time Ripples ~ As the Crow Flies
Wes Montgomery ~ Bumpin' On Sunset ~ Tequila
Sunday Jun 22, 2025
Sunday Jun 22, 2025
Sunday Jun 22, 2025
A varied playlist of vocals, hardbop, fusion and electronic music ranging from the 1960's to today's modern jazz.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Cannonball Adderley & Nancy Wilson ~ The Old Country ~ Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball Adderley & Nancy Wilson ~ Unit 7 ~ Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley
Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade ~ La Fiesta ~ Trilogy 2
Eberhard Weber & The Gary Burton Quartet ~ Sea Journey ~ Passengers
Freddie Hubbard ~ Arietis ~ Ready for Freddie
Christopher Hollyday ~ Everything Happens ~ Telepathy
Nicole McCabe ~ A Song To Sing ~ A Song To Sing
Weather Report ~ American Tango ~ Mysterious Traveller
Michael Brecker ~ African Skies ~ Tales from the Hudson
Sunday Jun 15, 2025
Sunday Jun 15, 2025
Sunday Jun 15, 2025
The San Diego jazz scene is well represented in this episode, featuring some of the most respected artists in Southern California. Wofford, Hofmann, Thorsen, Sprague and others are at the top of the show. We have Miles too and more.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Mike Wofford & Holly Hofmann ~ Soul Street ~ Turn Signal (feat. Terell Stafford)
Rob Thorsen Quartet ~ Beatrice ~ First Impression
Peter Sprague ~ Can't Find My Way Home ~ Sunshine of Your Love: Peter Sprague Plays Cream
Steely Dan ~ Home at Last ~ Aja
Miles Davis ~ Straight, No Chaser ~ Milestones
Miles Davis ~ Black Comedy ~ Miles in the Sky
Joey DeFrancesco ~ Take Me out to the Ballgame ~ Joey D!
Sunday Jun 08, 2025
Sunday Jun 08, 2025
Sunday Jun 08, 2025
This episode begins with jazz masters Trane, McCoy and Moody. Then a talented San Diego guitarist Alex Ciavarelli. The show concludes with a set of 70's jazz/rock fusion classics.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
John Coltrane ~ Pt. 1: Acknowledgement ~ A Love Supreme
McCoy Tyner ~ Man From Tanganyika ~ Tender Moments
James Moody ~ Cherokee ~ 80 Years Young: Live at the Blue Note
Alex Ciavarelli ~ This Could Be the Start of Something Big ~ A Tribute to Oscar Peterson on Guitar
Freddie Hubbard ~ Red Clay ~ Red Clay
Herbie Hancock ~ Watermelon Man ~ Head Hunters
Joe Farrell ~ Time's Lie ~ Moon Germs