In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond

This episode begins with jazz masters Trane, McCoy and Moody. Then a talented San Diego guitarist Alex Ciavarelli. The show concludes with a set of 70's jazz/rock fusion classics. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album John Coltrane ~ Pt. 1: Acknowledgement ~ A Love Supreme McCoy Tyner ~ Man From Tanganyika ~ Tender Moments James Moody ~ Cherokee ~ 80 Years Young: Live at the Blue Note Alex Ciavarelli ~ This Could Be the Start of Something Big ~ A Tribute to Oscar Peterson on Guitar Freddie Hubbard ~ Red Clay ~ Red Clay Herbie Hancock ~ Watermelon Man ~ Head Hunters Joe Farrell ~ Time's Lie ~ Moon Germs

Much of this week's show is inspired by music I heard performed at local jazz clubs in San Diego. The show begins with McCoy and ends with Miles. They bookend the set of tunes performed at local jazz venues and performed by Matt Hall at the Jazz Lounge and Gilbert Castellanos at Panama 66. More info is contained in the podcast. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album McCoy Tyner ~ Contemporary Focus ~ Today and Tomorrow Jon Faddis ~ The Hunters & Gatherers ~ Teranga Michael Brecker ~ Midnight Voyage ~ Tales from the Hudson Matt Hall ~ Spearhead ~ I Hope to My Never Horace Silver ~ Senor Blues ~ Six Pieces of Silve Gilbert Castellanos ~ Home is Africa ~ Espérame En El Cielo Miles Davis ~ Paraphernalia ~ Miles in the Sky

Just returned from vacation is Japan, so this week's podcast is inspired from my trip. The episode begins with Japan impressions from two iconic jazz artists, Brubeck and Silver. Then we here from a couple japanese players Takura Kuroda (tr) and Yasuke Sato (as). Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Horace Silver ~ Sayonara Blues ~ The Tokyo Blues The Dave Brubeck Quartet ~ Tokyo Traffic ~ Jazz Impressions of Japan Takuya Kuroda ~ Car 16 15 A ~ EVERYDAY Yosuke Sato & Jan Lundgren ~ Kagome Kagome ~ Furusato Hampton Hawes Trio ~ Suddenly I Thought Of You ~ The Seance Kenny Barron ~ Softly As in a Morning Sunrise ~ Beyond This Place Joey Alexander ~ Blue ~ Continuance Greg Abate ~ Give Flight to Imagination ~ Positive Energy

The second of two episodes that are being rebroadcast from last year due to being away on vacation from my home studio. I will return next week for a new In The Groove. After the opening track, we feature the music of Greg Abate and Kenny Barron, both as leaders, and a collaboration between the two. Other great music covers classic jazz, hard bop and fusion. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Wayne Shorter ~ Angola (Alternate Take) ~ The Soothsayer Greg Abate & Paul Del Nero Quartet ~ Clare's Ostinado ~ Reunion - Live at WICN Greg Abate ~ Sunshower ~ Magic Dance: The Music of Kenny Barron Kenny Barron ~ Tragic Magic ~ Beyond This Place Sonny Rollins ~ Asiatic Raes ~ Newk's Time Pat Metheny Group ~ The Epic ~ American Garage Herbie Hancock ~ Actual Proof ~ Thrust

Away on vacation this week, so this episode is a reprise of one that originally aired in May of 2024. This is the first of two. A playlist inadvertently populated with San Diego artists like Matt Hall, Lori Bell, Christopher Hollyday and Steph Johnson. Also of note is a debut recording by Sarah Hanahan, and Pulitzer Prize recipient Tyshawn Sorey. Playlist Artist ~ Track ~ Album Matt Hall ~ Biscuits & Gravy ~ I Hope to My Never Sarah Hanahan ~ We Bop! ~ Among Giants Jackie McLean ~ Climax ~ Jacknife Lori Bell Quartet ~ Serenity ~ Recorda Me - Remembering Joe Henderson Steph Johnson ~ Lazy Afternoon ~ So in Love Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne & Ray Brown ~ Crisis ~ Poll Winners Three! Christopher Hollyday ~ Minor Pulsation ~ Dialogue Tyshawn Sorey ~ Reincarnation Blues ~ Continuing

