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Sunday Oct 31, 2010
Sunday Oct 31, 2010
A Halloween special to get you in the spirit of the holiday. These tunes either provoke that spooky, erie vibe, or were inspired by the supernatural. Starting out the show is Mwandishi Herbie Hanckock's Ostinato, followed by a couple from Greg Abate's ode to early horror movies, Monsters in the Night. Pat Metheny takes us on a journey into places unknown with To The End of the World. We finish off the show with Keith Jarrett's rendition of the theme to this season, Autumn Leaves.
Featured Album
Monsters In The Night from amazon.com
Track ~ Artist ~ Album
Ostinato (Suite for Angela) ~ Herbie Hancock ~ Mwandishi
Transylvania ~ Greg Abate ~ Monsters in the Night
Monsters in the Night ~ Greg Abate ~ Monsters in the Night
Meeting of the Spirits ~ Matt Haimovitz ~ Meeting of the Spirits
Witch Hunt ~ Wayne Shorter ~ Speak No Evil
To the End of the World ~ Pat Metheny ~ We Live Here
Autumn Leaves ~ Kieth Jarrett ~ Up For It
Sunday Oct 24, 2010
Sunday Oct 24, 2010
This playlist is taken from requests off a posting on FaceBook. Thanks to all those that contributed to the show. Not all of the requests made it to the podcast which is only a portion of the over the air broadcast. I start off the show with a track from our featured album from Conrad Herwig. Another new album that concludes this show is from Cyrus Chestnut along with Hartford's favorite jazz bassist Dezron Douglas. We'll be hearing more of that album in the following weeks.
Featured Album
The Latin Side Of Herbie Hancock on amazon.com
Track ~ Artist ~ Album
Butterfly ~ Conrad Herwig ~ The Latin Side of Jazz
American't ~ Christian Scott ~ Yesterday You Said Tomorrow
Sean Jones Comes Down ~ Sean Jones ~ The Search Within
and another thing ~ Janek Gwizdala ~ Mystery To Me
One to One ~ Nomo ~ New Tones
Street Woman ~ Ornette Coleman ~ Science Fiction
Joe Pye Weed ~ Rob Garcia 4 ~ Perennial
I Want To Talk About You ~ John Coltrane ~ Live in Stockholm 1963
Voodoo Doll ~ Dr. Lonnie Liston Smith ~ Rise Up!
Groovin' High
~ Charlie Parker ~ Salt Peanuts New Light ~ Cyrus Chestnut Trio ~ Journeys
Sunday Oct 17, 2010
Sunday Oct 17, 2010
Most of tonight's show was inspired by an autumn walk through the woods in New England. Its a beautiful time of year, and my iPod's shuffle feature presented me with a great soundtrack during our walk. So take this podcast with you on a walk through the woods of your own, before the harshness of winter sets in. We start this podcast with features from artists that we have seen this past week; Donald Harrison, The Curtis Brothers and Joe Lovano. I particularly love the beautiful ballad, First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Cyrus Chestnut in this weeks set.
Featured Album
The Survivor from amazon.com
Track ~ Artist ~ Album
Nouveau Swing ~ Donald Harrison ~ Survivor
Oriental Folk Song ~ Donald Harrison ~ Survivor
Yubo Citrico ~ Curtis Brothers Quartet ~ Blood * Spirit * Land * Water * Freedom
Us Five ~ Joe Lovano ~ Folk Art
Autumn Leaves ~ Johnny Griffin ~ Return of the Griffin
Shine ~ Ravi Coltrane ~ Blending Times
Calypso ~ Kenny Barron ~ The Traveler
Jenacide ~ Christian Scott ~ Yesterday You Said Tomorrow
Who Knows ~ Steve Lacy ~ Evidence
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face ~ Cyrus Chestnut ~ Genuine Chestnut
Dry Cleaner From Des Moines ~ Joni Mitchell ~ Mingus
Sunday Oct 10, 2010
Sunday Oct 10, 2010
Had John Lennon not been tragically murdered at age 40, he would have been 70 years old today. This show pays tribute to one of the most influential songwriter, singer, artist and activist of my generation. On this broadcast, I feature Lennon (and Lennon/McCartney) compositions throughout the entire show. Some of these from John Lennon recordings and others by some great jazz musicians covering his works.
Featured Album
BeatleJazz on amazon.com
Track ~ Artist ~ Album
Imagine ~ John Lennon ~ Imagine
Piggies ~ BeatleJazz ~ With A Little Help From My Friends:
Julia ~ John Lennon ~ Imagine (Original Soundtrack)
Julia ~ Craig Hartley ~ remixes The Beatles
Mother Nature's Son ~ Joel Frahm and Brad Mehldau ~ Step Inside
How Do You Sleep ~ John Lennon ~ Imagine
Working Class Hero ~ BeatleJazz ~ With A Little Help From My Friends:
Revolution ~ John Lennon ~ Imagine (Original Soundtrack)
Lovely Rita ~ BeatleJazz ~ With A Little Help From My Friends:
She's Leaving Home ~ Brad Mehldau Trio ~ Day Is Done
Imagine/Peace Piece ~ Craig Hartley ~ remixes The Beatles
Gimme Some Truth ~ John Lennon ~ Imagine
Sunday Oct 03, 2010
Sunday Oct 03, 2010
This program features some great young players that are moving this musical art form forward in a fresh new direction. Cats like Josh Evans, Mike DiRubbo, Fowser & Gillece, and the Curtis Brothers to name a few. Veteran artists Jackie McLean and Donald Harrison are known for mentoring many young musicians including those represented here.
