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 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 * Thmas Chapin * You Don't Know Me Rites of Passage * Jackie McLean * Fire and Love Realities of Chromaticism * Rez Abassi * Things To Come

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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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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 * Overnight Sensation 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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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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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 * Paz De Trois Haunted Heart * The Drummonds * Paz 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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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. 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

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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 * Eddie Loves Frank 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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This podcast celebrates tenor sax great Pres, Pork Pie Hat, Lester Young. This year is the Centenial of the Pres' 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 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

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This podcast celebrates autumn's equinox (September 22) in jazz music. At the same time, we are honoring what would have been John Coltrane's 83rd birthday (September 23). What better way to achieve both, then by playing Coltrane's classic Equinox. We'll follow this by Steve Kuhn's rendition of Autumn Leaves. The show continues on with a variety of jazz music by some of the jazz masters as well as some newcomers to the scene. Featured album Download 'Coltrane's Sound' from Amazon.com Playlist Track * Artist * Album Equinox * John Coltrane * Coltrane's Sound Autumn Leaves * Steve Kuhn * Love Walked In I Love Music * Ahmad Jamal * The Awakening IIT * Rudresh Mahanthappa Indo-Pac Coalition * Apti ESP * Al Foster Quartet * Love, Peace and Jazz Woody and You * Ignacio Berroa * Codes Blackbelt Bebop * Sean Lyons * Roar of Lyons Time Off * Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers * Ugetsu Cantaloupe Island * Herbie Hancock * Empyrian Islands

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Prior to his performance at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival in Lennox, MA, I had the opportunity to interview jazz bassist Dave Holland. We spoke about the beginning of his career in jazz, working with Miles, his thoughts on jazz composition and bass playing. The interview, about 20 minutes long is embedded in this podcast along with some of Holland's great music created with a variety of ensembles. The YouTube below is a 6 minute video segment of the interview. Please listen to the podcast for the entire interview. Playlist Track * Artist * Album See-Saw * Dave Holland Quartet * Conference of the Birds 50 * The Monterey Quartet * The Monterey Quartet: Live at the 2007 Dave Holland Interview (includes clips from Dave's albums Pass it On, Overture with Big Band, and Miles Davis' Bitches Brew) Mr. B (Bonus Track) * Dave Holland * Pass It On Pum-Pum * Eli Degibri * Emotionally Available Matrix * Ignaccio Berroa * Codes Gemini * Cannonball Adderley * In New York

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Labor day weekend marks the end of the summer and this podcast is second half of last weeks summer recap show. It was a great summer for catching live jazz music. Dig these tunes by Seamus Blake and the norwegian organ trio Solid led by guitarist Bjorn Solli. We saw these cats playing at Smalls Jazz Cafe in NYC. Jason Palmer is represented on two tracks in this playlist. A fine trumpet player and composer, he plays every weekend at Wally's Cafe and Jazz club in Boston. The first of these tracks also features Ravi Coltrane on sax. We saw Jason accompany Ravi's quartet this summer at the Zinc Bar in New York city this summer. Locally we heard pianist Nando Michelin and alto sax great Mike DiRubbo playing in jazz ensembles at here in Hartford and they laid us on to their latest CD's to share with you on this podcast. featured album Songbook on Amazon.com Playlist Track * Artist * Album Way Out Willy * Seamus Blake * Way Out Willy Normy * Solid * Happy Accidents Paula * Nando Michelin * Reencontro The Shadowboxer * Jason Palmer * Songbook Will there ever be employment for the Exonerated People * Jason Palmer * Songbook Deja vu * Mike Dirubbo * Repercussion

