FreeFall w/David Bassin

Colectiva - Eero - Colectiva (Brownswood)Mark de Clive-Lowe & The Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra - Relax... Unwind - Take The Space Trane (Tru Thoughts)Ife Ogunjobi - East Street Market - Tell Them, I'm Here (Out Of (The) Blue)Dave McMurray - The Jungaleers - I Love Life Even If I'm Hurting (Blue Note)The Free Design - Close Your Mouth (It's Christmas) The Redesigned Originals, Recorded by The Free Design (1967-70) (El)Hot Club Of Detroit - Skating - It's Christmas On Mack Avenue (Mack Avenue)Phil Upchurch - Darkness, Darkness - Darkness Darkness (Blue Thumb)Women In Jazz - Dreamer (with Madeline) - Women In Jazz (Women In Jazz x New Soil)Georgie Sweet - This Christmas (First Word)Gnork - Warmed Up (ft. Jazzbois) - Gnork Meets The Jazzbois (In Random Places) (Blunt Shelter)Emma Rawicz - Anima Rising - Inkyra (ACT)Modern Sound Quartet - Aglioi - Erbe Selvatiche - Italian Library Breaks (Four Flies)Oreglo - Red Shift - THE WHIRR (Brownswood)Snarky Puppy - Recurrent - Somni (GroundUP)Otis Redding - Merry Christmas, Baby [Take 1] - Christmas In Soulsville (Stax)Albert King - Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin' - Christmas In Soulsville (Stax)Jimmy Jules - Xmas Done Got Funky - Santa's Funk & Soul Christmas Party (Tramp)Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Ain't No Chimneys In The Projects - Soul Time! (Daptone)James Brown - Go Power At Christmas Time - The Complete James Brown Christmas (Polydor)Jimmy Smith - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Christmas Jazz (Verve)Soul Saints - Santa's Got A Bag Of Soul - Badd Santa (Stones Throw)Waan - We Want Waan - We Want Waan (Sonar Kollektiv)WITCH - Once In A Lifetime (BBE)Michal Urbaniak - Seresta - Fusion (Sony)Konrad Ciesielski - Out Of Gravity - Koniec (mindses)Tom Waits - Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis - Blue Valentine (Epitaph) This program has been edited from the original broadcast.

This week we remembered the late Steve Cropper, warmed up the studio with the latest from Temporary Blessings, Cosmic Keys, Lettuce, Women In Jazz, Flea, and The Gangtet, then set the airwaves ablaze with chestnuts from Bobbi Humphrey, Cannonball Adderly, Harvey Mandel, Astrud Gilberto, and more!Playlist: https://kxsf.fm/schedule/Click on Tuesday's 10-noon slot> FreeFall w/David Bassin This program has been edited from the original broadcast.

We fought off the chill this week with a massive selection of classics from the likes of Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Charles Lloyd, Gary Burton, and McCoy Tyner, plus the latest from Waan, Jimi Tenor, Muriel Grossmann, DoomCannon, Adrian Sherwood and more….brrrr!Playlist: https://kxsf.fm/schedule/Click on Tuesday's 10-noon slot> FreeFall w/David Bassin This program has been edited from the original broadcast.

Our pre-Thanksgiving program was turkey-free and was all about the sauce. Feast your ears on the latest from Snarky Puppy, Run Logan Run, Black Jesus Experience, Takuro Okada, and Martin Bejerano, plus Stefon Harris, Theo Croker, Emma-Jean Thackray, Jimmy Cliff and more. Wishing everyone a great holiday!Playlist: https://kxsf.fm/schedule/Click on Tuesday's 10-noon slot> FreeFall w/David Bassin This program has been edited from the original broadcast.

The beats were tight and the vibe was warm on this week’s program, with an emphasis on new jazz from Brandon Sanders, Love Square, James Allsopp, Levitation Orchestra, Stargazers and SML, along with classics from Mongo Santamaria, Open Sky Unit, The Blackbyrds, and Ray Charles, plus Sampa The Great, Moonchild, Jerk, Soulparlor and more!Playlist: https://kxsf.fm/schedule/Click on Tuesday's 10-noon slot> FreeFall w/David Bassin This program has been edited from the original broadcast.

Despite it being Election Day, the focus was all about the music, with 99.9% jazz, both new and old. Included in the mix: Makaya McCraven, Billy Cobham, Zeitgeber, Steve Dyer, Kamasi Washington, Brian Jackson and Shunzo Ohno, just to name a few!Playlist: https://kxsf.fm/schedule/Click on Tuesday's 10-noon slot> FreeFall w/David Bassin This program has been edited from the original broadcast.

On FreeFall 1149, we celebrated both the living (Nick Marks, Muriel Grossmann, Michael Bradford, Yazmin Lacey, Lafayette Gilchrist), and the departed (Jack DeJohnette, Hermeto Pascoal, Klaus Doldinger, D’Angelo, Anthony Jackson) and tossed in a few spooktacular tunes for good measure!Playlist: https://kxsf.fm/schedule/Click on Tuesday's 10-noon slot> FreeFall w/David Bassin This program has been edited from the original broadcast.

