In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond

West Coast Favs

The first set is from some of my favorite SoCal artist, Gerald Wilson, Peter Sprague and Holly Hofmann. Following is new music from coast to coast. Also, new highly celebrated albums from Brandee Younger, Johnathan Blake and more. 

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Gerald Wilson and His Orchestra ~ So What ~ Gerald Wilson: Deep Dive!
Peter Sprague ~ Blue in Green ~ Blue Kind of Miles
Holly Hofmann Quartet ~ Bohemia After Dark ~ Live At Birdland
Brandee Younger ~ Love & Struggle ~ Somewhere Different
Johnathan Blake ~ LLL ~ Homeward Bound
Jimmy Greene ~ No Words ~ While Looking Up
Andrew Renfroe ~ Chemirocha ~ Dark Grey - EP
Harold Land Sextet ~ Compulsion ~ West Coast Blues!
Hank Mobley ~ If I Should Lose You ~ Soul Station

Week 2, 2022

A wide variety of jazz styles are represented in this podcast; the second of year 2022. 

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Hotep Idris Galeta ~ King Tut's Strut ~ The Lost Singles - Single
Christopher Hollyday ~ Kiss Me Right ~ Dialogue
Johnathan Blake ~ Steppin' Out ~ Homeward Bound
Steph Richards & Joshua White ~ Sacred Sea: Zephyr ~ Zephyr
Joshua Redman ~ New Year ~ Still Dreaming
Oscar Peñas ~ Rain ~ Music of Departures and Returns
Sammy Figueroa ~ Seven Steps to Heaven ~ The Magician
Chick Corea ~ Return To Forever ~ Return To Forever

Looking Back 2021 p2

We continue our retrospective on 2021 releases. First we reach back a decade with the Cyrus Chestnut Trio from 2010. Then let's hear the title tracks from Emmet Cohen and Greg Abate's chart topping recordings from last year. CT trumpeter Nick Di Maria, Dave Holland, John McLaughlin are trending with jazz-fusion on their latest releases.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Cyrus Chestnut Trio ~ New Light ~ Journeys
Emmet Cohen ~ Future Stride ~ Future Stride
Greg Abate ~ Magic Dance ~ Magic Dance: The Music of Kenny Barron
Nick Di Maria ~ Sagittaron ~ Indigo Seven
Dave Holland ~ Gentle Warrior ~ Another Land
John McLaughlin ~ Right Here, Right Now, Right On ~ Liberation Time
Miles Davis ~ In a Silent Way ~ The Lost Concert

Looking Back on 2021

Some of my favorite releases in 2021 are here in this episode (after a satirical look at the holidays). You'll find  Kenny Garrett, Greg Abate, Emmet Cohen and more represented here. Enjoy.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Miles Davis & Gil Evans ~ Blue Xmas ~ The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
Kenny Garrett ~ Hargrove ~ Sounds from the Ancestors
Andrew Renfroe ~ Gotham ~ Run in the Storm
Emmet Cohen ~ Dardanella ~ Future Stride
Greg Abate ~ Cook's Bay ~ Magic Dance: The Music of Kenny Barron
Greg Abate ~ Voyage ~ Magic Dance: The Music of Kenny Barron
John Hasselback III ~ Rene's Way ~ Entrance
Peter Sprague ~ Flamenco Sketches ~ Blue Kind of Miles
Pat Metheny ~ Zenith Blue ~ Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV)

Seven Million dl‘s

Celebrating 7 million downloads over the 11+years that this podcast has been published weekly. Dave Holland and Miles Davis start the show with a pair of luck sevens. Next we pay tribute to guitar great Pat Martino who passed away this week. Young players, Mike Casey and Andrew Renfroe with a modern electric sound close out this show. 

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Dave Holland ~ Lucky Seven ~ Critical Mass
Miles Davis ~ Seven Steps to Heaven ~ Seven Steps To Heaven
Pat Martino ~ Footprints ~ Footprints
Pat Martino ~ Dozen Down ~ Think Tank
Herbie Hancock ~ Thieves in the Temple ~ New Standard
Harold Land & Martin Banks ~ Blue Nellie ~ West Coast Suite
Mike Casey ~ Law of Attraction ~ Law of Attraction: The Remixes
Mike Casey ~ Spoon ~ Law of Attraction: The Remixes
Andrew Renfroe ~ Gotham ~ Run in the Storm

West Coast Classics and Modern

Another episode featuring the West Coast jazz scene. Classics from Harold Land, Wes and Nat "King" Cole start the set. Then we time travel to today's scene featuring Chris Hollyday, Andrew Renfroe. We finish with a Boston icon who recently moved out west, Jason Palmer.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Harold Land Sextet ~ Terrain ~ West Coast Blues!
Harold Land Sextet ~ West Coast Blues ~ West Coast Blues!
Wes Montgomery ~ Bumpin' On Sunset ~ Tequila
Nat "King" Cole ~ Straighten Up and Fly Right ~ The Classic Singles
Christopher Hollyday ~ Kiss Me Right ~ Dialogue
Andrew Renfroe ~ 1998 ~ Run in the Storm
Jason Palmer ~ A Lady and Gentleman in Black ~ The Concert: 12 Musings for Isabella
Jason Palmer ~ At Ease ~ At Wally's, Vol. 1

Episode Oct 24 2021

Just some music I've been listening to this week. No particular theme. New music from Helen Sung, J. McLaughlin, Brandee, and Chick. Enjoy!

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Helen Sung ~ Long Yellow Road ~ Quartet + (with Harlem Quartet)
Bob Reynolds ~ Ecaroh ~ A Message for Mobley
John McLaughlin ~ As the Spirit Sings ~ Liberation Time
Brandee Younger ~ Somewhere Different ~ Somewhere Different
Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger ~ The Creator Has a Master Plan ~ Force Majeure
Christian McBride, Nicholas Payton & Mark Whitfield ~ Driftin' ~ Fingerpainting - The Music of Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock ~ Oliloqui Valley ~ The Complete Blue Note Sessions Disk 3
Chick Corea Akoustic Band ~ You And The Night And The Music ~ LIVE

Voices from the coast

A vocal set of LA & San Diego musicians to start today's program. San Diego flautist Holly Hofmann covers Metheny's Farmer's Trust before we here something new from NEA Jazz Master Metheny himself. Also on this show are Chick/Burton duets, Garrett and Adderly.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra ~ Fever (feat. Barbara Morrison) ~ L.A. Treasures Project
Denise Donatelli ~ Walk on By ~ Whistling in the Dark - The Music of Burt Bacharach
Peter Sprague & Leonard Patton ~ That Girl ~ Dream Walkin'
Holly Hofmann ~ Farmer's Trust ~ Low Life
Pat Metheny ~ Lodger ~ Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV)
Chick Corea & Gary Burton ~ Native Sense ~ Native Sense
Kenny Garrett ~ Soldiers of the Fields / Soldats des Champs ~ Sounds from the Ancestors
Cannonball Adderly Sextet ~ The Jive Samba ~ Jazz Workshop Revisited