Featuring: Jimmy Lyons/"Premonitions"/Other Afternoons/1969 Mary Lou Williams/"Corny Rhythm"/Jazz Pioneers Comp/1936 Duke Jordan/"Dexterity"/East and West of Jazz/1962 Oliver Nelson/"Ostinado"/Meet Oliver Nelson/1959 Henry Red Allen/"Everybody Shout"/With Luis Nelson Vol 3/1930 Richard Groove Holems/"Blues For Yna Yna"/Living Soul/1966 Ma Rainey/"Honey, Where You Been So Long"/Broken Hearted Blues/1923 Red Garland/"Solar"/Crossings/1978 Tad Dameron/"Tiny's Blues"/Tad Dameron Band/1948 Nat Add...
Howdy folks it's the first new episode since 2023!!! Featuring: Booker Little/"Moods In Free Time"/Out Front/1965 World Saxophone Quartet/"Touchic"/Live in Zurich/1984 Edmund Hall Swingtet/"It's Been So Long"/Complete BlueNote Sessions/1944 Clifford Jordan/"Laconia"/Cliff Craft/1957 Sam Most/"The Humming Blues"/Flute Flight/1976 Frank Wess+Frank Foster/"Dill Pickles"/2 Franks Please/1956 Noble Sissle Orchestra/"Loveless Love"/ST/1930 Ornette Coleman/"Zig Zag"/Empty Foxhole/1966 Lester Bowie/"...
Featuring: Wayne Shorter/"Witch Hunt"/Speak No Evil/1966 Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson/"House of Joy"/Roomfull of Blues/1982 Dolo Coker/"Jumping Jacks"/California Hard/1978 Henry "Red" Allen/"Ain't She Sweet"/Ride Red Ride/1957 Art Farmer/"Naima"/Listen To/1962 Johnny Dodds/"Oh Lizzie Take 1"/Spirt of New Orleans/1927 Milford Graves + Don Pullen/"PGIV"/Nomo/1966 Yusef Lateef/5th&6th Movement/Suite 16/1970 Dirty Dozen Brass Band/"Who Took the Happiness Out?"/Live/1985 Benny Carter/"Walking Thi...
The "All Solo Piano" Episode Featuring: Thelonius Monk Art Tatum Kieth Jarrett Randy Weston James P Johnson Cecil Taylor Fats Waller Dollar Brand Earl Hines Andrew Hill Mal Waldron
Featuring: David Newman/"Ain't That Good News"/Bigger & Better/1968 Thad Jones + Mel Lewis/"Don't Get Sassy"/Live at the Village Vanguard/1967 King Oliver/"Edna"/King Oliver in NY/1930 Bud Powell Trio/"Off Minor"/1950 John Coltrane/"Little Melanae"/Settin' the Pace/1958 Jack McDuff + Willis Jackson/"3 Little Words"/Together Again/1965 Gil Evans (Cecil Taylor)/"Bulbs"/Into the Hot/1962 Bessie Smith/"Backwater Blues"/Golden Era Series Vol 4/1927 Andre Previn & Friends/"It's a Bore"/Gig...
Another special "all Ornette Coleman" episode in celebration of Shane Schneider's birthday on May 27th.
Featuring: Steve Lacey/Reflections/"Four In One"/1959 Mal Waldron/Moods/"Happiness"/1978 Eddie "Cleanhead"Vinson/Cleanhead's Back in Town/"Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby"/1957 Charlie Parker/Now's The Time/"The Song Is You"/1952 Johnny Hodges/Ellingtonia/"Midriff"/1946 Max Roach + 4/Live at Newport/"Minor Mode"/1958 Earl Hines/Plays Duke Ellington/"C Jam Blues"/1971 Jimmy Lunceford Orchestra/For Dancers Only/"Ragging the Scale"/1937 Revolutionary Ensemble/ST/"Chicago"/1977 Arthur Blythe/E...
