Masters of 70's Jazz Fusion

These are the tunes that changed my life. It changed my musical tastes from Hendrix, Doors and Cream, to Miles, Mahavishnu and Trane. Miles started it all with Bitches Brew,combining African and Jazz rhythm with American funk. John McLaughlin played electric guitar with passion, fire and spirituality. Herbie tamed the Fender Rhodes electric piano adding fuzz and wha-wha to his gorgeous jazz solos. Weather Report experimented with new instrumentation and sound improvisations. Jazz music rose in popularity with College students. These were great times for Jazz music.

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Miles Runs the Voodoo Down * Miles Davis * Bitches Brew
Miles Beyond * Mahavishnu Orchestra * Birds of Fire
Allah Be Praised * Tony Williams Lifetime * Emergency
Black Market * Weather Report * Heavy Weather
Watermellon Man * Herbie Hancock * Headhunters
Spain * Return To Forever * Light As a Feather
Time Lies * Joe Farrell * Moon Germs


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Independent Jazz Artists

Tonights show features some great independent Jazz artists. These are Jazz musicians, that do not have recording contracts with record labels. Although they may be deserving, the sorry state of the music industry is such that Jazz is being ignored by the major labels. These are great musicians that are left to promote their music the hard way. One way is to seek out Jazz DJ's, contact them by email, send out CD's and ask that they be given some air time. If you like what you hear tonight, seek out their CD's and support these great musicians. I welcome such Jazz musicians to submit their work to me, and if it fits the show, I will continue to feature independent Jazz musicians in future shows.

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Along Came Betty * Jerry Gonzalez and The Fort Apache Band * Rumba Buhaina
Up Jumped Spring * Jerry Gonzalez and The Fort Apache Band * Rumba Buhaina
Art's Place * Stacie McGregor Quintet * Straight Up
Straight Up * Stacie McGregor Quintet * Straight Up
Adamantium(redux) * Chris Greene * Jazz
Serpent Handling * Lomo * Painkiller
Portia * Miles Davis * Tutu (request)
Pearl * Rez Abbasi * Snake Chamer
The Bronx Experiment * Steve Kimock Band * Eudemonic
bad dream * The Earl MacDonald 6 * echoes in the night
Zebra Coast-Good Morning Anya * Tribute to Jaco Pastorius * Gospel for JFP III
Work Song * Chris Stewart * Pheonix

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Obligatory Best Of 2005 Show

As the first show of 2006, you just have to do a 'Best Of 2005 Show", so this is it. All the tracks from today's show are releases from 2005. There were a lot of great releases last year. It was really difficult to pare the selections down to fit it in the two hour show. Who says Jazz is dead?

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Watermelon Island * Eldar Djangirov * Eldar
Back at the Chicken Shack * Jimmy Smith + Joe Defrancesco * Legacy
Bring it on * Dave Holland Big Band * Overtime
Astral Travelin * Boozoo Bajou + Pharoah Sanders * Impulsive!RevolutionaryJazzRwrkd
Part One * Pat Metheny Group * The Way Up
Stargaze * Wallace Roney * Mystikal
Breezin' * Geoge Benson * Best of George Benson Live
Just Another Murder * Dave Douglas * Keystone
Prelude For Vibes * Gary Burton * Next Generation
Shut Your Mouth * Joshua Redman Elastic Band * Momentum
Road Life * Mulgrew Miller * Live At Yoshi's Volume Two
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Lingala * SFJazz Collective * Sfjazz Collective
Together * Poncho Sanchez * Do It!
Not In Our Name * Charlie Haden * Not In Our Name
Six and Four * Joe Lovano * Joyous Encounter
Stable Fantasy * Larry Coryell * Trycicles


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