In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond

As Seen on Jazztodon

The bulk of this podcast episode is picks from Jazztodon.com. A jazz centric social media service that I post to exclusively. You can learn more about that through this episode while listening to some great tunes.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Michel Pérez ~ Falling In Love With Love ~ Toujours
John Coltrane Quartet ~ Wise One ~ Crescent
John Zorn ~ Piopio ~ O'o
Soft Machine ~ Other Doors ~ Other Doors
The Dave Brubeck Quartet ~ These Foolish Things  ~ Live from the Northwest, 1959
Joe Farrell ~ The Jazz Crunch ~ Sonic Text
Weather Report ~ Boogie Woogie Waltz ~ Sweetnighter

Hard Bop to Prog Rock

We've got hard bop from the 60's to Prog Rock of the '70s represented in this episode.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Sonny Rollins ~ Alone Together ~ Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders
Toots Thielemans ~ Speak No Evil ~ Only Trust Your Heart
Hank Mobley ~ If I Should Lose You ~ Soul Station
Freddie Hubbard ~ Arietis ~ Ready For Freddie
McCoy Tyner ~ Sama Layuca ~ Quartet
John McLaughlin ~ Friendship ~ Electric Guitarist (Remastered)
Santana ~ Flor de Canela ~ Borboletta
Santana ~ Promise of a Fisherman ~ Borboletta

Thanksgiving 2023

My favorite Thanksgiving inspired tunes on this week's In The Groove podcast episode. Enjoy.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Thelonious Monk ~ Stuffy Turkey ~ It's Monk's Time
Jimmy Greene ~ Give Thanks ~ Mission Statement
Atla DeChamplain ~ Soul Food ~ Pause
Miguel Zenón ~ Prayer #2 (Thanksgiving) ~ Looking Forward
Shawn Colvin, Chris Botti & Billy Childs ~ Save the Country ~ Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro
Lee Morgan ~ Search for the New Land ~ Search for the New Land 
Donald Harrison Jr. & Dr. John ~ Indian Blues ~ Indian Blues
Donald Harrison Jr. & Dr. John ~ Shallow Water ~ Indian Blues

Autumn Celebration

We are right in the middle of Autumn, and this episode celebrates my favorite season. Great renditions of this season's classics by Hollyday, Sharpe and Kessel. Something new from Joey Alexander, something old from Herbie, and much more.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Christopher Hollyday ~ Autumn in New York ~ Telepathy
Avery Sharpe Trio ~ Autumn Moonlight ~ Autumn Moonlight
Barney Kessel ~ Autumn Leaves ~ Autumn Leaves
Manuel Valera ~ Mov III -- Fall ~ The Seasons
Miles Davis ~ Fall ~ Nefertiti
Joey Alexander ~ Blue ~ Continuance
Herbie Hancock ~ Oliloqui Valley ~ Empyrean Isles 
Cannonball Adderly Sextet ~ Unit 7 ~ Jazz Workshop Revisited

West Coast 50’s

This episode features the West Coast jazz scene of the 1950's. In particular, the music of Hampton Hawes and Harold Land. It also has a track from Sonny Rollins with a west coast rhythm section. We round out the program with Petrucciani, Miles and JMac.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Hampton Hawes Trio ~ The Champ ~ On Contemporary: Hampton Hawes
Hampton Hawes ~ I Love You  ~ On Contemporary: Hampton Hawes
Harold Land ~ Delirium ~ Harold In The Land Of Jazz
Harold Land ~ Grooveyard ~ Harold In The Land Of Jazz
Sonny Rollins ~ You  ~ Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders
Michel Petrucciani ~ Limbo ~ Power of Three
Miles Davis ~ Eighty-One ~ E.S.P.
Jackie McLean ~ Confirmation ~ 4, 5 and 6 

SD-LA New

New music from San Diego and LA to begin this episode of In The Groove. Castellanos, Whitman and Kornhouser from SD, then travel north to LA for Tina Raymond and Andrew Renfroe. Much more to follow with Urbaniak, Escoffery and Mingus to close out this week's show.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Gilbert Castellanos ~ Totem Pole ~ Espérame En El Cielo
David Whitman ~ With Love ~ Ode To Joe
Ed Kornhauser ~ Modren ~ The Short Years
Tina Raymond ~ Eight of Wands ~ Divinations
Andrew Renfroe ~ FLUFFY ~ Single
Michał Urbaniak ~ Prehistoric Bird ~ Fusion III
Wayne Escoffery ~ Nostalgia in Times Square ~ Like Minds
Charles Mingus ~ Open Letter To Duke ~ Mingus Ah Um
Charles Mingus ~ Goodbye Pork Pie Hat ~ Mingus Ah Um

Episode October 22 2023

This show starts with one of my favorite recordings with the vocals of Nancy Wilson and the alto sax of Cannonball Adderley. Next up is a new recording from tenor saxman, Wayne Escoffery. A sampling of Classic LPs from Young, Shorter and Chick to follow. We also say goodbye to composer/arranger/pianist Carla Bley.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Cannonball Adderley & Nancy Wilson ~ Save Your Love for Me ~ Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball Adderley & Nancy Wilson ~ Unit 7 ~ Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley
Wayne Escoffery ~ Idle Moments ~ Like Minds
Wayne Escoffery ~ Rivers of Babylon (feat. Gregory Porter) ~ Like Minds
Larry Young ~ The Moontrane ~ Unity
Wayne Shorter ~ Witch Hunt ~ Speak No Evil
Charlie Haden, Carla Bley ~ The Ballad of the Fallen ~ The Ballad of the Fallen
Chick Corea ~ Straight Up and Down ~ Tone's for Joan's Bones

Kaddish

This episode is in honor of those innocent civilians that have lost their lives in the recent Middle East conflict. It is our hope that peace can be achieved in the region. We pay our respects through Emmet Cohen's Hatzi Kaddish. That is followed by other great piano trios from Kenny Barron, McCoy Tyner and more.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Emmet Cohen ~ Hatzi Kaddish ~ Masters Legacy Series Volume 2: Ron Carter
Kenny Barron & Dave Holland Trio ~ Pass It On ~ Without Deception
McCoy Tyner ~ Moment's Notice ~ McCoy Tyner Plays John Coltrane
John Coltrane ~ Wise One ~ Crescent
ARTEMIS ~ Slink ~ In Real Time
David Whitman ~ Bop This ~ Ode To Joe
Joe Farrell ~ Time's Lie ~ Moon Germs