In The Groove, Jazz and Beyond

WHUS Radiothon 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000

WHUS FM is the broadcast home to In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond. Without this listener supported community radio station, this Podcast would not be possible. One of the ways that WHUS determines listener support for Jazz programming is by the contributions from our audience during this Radiothon. Your support helps to keep my show on WHUS's schedule. Please show your support by making a donation.

As a special THANK YOU for your donation of $25 or more, I am offering a compilation of music entitled Private Tracks Vol. 2. This collection of music has been donated by artists to support this program. They are private recordings that are not available for purchase any where else.

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Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Simplicity * Silvano Monastario * Fostered
Pentagram, The Wolfman * Greg Abate * Monsters in the Night
Line of Flight * Steve Davis * Outlook
March of the Lost Children * Zawinul * Brown Street
Now! * Noah Baerman * Bliss
Cherokee * Rob Garcia 4 * Perennial
Real Nice * Noah Preminger * Dry Bridge Road

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Friends
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Jazz 'n Soul

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:08:00 +0000

This weeks podcast is a soulful one, but not in the obvious sense of Jimmy Smith or Ray Charles. It starts out with the classic rock group War and a 13+ minute instrumental called City, Country, City. We follow up with some soulful new jazz from Wayne Escoffery and Noah Baerman followed by jazz masters Charles Mingus and Stan Getz.
Featured Album

Soul Force from amazon.com

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
City Country City * War * The World is a Ghetto
Nu-Soul * Wayne Escoffery * Uptown
Soul Force * Noah Baerman * Soul Force
Tastes Like Chedda * Noah Baerman * Bliss
Remember the Goldfish * Playdate * Playdate
Things Ain't What They Used To Be * Charles Mingus * Ah Um
Times Lie * Stan Getz * Captain Marvel on amazon.com

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Soul 'n Jazz
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Back from Florida

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:43:00 +0000

Returned from Florida, refreshed and renewed to bring you more great jazz. While in Miami, we stopped in at Van Dykes. A fine restaurant and jazz club, serving up live music 7 days a week. While there we were introduced to Silvano Monasterios, a great jazz pianist and composer. His group blew us away. In this podcast we feature along with Silvano, other great artists. The show starts with Ed Thigpen, the great drummer who passed away last month. Later in the show we feature many great young talent from the New York City jazz scene.
Featured Album

From CD Baby, iTunes

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Lonnies Lament * Ed Thigpen * The Element of Swing
Bittersweet * Silvano Monasterios * Fostered
Softly * Silvano Monasterios * Jazz Impressions
African Song * Bill McHenry * Roses
Echolalia * Ben Monder * Oceana
Trees * Dan Tepfer and Lee Konitz * Duos with Lee
Tautology * Lee Konitz * Subconscious-Lee
Mali * John Patitucci * Remembrance
Somewhere * Vijay Iyer Trio * Historocity
Mystic Brew * Vijay Iyer Trio * Historocity

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Back from Fla
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Valentines Day broadcast

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:59:00 +0000

This show was recorded the day before Valentines day. No real theme to the show, in fact I don't even mention the Hallmark card holiday. The majority of the playlist comes from talented young musicians/composers that are having an impact on the future of jazz music. Hope you enjoy the tunes.
Featured Artist

Double Booked from amazon.com

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Back Road * Jeremy Pelt * Men of Honor
Fugue * John Funkhauser Trio * Time
When Seaguls Fly * Noah Preminger * Dry Bridge Road
All Matter * Robert Glasper * Double Booked
Think of One * Robert Glasper * Double Booked
The Hutch * Ken Fowser/Ben Gilece * Full View
Maimi Jazz Scene * Jean Caze * Miami Jazz Scene
Valley of Neptune * Jimi Hendrix * Valley of Neptune

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Valentines Day
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Waiting for Kenny

