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Sunday Aug 08, 2010
Sunday Aug 08, 2010
At Newport this week covering the Jazz Festival so I didn't record a show. This podcast is the final 40 minutes of the Groove show from a few weeks back. It features Miles' classic So What. It doesn't matter how many times I hear this, it never looses it's appeal. Also, dig Cedar Walton's Bolivia. Some modern off-beat sounds from Burnt Sugar, and we finish with a lullaby from Anat Cohen.
Featured Album
Kind Of Blue on amazon.com
Track * Artist * Album
So What * Miles Davis * Kind of Blue
Bolivia * Cedar Walton * Eastern Rebellion
Thorazine/81 * Burnt Sugar * Making Love to the Dark Ages
Lullaby for the Naive Ones * Anat Cohen * Notes for the Village
Sunday Aug 01, 2010
Sunday Aug 01, 2010
Half way through the summer, Monday night jazz series in the park is concluding and Newport Jazz Festival is next weekend. This podcast features both. This show also highlights some fine guitar work from Sinan Bakir and Larry Coryell. Dig the Hammond B3 organ track from Pat Bianchi.
Featured Album
On My Way at amazon.com
Track * Artist * Album
The Sky is an Eye * Salo * Sundial Lotus
Karma * Sinan Bakir * On My Way
Blues for Istanbul * Sinan Bakir * On My Way
Bumpin' on Sunset -Larry Coryell * Prime Picks
Hammer Head * Pat Bianchi * Back Home
Humility * Greg Osby * 9 Levels
St. James Infirmiry * Anat Cohen * Clarinetworks
Joshua * Earl McDonald * re:Visions
Knozz-Moe-King * Wynton Marsalis * Think of One
Blue Rhondo Ala Turk * Dave Brubeck * Time Out Legacy Edition
Sunday Jul 25, 2010
Sunday Jul 25, 2010
This is a Miles Davis influenced playlist. We dig Miles great 60's quintet and beyond, as well as those great jazz artists that carried on Miles' creative genius into their own work. That influence is illustrated here by the works of Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland.
Featured Album
In A Silent Way on amazon.com
Track * Artist * Album
Nutville * Horace Silver Quintet * The Cape Verdean Blues
Freedom Jazz Dance * Miles Davis * Smiles
Go * Wayne Shorter * Footprints live!
Footprints * Wayne Shorter * Footprints live!
Ostinato * Herbie Hancock * Mwandishi
Shhh/Peaceful * Miles Davis * In A Silent Way
Four Winds * Dave Holland * Conference of the Birds
Your No Different * Brian Earl Jenkins Band * The Monster Lab Session
Sunday Jul 18, 2010
Sunday Jul 18, 2010
We are really gettin' our groove on with this podcast. Starting with the godfather of soul, James Brown. That is followed by two jazz greats that brought groove to jazz, Jimmy Smith and Stanley Turrentine. Jimmy McGriff brings us some serious blues groove next. Then we get into some fusion groove with the likes of Al Kooper, Soulive and the great Weather Report.
Featured Album
Sugar on Amazon.com
Track * Artist * Album
Cold Sweat * James Brown * Star Time Vol2
Summer Time * Jimmy Smith * Fourmost
Impressions * Stanley Turrentine * Sugar
Frame For the Blues * Jimmy McGriff and Hank Crawford Quartet * Blues Groove
I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know * Al Kooper * Soul of a Man
Headphones * Soulive * Live in NYC
125th Street Congress * Weather Report * Sweetnighter
Sunday Jul 11, 2010
Sunday Jul 11, 2010
Unity is the featured album on this weeks podcast. Larry Young took the Hammond B3 organ sound and brought it to another level from the conventional R&B style attributed to Jimmy Smith. Larry Young's sound is more of a reflection of the freedom that was emerging during the 60's with Coltrane's influence on jazz music. Also featured in this show is the tenor sax playing of Jimmy Greene.
