Jazzism (a katzpheno mix)

Greetings All You Young Jazz Lovers! It is time for another expertly curated Jazz music podcast, and on this episode we take a closer look at the career of the incomparable drummer, pianist and composer Jack DeJohnette. As All Young Jazz Lovers know Jack DeJohnette transitioned from this earthly plane October 26th, 2025. He blessed us with 6 decades of artistry and left an indelible mark upon Jazz Culture Worldwide. Of course... we also hear from other Jazz greats as we once again revel in this music we so lovingly call Jazz. I am sure you will find something inside this hour to lift your spirits and color your world, I only ask that if you do...please pass the news about the podcast on to a deserving Young Jazz Lover you know. We gonna keep Jazzism rockin' til the cops come knockin'!! Enjoy, Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Jack DeJohnette Special Edition - PM's AM (1988) Michael Mayo - You and You (2021) Elijah Jamal Balbed - What Matters Most In Life (2015) David Ashkenazy - Children Of The Night (2021) Terri Lyne Carrington - Money Jungle (2013) McCoy Tyner - Bayou Fever (1979) Straight Ahead - Inner Thoughts (1995) Herlin Riley - New Direction (2016) Marquis Hill - Straight, No Chaser (2016) Geri Allen - Black Bottom (2004) Jack DeJohnette - Exotic Isles

Greetings All You Young Jazz Lovers! Jazzism (a katzpheno mix) has returned with yet another installment of the "best damn Jazz Music podcast on the internet." So glad you have found the time and place to enjoy my humble offering. This episode features "Nothing But The Best That The World Has To Offer In Jazz Music" so let the sounds take on a magical journey and "Expand Your Jazz-Like Mind, One Time." I do it all in service to "This Music We So Lovingly Call... Jazz." OK...I think that cover all my catch phrases. Just remember to "Keep Jazz In Your Life, Not Strife... And Everything Will Be Alright." Peace, Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Robert Glasper - 59 South (2009) Buster Williams - Audacity (2018) Ben Williams - Home (2011) Kamasi Washington - Leroy and Lanisha (2015) Tia Fuller - Lil Les (2012) Joanna Pascale - I Wanna Be Loved (2015) Terence Blanchard - Azania (2003) Horace Tapscott - To The Great House (1995) Danny Gatton - One For Lenny (1992) Kurt Elling - All Or Nothing At All (2009) Joe Chambers - Man From South Africa (2010)

Greetings All You Young Jazz Lovers! Another episode of the best damn Jazz music podcast on the internet has dropped, and this episode has drawn its inspiration from the world of film. A cinema masterpiece entitled "Sinners" hit theaters back in April of this year and ever since I can't seem to quench my desire for the blues (I also avoid the sunlight...strange). It's as if I have been seduced and placed under a spell! I wonder, is there such a thing as a Blues Vampire? If so...one must have bit me when I attended the Keb' Mo - Taj Mahal concert in June. Well, in any case... here it is y'all a bit of that voodoo that the Blues do so well. Enjoy!  Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Abbey Lincoln - The Music Is The Magic (2007) Mike Stern - Coupe De Ville (2009) Warren Wolf - Frankie & Johnny (2013) Herlin Riley - Wang, Dang, Doodle (2019) Charlie Hunter - We Don't Nobody Nobody Sent ( 2016) Jimmy Greene - No Words (2020) Randy Crawford & Joe Sample - Everyday I Have The Blues (2012) Charlie Haden, Paul Motain & Geri Allen - Blues In Motain (1987) Billy Cobham - Red Baron (1973) Allen Toussaint - Singin' The Blues (2009) Mack Avenue Superband - Test Of Time (2015) Joe Williams & Marlena Shaw - Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby (1989)

Greetings All You Young Jazz lovers! Brian Phoenix back again with another installement of Jazzism (a katzpheno mix).... one I am certain you are gonna dig the most! I entitled this episode "Work" for two reasons, one it is the title of a composition written by Thelonious Monk and included here on the podcast (performed by Chick Corea Trio), and because work is essential to life. Work gives us purpose and it sustains us. There is an inherient nobility in all forms of work. Work loses it's meaning only when the work being done is not done to the best ability of the worker. It loses its value when it is not properly compensated or valued by the end user (employer or customer). We all got work to do, my work is simple and is stated in my tagline - "Bringing You Nothing But The Best That The World Has To Offer In Jazz Music, This Is Jazzism" as well as in my mission statement "Rescuing Jazz Radio From The Blahs!" Good people, I love my job..... now if I could only get some monetary compensation for the work...that would be awesome. Enjoy the mix, Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Buster Williams - Where Giants Dwell (2018) Nicholas Payton - Levin's Lope (2021) Gregory Porter - Movin' (2013) Dave Holland Sextet - Pass It On (2008) Sonny Rollins - Clear-Cut Boogie (1998) Roy Ayers - Virgo Vibes (1967) Chick Corea Trio - Work (2013) Yellowjackets - An Informed Decision (2013) Cecile McLorin Salvant - The Underling (2015) Geri Allen - Baby, I Need Your Loving (2013) Herlin Riley - You Don't Know What Love Is (2019) Roberta Flack - Tenderly (1994)