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:05:00 +0000

As we were waiting for the arrival of Kenny Barron for an exclusive WHUS interview (see last weeks podcast), we kicked back and played some great tunes from Rob Garcia 4, Chris Potter, Les McCann and Danillo Perez. This weeks and last weeks podcast can be listened to as a set with this podcast being the first part of the show.
Featured Album

Follow The Red Line - Live At The Village Vanguard, from Amazon.com

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Vortex * Rob Garcia 4 * Perennial
Wongs Way * Greg Abate & Alan Barnes * Birds of a Feather
Morning Bell * Chris Potter * Underground
Togo * Chris Potter * Follow The Red Line - Live At The Village Vanguard
Another Star * Cedar Walton * Voices Deep Within
Compared to What * Les McCann & Eddie Harris * Swiss Movement
Elegant Dance * Danilo Perez * Motherland

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Waiting for Kenny
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Monterey Jazz comes to WHUS

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:13:00 +0000

We were honored to have Kenny Barron and Regina Carter, currently with the Monterey Jazz Festival Tour, come to the WHUS studios for a live interview. Kenny Barron, a true grand master of jazz piano, and the wonderfully talented violinist Regina Carter speak about music and the jazz scene with me in between concerts held at University of Connecticut. We start out the show with an inspiring recording form John Coltrane and a Connecticut favorite and friend of the show, pianist Craig Hartley.

Links: More pics, Jazz Note SDP

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Love * John Coltrane * Meditations
The Old Country * Craig Hartley, Bob Simonelli, Eric Nebbia * The Old Country
For Someone I Love * Regina Carter * Motor City Memories
Images * Kenny Barron * Images
Voyage * Stan Getz * Soul Eyes
Reverie * Regina Carter * Paganini: After a Dream
Traveler * Kenny Barron * Traveler

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Monterey comes to WHUS
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First Hour Last Week

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:10:00 +0000

This is the first hour of last weeks radio broadcast. It's an eclectic mix of different styles. This is modern jazz music using different instrumentation and creative arrangements. We start out the show with Alice Coltrane's harp, followed by modern electric guitar, tuba, voice, and electronics. It brings to mind how diverse, modern and creative the jazz experience is.
Featured album

Ptah The El Daoud from Amazon.com

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Blue Nile * Alice Coltrane * Ptah, the El Daoud
Continuance * Adam Rogers * Apparitions
Lingala * SFJazz Collective * Sfjazz Collective
My Son Ra * Arthur Blythe * Focus on amazon.com
Found It * Jason Palmer * Songbook
Principle * Greg Osby * Nine Levels
Married Life * Dave Douglas * Moonshine

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First Hour
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Noah Preminger Live

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:53:00 +0000

I had the pleasure of hosting tenor sax artist and composer Noah Preminger for an interview at WHUS on Saturday evening. Noah is one of the young creative jazz artists based in New York City that is defining the future of jazz music. He spoke with us about his background and influences, his method of composition, and some of his current projects. We get to hear from his critically acclaimed album Dry Bridge Road, and some yet to be released recordings. Noah also plays for us live in the studio. We also take the opportunity to promote a couple of live performances coming up this week in Hartford and NYC.

Dry Bridge Road from Amazon.com or iTunes

Track Listing
Today is OK, Dry Bridge Road
Rhythm for Robert, Dry Bridge Road
Sax of a Kind, Dry Bridge Road
My Blues for You, unreleased recording
untitled piano/sax duet
Polka Dots and Moonbeams, live in studio

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Noah Live
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Charlie Parker Tribute Revisited

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:04:00 +0000

No radio show this week, so I am republishing a podcast originally posted in August of 2008. This tribute was first aired on the anniversary of Bird's 88th birthday, but its great to hear these tunes any time of the year. 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 idiom 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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Parker Revisited
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Worldly Guitar