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Summer is the season of jazz. There are great festivals all over the country, outdoor concerts, and warm summer nights at hip jazz clubs. Its a great time to hang in NYC and go club hopping till the early morning hours. This summer was particularly fine for seeing great live music. Of course, Newport was the highlight, but we saw some great music here at the Monday night Jazz series in the park, at Black Eyed Sally's and in NYC. Next weekend is the Tanglewood Jazz festival in the Berkshires in Massachusetts. This radio show highlights some of the great artists who performed this summer in Southern New England. Playlist Track * Artist * Album Round Rueben * Joshua Redman * Compass Powerhouse * Joe Lovano * Folk Art Song for Judi * Joe Lovano * Folk Art The Face of It * Wayne Escoffery * Hopes and Dreams Love in Action * Jimmy Greene * Mission Statement Guapo * Michele Rosewoman * The In Side Out Love For Sale * Jaleel Shaw * Optimism You Hit the Spot * Dana Lauren * Stairway to the Stars Equality * Dave Holland Sextet * Pass it On

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This podcast showcases some great pianists. Among those featured are Robert Glasper, with a new CD to be released this week, and Joey Calderazzo, who we were very impressed with at the Newport Jazz Festival two weeks ago. Also in the mix are two smokin' tracks by the incomparable McCoy Tyner. The two recordings are from the 1970's, when Tyner was at the top of his game. featured album Double Booked, available from Amazon Aug 25. Playlist Track * Artist * Album No Worries * Rober Glasper * Double-Booked All Matter * Rober Glasper * Double-Booked The Oracle * Joey Calderazzo * Joey Calderazzo The Blossom Of Parting * Branford Marsalis * Metamorphosen Fly With The Wind * McCoy Tyner * Fly With The Wind Song For My Lady * McCoy Tyner * Song For My Lady Everybody Wants To Rule The World * The Bad Plus * Prog Rose Colored Glass * George Colligan * Blood Pressure El Cigarrito * Claudia Acuna * En Este Momento

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show, a written review of the event, photo gallery, and a Post Festival review podcast. They are all presented here for your viewing, reading and listening pleasure. I also included a link to NPR's excellent coverage of the event that includes recorded performances that you can download as a podcast or listen to as streaming audio. Enjoy! - To read the entire review (long), click through to my Blog. - Click here to view my Newport Jazz Fest photo gallery (you can upload your pics into this gallery). - Click here for NPR's coverage including recorded performances. Playlist Track * Artist * Album Caravan * Hiromi * Beyond Standards IIT * Rudresh Mahanthappa Indo-Pak Trio * Apti Identity Theft * Joshua Redman * Compass Hope * Branford Marsalis Quartet * Braggtown Season of Changes * Brian Blade and the Fellowship * Season of Changes Folk Art * Joe Lovano * Folk Art Comfortably Numb * The Bad Plus * For All I Care Five Fingers * Jeff Palmer (w/Rashied Ali) * Island Universe

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I am at Newport Jazz Festival this week, so I didn't do my regular WHUS show. I filled in for another show called Fiat Flux. Kind of rocked out for this show. Playlist Track * Artist * Album Mysterious Traveler * Weather Report * Mysterious Traveler Jazz Crimes * Joshua Redman * Elastic Band Spaces Revisited *Larry Coryell * The Power Trio Round About * Yes * Fragile Fiction * Bob Reynolds * Can't Wait for Perfect Nine Lives * Bob Reynolds * Can't Wait for Perfect Hot n Tot * John Scofiel * A Go-Go Minor Tragedy * Rich Goldstein * Comin' from Montgomery Little Wing * Jimi Hendrix Experience * The Ultimate Experience

