In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond

A varied playlist of vocals, hardbop, fusion and electronic music ranging from the 1960's to today's modern jazz. Playlist  Artist ~ Name ~ Album Cannonball Adderley & Nancy Wilson ~ The Old Country ~ Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley Cannonball Adderley & Nancy Wilson ~ Unit 7 ~ Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade ~ La Fiesta ~ Trilogy 2 Eberhard Weber & The Gary Burton Quartet ~ Sea Journey ~ Passengers Freddie Hubbard ~ Arietis ~ Ready for Freddie Christopher Hollyday ~ Everything Happens ~ Telepathy Nicole McCabe ~ A Song To Sing ~ A Song To Sing Weather Report ~ American Tango ~ Mysterious Traveller Michael Brecker ~ African Skies ~ Tales from the Hudson

The San Diego jazz scene is well represented in this episode, featuring some of the most respected artists in Southern California. Wofford, Hofmann, Thorsen, Sprague and others are at the top of the show. We have Miles too and more. Playlist  Artist ~ Name ~ Album Mike Wofford & Holly Hofmann ~ Soul Street ~ Turn Signal (feat. Terell Stafford) Rob Thorsen Quartet ~ Beatrice ~ First Impression Peter Sprague ~ Can't Find My Way Home ~ Sunshine of Your Love: Peter Sprague Plays Cream Steely Dan ~ Home at Last ~ Aja Miles Davis ~ Straight, No Chaser ~ Milestones Miles Davis ~ Black Comedy ~ Miles in the Sky Joey DeFrancesco ~ Take Me out to the Ballgame ~ Joey D!

This episode begins with jazz masters Trane, McCoy and Moody. Then a talented San Diego guitarist Alex Ciavarelli. The show concludes with a set of 70's jazz/rock fusion classics. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album John Coltrane ~ Pt. 1: Acknowledgement ~ A Love Supreme McCoy Tyner ~ Man From Tanganyika ~ Tender Moments James Moody ~ Cherokee ~ 80 Years Young: Live at the Blue Note Alex Ciavarelli ~ This Could Be the Start of Something Big ~ A Tribute to Oscar Peterson on Guitar Freddie Hubbard ~ Red Clay ~ Red Clay Herbie Hancock ~ Watermelon Man ~ Head Hunters Joe Farrell ~ Time's Lie ~ Moon Germs

Much of this week's show is inspired by music I heard performed at local jazz clubs in San Diego. The show begins with McCoy and ends with Miles. They bookend the set of tunes performed at local jazz venues and performed by Matt Hall at the Jazz Lounge and Gilbert Castellanos at Panama 66. More info is contained in the podcast. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album McCoy Tyner ~ Contemporary Focus ~ Today and Tomorrow Jon Faddis ~ The Hunters & Gatherers ~ Teranga Michael Brecker ~ Midnight Voyage ~ Tales from the Hudson Matt Hall ~ Spearhead ~ I Hope to My Never Horace Silver ~ Senor Blues ~ Six Pieces of Silve Gilbert Castellanos ~ Home is Africa ~ Espérame En El Cielo Miles Davis ~ Paraphernalia ~ Miles in the Sky

Just returned from vacation is Japan, so this week's podcast is inspired from my trip. The episode begins with Japan impressions from two iconic jazz artists, Brubeck and Silver. Then we here from a couple japanese players Takura Kuroda (tr) and Yasuke Sato (as).  Playlist  Artist ~ Name ~ Album Horace Silver ~ Sayonara Blues ~ The Tokyo Blues The Dave Brubeck Quartet ~ Tokyo Traffic ~ Jazz Impressions of Japan Takuya Kuroda ~ Car 16 15 A ~ EVERYDAY Yosuke Sato & Jan Lundgren ~ Kagome Kagome ~ Furusato Hampton Hawes Trio ~ Suddenly I Thought Of You ~ The Seance  Kenny Barron ~ Softly As in a Morning Sunrise ~ Beyond This Place Joey Alexander ~ Blue ~ Continuance Greg Abate ~ Give Flight to Imagination ~ Positive Energy

The second of two episodes that are being rebroadcast from last year due to being away on vacation from my home studio. I will return next week for a new In The Groove. After the opening track, we feature the music of Greg Abate and Kenny Barron, both as leaders, and a collaboration between the two. Other great music covers classic jazz, hard bop and fusion. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Wayne Shorter ~ Angola (Alternate Take) ~ The Soothsayer Greg Abate & Paul Del Nero Quartet ~ Clare's Ostinado ~ Reunion - Live at WICN Greg Abate ~ Sunshower ~ Magic Dance: The Music of Kenny Barron Kenny Barron ~ Tragic Magic ~ Beyond This Place Sonny Rollins ~ Asiatic Raes ~ Newk's Time Pat Metheny Group ~ The Epic ~ American Garage Herbie Hancock ~ Actual Proof ~ Thrust