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:10:00 +0000

This weeks program features guitarists from around the world. We start tonight's show with some rockin' guitar work from Mike Stern's new album Big Neighborhood. A great title that highlights that through music and the Internet, the world has become one big neighborhood. The second track I play from this album features Richard Bona whose vocals give the tune an African vibe. We hear from Belgium's Django, who perhaps brought the guitar to jazz music in the first place. We also get to hear the mid-eastern influence in guitar jazz from the Rudresh's Indo-Pak Coalition and Rez Abassi, and Faroud Haak. Other guitarists present on this podcast are Ben Monder and Adam Rogers.
Featured Album

Big Neighborhood on Amazon.com

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Check One * Mike Stern * Big Neighborhood
Reach * Mike Stern * Big Neighborhood
The Chant * Fareed Haque + The Flat Earth Ensemble * Flat Planet
Topsy * Django Reinhardt * The Best of Django Reinhardt
Palika Market * Rudresh Mahanthappa * Apti
Echolalia * Ben Monder * Oceana
Sax of a Kind * Noah Preminger * Dry Bridge Road
Continuance * Adam Rogers * Apparitions
El Cigarrito * Claudia Acuna * En Este Momento
The Jupiter Line * Seamus Blake * Live in Italy

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Worldly Guitar
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More from '09

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:21:00 +0000

We continue last weeks retrospective of 2009 releases. Even after 2 shows dedicated to last years music, I still have a stack of music that I did not have the time to get to. I guess you can say that it was a prolific year for new music. Despite reports that jazz is dead, it is indeed thriving with new music and new artists. Check out young talented players like Jimmy Greene, Mike DiRubbo and Lauren Sevian. They are represented here as well as more established artists like Joe Lovano, Steve Davis and Joshua Redman. We end the show with some of the great masters too, in Benny Golson and Mingus.

featured album

Mission Statement on amazon.com

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Hitchikers Guide * Joshua Redman * Compass
Powerhouse * Joe Lovano * Folk Art
Love in Action * Jimmy Greene * Mission Statement
Nelsonian * Mike DiRubbo * Repercussion
Not So Softly * Lauren Sevian * Blueprint
Padero Y Pagode * Migues Zenon * Esta Plena
Life Cycle * Sean Jones * The Search Within
Line of Flight * Steve Davis * Outlook
Grove's Groove * Benny Golson * New Time New Tet
Mood Indigo * Charles Mingus * Ah Um

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More from 09
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Spirit of 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:22:00 +0000

Tonight's show begins by paying homage to the holiday weekend with Coltrane's Spiritual. From there, I will play some of my favorite releases from 2009 as a retrospective. There were many great albums released, and I found myself not being able to get to them all. I will most likely continue to play these recent CDs in my next broadcast. I try to highlight some of the recordings that were nominated for Grammy Awards, though the grammy organization truly disrespects jazz artists in favor of popular trendy music. I guess America's only original art form doesn't fit with the glitz, glamour and money of popular music. In any case, here on In The Groove, I'll feature some of today's best jazz including some lesser known artists you will probably hear only on our show. Special mention to Miguel Zenon, Robert Glasper, John Funkhauser, Rob Garcia for outstanding CD's that are represented here.
Featured CD

Esta Plena from Amazon.com

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Spiritual * John Coltrane * Afro Blue Impressions
Villa Palmeras * Miguel Zenon * Esta Plena
Solutions * Curtis Brothers Quartet * Blood Spirit Land Water Freedom
Downtime * Robert Glasper * Double-Booked
Emancipation * John Funkhouser Trio * Time from CD Baby
Vortex * Rob Garcia 4 * Perennial
Tanktified * Stefon Harris & Blackout * Urbanus
In A Silent Way * Joe Zawinul * 75

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Spirit of 2009
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Happy Holiday 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:22:00 +0000

This years pre-holiday show is designed to warm you up on a cold snowy winter eve and get you in the holiday vibe. We just play a short set of Christmas classics from Chris Potter and Marian McPartland. Those tracks are preceeded by a be-bop set featuring Greg Abate, Kent Hewitt and friends and are followed by a set of new modern jazz featuring the likes of Steve Slaigle, Rob Garcia 4 and Ingrid Jensen. Enjoy!
Featured album