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George Wein has put together a creative and artistic lineup for the 55th Newport Jazz Festival. From legendary masters like Tony Bennet and Dave Brubeck, to the lions of jazz like Joshua Redman, Branford Marsalis, to the avante garde like Vijay Iyer and Rudresh Mahanthapa. Even Hip-Hop is represented with Mos Def. This is going to be an exciting festival. A sampling of these artists are here in this podcast for your listening pleasure. A free iTunes download of Newport Samplers, many of which were used in this podcast is available at this NPR web page. Playlist Track * Artist * Album Mode for Joe * Cedar Walton * Eastern Rebellion Brother Mister * Christian McBride and Inside Straight * Kind of Brown Penta * Miquel Zenon * Awake Just For You * Joshua Redman Double trio * Compass Jabberwocky * Branford Marsalis Quartet * Metamorphosen Tulum * Claudia Acuna * En Esta Momento Spirit of the Moment * Michael Camillo * Spirit of the Moment James * Roy Haynes and The Fountain of Youth Band * Whereas Rubylou's Lullaby * Brian Blade Fellowship * Season of Changes Radio Cure * The Bad Plus * For All I Care Blue Rhondo Ala Turk (Newport 1961) * Dave Brubeck Quartet * Time Out

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This show features some of the best new fusion going on today. Though Jazz-Fusion does not enjoy the popularity it had during the 70's and 80's, it is still a vibrant creative source of new jazz music today. In fact I predict that the use of electric guitar, keyboards and synths in jazz will help to revive the genre in the years to come. featured album Playlist Track * Artist * Album Softly As In A Morning Sunrise * Hiromi * Beyond Standard Time Out * Hiromi * Hiromi's Sonic Bloom: Time Control Long Distance Runaround * The Bad Plus * For All I Care Semos * Garaj Mahal * W00t Complicated Shoes * Solid * Happy Accidents French Spice * Mike Ledonne * Smokin' Out Loud Cheesecake * Jake Langley * Diggin' In Adana * Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition * Apti Bengali Bud * Fareed Haque + The Flat Earth Ensemble * Flat Planet

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Monday July 20th marks the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 walk on the moon. A pretty amazing feat for 1969. This has little or nothing to do with this weeks jazz program, but I couldn't think of a theme or a name for the show. Actually one tracks on this show is titled "Lunar", from one of our favorite alto sax players, Mike DiRubbo, so we might as well use his fine newly released CD as our featured album of the week. featured album Repercussion from amazon.com Playlist Track * Artist * Album Kahlil * Harper Brothers * You Can Hide Inside the Music The Shadowboxer * Jason Palmer * Songbook Lunar * Mike DiRubbo * Repercussion Normy * Solid! * Happy Accident The Jupiter Line * Seamus Blake * Way Out Willy The Road to Marostika * One For All * Return of the Lineup Sycamore * Nando Michelin * Reencontro NuSoil Ensemble * Allen Jay Palmer Play Podcast Walk on the Moon To download file, ctrl-click (Mac); right click (Win)- (approx. 49 megs). Powered by Podbean.com

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Most of this show features our friend Andres Chaparro from Beatnik Entertainment and his Jazz on the River series. Beginning this Wednesday, July 15 with the Winard Harper Quartet and for six consecutive Wednesday evenings there will be some great performances at a new venue for Jazz. These shows will be hosted at Albert's Riverside on 1530 Palisado Ave., Windsor, CT. For more information see Andres' website at www.beatnik-entertainment.com. Come out to Albert's Riverside for some killer jazz music, and good food. Support jazz in Hartford. Playlist Track * Artist * Album Moments Notice * John Coltrane * Blue Trane Hankerin' * Mike Melito * In the Tradition Artistry * Harper Brothers * Artistry The Children and the Warlock * Harry Whitatker * Thoughts (Past and Present) NuSoil * Allen Jay Palmer Sudan and Darfur * Insight (Curtis Brothers) * A Genesis Birthright * Lummy Spann * Live and Direct

