In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond

Episode Dec 14 2025

The core of this episode has some of the best tenor sax players from today and yesteryear. I'm speaking of Potter, Kirk, Rollins and Trane. They are bookended by a new release from Out Of/Into and Zawinul's In A Silent Way.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Out Of/Into ~ Nacho Supreme ~ Motion II
Chris Potter ~ The Mind's Eye (For Michael Becker and Joe Lovano) ~ Gratitude
Roland Kirk ~ Alfie (Live at the Penthouse in Seattle September 1967) ~ Single
Sonny Rollins ~ Alfie's Theme ~ Alfie
John Coltrane ~ Moment's Notice ~ Blue Train
Herbie Hancock ~ Watermelon Man ~ Head Hunters
Weather Report ~ In a Silent Way ~ 8:30 (Live)
Miles Davis ~ In a Silent Way (Rehearsal) ~ The Complete in a Silent Way Sessions

Post Thanksgiving 2025

After giving thanks, post Thanksgiving Day we get into a guitar set featuring both jazz masters (Kessel, Wess, Forman) and a talented young artist Tony Davis. Also featured are a new release from pianist George Colligan and a modern sound from Ahmad Jamal. We dance our way out with a funky Weather Report.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Jimmy Greene ~ Give Thanks ~ Mission Statement
Bruce Forman ~ Rope-a-Dope ~ Reunion!
Barney Kessel ~ On Green Dolphin Street ~ The Poll Winners
Tony Davis ~ Sphere Of Blues ~ Jessamine
Wes Montgomery ~ Bumpin' On Sunset ~ Tequila
George Colligan ~ If the Mountain Was Smooth, You Couldn't Climb It ~ Live at the Jazz Standard
Ahmad Jamal ~ Marseille ~ Marseille
Weather Report ~ 125th Street Congress ~ Sweetnighter

All Jack D

This episode pays tribute to the late Jack DeJohnette who passed away a couple weeks ago. We feature Jack as a leader and side man on some of my favorite recordings.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Jack DeJohnette ~ Jack In ~ Parallel Realities
Joe Farrell ~ Follow Your Heart ~ Joe Farrell Quartet
Miroslav Vitous ~ Bamboo Forest ~ Universal Syncopations
Keith Jarrett Standards Trio ~ The Old Country ~ Standards Live
Hudson ~ Woodstock ~ Hudson
Michael Brecker ~ Midnight Voyage ~ Tales from the Hudson
Joe Henderson ~ Isotope ~ Power to the People
Charles Lloyd Quartet ~ Sombrero Sam ~ Soundtrack

Episode Nov 9 2025

We begin with a trio led by pianist George Colligan along with Linda Oh (b) and Jack DeJohnette (dr). Mr. DeJohnette passed away last week and was an important figure in modern jazz. Also, new music by guitarist Mike Stern and a live recording of Weather Reports famous tune Birdland.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
George Colligan ~ Song for the Tarahumera ~ Live at the Jazz Standard
Lenny White ~ L's Bop ~ The Griffith Park Collection
Mike Stern ~ Stuff Happens ~ Echoes and Other Songs
Mike Stern ~ Gospel Song ~ Echoes and Other Songs
John Opferkuch ~ Amerique ~ The Kennedy Files
Peter Sprague ~ Norwegian Wood ~ All You Need Is Love: Peter Sprague Plays the Beatles
Weather Report ~ Birdland (Live) ~ 8:30 (Live)

Jazz Fusion and Beyond

Mostly jazz/rock fusion on this week's show, featuring some of my favorite bands from the 70's and beyond. This music sparked my interest in jazz music during my college years, and eventually branching out into more traditional forms. But this is the music that started it all for me and many others of my generation.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Herbie Hancock ~ Heartbeat ~ Man-Child
Chick Corea ~ Shadow of Lo ~ Where Have I Known You Before
Frank Zappa ~ Waka/Jawaka ~ Waka / Jawaka
Shunzo Ohno ~ Runner ~ Runner - EP
Miles Davis ~ Right Off - take 10 ~ Complete Jack Johnson Sessions
Shakti with John McLaughlin ~ La Danse Du Bonheur ~ A Handful of Beauty
Joshua Redman ~ Jazz Crimes ~ Elastic

Episode October 26 2025

This show has a number of notable albums including two posthumous releases from Chick Corea. Also an alternative take of a Joni Mitchell composition. Other tracks feature Japanese trumpet player Ohno, Miles and San Diego Latin Jazz pianist Irving Flores.

Playlist 
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Chick Corea Elektric Band & Chick Corea ~ Trance Dance ~ The Future Is Now
Chick Corea ~ Armando's Rhumba ~ Forever Yours: The Farewell Performance
Joni Mitchell ~ The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey ~ Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 4
Shunzo Ohno ~ Musashi ~ Dreamer
Miles Davis ~ Paraphernalia ~ Miles In the Sky
Irving Flores ~ Dana Point ~ Armando Mi Conga

Episode October 5 2025

This episode begins as a continuation of last week's tribute to the late pianist Mike Wofford with a solo rendition of a Jackie McLean composition Little Melonae. Also featured is another San Diego pianist Irving Flores with his latest album release. Herbie, McLaughlin and Maupin round out the show.

Playlist 
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Mike Wofford ~ Little Melonae ~ It's Personal
Irving Flores ~ Tramonto a Massa Lubrense ~ Armando Mi Conga
Herbie Hancock ~ Oliloqui Valley ~ Empyrean Isles
Herbie Hancock ~ Ostinato (Suite for Angela) ~ Mwandishi
John McLaughlin ~ Peace One ~ My Goals Beyond
Bennie Maupin ~ The Jewel In the Lotus ~ The Jewel In the Lotus

Episode September 21 2025

This week's jazz podcast starts with an old standard from 1928, Makin' Whoopee. Classics from Brubeck, Wes and Trane (on his birth anniversary), and new music from Barron and McLaughlin, and more.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Branford Marsalis ~ Makin' Whoopee ~ Trio Jeepy
The Dave Brubeck Quartet ~ Three to Get Ready ~ Time Out
Dave Holland Quartet ~ Four Winds ~ Conference of the Birds
Wes Montgomery ~ Bumpin' On Sunset ~ Tequila
John Coltrane ~ Dear Old Stockholm ~ Dear Old Stockholm
Irving Flores ~ Samba Con Sabor ~ Armando Mi Conga
Kenny Barron ~ The Nearness of You ~ Beyond This Place
John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension ~ New Blues Old Bruise ~ Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2022