Birds of a Feather on Amazon.com

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Be-Bop * Greg Abate * Birds of a Feather
Bride of Frankenstien * Greg Abate * Monsters of the Night
How High the Moon/Ornithology * Giacomo Gates * Centerpiece
Ornithology * Ocar Peterson * The Paris Concert
Wild is the Wind * Kent Hewitt * Time on my Hands
Without a Song * Carolyn Hartsfield * Flow Like the River
O Come All Ye Faithful * Chris Potter * A Concord Jazz Christmas
God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman * Marian McPartland * A Concord Jazz Christmas
O, Lady Be Good * Ella Fitzgerald * 75th Birthday Celebration
New New York * Steve Slagle * New New York
Cyberganic * Rob Garcia 4 * Perennial
Night Has a Thousand Eyes * Ingrid Jensen/Project O * Now as Then

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Happy Holiday
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An edgier show

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:52:00 +0000

This show ventures into an edgier ground than the usual In The Groove. We will highlight some of the original innovators of the genre like Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy and Cecil Taylor. We will hear some established players that have stretched the boundries of jazz such as Joe Lovano and Mario Pavone. Newer jazz artists on the scene such as Rez Abbazi and Noah Preminger are using this freedom in their compositions and improvisations and are breaking new ground in their music establishing their own voice and style.
Featured Album

Dry Bridge Road from Amazon.com

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Four Winds * Dave Holland Quartet * Conference of the Birds
Chronology * Ornette Coleman * The Shape of Jazz to Come
17 West * Eric Dolphy * Out There
Why Me Why Them * Rez Abbazi * Things to Come
A Dream * Noah Preminger * Dry Bridge Road
Today is OK * Noah Preminger * Dry Bridge Road
Tweeter's Little Adventures * Thomas Chapin * Night Bird Song
Blue Rex * Mario Pavone Quintet * Orange
Things Ain't What They Used to Be * Cecil Taylor * New York City R&B
Etterno * Joe Lovano * Folk Art

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Edgier
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Latin Jazz Experience

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:45:00 +0000

This show is a Latin-Jazz special featuring pianist and band leader David Gonzalez of the Latin Jazz Experience. He is here in our studio to kick-off the release of his new CD Dreams, and a gig this week in Hartford. We start off the show with jazz greats Ray Baretto, Jerry Gonzalez, and Willi Bobo.
Featured Album

buy Dreams from David Gonzalez website

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Mags * Ray Barretto * Time Was-Time Is
Earth Dance * Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band * Calle 54
Spanish Grease * Willi Bobo * Uno Dos Tres
On the Strip * Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers * Groovin' High
Dance * David Gonzalez and the Latin Jazz Experience * Dreams
Obsession * David Gonzalez and the Latin Jazz Experience * Dreams
BRB * David Gonzalez and the Latin Jazz Experience * Dreams
Things Change * David Gonzalez and the Latin Jazz Experience * Dreams
Bouncin' with Bud * Curtis Brothers * Blood Spirit Land Water Freedom

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Latin-Jazz
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Thanksgiving

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:13:00 +0000

This is my post Thanksgiving show. We'll run through a set that is inspired by my favorite holiday. Food, Family and giving thanks for the all of the wonderful things in our life, and jazz music is one of those for sure. Also in this podcast is a surprising enchanted vocal arrangement of Spain by Manhattan Transfer from a new release entitled the Chick Corea Songbook.
Featured Album

