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Lots of new releases included in this week's podcast including jazz masters McPherson, Metheny, Manne (remastered). Also notable are tracks from Dave Holland and Hampton Hawes.
Playlist
Artist ~ Track ~ Album
Charles McPherson ~ Come Rain or Come Shine ~ Reverence
Mackenzie Leighton ~ Western Man ~ I Remember
Dave Holland Quartet ~ Four Winds ~ Conference of the Birds
Pat Metheny ~ MoonDial ~ MoonDial
Pat Metheny Group ~ Airstream ~ American Garage
Hampton Hawes Trio ~ Evening Trane ~ High In The Sky (Remastered)
Shelly Manne and His Men ~ Step Lightly ~ Shelly Manne and His Men At the Black Hawk, Vol. 2
These are jazz covers of mostly soul tunes of the 60's-70's. The episode ends with a familiar jazz standard as played by Ahmad Jamal, and a great new big band arranger and drummer, Dan Pugach.
Playlist
Artist ~ Track ~ Album
Dr. Lonnie Smith ~ Trouble Man ~ Jungle Soul
Billy Childs ~ Stoned Soul Picnic ~ Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro
Luke Sellick & Andrew Renfroe ~ Ain't No Mountain High Enough ~ Single
Hampton Hawes ~ The Look of Love ~ The Two Sides Of
Kenny Garrett ~ I Say a Little Prayer ~ Pushing the World Away
The Bad Plus ~ Long Distance Runaround ~ For All I Care (With Wendy Lewis)
Joe Farrell ~ Too High ~ Penny Arcade
Ahmad Jamal Trio ~ On Green Dolphin Street ~ Count 'Em 88
Dan Pugach ~ Discourse This! ~ Bianca
Today's show is all about jazz/rock fusion. We begin with 70's fusion from Return to Forever and Mahavishnu Orchestra. The latter half of the show is current music influenced by not only decades old jazz and fusion, but rock, beats and hip-hop.
Playlist
Artist ~ Track ~ Album
Chick Corea ~ Shadow of Lo ~ Where Have I Known You Before
Mahavishnu Orchestra ~ One Word ~ Birds of Fire
Freddie Hubbard ~ Red Clay ~ Red Clay
Andrew Renfroe ~ BIG COUNTRY ~ Big Country EP
Tina Raymond ~ The Emperor ~ Divinations
Kneebody ~ The Trip ~ Chapters
Mark Guiliana ~ under the influence ~ the sound of listening
Once again we mix the old with the new. Of particular interest is new music by Charles Lloyd and Linda Oh. On the classics there is Rollins, Cannonball, Mobley and Evans. We close out the set with a San Diego favorite John Opferkuch.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Eberhard Weber & The Gary Burton Quartet ~ B & G (Midwestern Nights Dream) ~ Passengers
Linda May Han Oh ~ Phosphorus ~ The Glass Hours
Sonny Rollins ~ Wonderful! Wonderful! ~ Newk's Time
Cannonball Adderley & Nancy Wilson ~ The Old Country ~ Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley
Hank Mobley ~ Lookin' East ~ Reach Out!
Charles Lloyd ~ Monk’s Dance ~ The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow
Bill Evans ~ The Peacocks ~ You Must Believe In Spring
John Opferkuch ~ Amerique ~ The Kennedy Files
This show features an eclectic mix, beginning with new releases followed by 70's fusion and concluding with classic 50's jazz.
Playlist
Artist ~ Track ~ Album
Mike DiRubbo ~ The Moment Before Sunrise ~ Inner Light
Charles Lloyd ~ Booker’s Garden ~ Booker's Garden - Single
Samara Joy ~ Round Midnight ~ Linger Awhile
David Liebman ~ Within You Without You ~ Sweet Hands
Return to Forever ~ Game Maker ~ Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy
Eberhard Weber & The Gary Burton Quartet ~ B & G (Midwestern Nights Dream) ~ Passengers
Sonny Rollins ~ Wonderful! Wonderful! ~ Newk's Time
This episode begins with new music from guitarist Andrew Renfro 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
Brand new music and familiar standards in this week's episode. New releases from Ulysses Owens, Nicole Zuraitis and Chris Potter, interspersed wth blasts from the past from trumpeter Jim Rotondi and Herbie Hancock. The show concludes with a fusion masterpiece with lush orchestrations by Mahavishnu Orchestra.