This show begins featuring James Moody on his centennial year of his birth. Also new music from Greg Abate (sax) and Alex Trembley (bass). The show concludes with a classic from Chick Corea and the original Return To Forever. Playlist James Moody ~ The World Is a Ghetto ~ The World Is a Ghetto James Moody ~ Moody's Mood ~ The World Is a Ghetto Greg Abate ~ Deep Seated Reality Alex Tremblay ~ Late Night Walk in Madrid ~ People and Places Christopher Hollyday ~ Paid Time Off ~ Dialogue Steve Davis ~ Minor Contention ~ Eloquence Charles Mingus ~ Dizzy Moods ~ Mingus Three Chick Corea ~ Return To Forever ~ Return To Forever

Today's show features many of my favorite trumpeters; Hargrove, Hubbard and Morgan along with a San Diego favorite Gilbert Castellanos. That set follows new music from N. Zuraitis and D. Pugach and a new release from alto sax great Greg Abate. Another fine jazz artist represented is SoCal is flautist Holly Hofmann. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Nicole Zuraitis & Dan Pugach ~ Jolene ~ Jolene - Single Greg Abate ~ Positive Energy ~ Positive Energy Roy Hargrove ~ To Wisdom the Prize ~ Earfood Freddie Hubbard ~ Arietis ~ Ready for Freddie Lee Morgan ~ Ceora ~ Cornbread Gilbert Castellanos ~ Bilad as Sudan ~ Espérame En El Cielo Holly Hofmann ~ Soul-Leo ~ Low Life Pat Metheny Group ~ The First Circle ~ First Circle

Lots of new music on today's episode beginning with Gerald Clayton on his new album One's and Two's and a collaboration on Out Of/Into. That is followed by more new releases from Lovano and Branford. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Out Of/Into ~ Ofafrii ~ Motion I Gerald Clayton ~ For Peace ~ Ones & Twos Gerald Clayton ~ More Always ~ Ones & Twos Joe Lovano & Marcin Wasilewski Trio ~ Golden Horn ~ Homage Branford Marsalis Quartet ~ ‘Long As You Know You’re Living Yours ~ Belonging Pat Metheny & Charlie Haden ~ The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress ~ Beyond the Missouri Sky Brad Mehldau, Mark Turner & Peter Bernstein ~ Ditty for Dewey ~ Solid Jackson Jeremy Pelt ~ Invention #2 / Black Conscience ~ Woven

This episode celebrates the coming of Spring. We begin with the classic jazz standard Up Jumped Spring. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Steve Davis ~ Up Jumped Spring ~ We See Wynton Marsalis ~ The Magic Hour ~ The Magic Hour Branford Marsalis Quartet ~ Belonging ~ Belonging Alex Tremblay ~ 280 Starr St. (The Dojo) ~ People and Places Doug Walker ~ Reality Winner ~ Concurrent Lines Emmet Cohen ~ Henei Ma Tov ~ Vibe Provider Ambrose Akinmusire ~ Bloomed (the ongoing processional of nighas in hoodies) ~ honey from a winter stone

This episode features mostly new music released in the first quarter of this year. We begin with my favorite new recording from the band Artemis. Also in this show new releases from Branford Marsalis, Noah Preminger and more. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album ARTEMIS ~ Olive Branch ~ ARBORESQUE Jeremy Pelt ~ Afrofuturism ~ Woven Out Of/Into ~ Synchrony ~ Motion I Branford Marsalis Quartet ~ The Windup ~ Belonging Alex Tremblay & Vanisha Gould ~ Your Love Is Home ~ People and Places Emma Rawicz & Gwilym Simcock ~ The Drumbledrone ~ Big Visit Noah Preminger ~ Democracy ~ Ballads Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein & Bill Stewart ~ FU Donald ~ Perpetual Pendulum

