DJ Shadow - "Reflecting Pool" - Action Adventure (2023)
Image by Cottonbro Studio.
Reuben Wilson - "Happy Together" - A Groovy Situation (1970)
Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer - "The King" & "Dancing On the Grave" - The Power of Positive Swinging (1965)
Lew Tabackin - "Morning" - Tabackin (1974)
Art Tatum Trio - "Blue Lou" - (1956)Solid release, one of many from Blue!
Blue Mitchell - "Bantu Village" - Bantu Village (1969)
Art Taylor - "Blue Interlude" - A.T.'s Delight (1960)
Blue Mitchell - "Blue Dashiki" - Bantu Village (1969)
Jackie McLean & McCoy Tyner - "Hip-Toe" - It's About Time (1985)
Cal Tjader - "Soul Burst" - Soul Burst (1966)
Weather Report - "Scarlet Woman" - Mysterious Traveller (1974)
Charles Mingus - "Dizzy Moods" - Mingus Three (1957)
Mimi Fox - "Blus for Les" - One For Wes (2022)*
Larry Young - "Heaven On Earth" Heaven On Earth (1968)
Ed Thigpen - "Heritage" - Out of the Storm (1966)
Ed Cherry - "Ding Dong" - Are We There Yet? (2022)*Punishing that kit!
Tony Williams Lifetime - "Fred" - Believe It (1975)
Stanley Turrentine - "Too Blue" - Don't Mess With Mister T. (1975)
Joe Chambers - "Ruth" - Dance Kobina (2022)*
Ralph Towner - "Drifting Petals" - Solstice (1974)
Hour One:
Stanley Turrentine - "River's Invitation" - Joyride (1965)
Ray Bryant - "Shake-a-Lady" - MCMLXX (1970)
Ray had no problem staying current... |
Johnny Hammond Smith - "Smokin' Kool" - What's Going On (1971)
Herb Ellis - "Detour Ahead" - Softly... But With That Feelin' (1961)
Anita O'Day/Cal Tjader - "That's Your Red Wagon" - Time for Two (1962)
Ron Carter - "Doctor's Row" - Etudes (1982)
Hank Crawford - "Soul Shoutin'" - After Hours (1966)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Day Dream" - Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata (1971)
Walter Murphy - "Ain't Necessarily So" - Rhapsody in Blue (1977)
Bobby Hutcherson - "Poor People's March" - Spiral (1968)
Kenyon Hopkins - "Santa Monica Blues" - The Yellow Canary (1963)
Hour Two:
Grover Washington Jr - "You Are the Sunshine of My Life - Soul Box 2 (1973)
Another Grammy winner for RTF. |
Grover Washington Jr - "Take Me There" - Winelight (1980)
Return to Forever - "The Magician" - Romantic Warrior (1976)
Pieces of a Dream - "Mount Airy Groove" - Pieces of a Dream (1982)
Wayne Henderson - "Big Daddy's Place" - Big Daddy's Place (1977)
Norman Connors - "I Have a Dream" - Invitation (1979)
Al Jarreau - "Tell Me What I Gotta Do" - L is for Lover (1986)
Stanley Turrentine - "Plum" - Straight Ahead (1984)
Herbie Mann - "A Whiter Shade of Pale" - London Underground (1973)
Something about this cover I love. |
Ella Fitzgerald - "I Concentrate On You" - Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956)
Donald Byrd - "Eldorado" - Blackjack (1967)
Cal Tjader - "Close Your Eyes" - Tjader Goes Latin (1958)
Lonnie Liston Smith - "Midsummer Magic" - A Song For the Children (1979)
Bill Evans - "All of You" - Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961)
Gary Burton Quartet - "General Mojo's Well Laid Plan" - Duster (1967)
Sonny Stitt - "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" - Constellation (1972)
Ron Carter - "Blues Farm" - Blues Farm (1973)
Hour One:
Gerry Mulligan - "Candy" - Gerry's Time (1958)
Gabor Szabo - "Autumn Leaves/Speak To Me of Love" - Spellbinder (1966)
3:15 Jazz Coffee Break
Dexter Gordon - "Afraid To Be Alone" - Generation (1972)
Johnny Smith - "Autumn In New York" - Walk Don't Run (1954) Album designed to be like seeing the quintet live.
