The Jam Session's Podcast

The Jam Session Radio Hour recorded March 12, 2015 at Bay Burger restaurant in Sag Harbor NewYork, featuring the Thursday Night Live Band. The Jam Session returns to Bay Burger for the 2015 season and starts off with a bang as bassist Peter Martin Weiss, keyboardist Wayne Sabella and drummer John Neely host jammers including Gene Polito and Dick Buhrke throughout the evening. Recording engineer and host George Howard.

The Jam Session Radio Hour featuring Claire Daly on Baritone Saxophone. Six time winner of the Down Beat Critics' Poll "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition" and winner of theJazz Journalists Association's "Baritone Saxophonist of the Year" category in 2005. Daly began to play jazz seriously as a teen, after hearing a big band perform at a local community center in Westchester County, New York, where she grew up. She attended the Berklee College of Music. Daly teaches through Jazz at Lincoln Center's middle school jazz program. She recorded two CDs as leader on Koch Jazz, "Swing Low" and "Movin' On" (now re-released on her own Dalybread Records) as well as "Heaven Help Us All" (Dalybread Records), and "Nothing to Lose: The Mary Joyce Project." Her latest recording is a collection of Thelonious Monk compositions, "Baritone Monk." Captured at Wollfer Estate Vineyards this memorable performance is part of the Jam Session special guest series.

This edition of the The Jam Session Radio Hour was recorded on February 12, 2015 at Wollfer Estate Vineyards in Sagaponac New York with featured guest Erik Lawrence. Erik Lawrence plays Saxophones and Flutes. He has received a Meet-the-Composer Grant for his music composition. He began playing sax at five years old under the guidance of his father, the late jazz musician, founder of the New School of Jazz in NYC and the International Center for Creative Music Studies in Jerusalem, Rock and Roll Guru Arnie Lawrence, who told him to “Play what you feel." Recorded by engineer George Howard and produced for broadcast on WPPB, this recording reflects the Jam Session Radio Radio Hour's exceptional Special Guest Series.

The Jam Session recorded February 5, 2015 at Wollfer Estate Vineyard with Peter Martin Weiss, Wayne Sabella and Michael Guliellmo. Sitting in were Baron Lewis on trumpet, Gene Polito on Piano and Ritchie Seigler on drums.

The Jam Session with special guest Bob Mover was recorded January 26, 2014 at Bay Burger restaurant in Sag Harbor New York. Bob (Robert) Mover (born March 22, 1952, Boston, Massachusetts) is an alto, tenor and soprano jazz saxophonist and a vocalist. His father was a musician who played professionally including stints with the Charlie Spivak orchestra. He started playing the alto saxophone at age 13, studied with Phil Woods at a summer music camp, and took private lessons with Ira Sullivan. Mover has an explosive sound and style on the sax, directly influenced by Charlie Parker, Lee Konitz, Ira Sullivan, Stan Getz, and Sonny Rollins. His improvisations are melodically based, with lyrical melodies interspersed with complex bebop type lines. His selection of repertoire is wide and varied, with an encyclopedic knowledge of both standard and unconventional broadway and movie musical tunes. He was joined by Bill Smith on Piano, Peter Martin Weiss on Upright Bass and Don Moffit on Drums.

The Jam Session Radio Hour is pleased to feature Claire Daly. Claire Daly (b. 1958), baritone saxophonist and composer. Six time winner of the Down Beat Critics' Poll "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition" and winner of theJazz Journalists Association's "Baritone Saxophonist of the Year" category in 2005. Daly began to play jazz seriously as a teen, after hearing a big band perform at a local community center in Westchester County, New York, where she grew up. She attended the Berklee College of Music. Daly teaches through Jazz at Lincoln Center's middle school jazz program. She recorded two CDs as leader on Koch Jazz, "Swing Low" and "Movin' On" (now re-released on her own Dalybread Records) as well as "Heaven Help Us All" (Dalybread Records), and "Nothing to Lose: The Mary Joyce Project." Her latest recording is a collection of Thelonious Monk compositions, "Baritone Monk." This broadcast was recorded at Bay Burger restaurant Thursday, January 22, 2015 by recording engineer George Howard and subsequently aired on WPPB January 28, 2015. for more information follow us at thejamsession.org

The Jam Session Radio Hour is recorded weekly at Bay Burger Restaurant in Sag Harbor, New York. Recording Engineer and Host George Howard creates a broadcast for local NPR member station WPPB, Peconic Public Broadcasting which airs each Wednesday from 7-8pm featuring standout performances and informative talk with regular artists and special guests. Core members include Wayne Sabella on piano, Peter Weiss on bass, and Claes Brondal on drums. Episode #182 features Dick Behrke on Trumpet, Barron Lewis on Trumpet, Claire Daly on Saxophone, and Ada Rivatti on Saxophone.

The Jam Session Radio Hour is recorded weekly at Bay Burger Restaurant in Sag Harbor, New York. Recording Engineer and Host George Howard creates a broadcast for local NPR member station WPPB, Peconic Public Broadcasting which airs each Wednesday from 7-8pm featuring standout performances and informative talk with regular artists and special guests. Core members include Wayne Sabella on piano, Peter Weiss on bass, and Claes Brondal on drums. Episode #191 features Lauren Kinhan on vocals.