Claire, my lovely wife and co-producer of this radio show and podcast, put this playlist together after I had DJ block this week. We start with a brief set dedicated to Trane, with covers and tributes by Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Joel Holmes and the man himself, John Coltrane. We keep the vibe going with great sax players featuring Mike DiRubbo who appeared this week in Hartford, followed by Joshua Redman, Charles Lloyd, Noah Preminger, and Jerry Bergonzi to finish out this week's podcast.

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Chronos - Mike DiRubbo on iTunes

Track ~ Artist ~ Album
Afro Blue ~ Gary Burton ~ For Hamp, Red, Bags and Cal
Moments Notice ~ Joel Holmes ~ African Skies
Part 2 (Dedicated to John Coltrane) ~ Chick Corea ~ Three Quartets
Mr. P.C. ~ John Coltrane ~ Giant Steps
Chronos ~ Mike DiRubbo ~ Chronos
More Physical ~ Mike DiRubbo ~ Chronos
Chronos ~ Joshua Redman, Aaron Parks, Matt Penman, Eric Harland ~ James Farm
I Fall In Love Too Easily ~ Charles Lloyd ~ Mirror
Until The Real Thing Comes Along ~ Noah Preminger ~ Before the Rain
A Different Look ~ Jerry Bergonzi ~ Wiggy

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This show will highlight some great jazz cats in the Rochester, NY area. A recent trip to my wife's home town gave us the opportunity to re-connect with the Rochester jazz scene on two successive evenings. In this podcast, we bring you drummer Mike Melito and guitarist Bob Sneider who captivated an audience at a local mexican restaurant. The next track is from The Westview Project, a jazz trio with the addition of Doug Stone on tenor sax. Westview covered some great jazz standards including Dexter Gordon's Cheese Cake which inspired me to open tonight's show with this track. We also featured Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Kenny Garrett on tonight's show. Hope you enjoy.

Featured Album

Mike Melito - In the Tradition on CDBaby

Track ~ Artist ~ Album
Cheese Cake ~ Dexter Gordon ~ Go!
Hankerin' ~ Mike Melito ~ In the Tradition
Skylark ~ Mike Melito ~ In the Tradition
Laura ~ Bob Sneider & Joe Locke ~ Nocturn for Ava
Forbidden Fruit ~ The Westview Project ~ Aspire
Theme from the Eulipions ~ Rahsaan Roland Kirk ~ Return of the 5000lb man
Lonnies Lament ~ Kenny Garrett ~ Pursuance: The music of John Coltrane
Equinox ~ Kenny Garrett ~ Pursuance: The music of John Coltrane

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This second part of the All Electric show is comprised of nearly all classic jazz-rock fusion from the 70's. Zawinul compositions start off the podcast. 125th is one of the funkiest and swinging Weather Report tunes, followed by a beautiful version of In A Silent Way featuring the WDR big band. You can't do a fusion tribute without including a track from Bitches Brew, and Miles Runs the Voodoo down is my favorite. Finally we play a modern day fusion track from Rudresh's latest album.

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Sweetnighter - Weather Report

Track ~ Artist ~ Album
125th Congress ~ Weather Report ~ Sweetnighter
In A Silent Way ~ Joe Zawinul ~ Brown Street with WDR Big Band
Miles Runs the Voodoo Down ~ Miles Davis ~ Bitches Brew
Ahhh ~ Rudresh Mahanthappa ~ Samdhi

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This all electric jazz-fusion show is in response to the lack of electricity here in Connecticut following a rare winter snow storm. Hundreds of thousands of Connecticut residence are still without power. Hopefully this show will provide some musical power to warm your inner being. Electric Rendezvous from Al Di Meola sets the pace for the frenetic musicality to come. Chick Corea's Return to Forever follows with more of Di Meola's scorching guitar and Chick's eclectic but swinging keyboard solos. My all-time favorite prog-rock composition, Close to the Edge from Yes shows the influence of rock music on Jazz in the early 70's. Mahavishnu Orchestra's epic composition with a full orchestral backing follows. Mwandishi Herbie Hancock ends part one of this podcast with some early fusion explorations that was heavily influenced by what Miles had been creating at that time.

Featured Album

Apocalypse - Mahavishnu Orchestra on iTunes

Track ~ Artist ~ Album
Electric Rendezvous ~ Al DiMeola ~ Electric Rendezvous
Song to the Pharoah Kings ~ Return to Forever ~ Where Have I Known You Before
Close to the Edge ~ Yes ~ Close to the Edge
Hymn to Him ~ Mahavishnu Orchestra ~ Apocalypse
Ostinato ~ Herbie Hancock ~ Mwandishi

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