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18 February 2006

Modern Jazz

This is Modern jazz. Artists that have pushed the Jazz art form to new levels. Some new, some old, some remixed, but each one of these musicians melding their own interpretations with those of jazz masters that have come before them.

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
At Night * Julie Patton & Ravi Coltrane * Impulsive! Revolutionary Jazz Reworked
Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac * Dizzy Gillespie & Gerardo Frisina * Impulsive!JzzRwrkd
Nudnik * Chris Potter * Underground
First Steps * Bob Reynolds * Can't Wait for Perfect
North Africa * Chick Corea * The Ultimate Adventure
Moon Germs * Joe Farrell * Moon Germs
Millennium Sunrise * Pete Carney * Orange Alert
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Paladin * Garaj Mahal * Blueberry Cave
A-Frame * Garage A Trois * Emphasizer
Senor Mouse * Turtle Island String Quartet * Skylife
Stolen Moments * Turtle Island String Quartet * TISQ
Naima * Turtle Island String Quartet * Metropolis
Stargaze * Wallace Roney * Mystikal
Freak In * Dave Douglas * Freak In
Astral Traveling * Boozoo Bajou & Pharoah Sanders * Impulsive! Jazz Reworked
Dragon Gate * Larry Coryell * Tricycles
Mind Over Matter * Bill Connors * Return


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Modern Jazz

11 February 2006

Jazz Grammy Award Show

The Grammy Award Show on TV, completly ignores the jazz categories, so I present them here. The nominees and the winners of Best Contemporary Jazz Album (Pat Metheny), Best Jazz Vocal (Diana Reeves), Best Jazz Solo (Sonny Rollins), Best Jazz Large Ensemble (Dave Holland Big Band). Also, nominees Dave Douglas, Joshua Redman and Meshell Ndegeocello are all heard on tonights show. For a complete list of the Jazz categories go the Grammy Awards Page.

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Mabel Normand * Dave Douglas * Keystone
Double Jeapardy * Joshua Redman Elastic Band * Momentum
Aquarium * MeShell Ndegeocello * The Spirit Jamaia: Dance of the Infidel
Part 3 * Pat Metheny * This Way Up
One More For the Road * Diana Reeves * Good Night and Good Luck
Why Was I Born * Sonny Rollins * Without a Song (9/11 Concert)
Last Minute Man * Dave Holland Big Band * Overtime

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Jazz Grammy Award Show

04 February 2006

Hard-Bop Jazz; New and Old

From out of the 50's and 60, taking bebop to a new direction comes giants like Sonny Rollins, Cannonball and Art Blakey. The tradition continues with the likes of Wynton Marsalis, Joe Lovano and Eric Alexander taking flight into new directions. This music cooks, swings, soars. These cats can play.

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Sparks * Wynton Marsalis * Live Session (iTunes Exclusive) - EP
It's You Or No One * Dexter Gordon * The Best Of Dexter Gordon (The Blue Note Years)
Just One Of Those Things * Cannonball Adderley * Things Are Getting Better
Bernie's Tune * Art Pepper & The Hollywood All-Stars * Art Standards
In Walked Bud * Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers * Keystone 3
Thermo * Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers * Caravan
Gumbo * Bobby Watson * Gumbo
Ritual Dance * Eric Alexander * Battle: Live at Smoke
The Magic Hour * Wynton Marsalis * The Magic Hour

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