Away on vacation this week, so this episode is a reprise of one that originally aired in May of 2024. This is the first of two. A playlist inadvertently populated with San Diego artists like Matt Hall, Lori Bell, Christopher Hollyday and Steph Johnson. Also of note is a debut recording by Sarah Hanahan, and Pulitzer Prize recipient Tyshawn Sorey. Playlist Artist ~ Track ~ Album Matt Hall ~ Biscuits & Gravy ~ I Hope to My Never Sarah Hanahan ~ We Bop! ~ Among Giants Jackie McLean ~ Climax ~ Jacknife Lori Bell Quartet ~ Serenity ~ Recorda Me - Remembering Joe Henderson Steph Johnson ~ Lazy Afternoon ~ So in Love Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne & Ray Brown ~ Crisis ~ Poll Winners Three! Christopher Hollyday ~ Minor Pulsation ~ Dialogue Tyshawn Sorey ~ Reincarnation Blues ~ Continuing

This show begins featuring James Moody on his centennial year of his birth. Also new music from Greg Abate (sax) and Alex Trembley (bass). The show concludes with a classic from Chick Corea and the original Return To Forever.  Playlist  James Moody ~ The World Is a Ghetto ~ The World Is a Ghetto James Moody ~ Moody's Mood ~ The World Is a Ghetto Greg Abate ~ Deep Seated Reality Alex Tremblay ~ Late Night Walk in Madrid ~ People and Places Christopher Hollyday ~ Paid Time Off ~ Dialogue Steve Davis ~ Minor Contention ~ Eloquence Charles Mingus ~ Dizzy Moods ~ Mingus Three Chick Corea ~ Return To Forever ~ Return To Forever

Today's show features many of my favorite trumpeters; Hargrove, Hubbard and Morgan along with a San Diego favorite Gilbert Castellanos. That set follows new music from N. Zuraitis and D. Pugach and a new release from alto sax great Greg Abate. Another fine jazz artist represented is SoCal is flautist Holly Hofmann.  Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Nicole Zuraitis & Dan Pugach ~ Jolene ~ Jolene - Single Greg Abate ~ Positive Energy ~ Positive Energy Roy Hargrove ~ To Wisdom the Prize ~ Earfood Freddie Hubbard ~ Arietis ~ Ready for Freddie Lee Morgan ~ Ceora ~ Cornbread Gilbert Castellanos ~ Bilad as Sudan ~ Espérame En El Cielo Holly Hofmann ~ Soul-Leo ~ Low Life Pat Metheny Group ~ The First Circle ~ First Circle

Lots of new music on today's episode beginning with Gerald Clayton on his new album One's and Two's and a collaboration on Out Of/Into. That is followed by more new releases from Lovano and Branford.  Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Out Of/Into ~ Ofafrii ~ Motion I Gerald Clayton ~ For Peace ~ Ones & Twos Gerald Clayton ~ More Always ~ Ones & Twos Joe Lovano & Marcin Wasilewski Trio ~ Golden Horn ~ Homage Branford Marsalis Quartet ~ ‘Long As You Know You're Living Yours ~ Belonging Pat Metheny & Charlie Haden ~ The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress ~ Beyond the Missouri Sky Brad Mehldau, Mark Turner & Peter Bernstein ~ Ditty for Dewey ~ Solid Jackson Jeremy Pelt ~ Invention #2 / Black Conscience ~ Woven

This episode celebrates the coming of Spring. We begin with the classic jazz standard Up Jumped Spring. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Steve Davis ~ Up Jumped Spring ~ We See Wynton Marsalis ~ The Magic Hour ~ The Magic Hour Branford Marsalis Quartet ~ Belonging ~ Belonging Alex Tremblay ~ 280 Starr St. (The Dojo) ~ People and Places Doug Walker ~ Reality Winner ~ Concurrent Lines Emmet Cohen ~ Henei Ma Tov ~ Vibe Provider Ambrose Akinmusire ~ Bloomed (the ongoing processional of nighas in hoodies) ~ honey from a winter stone

This episode features mostly new music released in the first quarter of this year. We begin with my favorite new recording from the band Artemis. Also in this show new releases from Branford Marsalis, Noah Preminger and more. Playlist  Artist ~ Name ~ Album ARTEMIS ~ Olive Branch ~ ARBORESQUE Jeremy Pelt ~ Afrofuturism ~ Woven Out Of/Into ~ Synchrony ~ Motion I Branford Marsalis Quartet ~ The Windup ~ Belonging Alex Tremblay & Vanisha Gould ~ Your Love Is Home ~ People and Places Emma Rawicz & Gwilym Simcock ~ The Drumbledrone ~ Big Visit Noah Preminger ~ Democracy ~ Ballads Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein & Bill Stewart ~ FU Donald ~ Perpetual Pendulum

One of my favorite days of the year is Opening Day for the Baseball season. It signifies the start of spring and the joys of America's greatest pastime. Here we celebrate baseball with a jazz twist. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Joey DeFrancesco ~ Take Me out to the Ballgame ~ Joey D! The Les Brown Orchestra & Betty Bonnie ~ Joltin' Joe DiMaggio ~ Baseball! The Ultimate Collection Vol. 2 Nina Simone ~ Baseball Boogie ~ A Single Woman Count Basie ~ Did You Ever See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? ~ The Count Basie Story Alan Pasqua ~ Take Me Out to the Ball Game ~ Baseball's Greatest Hits: Take Me Out to the Ball Game & Other Sports Classics Carla Bley ~ Baseball ~ 4 X 4 George Carlin ~ Baseball and Football ~ Carlin on Campus Michael Franks ~ Baseball ~ One Bad Habit Vince Guaraldi Trio ~ Baseball Theme ~ A Boy Named Charlie Brown Jeremy Pelt ~ Labyrinth ~ Woven Keith Jarrett ~ The Old Country ~ The Old Country (Live at the Deer Head Inn)

