In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond

Vinyl Record Fair

This show reviews some recordings I picked up at a vinyl fair in San Diego recently. It is a mixture of 70's prog-rock and jazz music. This music will take you back to the great music being created in this era of rock, fusion and free jazz.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Tower Of Power ~ Only So Much Oil In the Ground ~ Urban Renewal
Stanley Clarke ~ Sea Journey ~ Children of Forever
Steely Dan ~ Home at Last ~ Aja
The Doors ~ Break On Through ~ The Doors
John Coltrane Quartet ~ Transition ~ Transition
The Oscar Peterson Big 4 ~ Night Child ~ Freedom Song

Episode March 16 2025

A varied playlist for this week's podcast beginning with Kurt Rosenwinkel and Artemis. Later in the set we hear from piano masters Kenny Barron, Chick and McCoy. We conclude the show with alto genius Cannonball.

Playlist 
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Kurt Rosenwinkel & Jean-Paul Brodbeck ~ Hungarian Dance No. 1 ~ The Brahms Project
ARTEMIS ~ Komorebi ~ ARBORESQUE
Sullivan Fortner ~ Tres Palabras ~ Southern Nights
Rob Thorsen ~ Bohemia After Dark ~ Moon Ray
Kenny Barron & Dave Holland ~ In Walked Bud ~ The Art of Conversation
Chick Corea ~ Folk Song ~ Three Quartets
McCoy Tyner ~ Contemporary Focus ~ Today and Tomorrow
Cannonball Adderley Quintet ~ Star Eyes ~ The Quintet Plus

Classic 70's Fusion

An all Jazz/Rock Fusion podcast episode. This is what introduced me to jazz. These ar classic fusion pioneers from the 1970's. From Miles to McLaughlin and much more. It all began here. Enjoy! 

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Weather Report ~ Havona ~ Heavy Weather
Freddie Hubbard ~ The Intrepid Fox ~ Red Clay
Mahavishnu Orchestra ~ You Know You Know ~ Inner Mounting Flame
Chick Corea ~ Shadow of Lo ~ Where Have I Known You Before
Herbie Hancock ~ Sly ~ Head Hunters
Miles Davis ~ Miles Runs the Voodoo Down ~ Bitches Brew

Episode Feb 16, 2025

No real theme to today's show, just music I have been listening to this past week. We start with classic fusion (1975) from Return To Forever with Chick Corea and conclude with West Coast jazz with drummer Shelly Manne. In between, we have modern jazz, mostly released in the last year.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Return to Forever ~ No Mystery ~ No Mystery
Lori Bell Quartet ~ Recorda Me ~ Recorda Me - Remembering Joe Henderson
ARTEMIS ~ Komorebi ~ ARBORESQUE
Charles Lloyd ~ Cape to Cairo ~ The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow
Marquis Hill ~ Meshell ~ Composers Collective: Beyond The Jukebox
Jonathan Barber ~ Can't Call It ~ In Motion (feat. Vision Ahead)
Elvin Jones ~ Lady Luck ~ Elvin!
Shelly Manne and His Men ~ Summertime ~ Shelly Manne & His Men At the Blackhawk, Vol. 1

Episode June 16 2024

The show starts with straight ahead jazz standards followed by 70's fusion and on to modern day sounds of new artists. We end with a Getz-Corea duet.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Joel Frahm ~ I'm Old Fashioned ~ I'm Old Fashioned
Gilbert Castellanos ~ La Puerta ~ Espérame En El Cielo
Joe Farrell ~ The Jazz Crunch ~ Sonic Text
Les McCann ~ Poo Pye McGoochie (And His Friends) ~ Invitation to Openness
Andrew Renfroe ~ Alps ~ Run in the Storm
Nduduzo Makhathini ~ Libations: KwaKhangelamankengana ~ uNomkhubulwane
Stan Getz ~ Crystal Silence ~ Captain Marvel

Fusion 70's to Today

Today's show is all about jazz/rock fusion. We begin with 70's fusion from Return to Forever and Mahavishnu Orchestra. The latter half of the show is current music influenced by not only decades old jazz and fusion, but rock, beats and hip-hop.

Playlist
Artist ~ Track ~ Album
Chick Corea ~ Shadow of Lo ~ Where Have I Known You Before
Mahavishnu Orchestra ~ One Word ~ Birds of Fire
Freddie Hubbard ~ Red Clay ~ Red Clay
Andrew Renfroe ~ BIG COUNTRY ~ Big Country EP
Tina Raymond ~ The Emperor ~ Divinations
Kneebody ~ The Trip ~ Chapters
Mark Guiliana ~ under the influence ~ the sound of listening

An Eclectic Mix

This show features an eclectic mix, beginning with new releases followed by 70's fusion and concluding with classic 50's jazz.  

Playlist
Artist ~ Track ~ Album
Mike DiRubbo ~ The Moment Before Sunrise ~ Inner Light
Charles Lloyd ~ Booker’s Garden ~ Booker's Garden - Single
Samara Joy ~ Round Midnight ~ Linger Awhile
David Liebman ~ Within You Without You ~ Sweet Hands
Return to Forever ~ Game Maker ~ Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy
Eberhard Weber & The Gary Burton Quartet ~ B & G (Midwestern Nights Dream) ~ Passengers
Sonny Rollins ~ Wonderful! Wonderful! ~ Newk's Time

Episode Feb 17, 2024

This episode begins with the original version of a great jazz standard, Freedom Jazz Dance by Eddie Harris. From there, we have recordings by two alto sax players that cut their chops at University of Hartford's fine Jackie McLean Institute for jazz; Mike DiRubbo and Sarah Hanahan. The podcast concludes with music from Chick Corea who passed on three years ago this month.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Eddie Harris ~ Freedom Jazz Dance ~ The In Sound
Swiss Jazz Ambassadors ~ Ugetsu ~ Swiss Jazz Ambassadors feat. Sarah Hanahan
Peter Martin ~ Groove Echo Chamber ~ Peter Martin & Generation S
Mike DiRubbo ~ JK in NYC ~ Inner Light
Joel Ross ~ equinox ~ nublues
Chick Corea ~ Matrix ~ Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
Chick Corea ~ Friends ~ Friends