Featured Album
Cause And Effect on amazon.com
Track ~ Artist ~ Album
Get It! Get It! ~ Winard Harper ~ Make It Happen
For Foster ~ Josh Evans Quintet ~ Untitled
Nightfall ~ Mike DiRubbo ~ Repercussion
Melody for Melonae ~ Jackie McLean ~ Let Freedom Ring
Forbidden Fruit ~ Abraham Burton/Eric McPherson ~ Cause and Effect
Sap ~ Ken Fowser & Behn Gillece ~ Little Echo
Maria Cervantes ~ Curtis Brothers Quartet ~ Blood - Spirit - Land -Water - Freedom
Twerk It ~ Donald Harrison ~ The Survivor
Sunday Sep 26, 2010
Sunday Sep 26, 2010
John Coltrane's influence on jazz cannot be overstated. He freed the music from its traditional forms and injected a new (and at times controversial) improvisational approach to the music. His intensity and dedication to moving jazz forward to a new level of the art form is unmatched. Nearly every sax player (and jazz musician in general) will tell you that John Coltrane has had a profound influence on their playing. His birthday was September 23, 1926. We start with about 40 minutes of uninterrupted Coltrane followed by music from Kenny Garrett, Pharaoh Sanders and Robert Glasper.
Featured Album
Afro Blue Impressions on amazon.com
Track ~ Artist ~ Album
My Favorite Things ~ John Coltrane ~ My Favorite Things
Acknowledgement ~ John Coltrane ~ A Love Supreme
Impressions ~ John Coltrane ~ Afro Blue Impressions Live
Dear Lord ~ John Coltrane ~ Transitions
Lonnie's Lament ~ Kenny Garrett ~ Pursuance: the Music of Coltrane
Crescent ~ Pharoah Sanders ~ Crescent With Love on amazon.com
Wayne's Thang ~ Kenny Garrett ~ Sketches of MD
Open Mind ~ Robert Glasper ~ Double-Booked
Sunday Sep 19, 2010
Sunday Sep 19, 2010
A freeform show with no real theme this week. As I look over the playlist I see some great tenor sax players represented with Chris Potter, Joshua Redman, Abraham Burton and Myron Walden. We also have a couple of fine vocalists with Taeko and Lori Carsillo gracing this weeks show. Taeko will be appearing in Hartford this coming Friday at the Masala restaurant for a CD release party.
Featured Album
Taeko - Voice at CDbaby
Track ~ Artist ~ Album
Yes, I'm Country (And that's OK) ~ Robert Glasper ~ Double-Booked
O ~ Tarbaby ~ Tarbaby
Nudnik ~ Chris Potter ~ Underground
Insomnomaniac ~ Joshua Redman ~ Compass
Dad ~ Abraham Burton-Eric McPherson ~ Cause and Effect
Some Cats Know ~ Lori Carsillo ~ bittersweet
Infant Eyes ~ Taeko ~ Voice
Big Kids ~ Corey Christiansen Quartet ~ Outlaw Tractor
Peace Pipe ~ Ben Allison ~ Think Free
Double Dippin' ~ Myron Walden ~ Countryfied
The Radio Tower Has a Beating Heart ~ The Bad Plus ~ Never Stop
Sunday Sep 12, 2010
Sunday Sep 12, 2010
We start out this week's podcast with a 9/11 memorial. My selections of Christian Scott, McCoy Tyner and Dana LeonG all evoke the feelings and memories of the attacks that occurred 9 years ago today. The last part of the show features our in-studio guest and talented vocalist Karen Frisk. She will be appearing at Szechuan-Tokyo on Friday September 17 with a great trio, Kent Hewitt on piano, Phil Bowler bass, and Bernard "Pretty" Purdie on drums. Along with Karen, we feature tracks from Kent and Bernard Purdie. Find out more about Karen Frisk at her website.
Featured Album
Leaving New York on amazon.com
Track ~ Artist ~ Album
Angola, LA & The 13th Amendment ~ Christian Scott ~ Yesterday You Said Tomorrow
Search For Peace ~ McCoy Tyner ~ The Real McCoy
Poem Featuring MC Baba Israel ~ Dana Leong Quintet ~ Leaving New York
Mother Nature Suite Pt 1. ~ Dana Leong Quintet ~ Leaving New York
Residencial Llorens Torres ~ Miguel Zenon ~ Esta Plena
Fifth House ~ Pat Bianchi ~ Back Home
Little Boat ~ Karen Frisk ~ How Little We Know
Softly As a Morning Sunrise/Alone Together ~ Karen Frisk ~ How Little We Know
Time On My Hands ~ Ken Hewitt ~ Time on My Hands
The Okiedokie ~ Masters Of Groove ~ Masters of Groove