This show reviews some recordings I picked up at a vinyl fair in San Diego recently. It is a mixture of 70's prog-rock and jazz music. This music will take you back to the great music being created in this era of rock, fusion and free jazz. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Tower Of Power ~ Only So Much Oil In the Ground ~ Urban Renewal Stanley Clarke ~ Sea Journey ~ Children of Forever Steely Dan ~ Home at Last ~ Aja The Doors ~ Break On Through ~ The Doors John Coltrane Quartet ~ Transition ~ Transition The Oscar Peterson Big 4 ~ Night Child ~ Freedom Song

A varied playlist for this week's podcast beginning with Kurt Rosenwinkel and Artemis. Later in the set we hear from piano masters Kenny Barron, Chick and McCoy. We conclude the show with alto genius Cannonball. Playlist  Artist ~ Name ~ Album Kurt Rosenwinkel & Jean-Paul Brodbeck ~ Hungarian Dance No. 1 ~ The Brahms Project ARTEMIS ~ Komorebi ~ ARBORESQUE Sullivan Fortner ~ Tres Palabras ~ Southern Nights Rob Thorsen ~ Bohemia After Dark ~ Moon Ray Kenny Barron & Dave Holland ~ In Walked Bud ~ The Art of Conversation Chick Corea ~ Folk Song ~ Three Quartets McCoy Tyner ~ Contemporary Focus ~ Today and Tomorrow Cannonball Adderley Quintet ~ Star Eyes ~ The Quintet Plus

A playlist starting with the great Cannonball Adderley and concluding with honoring the late pioneer of Acid Jazz, Roy Ayers.  Playlist  Artist ~ Name ~ Album Cannonball Adderley Quintet ~ Arriving Soon ~ The Quintet Plus Cannonball Adderley ~ One For Daddy-O ~ Somethin' Else Sphere ~ Dual Force ~ Sphere: Live On Tour ARTEMIS ~ Footprints ~ ARBORESQUE Mackenzie Leighton ~ Pm/Am ~ I Remember Andrew Wilcox ~ Old Devil Moon ~ Dear Mr. Hill Out Of/Into ~ Gabaldon's Glide ~ Motion I  Roy Ayers Ubiquity ~ Everybody Loves the Sunshine ~ Everybody Loves the Sunshine

This episode begins by paying our respects to Roberta Flack, who passed away last week. The recording featured here is my favorite track by Ms. Flack. Following that is new music by another fine vocalist Nicole Zuraitis. We have more great jazz in the following tracks. The podcast concludes with a live recording from 70's fusion band Weather Report. Playlist  Artist ~ Name ~ Album Roberta Flack ~ Compared to What ~ First Take Nicole Zuraitis ~ ode to billie jo ~ siren songs volume 1 Wynton Marsalis ~ Black Codes ~ Black Codes (From The Underground) Miles Davis ~ All Blues ~ My Funny Valentine: In Concert Joe Farnsworth ~ Someday We'll All Be Free ~ In What Direction Are You Headed? Kurt Rosenwinkel ~ Minor Blues ~ The Next Step Weather Report ~ A Remark You Made ~ 8:30

An all Jazz/Rock Fusion podcast episode. This is what introduced me to jazz. These ar classic fusion pioneers from the 1970's. From Miles to McLaughlin and much more. It all began here. Enjoy!  Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Weather Report ~ Havona ~ Heavy Weather Freddie Hubbard ~ The Intrepid Fox ~ Red Clay Mahavishnu Orchestra ~ You Know You Know ~ Inner Mounting Flame Chick Corea ~ Shadow of Lo ~ Where Have I Known You Before Herbie Hancock ~ Sly ~ Head Hunters Miles Davis ~ Miles Runs the Voodoo Down ~ Bitches Brew

No real theme to today's show, just music I have been listening to this past week. We start with classic fusion (1975) from Return To Forever with Chick Corea and conclude with West Coast jazz with drummer Shelly Manne. In between, we have modern jazz, mostly released in the last year. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Return to Forever ~ No Mystery ~ No Mystery Lori Bell Quartet ~ Recorda Me ~ Recorda Me - Remembering Joe Henderson ARTEMIS ~ Komorebi ~ ARBORESQUE Charles Lloyd ~ Cape to Cairo ~ The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow Marquis Hill ~ Meshell ~ Composers Collective: Beyond The Jukebox Jonathan Barber ~ Can't Call It ~ In Motion (feat. Vision Ahead) Elvin Jones ~ Lady Luck ~ Elvin! Shelly Manne and His Men ~ Summertime ~ Shelly Manne & His Men At the Blackhawk, Vol. 1

This week's episode features the Grammy Award winners for the jazz categories. Of special note are the two winners with roots in Connecticut, Dan Pugach and Zaccai Curtis. Several other awards went to alternative modern jazz sounds that make this an interesting show. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Dan Pugach ~ Tolerance ~ Bianca Reimagined Zaccai Curtis ~ Stromboli ~ Cubop Lives! Jacob Collier ~ Bridge Over Troubled Water ~ Djesse Vol. 4 Meshell Ndegeocello ~ Trouble ~ No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin Taylor Eigsti ~ Light Dream  ~ Plot Armor Akropolis Reed Quintet ~ Strands ~ Are We Dreaming The Same Dream? Chick Corea & Béla Fleck ~ The Otter Creek Incident ~ Remembrance Samara Joy ~ Twinkle Twinkle Little Me ~ A Joyful Holiday  Quincy Jones ~ Killer Joe ~ Walking In Space

