Eclectic mix

All I can say about tonight's show is that it is thematically all over the place. Lots of new releases played. Tenor sax player Ernie Watts, pianist Aaron Parks, fusion group Garaj Mahal are all represented with new CD's. I'll present the full 2 hour show in two parts, this week and next since I am off the air next week.

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Togo * Chris Potter * Follow the Red Line
Reaching Up * Earnie Watts Quartet * To The Point
Harvesting Dance * Aaron Parks * Invisible Cinema
Bohemia after Dark * Dwight West * Tribute to the Masters
7 Cows Jumping over the Moon * Garaj Mahal * Woot
Skip the Click * Mynta * First Summer
Pundit-Ji * Garaj Mahal * Woot


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Eclectic Pt1
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Charlie Parker Tribute

Yesterday would have been the 88th birthday of Charlie "Bird" Parker. This great alto player is often considered the founder of Be-Bop music. Before Bird in the 1940's, Jazz was primarily big-band music, dance music that was perhaps the most popular genre of it's time. Bird featured a hard driving quartet and quintet format with an emphasis on improvisation, freeing the soloist to stretch out. As I listen to the 2 Bird originals on this set, each under 3 minutes, it amazes me how much music is packed into these tracks. The rest of the set features modern day jazz artists that have covered Bird's compositions as well as artists that have been influenced by his music. Actually, every great jazz artist that has played this idium since Bird, has taken some of his chops from Charlie Parker.

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Now's the Time * Charlie Parker * Original Recordings of CP
Donna Lee * Charlie Parker * Bird/The Savoy Recording
Yardbird Suite * Dwight West * Tribute to the Masters
Dewey Square * Barbara Dennerlein * Tribute to Charlie
Ornithology * Barbara Dennerlein * Tribute to Charlie
This I Dig Of You * Greg Abate Quintet * Bop Lives
Bop Lives * Greg Abate Quintet * Bop Lives
Arriving Soon * Cannonball Adderley * Plus
Confirmation * Jackie McLean * 4, 5, And 6
Scrapple From The Apple * Keith Jarrett * Up For It
Time's Lie * Joe Farrell * Moon Germs


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CP Tribute
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Heard Only Here

This show will start out with a set of tracks that can only be heard on In The Groove. Bassist Rob Duguay, Trumpeter Josh Evans, and Alto player Greg Abate have all recently layed us on to some tracks they have recorded, and are not published on any commercially available CD. After listeneing to those tunes, I've got a few tunes I had queued up from last weeks show but never got to play from Empirical and Esperanza Spaulding.

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Ketch Yo Last Metro * Rob Duguay Quartet * Pulo-Du-guay-to
Track 5 * Josh Evans Quartet
Star Eyes (alt 1) * Greg Abate
The Deep * Empirical * Empirical
Cuerpa Y Alma (Body and Soul) * Esperanza Spaulding * Esperanza
Time Out * Hiromi * Hiromi's Sonic Boom. Time Control


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Heard Only Here
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Newport Jazz part 2

Last Sunday I attended the Newport Jazz Festival for first time. It was an incredible experience. Three stages, with jazz artists performing simultaneously throughout the day. This show features those artists that we got the chance to see at the Festival. They run the gamut from jazz legends, Herbie Hancock and Sonny Rollins to newcomers Esperanza Spaulding and Lionel Loueke. Perhaps that best performance for me was the Chris Potter Underground. The amazing tenor sax player was seen all day playing with nearly every act, running from one stage to the next. (due to technical problems in the studio, the Newport feature starts halfway into the show).

Check out these links to read my blog entry about the Newport Jazz Fest, and to see my photo gallery. If you have pictures from the jazz fest, I invite you to upload them to the gallery.

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
No Smokin' * Horace Silver * Stylings of Silver
United * Ravi Coltrane * In Flux
Triple Dance * Dave Holland Big Band
Vater Time * Wallace Roney * Jazz
Fat Cat * Empirical * Empirical
Mela * Esperanza Spalding * Esperanza
Virgin Forest * Lionel Loueke * Virgin Forest
Sonny Please * Sonny Rollins * Sonny Please


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Newport Jazz part 2
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Newport Jazz Festival

Guest DJ-in-training, Kirk joins me this week to assist with microphone duties and engineering this broadcast.

We will be attending the Newport Jazz Festival this Sunday. To celebrate, this show features artist performing at this years event. This is a small sampling of the artists that will be appearing on the weekend long show. There are three stages and 5 sets on each stage. Over the weekend, that brings 30 different performances by some of todays greatest jazz artists.

Update: Photo Gallery of our trip to the Newport jazz festival is here.