It was a hot day in S.F. and so were the excellent new albums that kept the show aflame, including highlights from Pharoah Sanders, Gary Bartz, Omasta, Saint Maur, and Temporary Blessings, plus some funky favorites from Fat Produce, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Kylie Auldist, Antibalas, Alex Nut, and too many more to mention! This program has been edited from the original broadcast.

We served up plenty of new jazz and beat-friendly jams this week from DoomCannon, Terence Blanchard, Muriel Grossmann, Butcher Brown, Ruby Rushton, Christopher McBride, Alfa Mist and more…hit the link below for the full playlist!Playlist: https://kxsf.fm/schedule/Click on FreeFall w/David Bassin in Tuesday's 10-noon slot This program has been edited from the original broadcast.

We packed in a lot of music on today’s program, including the latest from Ruby Rushton, Stargazers, Call Sender, Mulatu Astatke, Langendorf United, Bitchin Bajas, Cochema, Asta Hiroki, and Obey, just to name a few. Check them out, along with another 17 tracks, right here!Playlist: https://kxsf.fm/schedule/Click on FreeFall w/David Bassin in Tuesday's 10-noon slot This program has been edited from the original broadcast.

The weather was hot, and so was the playlist for our first show of the fall season! Included were new sounds from Don Was & The Pan Detroit Ensemble, Antibalas, Thundercat, Tommaso Cappellato, Phil Manzanera & Andy Mackay, MEUTE, 2000black, Nils Petter Molvær, and many more!Playlist: https://kxsf.fm/schedule/Click on FreeFall w/David Bassin in Tuesday's 10-noon slot This program has been edited from the original broadcast.

We showcased some fantastic new releases this week from Ledisi, Kassa Overall, The Diasonics, Levitation Orchestra, Eje Eje, Aki Rissanen, and dublon, plus Steam Down, Nate Smith, Telepathic Moon Dance and more!Playlist: https://kxsf.fm/schedule/Click on FreeFall w/David Bassin in Tuesday's 10-noon slot This program has been edited from the original broadcast.

Week 2 of our fundraiser included music from La Chooma, Petter Eldh, Anushka, Steam Down, Josef Leimberg, Demae, Mal Waldron, Roy Ayers, and more!Playlist: https://kxsf.fm/schedule/Click on FreeFall w/David Bassin in Tuesday's 10-noon slot This program has been edited from the original broadcast.

There was a lot of talking during today’s program, but for a good reason - we kicked off our 7th Anniversary Fundraiser to raise the donations that will help keep us on the air for another year. In and around my voice were the sounds of Ebi Soda, Kyoto Jazz Sextet, Chip Wickham, Cochema, Poppy Daniels, Trombone Shorty, Funkwrench Blues, and many others. While you’re listening, head to KXSF.FM/SUPPORT and contribute to ensure FreeFall and our other fine shows remain on the airwaves!Playlist: kxsf.fm/schedule This program has been edited from the original broadcast.

As promised, we went heavy on the jazz with the sounds of Gato Barbieri, Mulatu Astake, Weldon Irvine, Ancient Infinity Orchestra, Azar Lawrence, and a sneak peek at the new album from Donny McCaslin….playlist link below!Playlist: kxsf.fm/schedule This program has been edited from the original broadcast.

 FreeFall 1140 was packed with incredible new sounds from Chicago Underground Duo, Waan, Ebi Soda, Emma Dayhuff,  Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, Christian McBride Big Band and many more! Playlist link below:Playlist: https://spinitron.com/m/playlist/view/21103640  This program has been edited from the original broadcast.

Ill Considered - Canna Sutra - Balm (New Soil)Organic Pulse Ensemble - Have Nots & Have Lots - Oppression Is Nine Tenths Of The Law (RR Gems)Marysia Osu - care to care (feat. Plumm) (Oliver Palfreyman rework) - harps, beats, & dreams reworks (Brownswood)Jordan Rakei - Mad World - Live From The Royal Albert Hall (Decca)Mark de Clive-Lowe - Day by Day - Six Degrees (Universal Jazz)Cochemea - Ancestros Futuros - Vol. III: Ancestros Futuros (Daptone)Adrian Younge & Ali Shaeed Muhammad - Eletricidade - Dom Salvador JID024 (Jazz Is Dead)Tidiani Koné - Djanfa Magni (La Trahison N'est Pas Bonne) - Tidiani Kone et le T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo (Albarika Store)London Afrobeat Collective - Prime Minister (Captain Planet Rmx) - Captain Planet Presents: Through the Wire: Remixes 2012-2015 (Bastard Jazz)Oliver Night - Run Like The River (ft. Trev) (Tru Thoughts)Charles Tolliver - Lil's Paradise - Strata-East: The Legacy Begins (Mack Avenue)George Burton - Heard But Not Seen - White Noise (Porge)Frob - La Sieste - Bellaphon Bubblers: A Journey From Jazz To Krautrock (Bellaphon)Joe Alterman - Shamading - Electric Cornbread (SS)Ari Joshua - Pork Fat (Music Factory)Wild Iris Brass Band - Eye Of The Cyclops - Way Up Ear Up (Ear Up)The Circling Sun - Constellation - Orbits (Soundway)Weldon Irvine - Marjorie Moon - In Harmony (Nature Sounds / Nodlew)War - Low Rider - Why Can't We Be Friends (Avenue)The Jazzinvaders - Little Sunflower (ft. Dr. Lonnie Smith) - Live at LantarenVenster (Social Beats)Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra - Theme From Route 66 - The Golden Age Of American Popular Music: The Jazz Hits (Ace) This program has been edited from the original broadcast.

