Episodes
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
Episode October 8 2023
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
This episode begins with some Metheny inspired guitar tracks. Also new music from young jazz artists Tina Raymond and Miki Yamanaka. Also a couple of tracks from Joshua Redman's new release before concluding this week's podcast with classic Max Roach.
Playlsit
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Pat Metheny Group ~ James ~ Offramp
John Pizzarelli ~ Last Train Home ~ Better Days Ahead (Solo Guitar Takes on Pat Metheny)
Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin & Bill Frisell ~ Wichita Lineman ~ Americana
Tina Raymond ~ The Emperor ~ Divinations
Miki Yamanaka ~ Song For Mary Lou ~ Shades of Rainbow
Joshua Redman ~ Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? (feat. Gabrielle Cavassa) ~ where are we
Joshua Redman ~ Alabama ~ where are we
Max Roach ~ Tears For Johannesburg (Remastered) ~ We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (Remastered)
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Monterey 2023
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
This special episode is a review of this year's Monterey Jazz Festival. This was my first year attending, and it was a great experience. The selections played are all from artists that I had the pleasure of seeing at the festival, and most of the tracks were those played by these artists during the three day event.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Lakecia Benjamin ~ Jubilation ~ Phoenix
Terence Blanchard ~ The Elders ~ Absence
Herbie Hancock ~ Actual Proof ~ Thrust
Peter Sprague ~ Minuano (featuring Diana Reeves ~ Peter Sprague Plays Pat Metheny, Vol. 1
Samara Joy ~ Can't Get Out Of This Mood (feat. Gerald Clayton) ~ Linger Awhile (Deluxe Edition)
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio ~ Move On Up ~ Live In Loveland!
Billy Childs ~ Master of the Game ~ The Winds of Change
Charles Lloyd ~ Forest Flower: Sunrise ~ Forest Flower: Charles Lloyd At Monterey
Sunday Aug 27, 2023
Electric Oliver and more
Sunday Aug 27, 2023
Sunday Aug 27, 2023
This episode is titled for a recording found through jazztodon.com . Oliver Nelson (of Blues and the Abstract Truth fame), recorded Skull Session in 1975. It's quite a departure from his other recordings, and is his take on the fusion sound that was popular in that era. Same can be said for the Preminger track if you are familiar with his work. The podcast ends on a more familiar note for ITG listeners with Mobley, Morgan and Shank.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Oliver Nelson ~ Skull Session ~ Skull Session
Oliver Nelson ~ Baja Bossa ~ Skull Session
Noah Preminger & Kim Cass ~ Daddy Likey ~ The Dank
Pat Metheny Group ~ The First Circle ~ First Circle
Hank Mobley ~ Carolyn ~ No Room for Squares
Hank Mobley ~ No Room for Squares ~ No Room for Squares
Lee Morgan ~ Mr. Kenyatta ~ Search for the New Land
Bud Shank ~ Blowin' Country ~ California Suite
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 02, 2023
Episode July 2 2023
Sunday Jul 02, 2023
Sunday Jul 02, 2023
We'll begin this episode with straight up hard bop from Cannonball, followed by another late great saxophonist Michael Brecker. Then we will explore new releases from Rosenwinkel, David Borgo (from San Diego) and Lakecia Benjamin. We wrap it all up with a mellow Miles fusion.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Cannonball Adderley Quintet ~ Exodus ~ At the Lighthouse
Michael Brecker ~ Slings and Arrows ~ Tales from the Hudson
Kurt Rosenwinkel ~ Our Secret World (feat. Aaron Parks, Eric Revis & Greg Hutchinson) [Live at the Village Vanguard] ~ Undercover (Live at the Village Vanguard) [feat. Aaron Parks, Eric Revis & Greg Hutchinson]
David Borgo ~ Curiouser and Curiouser ~ Cautiously Optimistic
Lakecia Benjamin ~ Basquiat ~ Phoenix
Miles Davis ~ Shhh / Peaceful (LP Mix) ~ In a Silent Way
Sunday Nov 20, 2022
Episode Nov 20 2022
Sunday Nov 20, 2022
Sunday Nov 20, 2022
A lot of new music in this podcast including several jazz artists with roots in Hartford. Also we pay tribute to jazz guitarist Mick Goodrick who recently passed on.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Geoffrey Keezer ~ Refuge ~ Playdate
Justin Grinnell Quartet ~ Hit the Brakes ~ Without You
Gary Burton ~ Unfinished Sympathy ~ Ring (with Eberhard Weber)
Mick Goodrick ~ In Passing ~ In Pas(s)ing
Noah Baerman & Henry Lugo ~ Alter Ego ~ Alter Ego
Alex Tremblay ~ City of Angels ~ Thoughts and Images
Kris Allen ~ Trees ~ June
Emmet Cohen ~ Spillin' the Tea ~ Uptown in Orbit
Sunday Nov 13, 2022
Episode Nov 13 2022
Sunday Nov 13, 2022
Sunday Nov 13, 2022
I've been playing a lot of Santana lately, and do it again to open this week's episode. Also of note is new music from M.O.M trio, Emmet Cohen, Noah Baerman and more. Also a nod to Stevie Wonder and the 50th anniversary of Talking Book.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Santana ~ Mother Africa ~ Welcome
Louis Moutin, Jowee Omicil & François Moutin ~ Fly with the Wind ~ M.O.M
McCoy Tyner ~ Salvadore De Samba ~ Fly With The Wind
David Borgo ~ Liberosis ~ Suite of Uncommon Sorrows
Emmet Cohen ~ Braggin' in Brass ~ Uptown in Orbit
Noah Baerman & Henry Lugo ~ Creepin' ~ Alter Ego
Stevie Wonder ~ You've Got It Bad Girl ~ Talking Book
Peter Sprague ~ Life Loves Lone Jack ~ Peter Sprague Plays Pat Metheny, Vol. 1
Sunday Aug 14, 2022
Jack D and some pop covers
Sunday Aug 14, 2022
Sunday Aug 14, 2022
Celebrating Jack DeJohnette's 80th birthday and Pat's too. There are a bunch of pop covers you'll recognize, from Hudson (Jack D), Leonard Patton, Bad Plus and Grover Washington.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Hudson ~ Woodstock ~ Hudson
Charles Lloyd ~ Forest Flower: Sunrise ~ Forest Flower: Charles Lloyd At Monterey
Keith Jarrett Trio ~ All of You ~ Standards In Norway
Pat Metheny ~ Last Train Home ~ One Quiet Night
LP and the Vinyl ~ Everybody Wants to Rule the World ~ Heard and Seen
Danny Green Trio ~ Serious Fun ~ Altered Narratives
The Bad Plus ~ Comfortably Numb ~ For All I Care (With Wendy Lewis)
Jim Rotondi ~ Biru Kirusai ~ Dark Blue
Grover Washington, Jr. ~ Just the Two of Us (feat. Bill Withers) ~ Love Songs