Greetings All You Young Jazz Lovers, February 14th in the USA is officially Valentines Day, a day created by a small entrepenuer ages ago to... well, quite frankly sell more product. The origins seem to begin around 1850 in Massachusetts with a woman regarded as the mother of the American valentine - Esther Howland, the daughter of a stationer. She started making small Valentine cards made of layers of lace with printed images on them. She hired a bunch of local girls to create them at home in her parlor and sent them out with her brothers who were traveling salesmen and thus the Valentines Day card industry and eventual holiday, as we now know it was born.  Over the years consumers were told by the card makers that today is THE day to express your deepest romantic notions to that special someone. Oh, and by the way these same greeting card companies just happened to have the perfect sentiment printed on a card, just in case you are at a loss for words to offer to your love interest. Neat, huh? Pretty soon candy makers and florists were in on the bit and quicker than a stolen kiss an industry was born. "Love for sale, appetizing young love for sale." Now of course all young jazz lovers know TRUE LOVE cannot be bought nor sold, but there's no reason you should miss out on all the fun! So, with that in mind I offer (at no charge) my specially curated romantic Jazz filled soundtrack to compliment your romantic rendezvous for two. You'll have to supply the wine and candles.  Love ya, mean it!  -  Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix  featuring: Sting - I Burn For You (2010) Ahn Trio - My Funny Valentine (2008) Eliane Elias - Sabia (1990) Angela Bofill - Song For A Rainy Day (1983) Kenny Garrett - Lullaby Of Isfahan (1990) Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - In A Sentimental Mood (1962) Nneena Freelon - Inside A Silent Tear (1998) Bobby Watson & Horizon - P.D. On Great Jones Street (1990) Herbie Hancock - Norweigan Wood (1995) Michael Henderson - Stay With Me This Summer (1976) The Guilherme-Campos-Monteiro Quintet - One Cloud (1999) Joshua Redman - Twilight...and Beyond (2000)  

Welcome to the first podcast of 2025!! I apologize for the long wait but sometimes life as we all know... be lifin' and before ya know it 3 months whiz by and you find yourself in a new calendar year. 2025 is setting up to be a "doozy" so a musical escape may just be the thing to get us through. Besides, one of the many taglines of Jazzism (a katzpheno mix) is "Keep Jazz In Your Life, Not Strife and Everything Will Be Alright!" So, with that in mind.... enjoy the mix! Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band - "Along Came Betty" (2005) Steve Khan - "Change Agent" (2011) Carmen Souza - "Song For My Father" (2010) Harold Lopez-Nussa - "Africa" (2016) Groove Collective (featuring: Chucho Valdes) - "Stargazer" (2001) Eliane Elias - "Waters Of March" (1990) Al Jarreau - "Summer Breezin'" (2014) Al Di Meola - "Azucar" (2006) Stefon Harris (featuring: David Sanchez & Christian Scott) - "Congo" (2011) Chick Corea Akoustic Band - "Spain" (1989) Michel Camilo - "Rice and Beans" (2011) John Klemmer - "Tropical Snowflake" (1979)

Welcome once more to an exploration into Jazz Culture! This episode, naturally brings you nothing but the best that the world has to offer in Jazz music and a little bit more! With Jazzism 17.5 we begin a new segment I am calling Jazz Music Matters.  For that past few months now I have been developing traction on the hashtag #jazzmusicmatters via Facebook and Instagram and now I take the next step by posing the question to young jazz lovers as I go out and about enjoying this music at live events. On this episode I spoke with audiences at The DC Jazzfest and the responses I got were phenomenal. So for me, and hopefully for you as well, this episode of Jazzism (a katzpheno mix) is indeed Very Special. Enjoy! Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Terri Lyne Carrington - Very Special (2013) Ben Williams - Home (2011) Herlin Riley - A Spring Fantasy (2016) Chris Greene Quartet - The Missing Part (2014) Stefon Harris - And This Too Shall Pass (2011) Raul Midon - Wall Of Indifference (2024) Gary Batz - I Concentrate On You (2012) Russell Malone - Little B's Poem (2017) Gloria Lynne - Joey, Joey, Joey (1965) Patrice Rushen - Cherry Blossom (1990) Branford Marsalis Quartet - Jabberwocky (2009)