Playlist
Artist ~ Track ~ Album
Ulysses Owens Jr. ~ Bird Lives ~ A New Beat
Jim Rotondi ~ Little B's Poem ~ Excursions
Herbie Hancock ~ Oliloqui Valley ~ Empyrean Isles
Nicole Zuraitis & Gilad Hekselman ~ Save it for a Rainy Day (single)
Chris Potter ~ Dream of Home (single)
Mahavishnu Orchestra ~ Vision Is A Naked Sword ~ Apocalypse
This episode is dedicated to Bob Boss; a fine guitarist, teacher and friend. Bob wasn't well known outside of the San Diego area, but he was a mentor to many young jazz guitarists and an icon in the jazz community. He suddenly, unexpectedly passed away last week.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Bob Boss ~ Soul Eyes ~ 3 Trios +
Ed Kornhauser ~ Praxis ~ The Short Years
Peter Sprague & Leonard Patton ~ Can't Buy Me Love ~ Dream Walkin'
Bobby Hutcherson ~ Little B's Poem ~ Components
Paul Horn Quintet ~ Mr. Bond ~ Something Blue
Wes Montgomery ~ Four On Six ~ Incredible Jazz Guitar
Art Blakey ~ Nica's Dream ~ The Jazz Messengers
This episode begins with the original version of a great jazz standard, Freedom Jazz Dance by Eddie Harris. From there, we have recordings by two alto sax players that cut their chops at University of Hartford's fine Jackie McLean Institute for jazz; Mike DiRubbo and Sarah Hanahan. The podcast concludes with music from Chick Corea who passed on three years ago this month.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Eddie Harris ~ Freedom Jazz Dance ~ The In Sound
Swiss Jazz Ambassadors ~ Ugetsu ~ Swiss Jazz Ambassadors feat. Sarah Hanahan
Peter Martin ~ Groove Echo Chamber ~ Peter Martin & Generation S
Mike DiRubbo ~ JK in NYC ~ Inner Light
Joel Ross ~ equinox ~ nublues
Chick Corea ~ Matrix ~ Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
Chick Corea ~ Friends ~ Friends
This episode is a recap of the Grammys awarded to jazz artists in various categories. What strikes me in this playlist is the wide range of styles and cultural influences that have melded in today's modern jazz. There is funk, R&B, Indian, Latin, jazz and folk music represented here. Congrats to all these artists on their Grammy awards.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer ~ Tradewinds Bengali ~ As We Speak
Shakti ~ Shrini’s Dream ~ This Moment
Billy Childs ~ The End of Innocence ~ The Winds of Change
Nicole Zuraitis ~ Reverie ~ How Love Begins
Samara Joy ~ Tight ~ Tight - Single
Meshell Ndegeocello ~ Burn Progression ~ The Omnichord Real Book
Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo ~ En La Soledad ~ El Arte Del Bolero, Vol. 2
Tracy Chapman ~ Fast Car ~ Tracy Chapman
Emma Rawicz ~ Rangwali ~ Chroma
A variety of music beginning with guitarists Wes Montgomery and Larry Coryell. That is followed by music from towns that I have resided in for most of my adult life, Hartford and San Diego. Also, the "Jazztodon" inspired track. We have new music from Vijay Iyer and Linda May Han Oh as well.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Wes Montgomery ~ Tequila ~ Tequila
Larry Coryell ~ Bumpin' on Sunset ~ The Power Trio
Gilbert Castellanos ~ Bilad as Sudan ~ Espérame En El Cielo
Mike DiRubbo ~ Scrollin' and Trollin' ~ Inner Light
Ken Peplowski & New York Trio ~ In the Middle of a Kiss ~ Stardust
Vijay Iyer ~ Overjoyed ~ Compassion
Linda May Han Oh ~ Phosphorus ~ The Glass Hours
Herbie Hancock ~ Oliloqui Valley ~ Empyrean Isles
This episode features iconic tracks that changed the direction of jazz music. Trane takes up the soprano, and Miles invents fusion. Lots of great stuff in between.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
John Coltrane ~ My Favorite Things ~ My Favorite Things
Sonny Rollins ~ Asiatic Raes ~ Newk's Time
Eddie Henderson ~ Why Not? ~ Witness to History
Joe Farrell ~ Time's Lie ~ Moon Germs
Miles Davis ~ Spanish Key ~ Bitches Brew
This week's playlist is mostly based on albums that were posted on Jazztodon.com . We begin with artists that you likely have never heard of, then transition into some of the jazz greats like Getz, McLean and Cannonball.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Muriel Grossmann ~ Knowledge and Wisdom ~ Devotion
Mitchum Yacoub ~ OB Joint ~ Living High in the Brass Empire
Joe Gordon ~ A Song for Richard ~ Lookin' Good!
Stan Getz ~ Times Lie ~ Captain Marvel
Lyle Mays ~ Ascent ~ Lyle Mays
Jackie McLean ~ You Don't Know What Love Is ~ Nature Boy
Cannonball Adderley ~ One For Daddy-O ~ Somethin' Else
This episode starts with a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as this show will air on MLK Day weekend. Following are some great tracks, most notably from Tommy Flanagan and Jackie McLean. The show ends with two versions of Mercy Street from the original Gabriel recording followed by Hancocks great cover.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Herbie Hancock ~ I Have a Dream ~ The Prisoner
Tommy Flanagan ~ Raincheck ~ Jazz Poet
Joe Gordon ~ Terra Firma Irma ~ Lookin' Good!