The Shane Schneider Memorial episode, featuring tracks exclusively from his collection. 1)James Blood Ulmer/"Moon Shines"/Tales of Captain Black '78 2)Brotzmann/Bennink/"No.3"/Ein Halber Hund Kann Nicht Pinkeln '77 3)Roscoe Mitchell/"Nonaah"/Solo Saxophone Concerts '73 4)Andrew Cyrille/"The Loop"/The Loop '78 5)Ornette Coleman/"Him and Her"/Of Human Feelings '79 6)John Coltrane/"Peace on Earth"/Concert in Japan '66 7)Heiner Goebbels/Alfred 23 Harth/"Lightning Over Moscow"/Live Victoria...
Featuring the music of Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Laugh for Rory/Inflanted Tear 68 Meeting on Termini's Corner/Dominoe 62 Giant Steps/5000lb Man/75 Roland's Theme/Triple Threat 56 One Ton/Volunteerd Slavery/68 Hip Chops/Gifts & Messages/64 Carney & Begard Place/A Meeting of the Times/72 Summertime & Dorthaan's Walk/Boogie Woogie Stringalong/78 Mingus & Griff Song/Kirk in Copenhagen/63 Three for the Festival/We Free Kings/61 2nd Line Jump/Bright Corners/73
Featuring: Gabor Szabo/"Mizrab"/Jazz Raga/1966 Albert Nicholas/"Stomp d'Elephant/??? Philly Joe Jones/"Trailways"/Jazz Advance/1979 Terje Rypdal/"Over Birkerot"/Odyssey/1975 Abbey Lincoln/"Throw It Away"/Golden Lady/1981 Archie Shepp/"Stream"/Montreaux Two/1975 Bud Powell/"Budo"/1953 Spring Sessions Vol 1/1953 Nat Adderley/"Don't Get Around Much Anymore"/Branching Out/1958 Carmen McRae w/Kenny Clark/Francy Boland Big Band/"Just Give Me Time"/November Girl/1970 James...
Featuring the music of Dollar Brand: -"ASR" from Children of Africa 1976 -"Little Boy" from Black Lightning 1975 -"Tintiyana Parts 1 & 2" from African Space Program 1973 -"Anthem for the New Nation" from African Marketplace 1979 -"Medley" from Ancient Africa 1972
Featuring: Thelonious Monk Joseph Jarman/Don Moye/Johnny Dyani Sidney Bechet James Moody Gato Barbieri/Dollar Brand Jimmy Witherspoon/Buck Clayton Orchestra Lee Konitz Trio Duke Ellington Sonny Stitt Yusef Lateef Budd Johnson Rahsaan Roland Kirk/Al Hibbler
The yearly all Ornette Coleman episode for Shane Schneider's 74th birthday on May 29th!
Featuring: Paul Motian Trio Billy Cobham James P. Johnson Kenny Burrell World Saxophone Quartet Kieth Jarrett Eddie Harris/Les McCann Mezz Mezzrow's Swing Band Joe Houston Sam Rivers
Featuring: Ray Bryant Etta Jones Roy Haynes The Original Tuxedo Jass Band Lester Young McCoy Tyner BBB&Co (B. Carter/B.Bigard/B. Webster) Weather Report Earl Hines Jimmy Smith Albert Ayler
And here you have it folks, as promised, the Billie Holliday episode where I play nothing but Lady Day! Focusing on the time period of 1933-1942.
Featuring: Brown & Roach Inc. Air Jimmy Lunceford Orchestra Carmen McRae Coleman Hawkins Orchestra Ornette Coleman Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra Wild Bill Davis Arthury Blythe Fats Waller Bessie Smith
Featuring: John Coltrane/Wilbur Hardin Art Ensemble of Chicago Johnny Hodges Willis Jackson The DeParis Brothers Orchestra Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band Don Cherry/New Eternal Rhythm Orchestra
Featuring: Cannonball Adderley Quintet Ahmad Jamal Trio Teddy Wilson & his Orchestra Jay Hoggard Paul Quinichette Cecil Taylor Red Garland Trio Frank Foster Papa Celestin/Alphonse Picou Pee Wee Russel/Oliver Nelson Orchestra Charlie Parker Quartet
Featuring: Thelonius Monk Leon Thomas Freddie Keppard's Jazz Cardinals Les McCann Ltd Stan Levey Stan Kenton Orchestra Illinois Jacquest Oliver Lake Clyde Lucas Budd Johnson & the Four Brass Giants Mongo Santamaria Charles Earland Don Byas