The Chick Corea Songbook on Amazon.com

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Double Jeaopardy * Joshua Redman Electric Band * Momentum
Stuffy Turkey * Arthur Blyth * Focus on amazon.com
Home Bass * Rob Duguay * Pulo-Du-Guay-To
Big Fat Hen * Wynton Marsalis * the magic hour
Soul Food * Cyrus Chestnut * Soul Food
Give Thanks * Jimmy Greene * Mission Statement
Prayer #2 (Thanksgiving) * Miguel Zenon * Looking Forward
Family Extension * Albert Rivera * Re-Introduction
Alkalinity * Curtis Brothers * Blood * Spirit * Land * Water * Freedom
If I Were a Bell * Dana Lauren * Stairway to the Stars
Prelude * Manhattan Transfer * Chick Corea Songbook
Spain * Manhattan Transfer * Chick Corea Songbook
Maya's Waltz * Wayne Escoffery * Uptown
** End of Podcast **
Yasashiku (Gently) * Eric Alexander * Rivival of the Fittest
Hidden Fondness * David Berkman Quartet * Live at Smoke
The Black Hole, The Lasso & Loophole * New York Electric Piano * King Mystery
The Wheel * Chris Potter * Underground
Grab 'Hole the Dish * Charles Earland * Funk Fantastique

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Thanksgiving
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The Masters Part 3

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:35:00 +0000

This is the final installment of a 3 part series celebrating the Jazz Masters. It was a pleasure to feature greats like Miles, Trane, Ornette, J-Mac, Pepper, Henderson and Blakey for this show. These are Jazz music's Hall of Famers, in my opinion. If you missed any of the previous segments, you just need to scroll down on my web page for the other two shows.
Featured Album

Miles Smiles on Amazon.com

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Mode for Joe * Joe Henderson * Mode for Joe
26-2 * John Coltrane * Coltrane Sound
Lonely Woman * Ornette Coleman * Shape of Jazz to Come
Appointment in Ghana * Jackie McLean * New Wine in Old Bottles
Foot Prints * Miles Davis * Miles Smiles
A Bit of Basie * Art Pepper * Smack Up
One by One * Art Blakey * Ugetsu

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Jazz Masters Part 3
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11.14.09

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:24:00 +0000

A mix of some great music spanning many styles of jazz. Highlights include Pat Metheny, Wynton Marsalis, and Thomas Chapin. Thomas Chapin was a great jazz artist born in Manchester Connecticut. We used to listen to him play at local clubs in the early 80's. He always played with passion and fire. His career was cut short at the prime of his life from leukemia at age 40. At the time Chapin was at the top of his creative genius. This podcast contains two tracks and a video below that show Chapin's artistry and incredible chops.

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Cross Bronx * Wayne Escoffery * Uptown
Poem/The Rasor Rim * Wynton Marsalis * He and She
Minuano * Kurt Elling * Man In The Air
Minuano * Pat Metheny * Still Life (Talking)
Night Bird Song * Thomas Chapin * Sky Piece
Kura Kura * Thomas Chapin * You Don't Know Me
Rites of Passage * Jackie McLean * Fire And Love [CD on Demand, Amazon.com]
Realities of Chromaticism * Rez Abassi * Things To Come
** End of Podcast **
Say It * Christian Scott * Say It
Blackout * Stefon Harris * Urbanus
Cultural Survival * David Sanchez * Cultural Survival
Maria Cervantes * The Curtis Brothers * Blood Spirit Land Water Freedom
Too Late Fall Back Baby * Eric Alexander * Rivival
Take the Coltrane * Stanley Clarke Trio * Jazz in the Garden

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11.14.09
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The Masters - Part 2

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:13:00 +0000

This podcast is part 2 of a 3 hour radio special I did recently on the Masters of Jazz. This one features Sonny, Miles, Wes, Cannonball, Rashaan and more. Part 3 will show up next time my regular broadcast is pre-empted for sports programing, which happens frequently during this time of year. So, keep downloading these podcasts.
Featured Album

Download The Bridge from Amazon.com

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Without a Song * Sonny Rollins * The Bridge
Four * Miles Davis * Broadcast Sessions
Midnight Special * Jimmy Smith * Fourmost
4 on 6 * Wes Montgomery * Round Midnight
One for Daddy * Cannonball Adderley * Somethin' Else
Bright Moments * Rahsaan Roland Kirk * Compliments of the Mysterious Phantom
Ornithology * Oscar Peterson * The Paris Concert
Israel * Bill Evans * Explorations

