Episodes

Sunday Oct 09, 2011
Northampton Fest
Sunday Oct 09, 2011
Sunday Oct 09, 2011
This podcast celebrates the great time had at the Northampton Jazz Festival in western Massachusetts. We feature a great CD by young tenor sax player Geoff Vidal who appeared at the fest with Linda Oh, also featured here. Also at the festival was Marcus Strickland's Quintet and Jonathan Kreisberg, a fine guitarist. We conclude the podcast with a couple of relatively new cats on the jazz scene that we have been taking notice of lately, Joel Holmes and Josh Evans.
Featured Album
Geoff Vidal-She Likes That from CDBaby
Track ~ Artist ~ Album
Darjeeling ~ Geoff Vidal ~ She Likes That
Lanusa ~ Geoff Vidal ~ She Likes That
Patterns ~ Linda Oh ~ Entry
Numero Uno ~ Linda Oh ~ Entry
Altered Ego ~ Jonathan Kreisberg ~ The South of Everywhere

The Notage Cottage ~ Marcus Strickland ~ Twi-Life
Impressions ~ Joel Holmes ~ African Skies
The Moment of Truth ~ Josh Evans ~ Portrait

Sunday Oct 02, 2011
Autumnal Equinox Reprise
Sunday Oct 02, 2011
Sunday Oct 02, 2011
I have dug out this podcast from 2009 that celebrates the birthdate of John Coltrane (September 23) as well as the Autumnal Equinox. What better way to pay tribute to both than by playing Coltrane's classic Equinox. We'll follow this by Steve Kuhn's rendition of Autumn Leaves. Much more jazz music follows from Ahmad Jamal, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Art Blakey and others.
Featured Album
Love Walked In - Steve Kuhn
Track ~ Artist ~ Album
Equinox ~ John Coltrane ~ Coltrane's Sound

Autumn Leaves ~ Steve Kuhn ~ Love Walked In

I Love Music - Ahmad Jamal Trio - Awakening

IIT ~ Rudresh Mahanthappa ~ Apti

ESP ~ Al Foster Quartet ~ Love, Peace and Jazz

Woody and You ~ Ignacio Berroa ~ Codes

Black Belt Bebop ~ Sean Lyons ~ Roar of the Lyons

TIme Off ~ Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers ~ Ugetsu

Cantaloup Island ~ Herbie Hanckock ~ Empyrian Islands


Sunday Sep 25, 2011
Human Race live
Sunday Sep 25, 2011
Sunday Sep 25, 2011
A live in studio performance by The Human Race makes up this weeks podcast. Drummer Dane Scozzari leads this group of fine musicians hailing from the University of Hartford, Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz Studies. Please excuse the sound quality, but there was no sound engineer or mixing board. Hopefully you will feel the vibe as it happened live in the studio. The Human Race is Kyle Aaron - electric piano, Jared Charette - Baritone Sax, Matt Dwonszyk - Bass, Joe Natale - Tenor Sax, Dane Scozzari - Drums.

Sunday Sep 18, 2011
Into Herbie
Sunday Sep 18, 2011
Sunday Sep 18, 2011
I get into Herbie Hancock's music in a big way this week. We play his music spanning many decades and styles. Herbie is one of the great creative geniuses of jazz, as you will hear in this setlist. From straight ahead jazz to funk, fusion and pop he injects his own personal style into the music. We also play tracks from Dan Arcamone a unique sounding guitarist and composer. Jen Allen plays a jazz standard on piano, and Dana Lauren serenades us to close out the podcast.
Featured Album
Thrust - Herbie Hancock
Track ~ Artist ~ Album
Oliloqui Valley ~ Herbie Hancock ~ Empyrean Isles

Riot ~ Herbie Hancock ~ Speak Like A Child

A Song For You ~ Herbie Hancock ~ Possibilities

Edith and the Kingpin ~ Herbie Hancock ~ River: The Joni Letters

Tell Me A Bedtime Story ~ Herbie Hancock ~ Fat Abert Rotunda

Hang Up Your Hang Ups ~ Herbie Hancock ~ Man-Child

Butterfly ~ Herbie Hancock ~ Thrust

Tides ~ Dan Arcamone ~ In Motion

The Very Thought of You ~ Jen Allen ~ Pieces of Myself

Mean to Me ~ Dana Lauren ~ Stairway to the Stars


Sunday Sep 11, 2011
Sonny and Elvin
Sunday Sep 11, 2011
Sunday Sep 11, 2011
We begin this show by honoring the birthdays of a couple of jazz giants. Last week was the birthdays of Sonny Rollins and Elvin Jones. We feature tracks from Rollins' Bridge album and a cookin' Elvin Jones track. From there we get into a few numbers from bassist Ben Williams debut CD. That is followed by another great bass player, Dave Holland. We conclude the podcast with a couple of drummers. Rob Garcia from his just released CD The Drop and the Ocean, and Roy Haynes is the eternally young, jazz master, on this track also features the great Roland Kirk.
Featured Album
State of Art - Ben Williams
Track ~ Artist ~ Album
John S. ~ Sonny Rollins ~ The Bridge