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This podcast is the second hour of my radio show from last week, and it is a good one. We start out with the one and only Trane from a fine album, Coltrane's Sound. We then take it beyond with George Schuller and Ed Palermo. Following that is a set featuring some great Monk composition's as interpreted by others, than Monk and Trane. We settle things down nicely with some Evan's like piano trio music by a great artist, Robert Glasper. Featured album Eddy Loves Frank from Amazon Playlist Track * Artist * Album 26-2 * John Coltrane * Coltrane's Sound Common Mama * George Schuller's Circle Wide * Like Before, Somewhat After Don't You Ever Wash That Thing? * Ed Palermo Big Band * Eddy Loves Frank Bemsha Swing * Esbjorn Svensson Trio * Plays Monk Evidence * Bobby Broom * Plays for Monk Nutty * Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane * At Carnegie Hall Monk Walks * Dapp Theory * Layers of Chance Blue Skies * Robert Glasper Trio * Mood

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Since I will not be broadcasting a show next week (holiday weekend), I will publish this show in two, hour long segments, this week and next. This week features Christian McBride's latest release, Kind of Brown. I also play something from Quincy Jones Back to the Block. Quincy was greatly responsible for the late MJ's sound, and I think you can hear some of that in the way he arranged Zawinal's fusion classic Birdland. Here is the link to download a free track, Rainbow Wheel, from the new Christian McBride album. download Kind Of Brown from Amazon Playlist Track * Artist * Album Sunday Reflections * Sean Jones * The Search Within Theme For Kareem * Christian McBride & Inside Straight * Kind of Brown Rainbow Wheel * Christian McBride & Inside Straight * Kind of Brown Jazz Corner of the Word * Quincy Jones * Back on the Block Birdland * Quincy Jones * Back on the Block Alter Ego * Larry Willis * The Offering The Call * Tom Harrell * Prana Dance Ragabop * Prasanna * Be the Change

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It's now like a tradition to play Horace Silver's Song for My Father on this particular weekend of the year. This Father's day show has an opening set dedicated to my Dad and all others out there. Cannonball's One For Daddy-O is another great track befitting this theme. It's a rare appearance of Miles Davis as a backup band member. The set ends with a funky rendition of Silver's classic. Following the Father's Day set, we here the new Gary Burton offering featuring Pat Metheny on guitar. Then the new generation of players like Sean Jones, Mike DiRubbo, and Lauren Sevian. Playlist Track * Artist * Album Song For My Father * Horace Silver * Song For My Father One For Daddy-O * Cannonball Adderley * Somethin' Else Father * George Coleman * At Yoshi's Fathers And Sons * Jimmy Greene * Mission Statement Song For My Father * Victor Wooten * Palmystery Question And Answer * Gary Burton * Quartet Live! Life Cycles * Sean Jones * The Search Within Better Days * Mike DiRubbo Quartet * NY Accent: Live at the Kitano Outline * Lauren Sevian * blueprint Play Podcast For Fathers To download file, ctrl-click (Mac); right click (Win)- (approx. 66 megs).

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From the Hart, meaning - From Hartford. The music in this podcast is inspired by a couple of the live performances that took place this week in the Hartford area. Jean Caze (trumpet), and Albert Rivera (tenor sax), both from New York City, had previously performed in our area, returned backed by local favorites Zachai and Luques Curtis (Insight) put on a wonderful show. Joel Frahm was in West Hartford for a master class for the benefit of a middle school jazz band, followed that up with a performance with a quartet of local musicians. Besides the local representation, we don't forget to play the masters in this podcast, and have two of the greatest of all time, Rollins and Trane. Jean Caze from CD Baby Playlist Track * Artist * Album The New York Hartford Connection (Alt Take) * Albert Rivera * Re-Introduction Aint Nuthin Wrong * Jean Caze * Miami Jazz Scene Haitian Peace Song * Jean Caze * Miami Jazz Scene Bolivia * Cedar Walton * Eastern Rebellion Story In Three * Insight * A Genesis The Dreamer * Joel Frahm * We Used To Dance The Night Has a Thousand Eyes * John Coltrane * Coltrane's Sound Strode Rode * Sonny Rollins * Saxophone Colossus Love In Action * Jimmy Greene * Mission Statement Outline * Lauren Sevian * blueprint