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Go * Wayne Shorter * Footprints Live
Crooked Creek * Brian Blade * Perceptual
The 9 * Christian Scott * Anthem
Oam's Blues * Aaron Goldberg * Worlds
The Wheel * Chris Potter * Underground
Edith and the Kingpin * Herbie Hancock * River: The Joni Mitchell Letters
Where or When * Sonny Rollins * Without a Song
Equinox * Dwight West * Tribute to the Jazz Masters


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Newport Jazz
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reprise: Something Old, Something New (part 1)

Due to a technical problem, my August 2 show was not recorded (like I forgot to hit the Start button on the CD-R). So, I resurrected a recording of an old show, that I thought was interesting. This is the first hour of a show was originally broadcast in July of 2006. I may post the second hour of the show in the near future.

Another eclectic mix of old and new. Starting off with an old classic from the 70's from Les McCann (Dig the relevant lyrics), to new releases from Joey DeFrancesco. We'll conclude this hour with some modern Miles from the In A Silent Way and Jack Johnson Complete Sessions sets.

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Compared to What * Les McCann & Eddie Harris * Swiss Movement
Speak Low * Joey DeFrancesco * Organic Vibes
Softly as in the Morning Sunrise * Michal Urbaniak * Live at The Village Vanguard
Dual Mr. Anthony Tillmon Williams Process * Miles Davis * Complete In a Silent Way Sessions
In A Silent Way (unreleased) * Miles Davis * Complete In A Silent Way Sessions
Ali take 3 * Miles Davis * Complete Jack Johnson Sessions
Right Off - unreleased take 10 * Miles Davis * Complete Jack Johnson Sessions


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Something Old, Something New p1
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Brasil to Bop

This show starts with music inspired by brazilian jazz artists Flora and Airto. These musicians helped introduce me to jazz and world music back in the 70's. It was fun to meet Airto at Dizzy's club in NYC on Friday. We also pay tribute to three fallen jazz cats that passed on this week. Guitarists Joe Beck, Hiram Bullock, and tenor player Johnny Griffen. Griffen and Booker Ervin take us out, boppin' hard.

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
San Fransico River * Flora * Perpetual Emotion
Parana * Airto * Fingers
Yump * Kenny Werner * Beat Degeneration
Guru * Kenny Werner * Beat Degeneration
Alone Together * Mark Egan * As We Speak
Smash * Avashai Cohen * As Is, Live at Bluenote
Just Friends * Joe Beck * Just Friends
Incognito * Spyra Gyra * Incognito
Autumn Leaves * Johnny Griffin * Return of Griffin
Speak Low * Booker Ervin * That's It
** End of Podcast **
Trouble Man * Cassandra McKinley * Till Tomorrow
Fried Pies * Rich Goldstien * Comin' From Montgomery
New Moon Madness * Ed Byrn * Two Shades of Blue
Teen Town * Weather Report * Heavy Weather
Palladium * Weather Report * Heavy Weather
3 Circles * Yellow Jackets * Life Cycles
Forward and Back * Mike Moreno * Between the Lines


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Brazil2Bop
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Jazz Notes Blog

Jazz Note SDP is a blog devoted primarily to hard bop and especially the body of music produced between the early 50's and the mid-60's. At the center of it all is Miles Davis. This blog is especially aimed at readers who want to build a serious jazz library. I have been invited to contribute to this fine web site, and have done so with an occasional few posts, but most of the content is by its creator, friend and supporter of this podcast, Ken Blanchard. This show features tracks from albums highlighted in Jazz Note SDP. Check out the web site, learn about these fine artists and the these albums which will surely enhance your jazz library. Above all, if you dig these tunes, support the music and buy these albums and attend jazz gigs in your local area.

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Witch Hunt * Wayne Shorter * Speak No Evil
Deluge * Wayne Shorter * JuJu
A Lunar Tune * Booker Ervin * The Freedom Book
Iris * Miles Davis * E.S.P.
So What * Miles Davis * Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival
Cousin Mary (alt take) * John Coltrane * Giant Steps
Thermo * Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers * Caravan
Penta * Miguel Zenon * Awake
Blue Monk * Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane * At Carnegie Hall
** End of Podcast **
Family Extension * Albert Rivera * Re-Introduction
The Making * Insight * A Genesis
A La Mode * Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers * Keystone 3
Feediop * Avashai Cohen * As Is... Live at Bluenote
Ball of Fire * George Gee and the Jump Jivin Wailers * If Dreams Come True


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Jazz Notes
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An Hour with Hartley

Connecticut's great jazz pianist Craig Hartley joins us for an evening of great piano jazz. We'll spin some tunes and talk about the jazz scene in Hartford and NYC. You will get a perspective on what it is like to be an aspiring jazz musician from one of the talented area artists. Listen to Craig's fine piano work in a solo, trio and quintet settings. I am particularly pleased to feature the Josh Evans Quintet with a core of great local jazz talent, Josh Evans tr, Craig Hartley p, Dezron Douglas b, Ray McMorrin ts, Curtis Torian dr. For more information on Craig Hartley and to contact him go to his website.

