March 27, 2008 08:23 AM PDT
Psychedelic soul and stoned funk 1968- 1972
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The Temptations- Cloud Nine (Cloud Nine, Motown, 1968)
Earth, Wind & Fire- Moment of Truth (Earth, Wind and Fire, Warner Bros. 1971)
The Fatback Band- Free Form (Let's Do It Again, Perception 1972)
James Brown- Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved (King 1970)
Kool & the Gang- Who's Gonna Take the Weight (Parts 1 & 2) (Live at the Sex Machine, De Lite 1971)
The Isley Brothers- Spill The Wine (Givin' It Back, T-Neck 1971)
War- The Cisco Kid (The World is a Ghetto, United Artists 1972)
Bill Withers- I Don't Want You On My Mind (Still Bill, Sussex 1972)
Wilson Pickett- Get Me Back On Time, Engine Number 9 (Pts 1 & 2) (Wilson Pickett In Philadelphia, Atlantic 1970)
Eddie Floyd- Big Bird (Stax 1968)
Sly & The Family Stone- Luv 'n' Haight (There's a Riot Goin' On, Epic 1971)
O'Jays- When the World's at Peace (Back Stabbers, Philadelphia International 1972)
Curtis Mayfield- (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Gonna Go (Curtis, Curtom 1970)
Gil Scott Heron- Home Is Where the Hatred Is (Pieces of a Man, Flying Dutchman 1971)
Roberta Flack- Compared to What (First Take, Atlantic 1969)
Marlena Shaw- Liberation Conversation (Spice of Life, Cadet 1968)
Freda Payne- Unhooked Generation (Band of Gold, Invictus 1969)
Parliament- Come In Out of the Rain (Invictus 1971)
Bobby Womack- Harry Hippie (Understanding, United Artists 1972)
Shuggie Otis- Strawberry Letter 23 (Freedom Flight, Epic 1971)
Isaac Hayes- Walk on By (Hot Buttered Soul, Stax 1969)
Original podcast date: July 07, 2006
February 14, 2008 06:18 AM PST
Classic love songs played and sung by the jazz greats
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Ben Webster- My Funny Valentine (Music for Loving, Norgran 1954)
Anita O'Day & Cal Tjader- Just In Time (Tea for Two, Verve 1962)
Bill Evans- Isn't It Romantic? (At Shelly's Manne Hole, Riverside 1963)
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman- My One and Only Love (John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, Impulse 1963)
Benny Carter- Tenderly (Benny Carter Plays Pretty, Norgran 1954)
Shirley Horn- All My Tomorrows (You Won't Forget Me, Verve 1990)
Dexter Gordon- Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Something Different, Steeplechase 1975)
Mark Murphy- On Green Dolphin Street (Rah!, Riverside 1961)
Scott Hamilton- My Romance (My Romance, Concord 1995)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong- They Can't Take That Away From Me (Ella & Louis, Verve 1956)
Cedar Walton- My Foolish Heart (Among Friends, Evidence 1982)
Sarah Vaughan- The Island (Crazy and Mixed Up, Pablo Today 1982)
Zoot Sims- You Go to My Head (For Lady Day, Pablo 1978)
Etta Jones- If I Had You (Don't Go to Strangers, Prestige 1960)
Coleman Hawkins- Like Someone in Love (The Genius of Coleman Hawkins, Verve 1957)
Nat 'King' Cole- When I Grow Too Old To Dream (After Midnight, Capitol 1956)
Booker Little- Sweet and Lovely (The Defiant Ones, United Artists 1958)
Chet Baker- Time After Time (Chet Baker Sings, Pacific Jazz 1954)
Wes Montgomery- I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face (Full House, Riverside 1962)
Original podcast date: February 9, 2007
October 25, 2007 10:29 AM PDT
Free jazz: The avant garde revolution from the turbulent sixties.
