In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond

Herbie at 83

It's Herbie Hancock's birthday celebration podcast episode. We've got him on the first four tracks of this podcast, in different settings. Certainly he is a living legend on the jazz scene today at 83 years of age.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Herbie Hancock ~ Actual Proof ~ Thrust
Herbie Hancock ~ One Finger Snap ~ Empyrean Islands
Freddie Hubbard ~ The Intrepid Fox ~ Red Clay
Lee Morgan ~ Mr. Kenyatta ~ Search for the New Land
Gilbert Castellanos ~ Big P ~ Espérame En El Cielo
Bill Evans ~ Soiree ~ From Left To Right (Expanded Edition)
Isaiah J. Thompson ~ The Soul Messenger ~ The Power of the Spirit

Spring 2023

This is the spring edition of In The Groove. It is also the birth date of trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. We celebrate both of these with this week's podcast. Also of note is the release of harpist Brandee Younger with a featured track from her album Brand New Life. Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin's latest release Phoenix wraps up this episode.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Kneebody ~ The Trip ~ Chapters
Emmet Cohen ~ Venus de Milo ~ Uptown in Orbit
Brandee Younger ~ Running Game ~ Brand New Life
Freddie Hubbard ~ UK Forty One  ~ UK Forty One EP 
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers ~ Up Jumped Spring ~ 3 Blind Mice, Vol. 1
Milt Jackson ~ Sunflower ~ Sunflower
Joel Frahm ~ Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most ~ We Used To Dance
Lakecia Benjamin ~ Jubilation ~ Phoenix

New Releases Old Classics

A playlist of new releases, classic jazz with the coming of Spring in mind and other new music from McBride, Childs and Lage. The episode ends with a harp and harp (harmonica) duet.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Lakecia Benjamin ~ Trane ~ Phoenix
Gilbert Castellanos ~ Home is Africa ~ Espérame En El Cielo
Charles Lloyd ~ Forest Flower: Sunrise ~ Forest Flower: Charles Lloyd At Monterey
Freddie Hubbard ~ Up Jumped Spring ~ Backlash
Christian McBride & New Jawn ~ The Good Life ~ Prime
Ornette Coleman ~ Lonely Woman ~ The Shape of Jazz to Come
Julian Lage ~ The Layers ~ The Layers
Billy Childs ~ Crystal Silence ~ The Winds of Change
Grégoire Maret & Edmar Castaneda ~ Manha de Carnaval ~ Harp vs. Harp

Episode Feb 5 2023

We start with new music from Gilbert Castellanos and a solo album from Kenny Barron. After that a mix of music I have been listening to lately. Enjoy.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Gilbert Castellanos ~ Big P ~ Espérame En El Cielo
Kenny Barron ~ What If ~ The Source
The Griffith Park Collection ~ Guernica ~ The Griffith Park Collection
Charlie Haden ~ Ellen David ~ Closeness Duets
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra ~ Billie's Blues ~ The Essential Billie Holiday
Kurt Elling ~ Higher Vibe ~ Man In The Air
Josh Nelson ~ Introspection On 401 ~ The Discovery Project Live in Japan

Episode Dec 4 2022

Classic jazz and new music abound in this podcast episode. Hear from jazz masters Art Blakey, Dave Holland, Charles Lloyd and Miles. As well as a new generation, and a modern style from Immanuel Wilkens, Dezron Douglas and Emmet Cohen.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers ~ The Core ~ Free for All
Dave Holland Quartet ~ Four Winds ~ Conference of the Birds
Dave Holland Quartet ~ Conference of the Birds ~ Conference of the Birds
Immanuel Wilkins ~ Don't Break ~ The 7th Hand
Dezron Douglas ~ Foligno ~ Atalaya
Charles Lloyd ~ Tales of Rumi ~ Trio Of Trios
Emmet Cohen ~ Distant Hallow ~ Uptown in Orbit
Miles Davis ~ Bye Bye Blackbird ~ Round About Midnight

Episode Oct 1 2022

A podcast of jazz music, new and old. New releases from Joshua Redman, Samara Joy, Willie Jones III, along with classics from Max Roach, Herbie Hancock and Freddie Hubbard.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Joshua Redman ~ Disco Ears ~ LongGone
Samara Joy ~ Everything Happens to Me ~ Samara Joy
Samara Joy ~ Misty ~ Linger Awhile
Willie Jones III ~ Jackin' for Changes ~ Fallen Heroes
Willie Jones III ~ To Wisdom, The Prize ~ Fallen Heroes
Max Roach ~ Libra ~ Members Don't Get Weary
Herbie Hancock ~ The Maze ~ Takin' Off
Freddie Hubbard ~ Lament for Booker ~ Hub-Tones [Remastered]
Jazzmeia Horn ~ Lift Every Voice and Sing / Moanin’ ~ A Social Call

60’s Bop and Beyond

The show starts with some of my favorite track from the 60's hard bop era, with Freddy, Hank, Horace and Herbie leading off. We then bring it back to a couple brand new releases before concluding with Miles, pushing jazz toward rock sounds and rhythms.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Freddie Hubbard ~ Open Sesame ~ Open Sesame 
Hank Mobley ~ Up Over and Out ~ Reach Out! 
Horace Silver ~ Nica's Dream ~ Horace-Scope
Herbie Hancock ~ Oliloqui Valley ~ Empyrean Isles
Matt Dwonszyk ~ Old English ~ A Year and a Day
Kite Song ~ Joshua Redman ~ LongGone
Miles Davis ~ Paraphernalia ~ Miles In the Sky

PBMNJ 2022 pt1

The first half of this episode features the Hartford Jazz Society's Paul Brown Monday Night Jazz series. We hear from some of the artists that will be performing in the first three weeks of concerts in Hartford CT this summer. We also play new music by Matt Dwonszyk, Jonathan Barber and Gerald Clayton.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Al Foster ~ Pent-Up House ~ Reflections
Julieta Eugenio ~ La Jungla ~ Jump
Brandee Younger ~ Reclamation ~ Somewhere Different
Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra ~ Clump, Unclump ~ Four Questions
Matt Dwonszyk ~ Room to Dream ~ A Year and a Day
Jonathan Barber & Vision Ahead ~ Denim ~ Poetic
Gerald Clayton ~ Peace Invocation ~ Bells On Sand
Freddie Hubbard ~ Birdlike ~ Ready For Freddie