Pass it on, Pass on the good vibes, pass on the love, pass on the joy, that is what I do with my humble podcast, I pass on all the good stuff I have to you... my loyal listeners. All I ask in return is that you share the podcast, the good vibe, the love and the joy to the people you know. Enjoy the mix, Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Tony Williams - Takin' My Time (1985) Billy Childs - Leimert Park (2020) The Cookers - Priestess (2010) Benito Gonzalez - Father (2021) Joanna Pascale - I'm Confessin' That I Love You (2015) Medeski, Martin & Wood - Your Lady (2000) George Benson - No Sooner Said Than Done (1974) Nicholas Payton - Hangin' And Jivin' (2021) Gregory Porter - On My Way To Harlem (2012) Dave Holland Sextet - Pass It On (2008) Eric Reed - Cheryl Ann (2023)  

Greetings once again, all you young Jazz lovers! Another installment of the best damn Jazz music podcast on internet has arrived! Just in time to save Jazz radio from the blahs!! This episode encourages fanatics of this culture to actively participate in showing their fantacism by getting out to a favorite Jazz venue and enjoy this true american artform as it was intended... live and in living color! Now as much as I love the fact that you choose to spend an hour or so of your precious time enjoying my specially curated playlist, I also recognize that man and woman cannot live by podcast alone. So... it's ok, go out and enjoy the music without me, don't worry I won't be jealous. In fact, if look over at a darkened corner table of most any Jazz club... you just might see me there as well, smiling. Enjoy, Brian "katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Christian Scott - Jenacide (2010) Marc Cary - Beehive (2015) Herlin Riley - Wings & Roots (2019) McCoy Tyner featuring Marc Ribot - 500 Miles (2008) Nnenna Freelon - You And The Night And The Music (2010) Miles Davis - Stella By Starlight (1958) Harvey Mason - Black Frost (2014) Marcus Miller - Cee-Tee-Eye (2012) The Rongetz Foundation featuring Saunders Sermon - Firefly Groove (2010) Yellowjackets - Rosemary (2011) David Sanborn - Tin Tin Deo (2005)  

Welcome to Season 17 of Jazzism (a katzpheno mix).... as always there is more Jazz music love here than you know what to do with, as I continue my quest to bring All You Young Jazz Lovers  - Nothing But The Best That The World Has To Offer In Jazz Music.  Those of course are my trademark slogans. In any event this is the maiden voyage of 2024 so, all aboard the seas are calm and we have a steady wind blowing to take us anywhere we choose to go. Sail On, Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Billy Childs - The Starry Night (2017) Ahmad Jamal - Invitation (2012) Terri Lyne Carrington & Nona Hendryx - Transformation (2011) Bobby Hutcherson - Hey Harold (2014) Nicholas Payton - Back To The Source (1998) Christian Scott - Uncrown Her (2017) Lee Morgan - You Go To My Head (1965) Tia Fuller - Lil Les (2012) Branford Marsalis & Kurt Elling - Long As You're Living (2016) Joe Chambers - Mirrors (1998) Stefon Harris & Blackout - Langston's Lullaby (2009)  

The Final Episode of 2023 Fellas break out the tux, Ladies don your favorite ballroom attire...we going out Big Band Style! Happy New Year!!! Enjoy, Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Roy Hargrove Big Band - Mambo For Roy (2009) The Chad Rager Modern Big Band - Straight, No Chaser (2008) Deborah Cox - I Don't Hurt Anymore (2007) Dizzy Gillespie & His orchestra - Birk's Works (1950) Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Tea For Two (1956) Tito Puente & His Orchestra - Cha Cha Cha Mambo (1999) Nat King Cole - Unforgettable (1951) Mack Avenue Superband - Decisive Steps (2016) Patti Austin - Lady Be Good (2006) Quincy Jones - Killer Joe (1969) Sammy Davis, Jr. - In The Still Of The Night (1963) Chick Webb & His Orchestra featuring: Ella Fitzgerald - Undecided (1940)