Christopher Hollyday ~ Everything Happens ~ Telepathy
Jackie McLean ~ Nature Boy ~ Nature Boy
Peter Gabriel ~ Mercy Street ~ So
Herbie Hancock ~ Mercy Street ~ The New Standard
We start this show (first of 2024) with a tribute to Les McCann. New music from Mike DiRubbo and fellow Hartford cat Matt Dwonszyk. Another Matt, Matt Hall brings us to the close with SFJazz Collective.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Les McCann & Eddie Harris ~ Cold Duck Time ~ Swiss Movement
Les McCann ~ Poo Pye McGoochie (And His Friends) ~ Invitation to Openness
Roberta Flack ~ Compared to What ~ First Take
Mike DiRubbo ~ The Muse ~ Inner Light
Matt Dwonszyk ~ Afro Blue ~ A Year and a Day
Matt Hall ~ No Going Back ~ I Hope to My Never
SFJAZZ Collective ~ Smokey ~ New Works & Classics Reimagined
Wishing you all a jazzy Happy New Year as we begin this episode with an aptly titled tune from Joshua Redman. As I look at this playlist, it is dominated by great guitarists including Bernstein, Scofield, McLaughlin and newcomer Andrew Renfroe... and more
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Joshua Redman ~ New Year ~ Still Dreaming
Mike DiRubbo ~ Inner Light ~ Inner Light
Andrew Renfroe ~ SPRINGS ~ Single
John Scofield ~ Mr. Tambourine Man ~ Uncle John's Band
John McLaughlin ~ Peace One ~ My Goals Beyond
Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein & Bill Stewart ~ FU Donald ~ Perpetual Pendulum
Todd Sickafoose ~ Prospects ~ Bear Proof
Hampton Hawes ~ Morning ~ On Contemporary: Hampton Hawes
This holiday episode of In The Groove begins with a few Christmas classics. Then we continue with some of my favorite 2023 releases, including ones from San Diego.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Chris Potter ~ O Come All Ye Faithful ~ A Concord Jazz Christmas
Marian McPartland ~ God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen ~ A Concord Jazz Christmas
Samara Joy ~ The Christmas Song ~ A Joyful Holiday
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society ~ Ferromagnetic ~ Dynamic Maximum Tension
Andrew Renfroe ~ FLUFFY ~ (Single)
Gilbert Castellanos ~ Home is Africa ~ Espérame En El Cielo
David Borgo ~ Aqaba ~ Pathika
David Whitman ~ Ode To Joe (feat. Bob Sheppard) ~ Ode To Joe
Peter Sprague ~ Wise One ~ Wise One: Peter Sprague Plays Coltrane
Continuing from last week's episode, we review some of my favorite releases from 2023. Besides long time favorites like Chris Potter and Billy Childs, there are newcomers on the scene producing great music. Tina Raymond, Miki Yamanaka, Lakecia Benjamin and Isaiah Thompson are represented here.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Chris Potter ~ Got the Keys to the Kingdom ~ Got the Keys to the Kingdom: Live at the Village Vanguard
Tina Raymond ~ The Emperor ~ Divinations
Billy Childs ~ Master of the Game ~ The Winds of Change
Miki Yamanaka & Mark Turner ~ Shades Of Rainbow ~ Shades of Rainbow
Lakecia Benjamin ~ Trane ~ Phoenix
Isaiah J. Thompson ~ The Soul Messenger (feat. Julian Lee, Philip Norris & Tj Reddick) ~ The Power of the Spirit
With so much music being released, it is nearly impossible to come up with a "Best Of" list for 2023. So here are some of my favorite recordings and other picks from Jazztodon.com.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
ARTEMIS ~ Lights Away from Home ~ In Real Time
Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band ~ Look to the Hills ~ Kings Highway
Eddie Henderson ~ Freedom Jazz Dance ~ Witness to History
Todd Sickafoose ~ Boom Bust Startup Ruin ~ Bear Proof
Jaimie Branch ~ Aurora Rising ~ Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
Jaimie Branch ~ Borealis Dancing ~ Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
Shakti ~ Mohanam ~ This Moment
Wayne Escoffery ~ Shuffle ~ Like Minds
SFJAZZ Collective ~ The Plains (Live) ~ New Works & Classics Reimagined
The bulk of this podcast episode is picks from Jazztodon.com. A jazz centric social media service that I post to exclusively. You can learn more about that through this episode while listening to some great tunes.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Michel Pérez ~ Falling In Love With Love ~ Toujours
John Coltrane Quartet ~ Wise One ~ Crescent
John Zorn ~ Piopio ~ O'o
Soft Machine ~ Other Doors ~ Other Doors
The Dave Brubeck Quartet ~ These Foolish Things ~ Live from the Northwest, 1959
Joe Farrell ~ The Jazz Crunch ~ Sonic Text
Weather Report ~ Boogie Woogie Waltz ~ Sweetnighter
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Another smooth jam! 👍
If you need to take it easy and you like jazz, I've been listening to this for a few weeks now and can't recommend it enough. It's an ideal tonic to the relentless pace of life.
This is the second week in a row I've put on a mixtape for my Monday morning; great choice! 👌
What a mixtape! 🔥 Perfect for my lockdown morning chill! 👍
Really need to get this track at 23mins. It's so sweet!
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Fantastic episode! The Tower of Power tracks are stupendous!
beautiful sounds, thank you for sharing.
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great music, thank you
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excellent... groovin with the groove!