Episodes
Saturday Jan 27, 2024
Soprano Trane to Electric Miles
Saturday Jan 27, 2024
Saturday Jan 27, 2024
This episode features iconic tracks that changed the direction of jazz music. Trane takes up the soprano, and Miles invents fusion. Lots of great stuff in between.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
John Coltrane ~ My Favorite Things ~ My Favorite Things
Sonny Rollins ~ Asiatic Raes ~ Newk's Time
Eddie Henderson ~ Why Not? ~ Witness to History
Joe Farrell ~ Time's Lie ~ Moon Germs
Miles Davis ~ Spanish Key ~ Bitches Brew
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Episode 21 Jan 2024
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
This week's playlist is mostly based on albums that were posted on Jazztodon.com . We begin with artists that you likely have never heard of, then transition into some of the jazz greats like Getz, McLean and Cannonball.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Muriel Grossmann ~ Knowledge and Wisdom ~ Devotion
Mitchum Yacoub ~ OB Joint ~ Living High in the Brass Empire
Joe Gordon ~ A Song for Richard ~ Lookin' Good!
Stan Getz ~ Times Lie ~ Captain Marvel
Lyle Mays ~ Ascent ~ Lyle Mays
Jackie McLean ~ You Don't Know What Love Is ~ Nature Boy
Cannonball Adderley ~ One For Daddy-O ~ Somethin' Else
Sunday Nov 12, 2023
Autumn Celebration
Sunday Nov 12, 2023
Sunday Nov 12, 2023
We are right in the middle of Autumn, and this episode celebrates my favorite season. Great renditions of this season's classics by Hollyday, Sharpe and Kessel. Something new from Joey Alexander, something old from Herbie, and much more.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Christopher Hollyday ~ Autumn in New York ~ Telepathy
Avery Sharpe Trio ~ Autumn Moonlight ~ Autumn Moonlight
Barney Kessel ~ Autumn Leaves ~ Autumn Leaves
Manuel Valera ~ Mov III -- Fall ~ The Seasons
Miles Davis ~ Fall ~ Nefertiti
Joey Alexander ~ Blue ~ Continuance
Herbie Hancock ~ Oliloqui Valley ~ Empyrean Isles
Cannonball Adderly Sextet ~ Unit 7 ~ Jazz Workshop Revisited
Saturday Nov 04, 2023
West Coast 50’s
Saturday Nov 04, 2023
Saturday Nov 04, 2023
This episode features the West Coast jazz scene of the 1950's. In particular, the music of Hampton Hawes and Harold Land. It also has a track from Sonny Rollins with a west coast rhythm section. We round out the program with Petrucciani, Miles and JMac.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Hampton Hawes Trio ~ The Champ ~ On Contemporary: Hampton Hawes
Hampton Hawes ~ I Love You ~ On Contemporary: Hampton Hawes
Harold Land ~ Delirium ~ Harold In The Land Of Jazz
Harold Land ~ Grooveyard ~ Harold In The Land Of Jazz
Sonny Rollins ~ You ~ Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders
Michel Petrucciani ~ Limbo ~ Power of Three
Miles Davis ~ Eighty-One ~ E.S.P.
Jackie McLean ~ Confirmation ~ 4, 5 and 6
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Sonny is 93
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
This set begins with a celebration of Sonny Rollins 93 birthday. Sonny is among the last of the living legends of jazz from the 1950's. Also classic tunes from Larry Young, McCoy Tyner and Miles.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Sonny Rollins ~ Without a Song ~ The Bridge
Sonny Rollins ~ Strode Rode ~ Saxophone Colossus
Sonny Rollins ~ Alfie's Theme ~ Alfie
Larry Young ~ The Moontrane ~ Unity
McCoy Tyner ~ Impressions ~ Trident
Dr. Lonnie Smith ~ Too Damn Hot ~ Too Damn Hot
Miles Davis ~ Paraphernalia ~ Miles In the Sky
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
Episode Aug 13 2023
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
This episode begins with percussionist Airto for his 82nd Birthday. That is followed by a couple of tracks featuring the harp, a beautiful sound for jazz. There is some 50/60's hard bop including the inventive sounds from Monk. The show concludes with Miles and Kenny Garrett.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Airto ~ Parana ~ Fingers
Alice Coltrane ~ Blue Nile ~ Ptah the El Daoud
Ravi Coltrane ~ For Turiya ~ Blending Times
Horace Silver ~ Senor Blues ~ Six Pieces of Silver
Cannonball Adderley Quintet ~ Lisa ~ The Quintet Plus
Thelonious Monk ~ Green Chimneys ~ Straight, No Chaser
Miles Davis ~ E.S.P. ~ E.S.P.
Kenny Garrett ~ Hargrove ~ Sounds from the Ancestors
Sunday Jul 23, 2023
Eclectic
Sunday Jul 23, 2023
Sunday Jul 23, 2023
A very eclectic playlist for today's show. We start with a rockin' Miles, brooding Tomasz, and an experimental Noah Preminger. The show closes with a tribute to the late Tony Bennett who passed away last week.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Miles Davis ~ Red China Blues ~ Get Up With It
Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet ~ Wisława ~ Wisława
Noah Preminger & Kim Cass ~ Daddy Likey ~ The Dank
Steph Johnson ~ Here's to Life ~ So in Love
Julius Rodriguez ~ All I Do ~ Let Sound Tell All
Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band ~ Kings Highway ~ Kings Highway
Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays ~ It's For You ~ As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
Bill Evans & Tony Bennett ~ Days of Wine and Roses ~ The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Baseball and Jazz
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Mabel Scott ~ Baseball Boogie ~ Baseball - A Film By Ken Burns
Carla Bley ~ Baseball ~ 4 X 4
The Modern Jazz Quartet ~ Baseball ~ Live At the Lighthouse
Vince Guaraldi Trio ~ Baseball Theme ~ A Boy Named Charlie Brown (Original 1969 Movie Soundtrack)
Miles Davis ~ Two Bass Hit ~ Milestones
George Carlin ~ Baseball and Football ~ Carlin on Campus
Nina Simone ~ Baseball Boogie ~ A Single Woman
Count Basie ~ Did You Ever See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? ~ The Count Basie Story
Dexter Gordon ~ Home Run ~ The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon
The Treniers ~ Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song) ~ Baseball - A Film By Ken Burns
Les Brown and His Orchestra ~ Joltin' Joe DiMaggio ~ Baseball - A Film By Ken Burns
Simon & Garfunkel ~ Mrs. Robinson ~ Bookends
Joey DeFrancesco ~ Take Me out to the Ballgame ~ Joey D!