Featured Album
Unity on amazon.com
Track * Artist * Album
Beyond All Limits * Larry Young * Unity
Monks Dream * Larry Young * Unity
Keep it Simple * Ralph Peterson * Reclamation Project
Anthem of Hope * Jimmy Greene * The Overcomer's Suite
Love In Action * Jimmy Greene * Mission Statement
Justice * Noah Baerman * Soul Force
A Whole New You * Joel Frahm * We Used to Dance
Le Barron * Mike Melito * In the Tradition
Anagram * Michael Brecker * Pilgrimage
Sunday Jul 04, 2010
Sunday Jul 04, 2010
This is the second hour of last weeks show. We continue to recap a week of live jazz in New York and Boston. This segment features Noah Preminger who we saw at Scullers jazz club in Boston. Lately Noah has been playing with some heavy hitters like Cecil McBee and Billy Hart. He has more gigs scheduled with these and other cats. If you are in the New York city area I strongly suggest that you check the Jazz calendars and hunt down and attend one of Noah Preminger's incredible performances. We then revisit from last weeks show more of McCoy Tyner and Ravi Coltrane, finally finishing up the show with a unique sounding vocal choir led by Bobby McFerrin.
Featured Album
Dry Bridge Road on amazon.com
Track * Artist * Album
Sudan and Darfur * Insight * A Genisis
Was it a Rat I Saw * Noah Preminger * Dry Bridge Road
Real Nice * Noah Preminger * Dry Bridge Road
Song for My Lady * McCoy Tyner * Song for My Lady
For Turiya * Ravi Coltrane * Blending Times
He Ran To The Train * Bobby McFerrin * Vocabularies
Sunday Jun 27, 2010
Sunday Jun 27, 2010
This show chronicles a couple of days that we spent in New York City catching some great jazz shows. We saw the Bob Reynolds band and Vinson Valega group at 55Bar on Tuesday, and the next evening a free concert in Central Park featuring McCoy Tyner with Ravi Coltrane and Stanley Clarke Trio with special guest Hiromi. You'll hear all of them plus more on this weeks podcast.
Featured Album
Can't Wait for Perfect at Amazon.com
Track * Artist * Album
Belief * Bob Reynolds * Can't Wait for Perfect
What She Didn't Say * Bob Reynolds * Untitled
Think of One * Vinson Valega Group * Biophilia
East to Wes * Sheryl Baliey * A New Promise
After Much Discussion Josie Moves East * Mike Lee and Ted Chubb * New Tricks
Fly With the Wind * McCoy Tyner * Fly With the Wind
One Wheeler Will * Ravi Coltrane * Blending Times
3 Wrong Notes * Stanley Clarke Trio with Hiromi * Jazz in the Garden
My Favorite Things * Hiromi * Beyond Standard
Sunday Jun 20, 2010
Sunday Jun 20, 2010
On this Fathers day, we feature a new album by John McLaughlin. Its always a treat to get in a new release by one of the Founding Fathers of Fusion. This release is titled "To the One" and is inspired by the work of John Coltrane. Although you can't really point to any of the compostions as feeling similar to Coltrane's classics, McLaughlins soloing always had that "Sheets of Sound" feeling that Trane was noted for. Other notable recordings in this podcast are a Fathers day set with Jimmy Greene and Victor Wooten (doing Horace Silvers "Song for My Father), and a Mingus set. Happy Fathers day to all you jazz lovin' Pops.
Featured Album
To The One on Amazon.com
Track * Artist * Album
Recovery * John McLaughlin & the 4th Dimension * To the One
Get Down and Sruti * Shakti * Natural Elements
To The One * John McLaughlin & the 4th Dimension * To the One
Now! * Noah Baerman * Bliss
Upp a himins blaum boga * Sunna Gunnlaugs * Songs from Iceland
Fathers and Sons * Jimmy Greene * Mission Statement
Song for my Father * Victor Wooten * Palmystery
Pithencantropus Erectus * Charles Mingus * Pithencantropus Erectus
Bird Calls * Charles Mingus * Ah Um
Things Aint What They Used To Be * Mingus Dynasty * Ah Um Legacy Edition