This show has new music released in 2025 from Artemis, Nicole Zuraitis and Noah Preminger. Much more as well from pianists Emmet Cohen and Oscar Peterson. There is also a couple of tracks out of San Diego from David Borgo and Rob Thorsen. Playlist  Artist ~ Name ~ Album ARTEMIS ~ The Smile of the Snake ~ ARBORESQUE Nicole Zuraitis ~ brand new key ~ siren songs volume 1 Emmet Cohen ~ Henei Ma Tov ~ Vibe Provider Oscar Peterson ~ C-Jam Blues ~ Night Train Oscar Peterson ~ Georgia On My Mind ~ Night Train Noah Preminger ~ Carry Me Ohio ~ Single Rob Garcia ~ Dark Blue Horse Power ~ Natural Bounce David Borgo ~ Senescence ~ Persistence Rob Thorsen Quartet ~ The Intimacy of the Blues ~ Evolution Wayne Shorter ~ Armageddon ~ Night Dreamer

John Coltrane provides this week's Welcome with his heartfelt tenor playing. Another jazz great, Charles Lloyd is on deck with his latest release at age 86. From there we play some of the great young players of today with Gerald Clayton, Glenn Zaleski, Jahari Stampley and more. The show is ended as we began with jazz legends, Wes and Wayne. Playlist  Artist ~ Name ~ Album John Coltrane Quartet ~ Welcome ~ Transition Charles Lloyd ~ Booker's Garden ~ The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow Out Of/Into ~ Synchrony ~ Motion I Glenn Zaleski ~ Two Days ~ Star Dreams Jahari Stampley ~ Power ~ Still Listening Ed Kornhauser ~ Celadon ~ The Short Years Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein & Bill Stewart ~ FU Donald ~ Perpetual Pendulum Wes Montgomery ~ Bumpin' On Sunset (Alternate Take) ~ Tequila (Expanded Edition) Wayne Shorter ~ Ana Maria ~ Native Dancer

A mix of classic and new releases on this week's show. A couple of supergroups (Out Of/Into and MTB) and guitarist Andrew Renfroe are featured along with classic Trane, Shorter and more. Enjoy! Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Out Of/Into ~ Radical ~ Motion I John Coltrane ~ A Love Supreme, Pt. 2: Resolution ~ A Love Supreme Wayne Shorter ~ Night Dreamer ~ Night Dreamer MTB ~ Solid Jackson ~ Solid Jackson Andrew Renfroe ~ LONELY CASTLE BLUES ~ LONELY CASTLE BLUES - Single Andrew Renfroe ~ MOVING ON, Pt. 1 ~ MOVING ON, Pt. 1 - Single Keith Jarrett ~ The Old Country ~ The Old Country (Live at the Deer Head Inn)

For the past two week's we have played mostly new releases. This week we go back to the 50's and 60's with classics from Ben Webster, McCoy Tyner, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver and Miles. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Ben Webster & Oscar Peterson ~ Bye Bye Blackbird ~ Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson McCoy Tyner ~ A Night In Tunisia ~ Today and Tomorrow Wayne Shorter ~ Virgo ~ Night Dreamer Immanuel Wilkins ~ Lighthouse ~ The 7th Hand The Dave Brubeck Quartet ~ Tokyo Traffic ~ Jazz Impressions of Japan Horace Silver ~ The Tokyo Blues ~ The Tokyo Blues Miles Davis ~ Dear Old Stockholm ~ Round About Midnight Miles Davis ~ Frelon brun ~ Filles de Kilimanjaro

This first episode for the New Year continues where we left off last week with reviews of some of my favorite 2024 releases.  Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Ulysses Owens Jr. ~ Better Days ~ A New Beat Lori Bell Quartet ~ Recorda Me ~ Recorda Me - Remembering Joe Henderson Roy Hargrove ~ Lake Danse ~ Grande-Terre Emmet Cohen ~ Vibe Provider ~ Vibe Provider Joel Ross ~ equinox ~ nublues Duke Ellington ~ Blues for New Orleans ~ New Orleans Suite SFJAZZ Collective ~ God Bless The Child / That's The Way Of The World ~ New Works & Classics Reimagined 

This is the time of year where we review some of my favorite releases from 2024. Many of these are from  Hartford CT where I lived for 40+years, and my current home in San Diego.  Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Sarah Hanahan ~ We Bop! ~ Among Giants Chris Potter ~ Indigo Ildikó ~ Eagle's Point David Borgo ~ Peace of Mind ~ Persistence Lori Bell Quartet ~ Shade of Jade ~ Recorda Me - Remembering Joe Henderson Charles Lloyd ~ Booker's Garden ~ The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow Andrew Renfroe ~ BIG COUNTRY ~ BIG COUNTRY EP Zaccai Curtis ~ Jazzin' ~ Cubop Lives! Mackenzie Leighton ~ The Obfuscator ~ I Remember Steve Davis ~ To Wisdom, the Prize ~ We See

