In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond

June 27 part 1

Songs for Fathers

From the Hart

From the Hart, meaning - From Hartford. The music in this podcast is inspired by a couple of the live performances that took place this week in the Hartford area. Jean Caze (trumpet), and Albert Rivera (tenor sax) both from New York and previously performed in our area returned, backed by local favorites Zachai and Luques Curtis (Insight) put on a wonderful show. Joel Frahm was in West Hartford for a master class for the benefit of a middle school jazz band and followed that up with a performance with a quartet of local musicians. Besides the local representation, we don't forget to play the masters in this podcast, and have two of the greatest of all time, Rollins and Trane. Playlist Track * Artist * Album The New York Hartford Connection (Alt Take) * Albert Rivera * Re-Introduction Aint Nuthin Wrong * Jean Caze * Miami Jazz Scene Haitian Peace Song * Jean Caze * Miami Jazz Scene Bolivia * Cedar Walton * Eastern Rebellion Story In Three * Insight * A Genesis The Dreamer * Joel Frahm * We Used To Dance The Night Has a Thousand Eyes * John Coltrane * Coltrane's Sound Strode Rode * Sonny Rollins * Saxophone Colossus Love In Action * Jimmy Greene * Mission Statement Outline * lauren Sevian * blueprint

East Meets West

Indian-jazz Fusion is one of my favorite styles of this music. And while classical indian rhythms and scales have influenced jazz musicians for decades, this particular sound I credit to John McLaughlin's Shakti project. Here we have several examples of Indian Fusion as represented by artists like Mynta, Fareed Haque, Prassana and others.


Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Mind Ecology * Shakti * Natural Elements
Papa's New Groove * Mynta * First Summer
The Chant * Fareed Haque + The Flat Earth Ensemble * Flat Planet
Uncensored * Prasanna * Be the Change
Ife (fast) * Various Artists * Miles From India
Sea Journey * Gary Burton * Quartet Live!
B and G (Midwestern Night's Dream) * Gary Burton * Quartet Live!
Higher Vibe * Kurt Elling * Man In The Air
In My Garage * e.s.t. Esbjorn Svensson Trio * Seven Days Of Falling
Flight of Mind * Harry Whitaker * Thoughts (Past and Present)

Tom Harrell feature plus requests

We feature the Tom Harrell Quintet for the first set of tunes, with tracks from his new CD, Prana Dance. That is followed by a couple of tracks from fellow band members Wayne Escoffery and Danny Grissett CD's. I put out a call over the Facebook and Twitter for requests and got plenty of responses. Did my best to fulfill those. Check the sidebar of this website, and you'll find links to my social networking sites. Sign up and keep in touch. If you haven't already, subscribe to this podcast via iTunes and have the latest episode downloaded to your computer every week. Playlist Track * Artist * Album Prana * Tom Harrell * Prana Dance Sequenza * Tom Harrell * Prana Dance The Sake of It * Wayne Escoffery * Hopes and Dreams Hopscotch * Danny Grissett * Encounters Oleo * Tete Montoliu * The Music I Like To Play - Vol.2 Well, You Needn't * The Tete Montoliu Trio * Tete Montoliu Trio Pass It On * Dave Holland * Pass It On Black Nile * Wayne Shorter * Night Dreamer SOS * Dapp Theory * Layers of Chance If You Count It * Dapp Theory * Layers of Chance Fables of Faubus * Charles Mingus * Mingus Ah Um

Art Blakey Tribute

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers was one of the most influential bands in the evolution of jazz. He is often credited with pioneering the hard-bop movement, taking the be-bop form and placing greater emphasis on the rhythm, giving the music a hard driving swing. We saw a Blakey tribute band in concert last night in Hartford that was the impetus for this playlist. We follow that set with a World-Jazz set in honor of International Jazz Day, May 23.

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
One By One * Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers * Ugetsu
Joshua * Mulgrew Miller * Live At Yoshi's Volume Two
A La Mode * Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers * Keystone 3
Along Came Betty * Art Farmer And Benny Golson Jazztet * Real Time
Uptown Afterburn * Benny Golson * New Time, New'Tet
Caravan * Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers * Caravan
The Panamanian Murga * Insight * A Genesis
Treme Terra * Acuri * Infancia
Kponnon Kpete * Lionel Loueke * Virgin Forest
Apti * Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition * Apti

Jackie McLean birthday tribute

This podcast pays tribute to the great alto sax player Jackie McLean on what would have been his 78th birthday on May 17. A protege of Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, McLean had a wide ranging influence on the jazz idiom. To those of us in the Hartford Connecticut area, where Jackie made his home in his later years, his influence is even deeper. He is responsible for mentoring many young jazz artists in the area and has created this great jazz scene in our city. In addition to being the Jazz director at University of Hartford's Hartt school of music, he was the founder of the Artists Collective which fosters the Arts in many forms in the urban areas of Hartford.



Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Confirmation * Jackie McLean * New Wine In Old Bottles
Jackie's Ghost * Jackie McLean * Makin' The Changes
McLean's Scene * Jackie McLean * McLean's Scene
Cryptography * Jackie McLean * Fire & Love
Cousin Mary * Steve Davis * Crossfire
(Living In the-Dash) * Greg Abate * Evolution
Time's Lie * Joe Farrell * Moon Germs
Twi-Life * Marcus Strickland * Twi-Life
In Walked Bud * Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers * Keystone 3