Themeless

Usually I try to put together a theme for each show, but this week, I just did not have the time to prepare. So, I am just making it up as I go along. Sometimes those shows turn out the best. Hope you think so.

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
West End Station * Jaspects * Future of Jazz
Bop Lives! * Greg Abate * Bop Lives!
Promenade * Christine Jensen * Look Left
Stolen Moments * Oliver Nelson * Blues and the Abstract Truth
Stolen Moments * Oliver Nelson & Telefon Tel Aviv * Impulsive! Jazz Reworked
Astral Traveling * Boozoo Bajau & Pharoah Sanders * Impulsive! Jazz Reworked
Ostinato (Song for Angela * Herbie Hancock * Mwandishi
Lonnie's Lament * Pharoah Sanders * Crescent With Love
** End Part 1 **
Mr. PC * John Coltrane * Giant Steps
Walkin' Miles Davis All Stars * Walkin'
Joy Trane * Ernie Watts Quartet * Spirit Song
Four * Eric Alexander * Solid!
Naima * David Fathead Newman * Life
Minority * Cannonball Adderly * Portrait of Cannonball
In A sentimental Mood * Pharoah Sanders * Crescent with Love



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Summertime 2007

Music for those hot summer nights. We'll play many many versions of the Gershwin classic composition Summertime along with other great tracks to put you in that summer heat wave. Props go to Pablo from Sao Paulo Brazil for suggesting tonight's Summertime theme.

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Summertime * Miles Davis * Porgie and Bess
Summertime * Jimmy Smith * Foremost
Summer Pudding * Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet * Husky
Summer Nights * Lonnie Liston Smith * Watercolors
How Deep is the Ocean * Joshua Redman * Timeless Tales for changing times
Summertime * Joshua Redman * Timeless Tales for changing times
Summertime * Herbie Hancock * Gershwin's World
Too Damn Hott * Dr. Lonnie Smith * To Damn Hot
Hot Music * Jeff Ray * The Walkup
Summertime * John Coltrane * The Atlantic Years
** End of Part 1 **
The Ride Home * Ralph Rosen * No Secrets
Summer Day * Metheny Mehldau
Summer Haze * Nik Weston Presents... * Speedometer
Valse Hot * Sonny Rollins * Plus 4
Summertime * * Billy Holiday * Quintesential
Summertime * Janis Joplin, Big Brother & the Holding Co. * Cheap Thrills
Summertime * Rodney Jones * Dreams and Stories
Boubacar * Bill Frisell * East West
** End of Podcast **
Eighty-One * Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian
You Are My Sunshine * Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian
Oleo * Joel Frahm, Brad Mehldau * Don't Explain
Moment's Notice * Billy Hart Quartet
Carnavalito * Joe Zawinul & wdr big band * Brown Street

For Our Fathers

On the eve of Fathers Day, we dedicate this set to our Dads. These are tunes inspired by fathers, or in some cases tunes that bring back recollections of musical experiences with my father. This is a wild mix of latin, hard-bop, R&B, fusion, and even 70's rock from Emerson Lake & Palmer. To Fathers everywhere, I hope you enjoy these tunes on Father's day... Mother's and Daughters too.

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
We Are Our Father's Sons * McCoy Tyner and the Latin All-Stars
Song For My Father * Horace Silver * Song For My Father
Georgia * Ray Charles * Ray Sings, Basie Swings
What A Wonderful World * Mitchel Forman * Perspectives
The First Circle * Pat Metheny Group * First Circle
Fanfare for the Common Man * Emerson, Lake & Palmer * Works
One For Daddy-O * Cannonball Adderley * Somethin' Else
Summertime * Rodney Jones * Dreams And Stories
End of Part One **
In Walked Bud * Toots Theilmans * East Coast West Coast
Take Five * Toots Theilmans * East Coast West Coast
Stolen Moments * Oliver Nelson * Blues and the Abstract Truth
Ho Down * Oliver Nelson * Blues and the Abstract Truth
Doin' The Thing * Horace Silver * Paris Blues
Totem Pole * Lee Morgan * The Sidewinder

Bebop and Beyond

Part 1 of tonight's show sticks to straight ahead bebop by new and old artists. Greats like early Trane, Wynton Kelly, Red Garland are represented here, along with more recent artists Abate, Farrell and Wynton Marsalis. Part two branches out into more modern forms with Pulitzer Prize winning Ornette Coleman followed by electronic infused jazz from Pete Carney. We finish the show with an on-air guest Tom Monaghan, percussionist and composer with Probe called Gnomes, talking music and playing his compositions.

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Cousin Mary * John Coltrane * Giant Steps
Speak Low * Greg Abate * Bop Lives!
Free to Be * Wynton Marsalis * The Magic Hour
On Green Dolphin Street * Wynton Kelly * Kelly Blue
Birk's Works * Red Garland * Soul Junction
High Wire - The Aerialist * Joe Farrell * Skate Board Park
Unit Seven * Bobby Watson * Gumbo
I can't believe you belong to me *Art Pepper * Intensity
** End Part One **
I Got Rhythm * Sonny Stitt * Tune-Up!
Matdor * Orenette Coleman * Sound Grammer
8:00 Hustle * Pete Carney * Orange Alert
Good Luck * Probe Called Gnomes
Interview with Tom Monaghan
Awkward * Probe Called Gnomes
B-Borg * Probe Called Gnomes
Weeding out the Squeekers * Probe Called Gnomes

Bebop great Greg Abate kickin' solos

I was honored to attend this private function where Greg Abate broke out his axe and tore it up for a few friends and family. I captured it on my digi cam and posted some clips on YouTube (with permission).

Green Arrow Radio meets In the Groove

Thanks again to Mr. G. of Green Arrow Radio for filling in last Saturday. The Green Arrow most definitely brought In The Groove to that Beyond zone with a great set. You can catch Green Arrow Radio on WHUS Saturday mornings 9AM till Noon. A special treat is some brand spankin' new unreleased tracks from Rob Wasserman. Check out greenarrowradio.com for more info, including the interview with Rob.

Playlist
Intro->Hungry Ghosts- Club d'Elf
Tootie Ma is a Big Fine Thing- MSMW
Snap Back Jack- Jeremy Baum
You Sho Walk Funky- the Sol Reys
Satisfaction- Rob Wasserman
Angel- Rob Wasserman
Ten More Shows- Rob Wasserman
Sultan Song- Rob Wasserman
Illumination- Rob Wasserman
Together- Sammy Figueroa & his Latin Jazz Explosion
Descargate- Gino Castillo/Santa Palabra Jazz Latino
Chove Chuva- Ulisses Rocha