In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond

Returned from Florida, refreshed and renewed to bring you more great jazz. While in Miami, we stopped in at Van Dykes. A fine restaurant and jazz club, serving up live music 7 days a week. While there we were introduced to Silvano Monasterios, a great jazz pianist and composer. His group blew us away. In this podcast we feature along with Silvano, other great artists. The show starts with Ed Thigpen, the great drummer who passed away last month. Later in the show we feature many great young talent from the New York City jazz scene.
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From CD Baby, iTunes

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Lonnies Lament * Ed Thigpen * The Element of Swing
Bittersweet * Silvano Monasterios * Fostered
Softly * Silvano Monasterios * Jazz Impressions
African Song * Bill McHenry * Roses
Echolalia * Ben Monder * Oceana
Trees * Dan Tepfer and Lee Konitz * Duos with Lee
Tautology * Lee Konitz * Subconscious-Lee
Mali * John Patitucci * Remembrance
Somewhere * Vijay Iyer Trio * Historocity
Mystic Brew * Vijay Iyer Trio * Historocity

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This show was recorded the day before Valentines day. No real theme to the show, in fact I don't even mention the Hallmark card holiday. The majority of the playlist comes from talented young musicians/composers that are having an impact on the future of jazz music. Hope you enjoy the tunes.
Featured Artist

Double Booked from amazon.com

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Back Road * Jeremy Pelt * Men of Honor
Fugue * John Funkhauser Trio * Time
When Seaguls Fly * Noah Preminger * Dry Bridge Road
All Matter * Robert Glasper * Double Booked
Think of One * Robert Glasper * Double Booked
The Hutch * Ken Fowser/Ben Gilece * Full View
Maimi Jazz Scene * Jean Caze * Miami Jazz Scene
Valley of Neptune * Jimi Hendrix * Valley of Neptune

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As we were waiting for the arrival of Kenny Barron for an exclusive WHUS interview (see last weeks podcast), we kicked back and played some great tunes from Rob Garcia 4, Chris Potter, Les McCann and Danillo Perez. This weeks and last weeks podcast can be listened to as a set with this podcast being the first part of the show.
Featured Album

Follow The Red Line - Live At The Village Vanguard, from Amazon.com

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Vortex * Rob Garcia 4 * Perennial
Wongs Way * Greg Abate & Alan Barnes * Birds of a Feather
Morning Bell * Chris Potter * Underground
Togo * Chris Potter * Follow The Red Line - Live At The Village Vanguard
Another Star * Cedar Walton * Voices Deep Within
Compared to What * Les McCann & Eddie Harris * Swiss Movement
Elegant Dance * Danilo Perez * Motherland

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We were honored to have Kenny Barron and Regina Carter, currently with the Monterey Jazz Festival Tour, come to the WHUS studios for a live interview. Kenny Barron, a true grand master of jazz piano, and the wonderfully talented violinist Regina Carter speak about music and the jazz scene with me in between concerts held at University of Connecticut. We start out the show with an inspiring recording form John Coltrane and a Connecticut favorite and friend of the show, pianist Craig Hartley.

Links: More pics, Jazz Note SDP

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Love * John Coltrane * Meditations
The Old Country * Craig Hartley, Bob Simonelli, Eric Nebbia * The Old Country
For Someone I Love * Regina Carter * Motor City Memories
Images * Kenny Barron * Images
Voyage * Stan Getz * Soul Eyes
Reverie * Regina Carter * Paganini: After a Dream
Traveler * Kenny Barron * Traveler

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