Miles Davis Quintet - "Four" - Workin' (1956)
Miles Davis Quintet - "In Your Own Sweet Way" - Workin' (1956)
Miles Davis Quintet - "The Theme" - Workin' (1956)
Joshua Jern Jazz Orchestra - "Closet Monster" - Lockdown (2021)*
Jonathan Karrant & Joshua White - "Detour Ahead" - Shadows Fall (2021)*
Hour Two:
Weather Report - "Palladium" - Heavy Weather
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - "Autumn Serenade" - John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (1963)
Jackie McLean - "Frankenstein" - One Step Beyond (1963)
Grant Green - "Dracula" - Green Is Beautiful (1970)
Donald Byrd - "The Creeper" - The Creeper (1967)
Lou Donaldson - "Midnight Creeper" - Midnight Creeper (1968)
Stanley Turrentine - "Creepin'" - Wonderland (1986)
Herbie Hancock - "He Who Lives In Fear" - The Prisoner (1969)
Hour Three:
~ The Break Room ~
The Creed Taylor Orchestra - "In Bedlam" - Shock (1958) - The Ride Home!
The Creed Taylor Orchestra - "Time Runs Out" - Shock (1958)
Ella Fitzgerald - "Ol' Devil Moon" - 75th Birthday Celebration (1955)
Under-recorded, under rated Howard Roberts |
Howard Roberts - "Spooky" - Out Of Sight (but "in" Sound) (1968)
Quincy Jones - "Killer Joe" - Walking In Space (1969) CTI Moment
Chico Hamilton - "The Ghost" - Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi-Fi (1956)
Tom Kubis Big Band - "A Pride of Lurking Trombones" - Take Me Out to The Ball Game (2020)*
Leon Lee Dorsey - "Autumn Leaves" - Freedom Jazz Dance (2019)*
Arturo O'Farrill - "Blood In the Water" - ...Dreaming In Lions (2021)*
Julian Lage - "Boo's Blues" - Squint (2020)*
Hour Four:
Miles Davis - "Hannibal" - Merci Miles (1991)*
Herbie Hancock - "Sansho Shima" - Secrets (1976)The new one
Terrence Blancard/The E Collective - "Fall" - Absence (2020)*
Esperanza Spalding - "Formwela 1" - SONGWRIGHTSAPOTHECARYLAB (2021)*
Weather Report - "Mysterious Traveller" - Mysterious Traveller (1974)
Duke Pearson - "The Phantom" - The Phantom (1968)
Hour One:
John Patitucci, Vinnie Colaiuta, Bill Cunliffe - "Laura" - Trio (2020)*
John Patitucci, Vinnie Colaiuta, Bill Cunliffe - "The One Step" - Trio (2020)*
Buster Williams - "Vibrations" - Crystal Reflections (1976)
One of several great sets from 1967 |
Donald Byrd - "Secret Love" - Slow Drag (1967)
Cal Tjader - "Lover Come Back To Me" - Latin Kick (1956)
Kendall Carter - "Afro Blue" - Introducing (2020)*
Dan Wilson - "The Rhythm Section" - Vessels of Wood and Earth (2019)*
Bobby Hutcherson - "Goin' Down South" - San Francisco (1970)
Hour Two:
Larry Young - "Backup" - Into Something (1964)
The Jazz Worms - "Lickety-Split" - Squirmin' (2017)*
Donald Byrd - "Jelly Roll" - Slow Drag (1967)
Excellent debut as leader! |
Albert "Tootie" Heath - "A Notion" - Kwanza (The First) - 1973
Weather Report - "American Tango" - Mysterious Traveller (1974)
Weather Report - "Cucumber Slumber" - Mysterious Traveller (1974)
Charles Lloyd & the Marvels - "Ramblin'" - Tone Poem (2020)*
Groove Holmes - "Cheeka's Dance" - Blues All Day Long (1988)
Hour Three:
~ The Break Room ~
Miles Davis and Milt Jackson - "Minor March" - Quintet/Sextet (1955) The Ride Home!