Chuck Mangione - Land Of Make Believe - Land Of Make Believe (Mercury)Carl Craig - At Les - Desire: The Carl Craig Story (Planet E)Kez YM - Watchin - Favorite Pastime Groove (Kezu Yama Shokai)DoomCannon - The Truth (jazz re:freshed)Jethro Tull - Bouree (2016 Steven Wilson Remix) - Still Living In The Past (Parlophone)Chip Wickham - Drifting - The Eternal Now (Gondwana)Vilnius JJAZZ Ensemble - Oxygen Starvation - Odd Numbers (JJA)Albert Mangelsdorff Quintet - Now Jazz Ramwong - Bellaphon Bubblers: A Journey From Jazz To Krautrock (Bellaphon)Robert Glasper - Jesus Children (ft. Lalah Hathaway & Malcom Jamal Warner) - Black Radio 2 (Blue Note)Lady Blackbird - When The Game Is Played On You - Crooked Spiritual Remixes (Foundation)David Axelrod - The Edge - The Edge: David Axelrod At Capitol Records 1977-1970 (EMI)Talking Heads - Take Me To The River - More Songs About Buildings & Food (Warner/Rhino)Curtis Mayfield - Superfly - Superfly (Curtom)Cookin' On 3 Burners - Keb's Bucket - Brunswick St. Breakdown (Soul Messin')Fusion Funk Foundation, Lo Greco Bros, & Soulstance - Tumbling - When You Feel This Funk (Irma)Porfi Jimenez - Miami (Retro Roland Remix) (Matsuna)Romero Bros - Samba De Flora - Totally Wired...A New Collection From Acid Jazz (Acid Jazz UK)Fat Produce - No Way (F-Spot)Tom Lehrer - The Masochism Tango - The Rest Of Tom Lehrer (Shout!)Tom Lehrer - The Elements - More Of Tom Lehrer (Shout!)Mádé Kuti - Take It All In Before The Lights Go Out - Chapter 1: Where Does Happiness Come From? (Mádé Kuti)Theon Cross - Candace Of Meroe - Affirmations (Live At Blue Note New York) (New Soil)LTF - Sabbatical - Fine Tuning (Tunes Delivery) This program has been edited from the original broadcast.

Donny McCaslin - Celestial - Lullaby For The Lost (Edition)Brian Jackson - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (ft. Black Thought) - It's Your World (BBE)Pino Palladino & Blake Mills - Taka - That Wasn't A Dream (Impulse!)Plunky - In Due Time - Made Through Ritual (Strut)Lakecia Benjamin - Noble Rise (Ropeadope)The Afronauts - Dawina - Cosmic Griots (Agencja Perspektywy)Donald Byrd - Lansana's Priestess - Street Lady (Blue Note)The Jade - At the Queensboro - Love Harder (Lovemonk)Chip Wickham - Nara (ft. Peach) - The Eternal Now (Gondwana)Gregory Porter - Dry Bones - The Heat Is On (UMG)Kassa Overall - REBIRTH OF SLICK (COOL LIKE DAT) - CREAM (Warp)Ebi Soda - when pluto was a planet and everything was cool - frank, dean & andrew (Tru Thoughts)The Sorcerers - Echoes Of Earth - Other Worlds & Habitats (ATA)Matthew Herbert & Momoko - More and More - Clay (Strut)Nectar Woode - When The Rain Stops - it's like I never left (Since93)De-Phazz - Hotel Grand Moondial - Luck You! (Phazzadelic)Madison McFerrin - Ain't It Nice - Scorpio (MadMcFerrin)Belleruche - 5-Fold (Hippoflex)Erik Deutsch - Saddest Day In Paradise - This Was Then (Hammer & String)The Circling Sun - Teeth - Orbits (Soundway)Feed LA - Fast Cash (Up in Stratosphere) - More Feed (MIghty Eye)Sun Ra - Door Of The Cosmos - Sleeping Beauty (Art Yard)GoGo Penguin - Naga Ghost - Necessary Fictions (XXIM)Sly5thAve - California Love (feat. Cory Henry) - The Invisible Man: An Orchestral Tribute to Dr. Dre (Tru Thoughts) This program has been edited from the original broadcast.

It’s a wrap - our last show before summer vacation is in the books and available for your listening enjoyment. On today’s program we broadcast the sounds of The Blue Nile, GoGo Penguin, WITCH, Skinny Hightower, Frank Sinatra, Littlefingers, Roxy Music, David Bowie, Kez YM and more. Have a great July - see you back on the 22nd!Playlist: https://spinitron.com/m/playlist/view/20810841Listen wherever you get your podcasts! This program has been edited from the original broadcast.