As you may know by now... I use the title of one of the tunes from the episodes playlist, as the title of the episode. It's my attempt to tie the songs to the show and keep it all about the music, the thing I love. It is also, in most cases, a nod to a great composer or performer, in this instance it is both. The title of the episode is "Jitterbug Waltz" penned by a truly remarkable and prolific composer, stride piano player, showman, broadway hitmaker and King of Harlem - Thomas "Fats" Waller. The title is also a nod to the performer Jason Moran, a fellow remarkable pianist and composer like "Fats" Waller. Jason Moran, who is currently the Kennedy Center Artistic Director for Jazz, deconstructs the well known composition "Jitterbug Waltz" as a closing track on this episode.  Plus, I get the added bonus of a cool title that is instantly recognizable and likely to get the audiences attention. I am fighting for those "likes" y'all!! So, like the show, subscribe to it and dance like ya' got jitterbugs in yo' pants! Peace, Brian "katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Herlin Riley - Twelve's It (2019) Gregory Porter - Lonesome Lover (2013) The Roy Hargrove Quintet - Strasbourg/St. Denis (2008) Ben Williams - Black Villian Music (2015) Stefano Bollani - Impro IV (2006) Warren Wolf - The Struggle (2020) Woody Shaw - Why? (1978) Tawanda - Smile/I'm All Smiles (2022) Chick Corea & Gary Burton - No Mystery (2008) Kenny Garrett - Wiggins (2012) Christian Scott - Liberation Over Gangsterism (2015) Jason Moran - Jitterbug Waltz (2014)    

Fall is in the air, the leaves are changing into their vibrant hues of brown, orange, yellow and red. Pumpkin spice has been sprinkled on everything edible and infused in aroma candles and therapy. Raincoats and sweater come out of the closet and a new covid 19 booster is available at the druggist. You gotta love it!! One of my favorite traditions is also taking place this fall.... HOMECOMING. I will celebrate in one way or another my alma mater (HU You KNOW!!), by enjoy the game (Go BISON), strolling on to the yard and greeting old friends and classmates, and of course by taking in some live Jazz!! Yes, as I have said many times before... Jazz music is a dish best served live, however if you can't make it to the club or the theater Jazzism (a katzpheno mix) is the next best thing. It even sounds better when enjoying a warm Pumpkin Spiced Latte. Fall in love with Jazz music this Homecoming.   Enjoy the mix, Brain "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Common Knowledge - It Came To Me (2015) The Anthony Smith Quartet - Highway One (2013) Dave Holland Octet - How's Never? (2010) Norah Jones - It's A Wonderful Time For Love (2016) Joe Sample - Invitation (1993) Kevin Mahogany - Double Rainbow (1993) Esperanza Spalding - Mela (2008) Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - What Know (1960) Nicholas Payton - Hangin' In & Jivin' (2021) Chris Potter - Stranger At The Gate (2013)

There is PAST cool... you know flat tops, shell toe adidas, standing on the corner in a b-boy stance. There is CURRENT cool... guys rockin' twin braids with a fade...everyone keeping their drip right...girls with the bantu knots...and food that is bussin' Then there is NEW cool.... what is it?? JAZZIM (a katzpheno mix) that's what it is, that's what this episode represents, all of it - cool of the PAST, cool of the CURRENT and NEW . NO CAP!!!   Enjoy, Brian "katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Ben Williams - Home (2011) Buster Williams - Triumph (2018) Gregory Porter - The Way You Want To Live (2012) Joshua Redman - Un Peu Fou (2009) Marc Cary - Appointment In Ghana (2006) Joe Lovano Us Five - Powerhouse (2009) Ahmad Jamal - Patterns (1970) Kamasi Washington - My Family (2018) Cecil McLorin Salvant - I Didn't Know What Time It Was (2013) Murray, Allen & Carrington Power Trio - The Nurturer (2016) Christian Scott - Of A New Cool (2015)

This is the fourth episode of 2023 and this one is designed to give you Something To Consider. Consider how to keep your like In The Flow. What is meant by... "in the flow"? Listen and learn young grasshopper, listen and learn. Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Next Collective - Africa (2013) Chick Corea Trio - Alice In Wonderland (2014) Elijah Jamal Balbed - What Matters Most - In Life (2015) Katreese - Something To Consider (2016) 4-Sight - In The Flow (1998) Ben Williams - Toy Soldiers (2015) Orrin Evans - A Secret Place (2015) Geri Allen - Baby I Need Your Loving (2013) Bobby McFerrin - Moondance (1982) Cyrus Chestnut - U.M.M.G. (2014) Jerry Gonzalez - Tenderly (2010) Herlin Riley - Be There When I Get There (2019)          