One of my favorite days of the year is Opening Day for the Baseball season. It signifies the start of spring and the joys of America's greatest pastime. Here we celebrate baseball with a jazz twist. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Joey DeFrancesco ~ Take Me out to the Ballgame ~ Joey D! The Les Brown Orchestra & Betty Bonnie ~ Joltin' Joe DiMaggio ~ Baseball! The Ultimate Collection Vol. 2 Nina Simone ~ Baseball Boogie ~ A Single Woman Count Basie ~ Did You Ever See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? ~ The Count Basie Story Alan Pasqua ~ Take Me Out to the Ball Game ~ Baseball's Greatest Hits: Take Me Out to the Ball Game & Other Sports Classics Carla Bley ~ Baseball ~ 4 X 4 George Carlin ~ Baseball and Football ~ Carlin on Campus Michael Franks ~ Baseball ~ One Bad Habit Vince Guaraldi Trio ~ Baseball Theme ~ A Boy Named Charlie Brown Jeremy Pelt ~ Labyrinth ~ Woven Keith Jarrett ~ The Old Country ~ The Old Country (Live at the Deer Head Inn)

This show reviews some recordings I picked up at a vinyl fair in San Diego recently. It is a mixture of 70's prog-rock and jazz music. This music will take you back to the great music being created in this era of rock, fusion and free jazz. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Tower Of Power ~ Only So Much Oil In the Ground ~ Urban Renewal Stanley Clarke ~ Sea Journey ~ Children of Forever Steely Dan ~ Home at Last ~ Aja The Doors ~ Break On Through ~ The Doors John Coltrane Quartet ~ Transition ~ Transition The Oscar Peterson Big 4 ~ Night Child ~ Freedom Song

A varied playlist for this week's podcast beginning with Kurt Rosenwinkel and Artemis. Later in the set we hear from piano masters Kenny Barron, Chick and McCoy. We conclude the show with alto genius Cannonball. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Kurt Rosenwinkel & Jean-Paul Brodbeck ~ Hungarian Dance No. 1 ~ The Brahms Project ARTEMIS ~ Komorebi ~ ARBORESQUE Sullivan Fortner ~ Tres Palabras ~ Southern Nights Rob Thorsen ~ Bohemia After Dark ~ Moon Ray Kenny Barron & Dave Holland ~ In Walked Bud ~ The Art of Conversation Chick Corea ~ Folk Song ~ Three Quartets McCoy Tyner ~ Contemporary Focus ~ Today and Tomorrow Cannonball Adderley Quintet ~ Star Eyes ~ The Quintet Plus

A playlist starting with the great Cannonball Adderley and concluding with honoring the late pioneer of Acid Jazz, Roy Ayers. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Cannonball Adderley Quintet ~ Arriving Soon ~ The Quintet Plus Cannonball Adderley ~ One For Daddy-O ~ Somethin' Else Sphere ~ Dual Force ~ Sphere: Live On Tour ARTEMIS ~ Footprints ~ ARBORESQUE Mackenzie Leighton ~ Pm/Am ~ I Remember Andrew Wilcox ~ Old Devil Moon ~ Dear Mr. Hill Out Of/Into ~ Gabaldon’s Glide ~ Motion I Roy Ayers Ubiquity ~ Everybody Loves the Sunshine ~ Everybody Loves the Sunshine

This episode begins by paying our respects to Roberta Flack, who passed away last week. The recording featured here is my favorite track by Ms. Flack. Following that is new music by another fine vocalist Nicole Zuraitis. We have more great jazz in the following tracks. The podcast concludes with a live recording from 70's fusion band Weather Report. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Roberta Flack ~ Compared to What ~ First Take Nicole Zuraitis ~ ode to billie jo ~ siren songs volume 1 Wynton Marsalis ~ Black Codes ~ Black Codes (From The Underground) Miles Davis ~ All Blues ~ My Funny Valentine: In Concert Joe Farnsworth ~ Someday We'll All Be Free ~ In What Direction Are You Headed? Kurt Rosenwinkel ~ Minor Blues ~ The Next Step Weather Report ~ A Remark You Made ~ 8:30