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Masters - Part 2
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A Ghostly Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:50:00 +0000

We get into the Halloween spirit with this scary collection of jazz tunes. Voodoo, Black Magic, Zombies, Ghosts and more for this weeks selection of tunes. For an entire CD of music inspired by ghosts and goblins, I would recommend Greg Abate's Monsters of the Night. One of the tunes closes out this weeks podcast, but Greg brews up an entire CD of hard driving compositions inspired by the Halloween theme.
Featured Album

Monsters In The Night at Amazon.com

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Miles Runs the Voodoo Down * Miles Davis * Bitches Brew
Bitches Brew * Christian McBride * Live at Tonic
Black Magic Woman * Santana * The Essential Santana
Zombie Woof * Frank Zappa * Over-Nite Sensation from Amazon.com
The Magic Hour * Wynton Marsalis * The Magic Hour
Black Market * Joe Zawinul w/WDR Big Band * Brown Street
Ghost * Joshua Redman * Compass
Night Dreamer * Wayne Shorter * Night Dreamer
Transylvnia * Greg Abate * Monsters in the Night

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Ghostly Podcast
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The Masters - Part 1

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:09:00 +0000

This podcast is part 1 of a 3 hour special I did recently on the Masters of Jazz. This one features John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Parker and Dexter Gordon. Part 2 and 3 will show up in future weeks (but not consecutive), during those times when my regular broadcast is pre-empted for sports programing, which happens frequently during this time of year. So, keep downloading these podcasts to catch the balance of this series.
Featured Album

Speak No Evil available from Amazon.com

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Moments Notice * John Coltrane * Blue Trane
Deluge * Wayne Shorter * Juju
Speak No Evil * Wayne Shorter * Speak No Evil
Red Clay * Freddie Hubbard * Red Clay
Ko Ko * Charlie Parker * The Charlie Parker Story
Society Red * Dexter Gordon * Doin' Alright

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Masters - Part 1
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Afternoon Fill-in

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:16:00 +0000

With my regular Saturday evening show pre-empted for sports, I dig out an afternoon fill-in I did back in March of this year. It is an eclectic mix of fusion, bop, Indian and classic rock. Hope you enjoy the variety of this mix.

Featured Album

As Is... Live at Blue Note

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Sweet and Nasty * Joshua Redman * Elastic Band
You the Night and the Music * The Drummonds * Pas De Trois
Haunted Heart * The Drummonds * Pas De Trois
Blues in the Day * Walt Weiskopf * Anytown
Song for Isaiah * Jimmy Greene * The Overcomers Suite
Caravan * Avashai Cohen * As Is...Live at Blue Note
Apti * Rudresh Mahanthapa Indo-Pac Coalition * Apti
Up from the Skies * Jimi Hendrix Experience * Axis Bold as Love

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Afternoon Fill-in
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Heard in Hartford

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:52:00 +0000

Jazz fans in the Hartford area are very fortunate to have access to great live music in such abundance. Lately we have our friend Andres Chapparo to thank for producing many of the concerts here. He has brought us the Pork Pie Hat Jazz series with shows every couple of weeks through the Fall and early Winter. Friday we saw the Avery Sharpe Trio, and in following weeks we will be presented with Ralph Peterson, Antonio Hart and more. Also of note are local jazz heroes Steve Davis and the Luques and Zaccai Curtis who continue to perform for us here in Hartford despite having a busy career traveling around the world playing jazz with their own ensembles and playing with some of the greats of the genre. All of the aformentioned jazz artists are represented here in this jazz podcast. As mentioned in the podcast, I was tipped off to that great Bill Evans track by Ken Blanchard and his Jazz Note Blog, where you will find great recommendations and links to albums for your jazz collection.
Featured Album