Ella Fitzgerald - "I Get a Kick Out of You" - The Cole Porter Songbook (1956)
Fascinating 2020 music! |
Baby Face Willette - "They Can't Take That Away From Me" - Stop and Listen (1962)
Stanley Turrentine - "Make Me Rainbows" - The Sugar Man (1971)
Joe Chambers - "Circles" - Samba de Maracatu (2000)*
Wolfgang Lackerschmid - "Shoe It Yourself" - Lockdown Releases (2020)*
Hour Four:
Miles Davis - "Filles De Kilimanjaro" - Filles De kilimanjaro (1968)
Catalyst - "New Found Truths" - Catalyst (1972)
More good feels from Phill! |
The Echo Park Project - "Charanga in Q" - It's My Turn (2020)*
Phill Fest - "Each and Every Week" - Cafe Fon Fon (2020)*
John Patton - "Buddy Boy" - Accent on the Blues (1969)
Billy Butler - "The Butler Did It" - Yesterday, Today & tomorrow (1970)
Return to Forever - "Light as a Feather" - Light as a Feather (1972)
Hour One:
Big John Patton - "The Yodel" - Got a Good Thing Goin' (1966)
The Jive Turkeys - "Get Down Santa" - Holiday Treats (2011?)
~3:15 Jazz Coffee Break
Thom Rotella - "Come Together" - Storyline (2019)
The Heath Brothers - "A Sound for Sore Ears" - Brotherly Love (1981)
Grant Green - "Upshot" - Carryin' On (1969)
Charles Kynard - "Afro-disiac" - Afro-Disiac (1970)
Ray Bryant - "Stick With It" - MCMLXX (1970)
Mark Murphy - "Why Don't You Do Right?" -
Hour Two:
Melvin Sparks - "Thank You (Falettin' Me Be Mice Elf Again)" - Sparks! (1970)
Quincy Jones - "Soul Bossa Nova" - Big Band Bossa Nova (1962)
Lou Donaldson - "The Thang" - Alligator Bogaloo (1967)
Donald Byrd - "Sky High" - Black Byrd (1972)
Mose Allison - "Swingin' Machine" - Swingin' Machine (1962)
Reuben Wilson - "Bambu" - Blue Mode (1969)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Ain't No Sunshine" - Blacknuss (1971)
Marlena Shaw - "Out of This World" - Dangerous (1996)
Boogaloo Joe Jones - "Someday We'll Be Together" - Right On Brother (1970)
Hour Three:
~ The Break Room ~
Stanley Turrentine - "Sunshine Alley" - Sugar (1970) - The Ride Home!
Reuben Wilson - "A Groovy Situation" - A Groovy Situation (1970)
Grant Green - "Daddy Grapes" - His Majesty King Funk (1965)
Jimmy McGriff - "The Main Squeeze" - The Main Squeeze (1974)
Noble "Thin Man" Watts & His Rhythm Sparks - "Hot Tamales" (1959)
Charles Earland - "Ode to Chicken George" - Revelation (1977)
Hour Four:
Herbie Mann - "Chain of Fools" - Memphis Underground (1969)
Jack McDuff - "The Boiler" - The Heatin' System (1972)
Sonny Phillips - "Black on Black" - Black on Black (1970)
Lenny White - "Away Go Troubles Down the Drain" - Venusian Summer (1975)
Lonnie Smith - "Stand" - Mama Wailer (1971)
Sweet little find on a recent trip to Atlantic Sounds... |
Wowed me! |
Super solid with Kenny Drew on piano. |
Lots of humor & creativity on this one! |
Completely enjoyable jazz from 3 masters. |
Great organist - solid album! |
Endless talent and energy on this one! |
Excellent pairing and show! |
Former Ray Charles guitarist with strong set! |