Wayne Shorter Lives! Space traveller....the space between the notes. He was The Phantom Navigator aka Emanon aka Mr. Gone aka Mr. Weird. The celebration continues..... into the cosmos! Enjoy, Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Wayne Shorter - Adam's Apple (1966) Weather Report - Elegant People (1975) Weather Report - Lusitanos (1976) Weather Report - Palladium (1977) Wayne Shorter - Maya (1994) Wayne Shorter Quartet - Adventure Aboard The Golden Mean (2005) Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Sakeena's Vision (1960) Miles Davis Quintet - Pinocchio (1968) Miles Davis Quintet - Paraphenalia (1968) Wayne Shorter - Infant Eyes (1965) Wayne Shorter - Who Goes There! (1985)    

Yet another installment of the best damn Jazz Music podcast on the internet! On this episode...more good music and my reflections on the passing of the most unique composer in modern Jazz history, and a damn strong saxophonist to boot - Mr. Wayne Shorter.   Enjoy, Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Cyrus Chestnut - Two Heartbeats (2014) Dave Douglas - The View From Blue Mountain (2009) Harold Lopez Nussa - Inspiracion en Connecticut (2016) Pat Metheny - Breakdealer (2012) Nneena Freelon - The Lamp Is Low (2010) Greg Osby - All Neon Like (2002) Robert Gasper - Downtime (2009) Jose James - Love (2008) Tony Williams - Angel Street (1988) Donald Harrison - Well You Needn't (2004) Wayne Shorter - Virgo Rising (1994)

Slide, slide, slippitty slide, forget about your troubles and your your 9 to 5, let's all get together, listen to Jazzism and let it ride. Come along on another fantastic voyage. Enjoy, Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: John McLaughlin - 1 4 U (2008) Hiromi's Sonicbloom - Time Out (2007) Harvey Mason - Either Way (2014) Esperanza Spalding - Noble Nobles (2016) Nicholas Payton - Let It Ride (2008) Sphere - Isfahan (1998) Idris Muhammad - By The Red Sea (1971) Jose James - Park Bench People (2008) Herlin Riley - The Crossbar (2016) Chick Corea Trio - Fingerprints (2013) Mark Egan - Gratitude (2015)

" I think being in love with life is a key to eternal youth" - Doug Hutchinson "What though youth gave love and roses, age still leaves us friends and wine" - Thomas Moore   I once heard a young man say.... "A bell's not a bell until you ring it, a song's not a song until you sing it. Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, love's not love until you give it away" - Oscar Hammerstein II Enjoy the mix, Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix   featuring: Bobby Hutcherson - 8/4 Beat (1994) Christian Scott - Of A New Cool (2015) The Rongetz Foundation featuring Lilli Cooper - Marshmallow Throne (2015) Ravi Coltrane - One Wheeler Will (2007) Pat Metheny - Roof Dogs (2012) The Cookers - Farewell Mulgrew (2014) Clifford Brown - Wail Bait (1956) Christian McBride - Youthful Bliss (1995) Terri Lyne Carrington - Wig Wise (2013) Kurt Elling - Autumn Serenade (2009) Ben Williams - Lost & Found (2015) Fred Hersch Trio - Whirl (2010)

[Originally posted 03/37/2022] These are no doubt trying times.  A relentless virus is plauging the world of humans. According to the website "Worldometer" the most recent death toll attributed to the covid 19 coronavirus is over 6 million people. Truckers obviously despise being healthy and to prove it, jammed up traffic across the US/Canadian border in protest to mandates requiring citizens place a small piece of protective cloth across their nose and mouth (aka masks) that will help reduce the spread of covid 19 while keeping themselves and their loved ones healthy. Nope. Extreme weather caused by global climate changes is causing wildfires, earthquakes and floods all over the planet. In related news, no one has seen or heard from Waldo. Russia is reeking havoc, killing thousands of people and creating a new refugee crisis via an unprovoked war on their nieghbor, the sovereign nation of Ukraine. To combat this terrible aggression the United States and other countries have imposed strict government sanctions and have  also frozen the assets of Russian oligarchs who sadly can no longer party like rock stars on their billion dollar yachts. That'll teach those Russkies!! Worst of all - I haven't posted a Jazzism podcast since January. WTF!!! Today that last bit changes. Here my friends, because we all need it - is your moment of Zen! Enjoy, Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Bobby Hutcherson - Teddy (2014)  Rene Marie - Stronger Than You Think (2016) Kurt Rosenwinkel - Chromatic B (2017) Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band - Along Came Betty (2005) Kenny Garrett - Gwoka (2006) Wallace Roney - Inflorescent (2007) Bill Evans - Gary's Theme (1977) Terence Blanchard - Him Or Me (2009) Elijah Jamal Balbed - From The Streets To The Mansion (2015) David Murray featuring Gregory Porter - About The Children (2013) Chris Greene Quartet - The Missing Part (2014)