In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond

This episode begins with Michael Brecker in some interesting situations with Paul Simon and James Taylor. We follow that up with new music from another tenor sax player, Jimmy Greene from his newest release. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Michael Brecker ~ African Skies ~ Tales from the Hudson Paul Simon ~ Under African Skies ~ Graceland Michael Brecker ~ The Nearness of You ~ Nearness of You: The Ballad Book Jimmy Greene ~ Praises ~ As We Are Now Jimmy Greene ~ Speak Low ~ As We Are Now Sam Rivers ~ Beatrice ~ Fuchsia Swing Song Chick Corea ~ Friends ~ Friends Herbie Hancock ~ Maiden Voyage ~ Maiden Voyage

This show begins by paying tribute to Chuck Mangione who passed away last week. Best known for his hit 'Feel So Good', Mangione is one of a few musicians that bridged jazz and popular music audiences. Also notable in this show we play new releases from modern jazz artists you may not yet have heard. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Chuck Mangione ~ Land of Make Believe ~ Land of Make Believe Chuck Mangione ~ Give It All You Got ~ Fun and Games Kenny Burrell ~ Midnight Blue ~ Midnight Blue Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio ~ Impressions ~ Smokin' At The Half Note Nicole McCabe ~ A Change In Scenery ~ A Song To Sing Jimmy Greene ~ As We Are Now ~ As We Are Now Andrew Renfroe ~ DREAMER ~ POP LOGIC Linda May Han Oh ~ The Sweetest Water ~ Strange Heavens Dexter Gordon ~ Soy Califa ~ The Swingin' Affair

This is an all flute special, with jazz greats James Moody, Herbie Mann, Roland Kirk, Hubert Laws and many more. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Holly Hofmann Quartet ~ Bohemia After Dark (Live) ~ Live At Birdland James Moody ~ Cherokee ~ 80 Years Young: Live at the Blue Note Lori Bell ~ Streets of New York ~ Brooklyn Dreaming Herbie Mann ~ Memphis Underground ~ Memphis Underground Roland Kirk ~ Serenade to a Cuckoo ~ Kirkatron Eric Dolphy ~ Gazzelloni ~ Out to Lunch! Jamie Baum ~ Far Side ~ Solace Hubert Laws ~ The Rite of Spring ~ Rite of Spring

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. Playlist 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

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) 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

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

A varied playlist of vocals, hardbop, fusion and electronic music ranging from the 1960's to today's modern jazz. Playlist 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

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. Playlist 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!

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