This episode begins by paying tribute to tabla master Zakir Hussain who passed away last week. He is one of the greatest musicians of my generation, and brought Indian Classical Music awareness to many in the jazz scene. That is followed by a set of music from some of the most influential Hartford jazz mentors. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Shakti & Shakti ~ Mind Ecology ~ Natural Elements Dave Holland, Zakir Hussain & Chris Potter ~ Island Feeling ~ Good Hope Zakir Hussain ~ Zakir ~ Making Music Zaccai Curtis ~ 52nd Street Theme ~ Cubop Lives! Steve Davis ~ What Is This Thing Called Love ~ Say When Rich Goldstein ~ What a Difference a Day Makes ~ Into the Blue George Benson ~ Take Five ~ Bad Benson Terell Stafford ~ Hey, It's Me You're Talking To ~ Fields of Gold The Ed Palermo Big Band ~ Peaches En Regalia ~ Plays the Music of Frank Zappa Miroslav Vitous ~ Bamboo Forest ~ Universal Syncopations

This week's show starts with 3 guitarists; Goldstein, Bernstein and McLaughlin. The show ends with a couple great trumpet players in Hubbard and McGhee. Lots of great jazz in between. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Rich Goldstein ~ Hard Days Night ~ Into the Blue Peter Bernstein ~ You Go to My Head ~ Better Angels John McLaughlin ~ Binky's Dream ~ Extrapolation David Borgo ~ Segmented ~ Persistence Joe Zawinul ~ In a Silent Way ~ Zawinul Gretchen Parlato ~ Holding Back The Years ~ The Lost And Found Freddie Hubbard ~ Weaver of Dreams ~ Ready For Freddie Howard McGhee ~ Maggie's Back In Town ~ Maggie's Back In Town!

After kicking off this episode with classic Miles, we delve into some of jazz's best and most creative pianists. The show ends with Indian/Jazz fusion from McLaughlin's Shakti. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Miles Davis ~ Seven Steps to Heaven ~ Seven Steps to Heaven Renee Rosnes ~ Frevo ~ Crossing Paths Brad Mehldau, Mark Turner & Peter Bernstein ~ Ditty for Dewey ~ Solid Jackson  Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette ~ All the Things You Are ~ Standards, Vol. 1 Billy Childs ~ Master of the Game ~ The Winds of Change George Cables ~ Helen's Song ~ My Muse John McLaughlin & Shakti ~ India ~ A Handful of Beauty

Thanksgiving dinner is great, but we also dig chowing down on leftovers. The first set is inspired by those great ingredients transformed. We also have new music by Kenny Barron, Samara Joy and a re-release of early Miles.  Playlist  Artist ~ Name ~ Album Atla DeChamplain ~ Soul Food ~ Pause Matt Hall ~ Biscuits & Gravy ~ I Hope to My Never Zaccai Curtis ~ Black Rice ~ Cubop Lives! Matt Dwonszyk ~ Softly as in a Morning Sunrise ~ Donny Time David Borgo ~ Tabula Rasa ~ Persistence Billy Childs ~ The Black Angel ~ The Winds of Change Kenny Barron ~ The Nearness of You ~ Beyond This Place Samara Joy ~ Day By Day ~ Portrait Miles Davis ~ Four ~ Miles '54: The Prestige Recordings

This is our Thanksgiving special, with the first set paying tribute to perhaps my favorite holiday. Jimmy Greene and Thelonious Monk provide the musical setting for a Thanksgiving feast. The podcast episode concludes with a modern classical composition depicting a ballroom dance with Madam and Chairman Mao for Nixon's visit from composer John Adams and the San Francisco Symphony. In between, there is new music from Borgo, Z. Curtis and Wilcox as well as a new release from Charles Mingus previously released studio tapes. Playlist   Artist ~ Name ~ Album Jimmy Greene ~ Give Thanks ~ Mission Statement Thelonious Monk ~ Stuffy Turkey ~ It's Monk's Time David Borgo ~ Pilgrimage ~ Persistence Zaccai Curtis ~ Maple Leaf Rag ~ Cubop Lives! Andrew Wilcox ~ Self-Doubt ~ Dear Mr. Hill Charles Mingus ~ Re-incarnation Of A Love Bird (1st Version /Take 4) ~ Reincarnations Edo de Waart & San Francisco Symphony ~ The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra) ~ Adams: The Chairman Dances

We begin this show with a tribute to three jazz greats that passed away in recent days, Roy Haynes, Lou Donaldson and Quincy Jones. The show continues with other legends of this music, one still living and actively touring, Charles McPherson followed by Bird and Dexter. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Roy Haynes ~ Moose the Mooch ~ Birds of a Feather Lou Donaldson ~ Blues Walk ~ Blues Walk Quincy Jones ~ Walking In Space ~ Walking In Space Charles McPherson ~ Surge ~ Reverence Charlie Parker ~ Ornithology~ Ornithology: The Best Of Bird Charlie Parker ~ Just Friends ~ Charlie Parker With Strings Dexter Gordon ~ Round Midnight ~ Homecoming - Live At the Village Vanguard

This week's show is an eclectic mix. It was recorded in the week following the elections and perhaps reflective of my emotions during this time. There is no real theme to the selections, and is music I have been listening to recently. Artist ~ Name ~ Album Joe Henderson ~ Short Story ~ In 'n Out  McCoy Tyner ~ When Sunny Gets Blue ~ Today and Tomorrow Lori Bell Quartet ~ Inner Urge ~ Recorda Me - Remembering Joe Henderson Nduduzo Makhathini ~ Water Spirits: Iyana ~ uNomkhubulwane Miroslav Vitous ~ I Will Tell Him On You ~ Infinite Search Weather Report ~ 125th Street Congress ~ Sweetnighter Charlie Haden ~ This Is Not America ~ Not In Our Name