buy from Truth Revolution records

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
From the Inside Out * Steve Davis * Crossfire
Yuba Citrico * Curtis Brothers Quartet * Blood, Spirit, Land, Water, Freedom
Solutions * Curtis Brothers Quartet * Blood, Spirit, Land, Water, Freedom
Palace of the Seven Jewels * Avery Sharpe Trio * Autumn Moonlight
Take Your Time, But Hurry Up! * Avery Sharpe Trio * Autumn Moonlight
Keep It Simple * Ralph Peterson * The Reclamation Project
Imagination * Antonio Hart * All We Need
Loose Bloose * Bill Evans * Loose Blues
Blues In Concentric Circles * Chris Potter * Concentric Circles
Minor March * Stefon Harris & Blackout * Urbanus
** End of Podcast **
Nightfall * Mike DiRubbo * Repercussion
Penthouse A * Chico Hamilton * Joyous Shout
Drum Song * Joe Lovano UsFive * Folkart
Partido Alto * Ignacio Berroa * Codes
Spain (I Can Recall) * Manhattan Transfer * The Chick Corea Songbook
If I Were A Bell * Dana Lauren * Stairway to the Stars
Op25 No2 * Curtis Bros. * Blood, Spirit

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Heard in Hartford
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The Envelope

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:39:00 +0000

Back in July, I had the pleasure of filling in for Joel Krut's great show Pushing the Envelope on WHUS. This podcast is a recording of a segment of that broadcast. I play tracks from the Legacy Series honoring the 50th anniversary of some classic LP's from 1959 including Mingus Ah Um and Brubeck's Time Out.

Featured Album

Ah Um 50th Anniversary (Legacy Edition) on Amazon.com

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Boogie Stop Shuffle * Charles Mingus * Mingus Ah Um
Da Drums * George Shuller's Circle Wide * Like Before, Somewhat After
Regytian Strut * Eddie Palermo Big Band * Eddy Loves Frank on amazon.com
Big Bahngra * Fareed Haque and Flat Earth Ensemble * Flat Planet
The Ring * Kenny Garret * Sketches of MD
Solar * Stanley Clarke Trio * Jazz in the Garden
Under the Bridge * Stanley Clarke Trio * Jazz in the Garden
Thank You, Come Again * Enrico Rava * New York Days
Blue Rhondo ala Turk * Dave Brubeck Quartet * Time Out

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The Envelope
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Pork Pie Hat

noreply@blogger.com (Ken Laster) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:42:00 +0000

This podcast celebrates tenor sax great Pres, Pork Pie Hat, Lester Young. This year is the Centenial of the Prez' birth. Lester Young was one of the influential jazz artists of the 1940's and 50's. He played with Count Basie and Billy Holiday and many others. His mellow full tone on tenor is featured on this podcast. Pork Pie Hat is also the name of a jazz series of live concerts going on now in the Hartford area. We feature some of the artists performing in that series on this show.

Pres and Teddy on Amazon.com

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
All of Me * Lester Young * Pres and Teddy
Almost Like Being in Love * Lester Young * Tea for Two
Goodbye Porkpie Hat * Kevin Mohogany * Another Time Another Place
Matrix * Ignacio Berroa * Codes
Bolivia * Cedar Walton * Eastern Rebellion
Turn it Over * Ralph Peterson * The Reclamation Project amazon
Auditory Illusion * Antonio Hart * All We Need
The Children and the Warlock * Harry Whitaker * Thoughts (Past and Present)
The Temple of the Olympic Zeus * Eric Alexander * Temple of Olympic Zeus
Necessity * Insight * A Genesis
** End of Podcast **
The Truth Will Set You Free * Insight * A Genesis
Craving * Waitiki 7 * Adventures in Paradise
In 3 * Jaleel Shaw * Optimism
Light My Fire * Deep Blue Organ Trio * Deep Blue Breeze
Life Cycles * Sean Jones * The search within

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Pork Pie Hat
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