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Sunday Oct 19, 2014
Sunday Oct 19, 2014
This podcast features mostly new music from amazing jazz artists. Some are new to the jazz scene others are stalwarts that continue to move the music forward. Some like The Cookers, Noah Baerman, Dave Liebman, Frank Kimbrough are pushing modern jazz to new grounds, others like Kavita Shah and Miguel Zenon fuse world music with jazz influences. JD Allen and The Bad Plus experiment with new rhythmic and melodic approaches.
Featured Album
Ripples - Noah Baerman on iTunes
Track ~ Artist ~ Album
SLIPPIN' AND SLIDIN' ~ The Cookers ~ Time and Time Again
Liberian Hummingbird ~ Dave Liebman ~ Samsara
Sivad ~ Dave Liebman ~ Samsara
Ripple: Brotherhood ~ Noah Baerman ~ Ripples
Peeling the Onion (feat. Jazz Samaritan Alliance) ~ Noah Baerman ~ Ripples
Same Fight ~ Miguel Zenón ~ Identities Are Changeable
Detroit ~ JD Allen ~ GRACE
Blue Smoke ~ Frank Kimbrough ~ Quartet
November ~ Frank Kimbrough ~ Quartet
You Will Lose All Fear ~ The Bad Plus ~ Inevitable Western
Oju Oba (feat. Lionel Loueke) ~ Kavita Shah ~ VISIONS
Vein Melter ~ Herbie Hancock ~ Head Hunters
Actual Proof ~ Conrad Herwig ~ The Latin Side of Herbie Hancock
Sunday Oct 12, 2014
Sunday Oct 12, 2014
We begin this podcast with new music from some of modern jazz's most creative innovators. From that we segway into a set of classic fusion from the 70's. I dig this set. Hope you will too.
Featured Album
Social Music - Jon Batiste and Stay Human on iTunes
Track ~ Artist ~ Album
Soul Vibrations ~ The Brandee Younger Quartet ~ Live @ the Breeding Ground
The Still Standing Blues ~ Rob Garcia 4 ~ The Passion of Color
Landmarks ~ Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band ~ Landmarks
San Spirito ~ Jon Batiste and Stay Human ~ Social Music
Havona ~ Weather Report ~ Heavy Weather
Black Market ~ Weather Report ~ Black Market
Meeting of the Spirits ~ Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin ~ The Inner Mounting Flame
The Great Escape ~ Larry Coryell ~ Barefoot Boy
Sunday Oct 05, 2014
Sunday Oct 05, 2014
Although I won't be doing my regular radio show for a couple weeks, the Podcast doesn't skip a beat. We feature some new music from Fred Hersch, Otis Brown III, Tom Guarna, Alan Ferber. Also, dig the upbeat version of Bye Bye Blackbird from one of my favorites, Kenny Garrett.
Featured Album
Floating - Fred Hersch Trio on iTunes
Track ~ Artist ~ Album
Beringia ~ Tom Guarna ~ Rush
Bye Bye Blackbird ~ Kenny Garrett ~ Black Hope
Home Fries ~ Freddie Hersch Trio ~ Floating
Let's Cool One ~ Fred Hersch Trio ~ Floating
The Way (Truth & Life) ~ Otis Brown III ~ The Thought of You
You're Still the One (feat. Gretchen Parlato) ~ Otis Brown III ~ The Thought of You
Hyper Ballad ~ Alan Ferber ~ March Sublime
March Sublime ~ Alan Ferber ~ March Sublime
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Sunday Sep 28, 2014
Sunday Sep 28, 2014
September 23 is the birth dates of two giants of American music. John Coltrane and Ray Charles were both born on this day. We celebrate their music and innovation on this podcast. Perhaps not as well known, but a great player from Boston, George Garzone shares this birth date as well. Garzone shared a stage with Joe Lovano in Boston this week, and I was honored to be present at that event. We hear from both of them to close out this podcast.