Today's show begins with a reminder to vote on or before Election Day, Nov 5, 2024. Let's start with a tribute to Dizzy Gillespie's run for President in 1964. That's followed by Ella's Vote for Mr. Rhythm. A new posthumous release from trumpeter Roy Hargrove has a track, Kamala's Dance (written for Roy's daughter). After that is just some music I have been listening to this past week. Playlist  Artist ~ Name ~ Album Dizzy Gillespie ~ Salt Peanuts ~ Groovin' High Ella Fitzgerald ~ Vote For Mister Rhythm ~ The Complete Decca Singles Vol. 1: 1935-1939 Roy Hargrove ~ Kamala's Dance ~ Grande-Terre Roy Hargrove ~ Ethiopia ~ Grande-Terre Jackie McLean ~ Star Eyes ~ Nature Boy The Dave Brubeck Quartet ~ The City Is Crying ~ Jazz Impressions of Japan David Borgo ~ Relational View ~ Persistence Steve Davis ~ Milestones ~ We See Wayne Shorter ~ Orbits ~ Celebration, Volume 1

Following my recent themes of music from SoCal and New England, I will feature music that exemplifies some of the fine jazz artists from these two areas of the country. Also, we close out the show with classic guitar work from Kenny Burrell and brand new music from Imannuel Wilkins.   Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Rob Thorsen ~ Dexterity ~ Lasting Impression Gilbert Castellanos ~ Bilad as Sudan ~ Espérame En El Cielo Mackenzie Leighton ~ November ~ I Remember Steve Davis ~ To Wisdom, the Prize ~ We See Abena Koomson-Davis ~ Everyday I Have the Blues ~ Where Is Love Matt Dwonszyk ~ It's Donny Time ~ Donny Time Kenny Burrell ~ Kenny's Sound ~ Midnight Blue Immanuel Wilkins ~ DARK EYES SMILE ~ Blues Blood

Kind of a random playlist of music I have been listening to this week. Of particular interest are the tunes that feature McCoy Tyner, including a Michael Brecker piece (composed by Metheny). Also a track from Immanuel Wilkins' new release Blue Blood has some interesting vocals. Playlist  Artist ~ Name ~ Album Andrew Renfroe ~ SPRINGS ~ Big Country EP Michael Brecker ~ Song for Bilbao ~ Tales from the Hudson McCoy Tyner ~ When Sunny Gets Blue ~ Today and Tomorrow McCoy Tyner ~ Sama Layuca ~ Sama Layuca Dan Pugach ~ My Favorite Things (feat. Nicole Zuraitis) - Single Immanuel Wilkins ~ MOTION (feat. June McDoom) ~ Blues Blood Billy Childs ~ Upstairs by a Chinese Lamp ~ Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro Bill Bruford's Earthworks & Tim Garland ~ Tramontana ~ Random Acts of Happiness Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein & Bill Stewart ~ FU Donald ~ Perpetual Pendulum

This episode continues from last week in bringing new music that I heard from Monterey Jazz Fest recently. Following that is more music from the Hartford jazz scene with Abena Koomson-Davis, Andrew Wilcox and Matt Dwonczyk. Playlist  Artist ~ Name ~ Album Marquis Hill ~ A Star Is Born ~ Composers Collective: Beyond The Jukebox Brandee Younger ~ Brand New Life ~ Brand New Life Robert Glasper ~ Prototype ~ Keys To The City Volume One Anat Cohen ~ Paco ~ Quartetinho: Bloom Abena Koomson-Davis ~ Just the Two of Us ~ Where Is Love Matt Dwonszyk ~ Groovin' on Wine ~ Donny Time Matt Dwonszyk ~ What a Difference a Day Makes ~ Donny Time Andrew Wilcox ~ Old Devil Moon ~ Dear Mr. Hill Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis ~ Freedom Day ~ The Music of Max Roach

This year's Monterey Jazz Festival is reviewed in this week's podcast episode. Some of the best shows took place on the smaller stages featuring young artists. That is reflected in the playlist below. Playlist  Artist ~ Name ~ Album Jahari Stampley ~ Power ~ Still Listening Ulysses Owens Jr. ~ Chicken An' Dumplins ~ A New Beat Sean Mason ~ Final Voyage ~ The Southern Suite Endea Owens ~ For the People ~ Feel Good Music Joshua Redman ~ Chicago Blues (feat. Gabrielle Cavassa) ~ where are we Hiromi ~ Up ~ Sonicwonderland  Marquis Hill ~ Libra (South Node) ~ Composers Collective: Beyond The Jukebox Stephane Wrembel ~ Le Mythe de Sisyphe ~ Triptych Stanley Clarke ~ Song to John, Pt. II ~ Journey to Love

