In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond

Myron and more

After catching a great live performance from Myron Walden's Momentum quintet at Firehouse12 on Friday, I wanted to feature the band in this weeks radio show. We play one from his studio album and one from the live CD. Also featured are new CD's from Steve Davis, Seth Lewis, Greg Abate and Taeko. Throw in some great music from Jackie McLean, Herbie, Kurt Elling and phenomenal drummer Winard Harper, and we have one cookin' jazz radio show. We end it all with something completely different from Firesign Theater.

Featured Album

Myron Walden Momentum from Amazon.com

Track * Artist * Album
Of Three Worlds * Myron Walden * Momentum
The Road Ahead * Myron Walden * Momentum Live
Park Street * Steve Davis * Images
Tune For Calhoun * Steve Davis * Images
Jacknife * Seth Lewis * Time Signature
The Lady is a Tramp * Jackie McLean * Alto Madness
Forest Flower * Greg Abate * Wave Street Sessions
On a Clear Day * Taeko * Voice
Summertime * Herbie Hancock * Gershwin's World
Time To Say Goodbye * Kurt Elling * Man In the Air
Get It! Get It! * Winard Harper * Make It Happen
TV Or Not TV * Firesign Theater * How Can You Be In Two Places at Once When You are No Where At All

Local Favs

Local favorites in the Hartford area are the focus of this show. Noah Baerman starts the show with a couple of tracks including Playdate, his latest project. We follow with other artists that have mastered their skills in and around central Connecticut including Brian Earl Jenkins, the Curtis brothers, Seth Lewis, Mike DiRubbo and others.

Featured Album

From The Inside Out from amazon.com

Track * Artist * Album
This Little Light of Mine * Noah Baerman * Soul Force
Yes, Yes, Oh Yes! * Playdate * Playdate
You're No Different * Brian Earl Jenkins Band * The Monster Lab Sessions
Curtis Anew * Curtis Brothers Quartet * Blood-Spirit-Land-Freedom
Mission * Steve Davis * Outlook
Clear Blue * Seth Lewis * Time Signature
From the Inside Out * Mike DeRubbo * From the Inside Out
The Jupiter Line * Seamus Blake * Way Out Willy
Inner City Blues * Taeko * Voice
No Worries * Robert Glasper * Double Booked
Lonnie's Lament * Kenny Garrett * Pursuance: Music of John Coltane

A New Orleans Thang

We've got a great New Orleans groove goin' on for tonight's show. We start with Wynton Marsalis' latest album He and She. Mix in some Terrence Blanchard, Skerik, and Garage A Trois and stir in some Gumbo from Bobby Watson, and we have a great groove goin' on.

Featured Album

He And She from amazon.com

Track * Artist * Album
Poem * Wynton Marsalis * He and She
Girls! * Wynton Marsalis * He and She
Big Fat Hen * Wynton Marsalis * Magic Hour
Harvesting Dance * Terence Blanchard * Flow
Gumbo * Bobby Watson * Gumbo
Summer Pudding * Skerik's Syncopated Taint * Husky
A-Frame * Garage A Troi * Emphasizer
Season of Changes * Brian Blade's Fellowship * Season of Changes
Jazz Crimes * Joshua Redman * Elastic
Panama 2000 * Danilo Perez * Motherland

Birthday tribute to JMac

This show opens with a tribute to Hartford's favorite jazz son JMac. Jackie McLean would have been 79 years old this past week. Besides being a giant in the jazz world (mentored by Charlie Parker, played with Mingus, Miles, Sonny Rollins and more) Jackie was the founder of the Artists Collective in Hartford's north end and headed the Jazz department at U of H's Hartt school of music. We also pay our respects to Hank Jones, who passed away one week ago. The show then shifts to some modern players such as guitarist Adam Rogers, pianist Jean-Michel Pilc and tenor player Noah Preminger.

Featured Album

Let Freedom Ring on amazon.com or

Track * Artist * Album
Why Was I Born * Jackie McLean * 4. 5 and 6
Melody for Melonae * Jackie McLean * Let Freedom Ring
Bean and the Boys * Jackie McLean * Makin' the Changes
Crescent * Joe Lovano * Joyous Encounter
Street Runner with Child * Sonny Rollins * Alfie
The Maya * Adam Rogers * Apparitions
All Blues * Jean-Michel Pilc Trio * Together Vol. 2
Blues For Steve Lacey * Noah Preminger * Dry Bridge Road

New Tenor Old Tenor

Tenor saxophone is front and center on this show. We'll hear some jazz artists from today's generation of tenor players along with some grand masters of the past. Representing players on the scene today are Marcus Strickland, Jimmy Greene and Abraham Burton. Of course there are so many great players out there, that it would be impossible to hear them all on one broadcast. From the past, two of the greatest are represented here with Ben Webster and Lester Young.