An all Jazz/Rock Fusion podcast episode. This is what introduced me to jazz. These ar classic fusion pioneers from the 1970's. From Miles to McLaughlin and much more. It all began here. Enjoy! Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Weather Report ~ Havona ~ Heavy Weather Freddie Hubbard ~ The Intrepid Fox ~ Red Clay Mahavishnu Orchestra ~ You Know You Know ~ Inner Mounting Flame Chick Corea ~ Shadow of Lo ~ Where Have I Known You Before Herbie Hancock ~ Sly ~ Head Hunters Miles Davis ~ Miles Runs the Voodoo Down ~ Bitches Brew

No real theme to today's show, just music I have been listening to this past week. We start with classic fusion (1975) from Return To Forever with Chick Corea and conclude with West Coast jazz with drummer Shelly Manne. In between, we have modern jazz, mostly released in the last year. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Return to Forever ~ No Mystery ~ No Mystery Lori Bell Quartet ~ Recorda Me ~ Recorda Me - Remembering Joe Henderson ARTEMIS ~ Komorebi ~ ARBORESQUE Charles Lloyd ~ Cape to Cairo ~ The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow Marquis Hill ~ Meshell ~ Composers Collective: Beyond The Jukebox Jonathan Barber ~ Can't Call It ~ In Motion (feat. Vision Ahead) Elvin Jones ~ Lady Luck ~ Elvin! Shelly Manne and His Men ~ Summertime ~ Shelly Manne & His Men At the Blackhawk, Vol. 1

This week's episode features the Grammy Award winners for the jazz categories. Of special note are the two winners with roots in Connecticut, Dan Pugach and Zaccai Curtis. Several other awards went to alternative modern jazz sounds that make this an interesting show. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Dan Pugach ~ Tolerance ~ Bianca Reimagined Zaccai Curtis ~ Stromboli ~ Cubop Lives! Jacob Collier ~ Bridge Over Troubled Water ~ Djesse Vol. 4 Meshell Ndegeocello ~ Trouble ~ No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin Taylor Eigsti ~ Light Dream ~ Plot Armor Akropolis Reed Quintet ~ Strands ~ Are We Dreaming The Same Dream? Chick Corea & Béla Fleck ~ The Otter Creek Incident ~ Remembrance Samara Joy ~ Twinkle Twinkle Little Me ~ A Joyful Holiday Quincy Jones ~ Killer Joe ~ Walking In Space

This show has new music released in 2025 from Artemis, Nicole Zuraitis and Noah Preminger. Much more as well from pianists Emmet Cohen and Oscar Peterson. There is also a couple of tracks out of San Diego from David Borgo and Rob Thorsen. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album ARTEMIS ~ The Smile of the Snake ~ ARBORESQUE Nicole Zuraitis ~ brand new key ~ siren songs volume 1 Emmet Cohen ~ Henei Ma Tov ~ Vibe Provider Oscar Peterson ~ C-Jam Blues ~ Night Train Oscar Peterson ~ Georgia On My Mind ~ Night Train Noah Preminger ~ Carry Me Ohio ~ Single Rob Garcia ~ Dark Blue Horse Power ~ Natural Bounce David Borgo ~ Senescence ~ Persistence Rob Thorsen Quartet ~ The Intimacy of the Blues ~ Evolution Wayne Shorter ~ Armageddon ~ Night Dreamer

John Coltrane provides this week's Welcome with his heartfelt tenor playing. Another jazz great, Charles Lloyd is on deck with his latest release at age 86. From there we play some of the great young players of today with Gerald Clayton, Glenn Zaleski, Jahari Stampley and more. The show is ended as we began with jazz legends, Wes and Wayne. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album John Coltrane Quartet ~ Welcome ~ Transition Charles Lloyd ~ Booker’s Garden ~ The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow Out Of/Into ~ Synchrony ~ Motion I Glenn Zaleski ~ Two Days ~ Star Dreams Jahari Stampley ~ Power ~ Still Listening Ed Kornhauser ~ Celadon ~ The Short Years Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein & Bill Stewart ~ FU Donald ~ Perpetual Pendulum Wes Montgomery ~ Bumpin' On Sunset (Alternate Take) ~ Tequila (Expanded Edition) Wayne Shorter ~ Ana Maria ~ Native Dancer