The Shell Game ~ The Elvin Jones Jazz Machine ~ Going Home
Moontrane ~ Ben Williams ~ State of the Art

Part Time Lover ~ Ben Williams ~ State of the Art

Mr. Dynamite ~ Ben Williams ~ State of the Art

Ebb and Flow ~ Dave Holland Octet ~ Pathways

Dewey Square ~ Joe Lovano Us Five ~ Bird Song

Crash ~ Rob Garcia 4 ~ The Drop and the Ocean

If I should Lose You ~ Roy Haynes Quartet ~ Out of the Afternoon


Sunday Sep 04, 2011
Night at the Standard
Sunday Sep 04, 2011
Sunday Sep 04, 2011
This show recaps our visit to the Jazz Standard in New York to see the Ron Carter Great Big Band. Although this group is not recorded, we play passages from many of the artists that appeared for the Standard gig, including Ron Carter, Steve Davis, Wayne Escoffery, Mulgrew Miller and Russell Malone. Also featured on this broadcast was a brand new album by Ken Fowser and Behn Gillece and Noah Preminger who will both be appearing in the Hartford area soon.
Featured Album
DuoTone - Ken Fowser & Behn Gillece
Track ~ Artist ~ Album
Footprints ~ Miles Davis Quintet ~ Miles Smiles

All Blues ~ Ron Carter ~ All Blues
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Cousin Mary ~ Steve Davis ~ Crossfire

Cross Bronx ~ Wayne Escoffery ~ Uptown

Comes Love ~ Mulgrew Miller ~ Live At Yoshi's Volume Two

Blues For Mulgrew ~ Russell Mallone ~ Playground

Offset ~ Ken Fowser-Behn Gillece ~ Duotone

Attachment ~ Ken Fowser-Behn Gillece ~ Duotone

Abreaction ~ Noah Preminger ~ Before the Rain


Sunday Aug 28, 2011
Mostly Trumpet
Sunday Aug 28, 2011
Sunday Aug 28, 2011
Trumpet reigns supreme in this podcast. We hear from some great trumpet players across many generations. We begin by featuring Josh Evans from his first recording as a leader, and as a sideman on others. Then we hear some classic jazz horn playing from the likes of Donald Byrd, Woody Shaw (w/Larry Young) and the great Miles Davis. The trumpet set concludes with Ambrose Akinmusire, Avishai Cohen and Sean Jones. The podcast concludes with a tribute album to the late Melvin Sparks from Sparkplug led by ex-Sparks sidemen Beau Sasser B3 and Bill Carbone drums and featuring guitarist Ryan Hommell.
Featured Album
Portrait from CD Baby
Track ~ Artist ~ Album
Ray Mac Left Town ~ Josh Evans ~ Portrait
Divine Surveillance ~ Winard Harper ~ Make It Happen
The Moontrane ~ Ralph Peterson's Unity Project ~ Outer Reaches

Spring is Here ~ Josh Evans ~ Portrait
Off to the Races ~ Donald Byrd ~ Off to the Races

Softly As a Morning Sunrise ~ Larry Young ~ Unity

Seven Steps to Heaven ~ Miles Davis ~ Seven Steps to Heaven

Tear Stained Suicide Manifesto ~ Ambrose Akinmusire ~ When the Heart Emerges Glistening

Dear Lord ~ Avishai Cohen ~ The Trumpet Player

Touch and Go ~ Sean Jones ~ No Need For Words

Whip Whop ~ Sparkplug ~ Sparkplug: The Music of Melvin Sparks


Sunday Aug 21, 2011
New and Near
Sunday Aug 21, 2011
Sunday Aug 21, 2011
This podcast features some fine debut recordings by young jazz artists with roots in CT and MA. We start with Jen Allen's CD Pieces of Myself. Jen is a fine pianist well known to CT jazz fans. Her CD features her own compositions and arrangements with a mostly straight-ahead jazz romp with some of the areas best musicians. Josh Evan's CD shows his great chops on trumpet as well as his writing skills with a fiery sextet including two tenors. Geoff Vidal from Western Massachusetts delivers a uniquely creative sound with original compositions and some haunting arrangements with his quintet of Brooklyn based musicians. The show also features tunes from recent releases by Brooklyn bassist Michael Feinberg, post-modern jazz pianist Vijay Iyer, and vocalist Tammy Scheffer.
Featured Album
Jen Allen, Pieces of Myself on CDBaby
Track ~ Artist ~ Album
The Repercussions ~ Jen Allen ~ Pieces of Myself
Pining ~ Jen Allen ~ Pieces of Myself
Beatnik ~ Josh Evans ~ Portrait
Tehran ~ Josh Evans ~ Portrait
Different Planes ~ Geoff Vidal ~ She Likes That
FreeDiver ~ Geoff Vidal ~ She Likes That
The Hard Stuff ~ Michael Feinberg ~ With Many Hands

Duality ~ Vijay Iyer-Prasanna-Nitin Mitta ~ Tirtha

Kum, Shan ~ Tammy Scheffer ~ Wake up Fall Asleep