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Indian-jazz Fusion is one of my favorite styles of this music. And while classical indian rhythms and scales have influenced jazz musicians for decades, this particular sound I credit to John McLaughlin's Shakti project. Here we have several examples of Indian Fusion as represented by artists like Mynta, Fareed Haque, Prassana and others. Playlist Track * Artist * Album Mind Ecology * Shakti * Natural Elements Papa's New Groove * Mynta * First Summer The Chant * Fareed Haque + The Flat Earth Ensemble * Flat Planet Uncensored * Prasanna * Be the Change Ife (fast) * Various Artists * Miles From India Sea Journey * Gary Burton * Quartet Live! B and G (Midwestern Night's Dream) * Gary Burton * Quartet Live! Higher Vibe * Kurt Elling * Man In The Air In My Garage * e.s.t. Esbjorn Svensson Trio * Seven Days Of Falling Flight of Mind * Harry Whitaker * Thoughts (Past and Present)

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We feature the Tom Harrell Quintet for the first set of tunes, with tracks from his new CD, Prana Dance. That is followed by a couple of tracks from fellow band members Wayne Escoffery and Danny Grissett CD's. I put out a call over the Facebook and Twitter for requests and got plenty of responses. Did my best to fulfill those. Check the sidebar of this website, and you'll find links to my social networking sites. Sign up and keep in touch. If you haven't already, subscribe to this podcast via iTunes and have the latest episode downloaded to your computer every week. Playlist Track * Artist * Album Prana * Tom Harrell * Prana Dance Sequenza * Tom Harrell * Prana Dance The Sake of It * Wayne Escoffery * Hopes and Dreams Hopscotch * Danny Grissett * Encounters Oleo * Tete Montoliu * The Music I Like To Play - Vol.2 Well, You Needn't * The Tete Montoliu Trio * Tete Montoliu Trio Pass It On * Dave Holland * Pass It On Black Nile * Wayne Shorter * Night Dreamer SOS * Dapp Theory * Layers of Chance If You Count It * Dapp Theory * Layers of Chance Fables of Faubus * Charles Mingus * Mingus Ah Um

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Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers was one of the most influential bands in the evolution of jazz. He is often credited with pioneering the hard-bop movement, taking the be-bop form and placing greater emphasis on the rhythm, giving the music a hard driving swing. We saw a Blakey tribute band in concert last night in Hartford that was the impetus for this playlist. We follow that set with a World-Jazz set in honor of International Jazz Day, May 23. Playlist Track * Artist * Album One By One * Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers * Ugetsu Joshua * Mulgrew Miller * Live At Yoshi's Volume Two A La Mode * Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers * Keystone 3 Along Came Betty * Art Farmer And Benny Golson Jazztet * Real Time Uptown Afterburn * Benny Golson * New Time, New'Tet Caravan * Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers * Caravan The Panamanian Murga * Insight * A Genesis Treme Terra * Acuri * Infancia Kponnon Kpete * Lionel Loueke * Virgin Forest Apti * Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition * Apti

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This podcast pays tribute to the great alto sax player Jackie McLean on what would have been his 78th birthday on May 17. A protege of Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, McLean had a wide ranging influence on the jazz idiom. To those of us in the Hartford Connecticut area, where Jackie made his home in his later years, his influence is even deeper. He is responsible for mentoring many young jazz artists in the area and has created this great jazz scene in our city. In addition to being the Jazz director at University of Hartford's Hartt school of music, he was the founder of the Artists Collective which fosters the Arts in many forms in the urban areas of Hartford. Playlist Track * Artist * Album Confirmation * Jackie McLean * New Wine In Old Bottles Jackie's Ghost * Jackie McLean * Makin' The Changes McLean's Scene * Jackie McLean * McLean's Scene Cryptography * Jackie McLean * Fire & Love Cousin Mary * Steve Davis * Crossfire (Living In the-Dash) * Greg Abate * Evolution Time's Lie * Joe Farrell * Moon Germs Twi-Life * Marcus Strickland * Twi-Life In Walked Bud * Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers * Keystone 3

