Episodes
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Early Fusion
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
We feature the early days of Jazz/Rock Fusion in this week's jazz podcast. Santana, Miles, Mahavishnu, RTF, Herbie and Weather Report. Even Zappa is represented here. Hope you dig.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Santana ~ Eternal Caravan of Reincarnation ~ Caravanserai
Santana ~ La Fuente del Ritmo ~ Caravanserai
Mahavishnu Orchestra ~ Dawn ~ The Inner Mounting Flame
Miles Davis ~ Paraphernalia ~ Miles In the Sky
Frank Zappa ~ Peaches en Regalia ~ Hot Rats
Return To Forever ~ Captain Marvel ~ Light As A Feather
Herbie Hancock ~ Ostinato (Suite for Angela) ~ Mwandishi
Weather Report ~ Waterfall ~ Weather Report
Sunday Sep 18, 2022
60’s Bop and Beyond
Sunday Sep 18, 2022
Sunday Sep 18, 2022
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
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Classic Trumpets
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Classic post bop trumpet is represented here. Miles, Freddie, Kenny, Lee and more. Also, modern players like San Diego's Gilbert Castellanos, Eddie Henderson and the only woman represented here, Ingrid Jensen.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Freddie Hubbard ~ Open Sesame ~ Open Sesame
Freddie Hubbard ~ Little Sunflower ~ Backlash
Miles Davis ~ Milestones ~ Milestones
Eddie Henderson ~ Shuffle and Deal ~ Shuffle and Deal
Gilbert Castellanos ~ This Is for Horace ~ Underground
Kenny Dorham ~ Sao Paolo ~ Una Mas
Indrid Jensen ~ At Sea ~ At Sea
Lee Morgan ~ Ceora ~ Cornbread
Sunday May 22, 2022
Miles & Jackie
Sunday May 22, 2022
Sunday May 22, 2022
This podcast celebrates the recent birthdays of two all time great jazz artists; Miles Davis and Jackie McLean. It also features two releases by young musicians that are a product of the Jackie McLean Institute for jazz in Hartford Connecticut, where Jackie spent his later years mentoring students of the art form.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Miles Davis ~ Milestones ~ Milestones
Miles Davis ~ Paraphernalia ~ Miles In the Sky
Jackie McLean ~ Appointment in Ghana ~ Jackie's Bag
Jackie McLean ~ Sweet Love of Mine ~ Demon's Dance
Matt Dwonszyk ~ Afro Blue ~ Afro Blue - Single
Jonathan Barber & Vision Ahead ~ South ~ Poetic
Joey Alexander ~ Rise Up ~ Origin
Christian Sands ~ Can’t Find My Way Home ~ Be Water
Sunday May 01, 2022
More Birthdays - Joe, Duke, Toots
Sunday May 01, 2022
Sunday May 01, 2022
Another show, celebrating birthdays. These are some of the most important figures in jazz; Joe Henderson, Duke Ellington and Toots Thielemans. We then play the Grammy award winning Christian McBride Big Band. The show ends with some great jazz artists from Southern Cali, trombonist Matt Hall, and guitar masters Peter Sprague and Bob Boss.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Joe Henderson ~ Isotope ~ Inner Urge
Kenny Dorham ~ Mamacita ~ Trompeta Toccata
Duke Ellington ~ Black and Tan Fantasy (Live) ~ Ellington At Newport 1956
Toots Thielemans ~ Airegin ~ Images
Christian McBride Big Band ~ Milestones ~ For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver
Peter Sprague ~ Life Loves Lone Jack ~ Peter Sprague Plays Pat Metheny, Vol. 1
Matt Hall ~ The Thing About Sloan Hill ~ I Hope to My Never
Bob Boss ~ Soul Eyes ~ 3 Trios +
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Looking Back 2021 p2
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
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
Sunday Nov 28, 2021
Post Thanksgiving show
Sunday Nov 28, 2021
Sunday Nov 28, 2021
It's never to late to celebrate giving thanks, and we do so in today's episode. After beginning with Miles, we turn to the San Diego jazz scene with Joshua White and Chris Hollyday. Our post-holiday special concludes by celebrating thankfulness and food with two Hartford jazz greats Jimmy Greene and Atla Dechamplain, finishing with Monk.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Miles Davis ~ Joshua ~ Seven Steps To Heaven
Joshua White ~ Curiosity Landing ~ 13 Short Stories
Christopher Hollyday ~ Dialogue ~ Dialogue
Pat Martino ~ El Hombre ~ El Hombre
John Coltrane ~ Impressions (Take 3) ~ Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album
Jimmy Greene ~ Give Thanks ~ Mission Statement
Atla DeChamplain ~ Soul Food ~ Pause
Thelonious Monk ~ Stuffy Turkey ~ It's Monk's Time
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Seven Million dl‘s
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
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