While I am at the Monterey Jazz Festival, I've queued up another episode originally published in March of this year. The episode begins with new music from guitarist Andrew Renfroe and vibraphonist Joel Ross. We then work our way back to the 1950's with classic Brubeck, Wes and Trane.   Playlist Artist ~ Track ~ Album Andrew Renfroe ~ BIG COUNTRY ~ Big Country EP Joel Ross ~ nublues ~ nublues Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger ~ This Woman's Work ~ Force Majeure Samara Joy ~ Misty ~ Linger Awhile Shelly Manne and His Men ~ Our Delight ~ Shelly Manne & His Men At the Blackhawk, Vol. 1 The Dave Brubeck Quartet ~ The Duke ~ Jazz: Red, Hot and Cool Wes Montgomery ~ Four On Six ~ The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery John Coltrane ~ Moment's Notice ~ Blue Train

A wide variety of jazz music represented here, from jazz classics, to new jazz releases to jazz/rock fusion, progressive rock and even jazz harp with a reggae beat. Playlist  Artist ~ Name ~ Album Miles Davis ~ Milestones ~ Milestones McCoy Tyner ~ Impressions ~ Trident Bobby Broom ~ Hallucinations (Budo) ~ Keyed Up Joel Frahm ~ Yesterdays ~ I'm Old Fashioned  Charles McPherson ~ Blues for Lonnie in Three ~ Reverence Jonathan Barber ~ Radar ~ In Motion (feat. Vision Ahead) Steely Dan ~ Aja ~ Aja Brandee Younger ~ Dust (feat. Meshell Ndegeocello) ~ Brand New Life Brandee Younger ~ Soulris (feat. Ravi Coltrane) ~ Soul Awakening

This week's edition has new releases and classic hard bop. From the new, we have Hanahan, Barber, Escoffery, Castellanos. As we know, modern jazz always draws from the legacy of the art form with masters like Hubbard, Roach, Hancock, and Shorter. All are represented here. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Sarah Hanahan ~ We Bop! ~ Among Giants Jonathan Barber ~ Can't Call It ~ In Motion Freddie Hubbard ~ Luana ~ Hub Cap  Gilbert Castellanos ~ La Tinsa ~ Underground Herbie Hancock ~ The Peacocks ~ Round Midnight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Max Roach ~ Libra ~ Members Don't Get Weary Wayne Escoffery ~ Rapture ~ Alone Wayne Shorter ~ Edge Of The World ~ Celebration, Volume 1 

This episode celebrates Sonny Rollins on his 94th birthday with three tracks from some of his best albums. We also feature new music including the debut recording from altoist, Sarah Hanahan and flautist Lori Bell. The podcast ends with Kurt Elling covering a fold classic from P. Simon. Playlist  Artist ~ Name ~ Album Sonny Rollins ~ Wonderful! Wonderful! ~ Newk's Time Miles Davis & Sonny Rollins ~ Oleo ~ On Prestige Sonny Rollins ~ Way Out West ~ Way Out West Gerry Mulligan Quartet ~ Bernie's Tune ~ Gerry Mulligan Quartet Hampton Hawes ~ I Love You  ~ For Real!  Hank Mobley ~ Up a Step ~ No Room for Squares Sarah Hanahan ~ Resonance ~ Among Giants Lori Bell Quartet ~ Black Narcissus ~ Recorda Me - Remembering Joe Henderson Kurt Elling ~ American Tune ~ The Questions

For this week's episode, we go back 60's hard bop format for most of the show. From Rollins to Trane, we groove to this era's hard hitting jazz. I did throw in a couple of modern pieces from Eddie Henderson and Billy Childs, that reflect on the hard-bop period. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Sonny Rollins ~ Alone Together ~ Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders Hank Mobley ~ Up Over And Out ~ Reach Out! Eddie Henderson ~ Totem Pole ~ Witness to History Billy Childs ~ The Starry Night ~ Rebirth Jackie McLean ~ Climax ~ Jacknife John Coltrane ~ Bahia ~ Bahia John Coltrane ~ Something I Dreamed Last Night ~ Bahia

A few musical references from last week's Democratic Convention was the inspiration for this episode. VP Kamala Harris invoked the names of Aretha, Miles and Coltrane, and an appearance by Stevie Wonder are relived in this show. Playlist  Artist ~ Name ~ Album Aretha Franklin ~ A Change Is Gonna Come ~ I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Miles Davis Quintet ~ Solar ~ Walkin' John Coltrane ~ Giant Steps ~ Giant Steps Stevie Wonder ~ Higher Ground ~ Innervisions Herbie Hancock ~ You've Got It Bad Girl ~ The New Standard SFJAZZ Collective ~ Creepin' ~ Music of Stevie Wonder and New Compositions Jacob Collier ~ Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing ~ Single George Duke ~ Capricorn ~ Faces In Reflection Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention ~ Inca Roads ~ One Size Fits All

This episode begins with a set, taken from the news video of VP Kamala Harris showing off her vinyl purchases after visiting a DC record store. Following that, we have a bass player set featuring a couple of San Diego based artists. The show ends with a tribute to Alice Coltrane and a symphonic piece from Tim Garland. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong ~ It Ain't Necessarily So ~ Porgy and Bess Charles Mingus ~ The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers ~ Let My Children Hear Music Roy Ayers Ubiquity ~ Everybody Loves the Sunshine ~ Everybody Loves the Sunshine Rob Thorsen Quartet ~ Let's Fall In Love ~ Evolution Mackenzie Leighton ~ Summer Strollin' ~ I Remember John Patitucci ~ We See ~ Trio Ravi Coltrane ~ For Turiya ~ Blending Times Tim Garland ~ The Forever Seed Part V - Praise ~ Moment Of Departure