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Up Jumped Spring * George Coleman Quartet * Live At Yoshi's
River * Herbie Hancock * River: The Joni Letters
Imagine/Peace Piece * Craig Hartley * remixes the Beatles
Dial 411 * Craig Hartley * Dial 411
1984 * Josh Evans Quintet * Untitled
Summerwind * Craig Hartley, Eric Nebula, Bob Seminelli
'Round Midnight * Eldar * Eldar
What's Up * Josh Evans Quintet * Untitled
** End of Podcast **
Impressions * McCoy Tyner * Trident
Nardis * Michael Camillo* Giant Steps
Nature Boy * Art Pepper * Straight Life
Windows * Miro Sprague * Opening
No Smokin' * Horace Silver *Stylings of Silver


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Craig Hartley
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2nd Hour of Show

We were out of town for the 4th of July weekend, so it gives me an opportunity to make a podcast of the second hour of the show. For those many listeners of the show that have asked me to podcast the entire show, combine this with the last podcast, and there you have it. There are some great Tenor players represented here, including Eric Alexander, Marcus Strickland, Tim Armacost, Ravi Coltrane, and the master himself, John Coltrane. We also have a beautiful ballad with Miles on muted trumpet.

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Alone Together * New York Standards Quartet * Live in Tokyo
Nature Boy * Miles Davis * Muted Miles
Sesame Street * Marcus Strickland * Twi-Life
Dave's System * Eric Alexander * Temple of Olympic Zeus
Song of the Underground Railroad * John Coltrane * Master Tapes
Dear Alice * Ravi Coltrane * in Flux
Body and Soul * Charlie Haden Quartet * The Best of Quartet


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2nd Hour
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Tribute to George Carlin

Tonight's show is in tribute and memory of George Carlin, who passed away on June 22. Carlin was a genius with words and an innovator in the comedy genre. As one who always stood for his convictions, and would seek the 'line drawn' and cross it for the purpose of advancing his art. Sandwiched between some of Carlins most famous bits are some great jazz tunes. What a hip combination; George Carlin and Jazz!

Saving the Planet


Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Modern Man * George Carlin * YouTube
Compared to What * Les McCann & Eddie Harris * Swiss Movement
So What * Miles Davis * Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival
Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television * George Carlin * Class Clown
Open and Shut * Eric Alexander * It's All in the Game
Football v. Baseball * George Carlin * Carlin on Campus
Black Nile - Al Foster * Al Foster * Brandyn
Soulville * Horace Silver * The Stylings of Silver
The New York Hartford Connection * Albert Rivera * Re-Introduction
Blondes Have More Fun * George Carlin * Carlin on Campus
** End of Podcast **
Alone Together * New York Standards Quartet * Live in Tokyo
Nature Boy * Miles Davis * Muted Miles
Sesame Street * Marcus Strickland * Twi-Life
Dave's System * Eric Alexander * Temple of Olympic Zeus
Song of the Underground Railroad * John Coltrane * Master Tapes
Dear Alice * Ravi Coltrane * in Flux
Body and Soul * Charlie Haden Quartet * The Best of Quartet

Primo Piano

Tonight's broadcast features some great new piano jazz. Its not your typical piano set. The sound is new and modern. Other than Chick, you may not have heard these artists before. One of the goals of this show is  to introduce new or little known jazz artists to our listening community. We also pay tribute to Esbjorn Svensson the anchor of E.S.T., who passed away in a tragic scuba diving accident this week.

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Giant Steps * Michel Camilo * Spirit Of The Moment
Seven Days Of Falling * e.s.t. Esbjorn Svensson Trio * Seven Days Of Falling
In My Garage * e.s.t. Esbjorn Svensson Trio * Seven Days Of Falling
Remember When * Eldar Djangirov * Re-Imagination
Senor Mouse * Chick Corea & Gary Burton * The New Crystal Silence
Pyramids * Alan Eicher * Pyramids
Dial 411 * Craig Hartley * Dial 411
Imagine/Peace Piece * Craig Hartley * remixes The Beatles
Promenade * Christine Jensen * Look Left
Dodo's Bounce * James Carter * Present Tense
Lemoncello * Bobby Watson & Horizon * Horizon Reassembled
*** End of Podcast ***
Boogie Stop Shuffle * Chris Potter * Pure
Island * Eric Alexander * Nightlife In Toyko
Then and Now * Reincarnation * Joy and Sorrow
Joanne Julia * Joel Frahm * We Used To Dance
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most * Joel Frahm * We Used To Dance
Twisted Blues * Rich Goldstein Quartet * Comin' from Montgomery