Episodes
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 16, 2023
Episode July 16 2023
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
We hear from some of the great masters of this genre; Tyner, Farrell, Monk, Trane and Shorter as well as some young lions with a modern sound; Simon, Sorey and Kornhauser. That is a lot of fine jazz music in a one hour show.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
McCoy Tyner ~ Goin' Home ~ Asante
Edward Simon ~ Fiestas ~ Simplicitas
Tyshawn Sorey ~ In What Direction Are You Headed ~ Continuing
Ed Kornhauser ~ Dayspring ~ The Short Years
Joe Farrell ~ Sonic Text ~ Sonic Text
Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane ~ Ruby, My Dear ~ Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane
Wayne Shorter ~ The Soothsayer ~ The Soothsayer
Sunday Mar 26, 2023
Women In Jazz Redux
Sunday Mar 26, 2023
Sunday Mar 26, 2023
Note: This is a repost of last year's episode. Being Women's History Month, we will begin with a set of women jazz artists. Represented are Miki Yamanaka, Helen Sung and Melissa Aldana and the female "supergroup" Artemis. Next up new music from young musicians Mike Casey (sax) and Justin Joyce (drums). Something new from guitarist Peter Sprague covering Metheny compositions, and finally a beautiful ballad from George Cables.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Miki Yamanaka ~ Monk's Dream ~ Miki
Helen Sung ~ Long Yellow Road ~ Quartet + (with Harlem Quartet)
Melissa Aldana ~ Los Ojos de Chile ~ 12 Stars
ARTEMIS ~ Nocturno ~ Artemis
Mike Casey ~ Click Bait ~ Single
Justin Joyce ~ Placid Pandemonium ~ Story Tales
Peter Sprague ~ Questions ~ Peter Sprague Plays Pat Metheny, Vol. 2
George Cables ~ Helen's Song ~ My Muse
Sunday Feb 26, 2023
Jazztodon - Mastodon for Jazz Fans
Sunday Feb 26, 2023
Sunday Feb 26, 2023
The playlist for today's episode was inspired by discussion threads on the social media service Mastodon. Jazztodon is a server on the Mastodon network that was created for jazz fans. Find out more about Mastodon for jazz in this article I wrote for AllAboutJazz.com. You can look me up on Mastodon at http://jazztodon.com/@digginjazz.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Roland Kirk ~ Serenade to a Cuckoo ~ Kirkatron
Jackie McLean ~ Appointment in Ghana ~ Jackie's Bag
Elvin Jones ~ H.M. On F.M. ~ Midnight Walk
Thelonious Monk ~ Sweet and Lovely ~ Monk's Dream
Michael Feinberg ~ Blues Variant ~ Blues Variant
Tyshawn Sorey ~ Jitterbug Waltz ~ The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism
Wayne Escoffery ~ Like Minds ~ Like Minds
Herbie Hancock ~ Heartbeat ~ Man-Child
Al Di Meola ~ Julia ~ Across the Universe
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 Aug 01, 2021
Episode Aug-1-2021
Sunday Aug 01, 2021
Sunday Aug 01, 2021
A variety of music I've been listening to, including jazz standards performed by Herbie Hanckock, Vi Redd, Steve Davis and Miles Davis. Also new music from Pat Metheny and from right here in San Diego, Christopher Hollyday. Enjoy.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Vi Redd ~ Now's the Time ~ Bird Call
Christopher Hollyday ~ Kiss Me Right ~ Dialogue
Miles Davis ~ Round Midnight ~ Round About Midnight
Steve Davis ~ Little B's Poem ~ Think Ahead
Herbie Hancock ~ Butterfly ~ Head Hunters/Thrust
Pat Metheny ~ It Starts When We Disappear ~ It Starts When We Disappear - EP
Herbie Hancock ~ Oliloqui Valley ~ Empyrean Isles
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
2020-2021 Releases
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
This episode begins with recent releases from late 2020 and early 2021. We finish with some vintage tracks from Chick and Wayne.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis ~ Out Amongst the People (for J Bat) ~ The Democracy! Suite
Emmet Cohen ~ Toast to Lo ~ Future Stride
Warren Byrd ~ Smilin' in the Dark ~ Truth Raised Twice
Noah Preminger ~ Hamburg ~ Contemptment
Joe Farnsworth ~ Monk's Dream ~ Time to Swing
Chick Corea ~ Straight Up and Down ~ Tone's for Joan's Bones
Wayne Shorter ~ Speak No Evil ~ Speak No Evil
Sunday Nov 29, 2020
New and Old
Sunday Nov 29, 2020
Sunday Nov 29, 2020
The first half of this podcast showcases jazz artists' creating music in a post-covid world. In some cases this music was made at home while quarantined away from studios or clubs. The second part is a throwback to another creative era in jazz, the hard-bop of the 1960's.
Playlist
Artist ~ Track ~ Album
Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger ~ The Creator Has a Master Plan ~ Force Majeure
Luke Sellick & Andrew Renfroe ~ Wichita Lineman ~ Small Vacation
Joe Farnsworth ~ Monk's Dream ~ Time to Swing
Jonathan Barber ~ Find My Way ~ Live at Jazz Standard
ARTEMIS ~ Nocturno ~ Artemis
Bobby Timmons ~ Dat Dere ~ This Here Is Bobby Timmons
Wayne Shorter ~ Infant Eyes ~ Speak No Evil
Hank Mobley ~ Up a Step ~ No Room for Squares
Grant Green ~ Lullaby of the Leaves ~ Grant's First Stand