In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond

Greg and Kenny Magic

This week's episode features the anticipated album from Greg Abate, Magic Dance, the music of Kenny Barron (with KB on piano). After Greg's release, let's hear more Kenny B in a trio and duet setting. Also featured are some great female jazz artists with Holly Hofmann and Artemis. The show concludes with a young talented guitarist, Dan Liparini. 

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Greg Abate ~ Innocence ~ Magic Dance
Greg Abate ~ Rain ~ Magic Dance
Kenny Barron Trio ~ In the Slow Lane ~ Book of Intuition
Kenny Barron & Dave Holland ~ Seascape ~ The Art of Conversation
Larry Young ~ Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (Remastered) ~ Unity
ARTEMIS ~ Step Forward ~ Artemis
Holly Hofmann Quartet ~ Brown Bossa (Live) ~ Live At Birdland
Dan Liparini ~ 06 Convergence ~ Tessellations

Spring 2021

Shake off those Winter doldrums and get into the feeling of Spring with this weeks playlist. We feature those Spring standards you love and some new Spring tunes you may not have heard.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Freddie Hubbard ~ Up Jumped Spring (LP Version) ~ Backlash
Holographic Principle ~ Spring ~ Dance Of The Great Spirit
Joe Lovano Quintet ~ Birds Of Springtime Gone By ~ Village Rhythm
Eric Alexander ~ You Must Believe In Spring ~ Revival Of The Fittest
Toots Thielemans ~ Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most - West Coast ~ East Coast West Coast
Jack McDuff ~ April In Paris ~ Brotherly Love
Warren Byrd ~ Where Is Spring ~ Truth Raised Twice
Hank Mobley ~ This I Dig Of You ~ Soul Station
Pharoah Sanders ~ Lonnie's Lament ~ Crescent With Love (Disc 1)

Some Grammy stuff

A couple of Grammy related tunes to start the show. Than an eclectic mix of music spanning many generations of jazz from the 1930's till 2021.

Playlist 
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Carmen Lundy ~ Jazz On TV ~ Modern Ancestors
Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade ~ All Blues ~ Trilogy 2 (Live)
Emmet Cohen ~ Dardanella ~ Future Stride
Fats Waller ~ Spring Cleaning (Getting Ready for Love) ~ The Centennial Collection
Lee Morgan ~ Ceora ~ Cornbread
Lee Morgan ~ Tom Cat ~ Tom Cat
Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger ~ Equinox ~ Force Majeure
Matt Dwonszyk ~ Pecan's Delight ~ Wonderful World

Cannonball and more

Start with a Cannonball set, followed once again with San Diego cats. Then back to some musicians with Connecticut roots in Brian Torff (with Marian McPartland) and Noah Preminger.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Cannonball Adderley ~ Arriving Soon ~ Plus
Cannonball Adderley ~ Things Are Getting Better ~ Things Are Getting Better
Gilbert Castellanos ~ This Is for Horace ~ Underground
Danny Green Trio ~ Porcupine Dreams ~ Altered Narratives
Rob Thorsen ~ The Man I Love ~ Lasting Impression
Marian McPartland ~ Sweet and Lovely ~ From This Moment On
Noah Preminger ~ Promises Kept ~ Contemptment

Wynton, Gilbert,Dexter and more

An eclectic episode with new music, traditional, hard-bop, harp/bass duet and Indian fusion. Something for everyone?

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis ~ Be Present ~ The Democracy! Suite
Joe Farnsworth ~ Down by the Riverside ~ Time to Swing
Gilbert Castellanos ~ Marlo ~ Underground
Rob Thorsen ~ Dexterity ~ Lasting Impression
Emmet Cohen ~ Future Stride ~ Future Stride
Dexter Gordon ~ Cheese Cake ~ Go
Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger ~ This Woman's Work ~ Force Majeure
Zakir Hussain ~ Making Music ~ Making Music

Sounds of San Diego

This episode showcases the jazz scene in San Diego. It features many of the jazz artists that play regularly at San Diego venues, and teach young aspiring musicians.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Christopher Hollyday ~ Dialogue ~ Dialogue
Christopher Hollyday ~ Everything Happens ~ Telepathy
Bill Cunliffe & Holly Hofman ~ Too Late Now ~ Three's Company
Rob Thorsen ~ Giant Steps ~ Lasting Impression
Rob Thorsen ~ Little Melonae ~ Lasting Impression
Black/Note ~ I Saw Her First ~ Nothin' But the Swing
Danny Green Trio ~ The Merge ~ Altered Narratives
Joshua White ~ Scarlet Tanager ~ 13 Short Stories
Irving Flores & Danzon Jazz Trio ~ Bolero in San Diego ~ American Influence
Charles McPherson Quartet ~ What is This Thing Called Love ~ Live at San Sebastián Jazz Festival

More Chick and others

A variety of music beginning with West Coast jazz from the 90's from Black/Note. That is followed by a couple of Chick Corea tunes, continuing the tribute from last week. Rounding out the show is vocalist Flora Purim, GBSaxPlayer's first single, and we finish with a classic from Dexter.

Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Black/Note ~ Allergic Reaction ~ Nothin' But the Swing
Black/Note ~ West Coastings ~ Nothin' But the Swing
Bennie Wallace ~ Mystic Bridge ~ Mystic Bridge
Gary Burton ~ Windows ~ Like Minds
Flora Purim ~ San Francisco River ~ Perpetual Emotion
GBSaxPlayer & & Friends ~ My One and Only Love ~ Single
Dexter Gordon ~ Tanya ~ One Flight Up

RIP Maestro for CC

Last week we learned of the passing on of jazz master and beloved musician Chick Corea. He had a profound impact on my life, and his music was a gateway to my love of jazz music. This podcast pays homage to Armando (Chick) Corea. I don't think there is another musician who expressed so much love for music as an art form.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Return To Forever ~ Captain Senor Mouse ~ Return To The 7th Galaxy - Disc 1
Chick Corea ~ Litha ~ Tone's for Joan's Bones
Gary Burton & Chick Corea ~ Crystal Silence ~ Crystal Silence
Chick Corea ~ Armando’s Rhumba (feat. The Spanish Heart Band) ~ Antidote
Stan Getz ~ La Fiesta ~ Captain Marvel
Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade ~ 500 Miles High ~ Trilogy 2