In this episode we get back to a more hard-bop oriented sound, from the 1960's to new releases with roots in that more straight ahead jazz tradition.
PlaylistÂ
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Hank Mobley ~ This I Dig Of You ~ Soul Station
Wayne Shorter ~ Tom Thumb ~ Schizophrenia
Joshua Redman ~ Era's End ~ Words Fall Short
Branford Marsalis Quartet ~ The Windup ~ Belonging
David Borgo ~ Tanpura ~ Cycles
Brandee Younger ~ Discernment ~ Gadabout Season
Kurt Rosenwinkel & Jean-Paul Brodbeck ~ Intermezzo, Op. 118, No. 2 ~ The Brahms Project
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Fusion New and Different
Another Fusion set, but this one a bit different. We'll hear jazz fused with pop tunes, string quartets, orchestra, Indian Classical, Ukrainian folk music and hard rock.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Frank Zappa ~ Stolen Moments ~ Broadway the Hard Way
Frank Zappa ~ Murder By Numbers ~ Broadway the Hard Way
Roman Baranskiy | Scott Amendola, Matt Muntz, Friction Quartet ~Chuhayster ~ (YouTube)Â
Ben Williams ~ Consciousness ~ Between Church & State
Andrew Renfroe ~ DREAMER ~ POP LOGIC
Mahavishnu Orchestra ~ Lila's Dance ~ Visions Of The Emerald Beyond
Shakti ~ Happiness Is Being Together ~ Natural Elements
Tim Garland ~ Moment Of Departure ~ Moment Of Departure
Brandee Younger ~ Gadabout Season ~ Gadabout Season
Miles Davis ~ Honky Tonk ~ Get Up With It
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70's Jazz-Rock Fusion
Jazz Rock Fusion is on tap to begin this week's show. Headhunters, Return To Forever, and Mahavishnu Orchestra were the innovators in Jazz from the early 70's. After that set we hear new music from saxophonist Joshua Redman and others.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Herbie Hancock ~ Sly ~ Head Hunters
Return to Forever ~ Captain Señor Mouse ~ Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy
Mahavishnu Orchestra ~ Open Country Joy ~ Birds of Fire
Joe Farrell ~ Sound Down ~ Outback
Joshua Redman ~ Icarus ~ Words Fall Short
David Borgo ~ Bright Sun ~ Cycles
Victor Baker Quartet ~ Time Ripples ~ As the Crow Flies
Wes Montgomery ~ Bumpin' On Sunset ~ Tequila
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Episode June 22 2025
A varied playlist of vocals, hardbop, fusion and electronic music ranging from the 1960's to today's modern jazz.
PlaylistÂ
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Cannonball Adderley & Nancy Wilson ~ The Old Country ~ Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball Adderley & Nancy Wilson ~ Unit 7 ~ Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley
Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade ~ La Fiesta ~ Trilogy 2
Eberhard Weber & The Gary Burton Quartet ~ Sea Journey ~ Passengers
Freddie Hubbard ~ Arietis ~ Ready for Freddie
Christopher Hollyday ~ Everything Happens ~ Telepathy
Nicole McCabe ~ A Song To Sing ~ A Song To Sing
Weather Report ~ American Tango ~ Mysterious Traveller
Michael Brecker ~ African Skies ~ Tales from the Hudson
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Episode June 15 2025
The San Diego jazz scene is well represented in this episode, featuring some of the most respected artists in Southern California. Wofford, Hofmann, Thorsen, Sprague and others are at the top of the show. We have Miles too and more.
PlaylistÂ
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Mike Wofford & Holly Hofmann ~ Soul Street ~ Turn Signal (feat. Terell Stafford)
Rob Thorsen Quartet ~ Beatrice ~ First Impression
Peter Sprague ~ Can't Find My Way Home ~ Sunshine of Your Love: Peter Sprague Plays Cream
Steely Dan ~ Home at Last ~ Aja
Miles Davis ~ Straight, No Chaser ~ Milestones
Miles Davis ~ Black Comedy ~ Miles in the Sky
Joey DeFrancesco ~ Take Me out to the Ballgame ~ Joey D!