Featured Albums
Idiosyncrasies on amazon.com	Soulmates on Amazon.com

Track * Artist * Album
The Child * Marcus Strickland * Idiosycracies
Middleman * Marcus Strickland * Idiosycracies
Love In Action * Jimmy Greene * Mission Statement
Forbidden Fruit * Abraham Burton Eric McPherson Quartet * Cause and Effect
How High the Moon * Ben Webster * At Ronnie Scott 1964
Trav'lin' Light * Ben Webster * Soulmates
Soulmates * Ben Webster * Soulmates
Ad Lib Blues * Lester Young * Tea for Two
Jean De Fleur * Grant Green * Idle Moments

Mom's Day

For all you jazz lovin' Moms, this one is for you. Our feature album is Jazz in the Garden with Stanley Clark, Hiromi and Lenny White. We also feature two great female jazz artists that have recently released new albums. Clarinetist Anat Cohen and saxophonist and composer Christine Jensen perform works from their latest CD's. Finishing out this podcast, is the great Sonny Rollins from a rare recording from the Theme from Alfie, and finally his classic recording The Bridge.

Featured Album

Jazz In The Garden from Amazon.com

Track * Artist * Album
Under the Bridge * The Stanley Clark Trio * Jazz in the Garden
Solar * The Stanley Clark Trio * Jazz in the Garden
Four * Miles Davis * The Broadcast Sesions
Lonnies Lament * John Coltrane * Crecsent
Yardbird Suite * Roy Haynes * Birds of a Feather
After You've Gone * Anat Cohen * Clarinetworks
Dark and Stormy Blues * Christine Jensen * Treelines
Alfie's Theme * Sonny Rollins * Green Dolphin Street
The Bridge * Sonny Rollins * The Bridge

May Day

This show was broadcast on May 1 which is the International Workers day, and Cannonball Adderley knew how to work it on alto sax with a rockin' version of Work Song. Another hard working alto player is Greg Abate, and we continue with two of his tracks. From there I feature a couple from Stan Getz's fine album Captain Marvel. We end the show with more great music from Tony Williams, Larry Young, Organissimo, and UCONN's own Earl MacDonald.

Featured Album

Captain Marvel from amazon.com and

Track * Artist * Album
Work Song * Cannonball Adderley * Phenix
K.T. Bues * Greg Abate * Evolution
Speak Low * Greg Abate * Bop Lives
Captalin Marvel * Stan Getz * Captain Marvel
Crystal Silence * Stan Getz * Captain Marvel
Emergency * Tony Williams * Emergency
Beyond All Limits * Larry Young * Unity
Smokin' Section * Organissimo * Alive & Kickin'
Mr. Sunshine * Earl MacDonald * Re:Visions

Sing into spring

I start the show with some vocal tracks, although this is not your typical jazz vocal show. From their the show winds its way through some surprising changes from experimental to straight ahead hard bop. Some particularly interesting tracks here come from Bobby McFerrin's new CD Vocabularies, Noah Preminger, Ornette Coleman, and Vijay Iyer Trio. We have a preview of Dana Lauren's latest effort from her yet to be released CD. This coming Friday is her CD Release party at Black Eyed Sally's if you are in the Hartford area. As an added bonus, Noah Preminger will be on sax at the show.

Featured Album
Historicity at Amazon.com

Track * Album * Artist
First Circle * Pat Metheny * First Circle
Say Ladeo * Bobby McFerrin * Vocabularies
Oyelo * Miguel Zenon * Esta Plena
There's a Small Hotel * Dana Lauren * It's You or No One
Theme from Sparticus * Noah Preminger (unreleased track)
Law Years * Ornette Coleman * Science Fiction
Stolen Moments * Oliver Nelson * Blues and the Abstract Truth
Workout * Hank Mobley * Workout
Galang * Vijay Iyer Trio * Historicity
Somewhere * Vijay Iyer Trio * Historicity