This episode begins with a wonderful harpist Brandee Younger carrying on the legacy of Alice Coltrane and others bringing the sound of harp to modern jazz. This is followed by new music and concludes with three of the greatest saxophone players that have graced this art form. Playlist  Artist ~ Name ~ Album Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger ~ The Creator Has a Master Plan ~ Force Majeure Brandee Younger ~ Moving Target ~ Brand New Life Brandee Younger ~ Blue Nile ~ Soul Awakening Jonathan Barber ~ The City That Sits On A Hill ~ In Motion Tim Garland ~ Trails ~ Moment Of Departure Kenny Barron ~ We See ~ Beyond This Place Chris Potter ~ Indigo Ildikó ~ Eagle's Point Wayne Shorter ~ Orbits ~ Without a Net Joe Henderson ~ Power to the People ~ Power to the People 

Several notable releases from jazz artists with Hartford roots are represented at the top of this episode. We present Karen Frisk (v), Jonathan Barber (dr), and Sarah Hanahan (as). We finish this show with some heavy 70's fusion with an extended four part Concerto for Jazz/Rock from Stanley Clarke. Playlist  Artist ~ Name ~ Album Karen Frisk ~ Street of Dreams ~ Still A Dreamer Jonathan Barber ~ Can't Call It ~ In Motion Sarah Hanahan ~ We Bop! ~ Among Giants Kenny Burrell ~ Isabella ~ Soulero Howard McGhee ~ Demon Chase ~ Maggie's Back In Town!  Charles McPherson ~ Surge ~ Reverence Gilbert Castellanos ~ Home is Africa ~ Espérame En El Cielo Stanley Clarke ~ Concerto for Jazz/Rock Orchestra, Pt. 1-4 ~ Journey to Love

This episode begins with classic hard-bop from Mobley and McGee, followed by a wonderful new album from vocalist Karen Frisk. Then West Coast artists Wofford, Bell and Renfroe before finishing with a fusion set from Weather Report and Metheny. Playlist Artist ~ Track ~ Album Hank Mobley ~ No Room for Squares ~ No Room for Squares Howard McGhee ~ Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise ~ Maggie's Back In Town! Karen Frisk ~ Sack Full Of Dreams ~ Still A Dreamer Mike Wofford ~ Cole Porter ~ Synergy Lori Bell Quartet ~ Shade of Jade ~ Recorda Me - Remembering Joe Henderson Luke Sellick & Andrew Renfroe ~ Jolene ~ Small Vacation Weather Report ~ Cucumber Slumber ~ Mysterious Traveller Pat Metheny Group ~ To the End of the World ~ We Live Here

We begin with a tribute to Jim Rotondi, who passed away unexpectedly earlier this month. The music that follows is a good representation of the modern jazz being made from young players on the jazz scene. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Jim Rotondi ~ Pure Imagination ~ Dark Blue Christopher Hollyday ~ One of Another Kind ~ Telepathy Sarah Hanahan ~ Resonance ~ Among Giants Chris Potter ~ Dream of Home (feat. Brad Mehldau, John Patitucci & Brian Blade) ~ Eagle's Point (feat. Brad Mehldau, John Patitucci & Brian Blade) Immanuel Wilkins ~ Fugitive Ritual, Selah ~ The 7th Hand Joshua White ~ Scarlet Tanager ~ 13 Short Stories (feat. Josh Johnson, Dean Hulett & Jonathan Pinson) Tina Raymond ~ Eight of Wands ~ Divinations Kenny Barron ~ Sunset (feat. Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Johnathan Blake, Immanuel Wilkins & Steve Nelson) ~ Beyond This Place

Back to more straight-ahead jazz this week from the 60's to the present. A brand new single from an upcoming album by Emmet Cohen starts the show followed by classic Brubeck, Chris Potter, Cannonball and more. Playlist  Artist ~ Name ~ Album Emmet Cohen ~ Emmet's Blues ~ Emmet's Blues - Single The Dave Brubeck Quartet ~ It's a Raggy Waltz ~ Time Further Out Chris Potter ~ Horizon Dance ~ Eagle's Point  Cannonball Adderley Quintet ~ Lisa ~ The Quintet Plus Charles McPherson ~ Old Folks ~ Reverence Mackenzie Leighton ~ Pm/Am ~ I Remember Lori Bell Quartet ~ Serenity ~ Recorda Me - Remembering Joe Henderson Joe Henderson ~ Power To The People ~ Power To The People

This episode has new releases from Sarah Hanahan (debut recording), Chris Potter,  Adam O'Farrill and Steph Richards. Also featured are tracks from Gilbert Castellanos, Wayne Shorter, John Ambercrombie and more. Playlist Artist ~ Track ~ Album Gilbert Castellanos ~ Big P ~ Espérame En El Cielo Sarah Hanahan ~ Stardust ~ Among Giants Chris Potter ~ Cloud Message ~ Eagle's Point John Abercrombie Quartet ~ Arcade ~ Arcade Adam O'Farrill ~ Truth Ray II ~ Truth Ray II - Single Steph Richards ~ Moutons ~ Power Vibe Weather Report ~ Elegant People ~ Black Market Wayne Shorter ~ Moto Grosso Feio ~ Moto Grosso Feio