Featured Album
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane on iTunes
Track ~ Artist ~ Album
Part I: Acknowledgement ~ John Coltrane ~ A Love Supreme
Part II: Resolution ~ John Coltrane ~ A Love Supreme
Nature Boy ~ John Coltrane ~ The Classic Quartet
I Want to Talk About You ~ John Coltrane ~ Live In Stockholm 1963
I've Got News For You ~ Ray Charles ~ Genius + Soul = Jazz
Moanin' ~ Ray Charles ~ Genius + Soul = Jazz
I Got A Woman ~ Ray Charles
Georgia ~ Ray Charles ~ Ray Sings Basie Swings
Tribute to Trane ~ George Garzone ~ The Fringe in New York
Central Park West ~ George Garzone ~ The Fringe in New York
After the Rain ~ Joe Lovano Nonet ~ On This Day At the Vanguard
Monday Sep 22, 2014
Monday Sep 22, 2014
A varied mix of creative jazz artists and mostly new releases. This is the sound of modern jazz happening today. Many are young artists breaking in, others have been around making their mark on jazz over the years. Get hip to this music!
Featured Album
Witchcraft - Harvie S & Kenny Barron on iTunes
Track ~ Artist ~ Album
Pome (Grenades) ~ Alon Nechushtan ~ Venture Bound
Carmel By The Sea ~ Greg Abate ~ Featurning Phil Woods
RIO ~ Harvie S & Kenny Barron ~ Witchcraft
Creepin' ~ Harvie S & Kenny Barron ~ Witchcraft
Bald Yet Hip ~ Michael Musillami Trio ~ PRIDE
Gold Prisms Incorporated ~ The Bad Plus ~ Inevitable Western
Morgantown ~ Noah Preminger ~ Haymaker
Little Wing ~ Rob Garcia 4 ~ The Passion of Color
Sunday Sep 14, 2014
Sunday Sep 14, 2014
This podcast begins with a tribute to Joe Sample who passed away last week. You will hear the wide range of music he played during his long career with the Crusaders and as a solo artist. We also review some of the music heard at this years Northampton Jazz fest with Miro Sprague, Steve Davis and Seamus Blake.
Featured Album
For Real - Steve Davis on iTunes
Track ~ Artist ~ Album
X MARKS the SPOT ~ Joe Sample ~ The Pecan Tree
STREET LIFE ~ The Crusaders ~ Street Life
Young Rabbits ~ The Jazz Crusaders ~ The Festival Album
Blue Dreaming ~ Miro Sprague ~ Blue Dreaming
Big East ~ Steve Davis ~ For Real
Blues on Blues ~ Steve Davis ~ For Real
Way Out Willy ~ Seamus Blake ~ Way Out Willie
Lost Tribes of Lemuria ~ Azar Lawrence ~ The Seeker
Sunday Sep 07, 2014
Sunday Sep 07, 2014
The playlist for this week's podcast goes a little out there. From new music by innovators Dave Douglas and Rob Garcia, to groundbreakers like Mario Pavone, Thomas Chapin and Sonny Rollins with Thelonious Monk. These artists have been moving the music forward bringing new directions to jazz.
Featured Album
The Passion of Color - Rob Garcia on iTunes
Track ~ Artist ~ Album
Thrush ~ Dave Douglas ~ Riverside
The Door ~ Mario Pavone ~ Mario Pavone: Song For Septet
Sky Piece ~ Thomas Chapin ~ Sky Piece
The Translator ~ Joel Harrison & Anupam Shobhakar ~ Multiplicity: Leave the Door Open
The Caterpillar vs. The Butterfly ~ Rob Garcia 4 ~ The Passion of Color
Lines in Impressions ~ Rob Garcia 4 ~ The Passion of Color
Reflections ~ Sonny Rollins ~ Volume Two
Sunday Aug 31, 2014
Sunday Aug 31, 2014
After introducing some new music, we settle into a tribute to Charlie Parker and Alice Coltrane who's birthdays came this week. First we introduce recent releases by Fred Hersch, Jane Bunnett and Alan Ferber. The podcast finishes with Brandee Younger and her version of Ms. Coltrane's Blue Nile.
Featured Album
The Impulse Story: Alice Coltrane - Alice Coltrane on iTunes
The Compass ~ Alan Ferber ~ March Sublime
Papineau ~ Jane Bunnett & Maqueque
Maqueque ~ Jane Bunnett & Maqueque
You & The Night & The Music ~ Fred Hersch Trio ~ Floating
Groovin' High ~ Charlie Parker ~ Salt Peanuts
YARDBIRD SUITE ~ Charlie Parker ~ Salt Peanuts
CONFIRMATION ~ Charlie Parker ~ Complete Savoy Masters
Jaya Jaya Rama ~ Alice Coltrane ~ The Impulse Story
Lovely Sky Boat Alice Coltrane ~ The Impulse Story
Blue Nile ~ The Brandee Younger Quartet ~ Live @ the Breeding Ground