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Yes, I am jumping on the Star Trek bandwagon. Saw the movie opening night and loved it. I was inspired to create this playlist of Star Trek related tracks for the opening set. I particularly like this Larry Willis interpretation of the Theme from Star Trek with Willis' great piano chops and Eric Alexander's powerful horn. That is followed by Chick Corea and the RTF fusion classic Vulcan Worlds. Joe Diorio's 'Theme for Space Cadets' may not have been written for Star Fleet Academy students, but what the hell. From there the theme gets even less related, but its great jazz and that's all that matters. Check out the movie after you have dug these great jazz tracks. Playlist Track * Artist * Album Star Trek: the Next Generation * Soundtrack & Theme Orchestra * Sounds of Sci-Fi Theme From Star Trek * Larry Willis * The Offering Vulcan Worlds * Return To Forever * The Anthology Blues for all Space Cadets * Joe Diorio Jazz Guitar * Time and Space * Hiromi * Hiromi's Sonic Bloom: Time Control Stella By Starlight * Booker Ervin * The Freedom Book (RVG Remaster) Star Eyes * Cannonball Adderley * Plus Pros Velhos Amigos * Acuri * Infancia Post Bebop Republic * ESP * Times Up! Focus * Joe Lovano Nonet * On this Day at the Vanguard Bopliciy * Birth of Cool * Miles Davis The Storm * Sean Jones * The Search Within

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A hard-bop set of mostly new music, and some other stuff I've been listening to lately. I especially dig the two Monk tunes as covered by Branford Marsalis and Benny Golson. Playlist Track * Artist * Album - Click on album title to download The Outlaw * The Blue Note 7 * Mosaic Family Extension * Albert Rivera * Re-Introduction In Nelba's Eyes * Jimmy Greene * Mission Statement Line of Flight * Steve Davis * Outlook Rhythm-A-Ning * Branford Marsalis Quartet * Metamorphosen Epistrophy * Benny Golson * New Time, New 'Tet Alone Together * Christian McBride * Metamorphosen Groovin' High * Charlie Parker * Groovin' High My Little Brown Book * Joe Lovano Nonet * On this Day at the Vanguard A Matterapat * Dr. Lonnie Smith * Rise Up!

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This week, we welcome guitarist Rich Goldstein into our WHUS studio for a live interview and performance. Rich plays in the classic hard bop style of Wes Montgomery. If you are in the Hartford area this week, I urge you to come down to Black Eyed Sally's, Thursday evening April 30 to see and here Rich's annual tribute to Wes. If you can't make that, Rich will be back at Sally's on May 11 with pianist Andrew LaVerne for another great jazz jam. Here, Rich shows off his new Gibson L4 on a beautiful solo rendition of Polka Dots and Moonbeams. In addition we hear some cuts off of Rich's album Comin' From Montgomery, and other tunes keeping with tonight's theme. Rich's CD is currently in limited release. eMail Rich if you are interested in purchasing a copy at goldsteinguitar@yahoo.com (or just let him know you dig his playing) Playlist Track * Artist * Album4 on 6 * Lee Ritenour * wes boundMr. Walker * Wes Montgomery * The Incredible Jazz Guitar of WMFar Wes * Rich Goldstein * Comin' From WesYou Go to My Head * Andy Laverne and John AmbercrombiePolka Dots and Moonbeams * Rich Goldstein * performed liveMinor Tragedy * Rich Goldstein * Comin' From WesAutumn Leaves * Stanley Jordan * Stolen MomentsIf I Should Lose You * Joe Diorio * BonitoThe Green Thumb * Rich Goldstein * Comin' From MontgomeryBlu Hindu * Fareed Haque * Flat Planet

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