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Sonny Simmons- Balladia (Music from the Spheres, ESP Disk' 1966)
Archie Shepp- Hambone (Fire Music, Impulse! 1965)
Albert Ayler- Ghosts: 2nd Variation (Spiritual Unity, ESP Disk' 1964)
Paul Bley- Walking Woman (Barrage, ESP Disk' 1964)
New York Art Quartet- No. 6 (New York Art Quartet, ESP Disk' 1965)
John Coltrane- Ascension: edition II (Ascension, Impulse! 1965)
Don Cherry- Infant Happiness (Symphony for Improvisors, Blue Note 1966)
Marion Brown- Why Not? (Why Not?, ESP Disk' 1966)
Cecil Taylor- Conquistador (Conquistador, Blue Note 1966)
Original podcast date: May 12, 2006
October 18, 2007 02:31 PM PDT
Experience the exciting bop revolution of the 1940s
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Dizzy Gillespie- Dizzy Atmosphere (Musicraft, 1945)
Dexter Gordon- Dexter's Minor Mad (Savoy, 1945)
Tadd Dameron- Dameronia (Blue Note, 1947)
J.J. Johnson- Jay Bird (Savoy, 1946)
Milt Jackson- I Mean You (Wizard of the Vibes, Blue Note, 1948)
Charlie Parker- Parker's Mood (Savoy, 1948)
Dodo Marmarosa- Dodo's Bounce (1946)
Stan Getz- Opus De Bop (Savoy, 1946)
Wardell Gray- Southside (Wardell Gray Memorial, Volume 1, Prestige 1949)
Howard McGhee & Fats Navarro- Double Talk (Blue Note, 1948)
Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker- Groovin' High (Town Hall, NYC, Uptown 1945)
Sonny Stitt & Bud Powell- Bud's Blues (Stitt/ Powell/ Johnson, Prestige 1949)
Charlie Parker- Bird of Paradise (Dial, 1947)
Tadd Dameron and Fats Navarro- Good Bait (broadcast, live at the Royal Roost, NYC, 1948)
Oscar Pettiford- Something for You [aka Max is Making Wax] (Manor, 1944)
Kai's Krazy Kats- Loaded (1945)
Tiny Grimes- Red Cross (1944)
Dizzy Gillespie- Salt Peanuts (Guild, 1945)
Thelonious Monk- In Walked Bud (Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1, Blue Note, 1947)
Dexter Gordon- Dexter Rides Again (Savoy, 1946)
Bebop Boys- Bebop in Pastel (Savoy, 1946)
Kenny Clarke's 52nd Street Boys- Royal Roost [aka Rue Chaptal] (Swing, 1946)
Red Rodney- The Goof and I (Keynote, 1947)
Charlie Parker- Bongo Beep (aka Bird Feathers) (Dial, 1947)
J.J. Johnson- Opus V (Modern Jazz Trombones, Prestige 1949)
Coleman Hawkins- Flyin' Hawk (Joe Davis, 1944)
Wardell Gray- Dell's Bells (Jazz Selection, 1946)
Dizzy Gillespie- Anthropology (Victor, 1946)
Original podcast date: June 17, 2006
September 14, 2007 06:34 AM PDT
Bebop classics given a new twist
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Ken Peplowski- Eternal Triangle (It's a Lonesome Old Town, Concord 1995)
Charles McPherson- Bloomdido (Come Play With Me, Arabesque 1995)
Emily Remler- Hot House (East to Wes, Concord 1988)
David Murray- Billie's Bounce (Saxmen, Red Baron 1993)
Mulgrew Miller- Powell's Prances (Work!, Muse 1986)
Joshua Redman- Salt Peanuts (Joshua Redman, Warner Bros 1993)
Dave Douglas' Tiny Bell Trio- The Gig (Constellations, hat Art 1995)
The Herbie Nichols Project- Bebop Waltz (Dr. Cyclops' Dream, Soul Note 1999)
Slide Hampton- Barbados (Roots, Criss Cross 1985)
Greg Osby- Shaw Nuff (St. Louis Shoes, Blue Note 2003)
Chick Corea- Oblivion (Remembering Bud Powell, Stretch 1997)
Ron Affif- Steeplechase (52nd Street, Pablo 1995)
Charlie Haden & Quartet West- Passport (Quartet West, Verve 1987)
Anthony Braxton- Ko-ko (Charlie Parker Project, Hat Art 1993)
Paul Bley- 52nd Street Theme (Bebop, Steeplechase 1989)
Original podcast date: April 28, 2006