In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond

Begins with young pianist Joey Alexander who was a young prodigy at age 11, now after a decade of recording and touring is a respected jazz artist for his playing and composing. That is followed by jazz masters Brecker, Jarrett and Dr. L Smith. There is a duo of SoCal artists before the set concludes with the John Coltrane Quartet.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Joey Alexander ~ Aversion ~ Celestial Keeper
Michael Brecker ~ The Cost of Living ~ Michael Brecker
Keith Jarrett ~ Long As You Know You're Living Yours ~ Belonging
Dr. Lonnie Smith ~ Too Damn Hot ~ Too Damn Hot
Monette Marino Keita ~ Djagbe Foli ~ Séwa Foli - Single
Peter Sprague ~ Anti Ai ~ Anti Ai
John Coltrane Quartet ~ Lonnie's Lament ~ Crescent

This show features a heavy dose of Coltrane related tracks from his quartet's collaborator McCoy Tyner, to his composition Naima, and concluding with Trane as a sideman with Miles. In between we have a fusion set from Airto, Flora and McLaughlin. 

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
McCoy Tyner ~ Passion Dance ~ The Real McCoy
McCoy Tyner ~ When Sunny Gets Blue ~ Today and Tomorrow
Curtis Taylor ~ Naima ~ Snapshot
Airto ~ Tombo In 7/4 ~ Fingers
Flora Purim ~ Nothing Will Be As It Was - Nada Sera Sera Como Antes ~ Nothing Will Be As It Was... Tomorrow
John McLaughlin ~ Nathaniel Drives to New Jersey ~ Music for Abandoned Heights
Mauricio Morales & Adam Hersh ~ Retratos De Vida Interrumpida ~ Between Dreams & Twilight 
Miles Davis ~ Milestones ~ Milestones

This episode begins with the politically charged music of Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra. Other highlights are Rene Rosnes playing Brazilian compositions and a newly single from Charles Lloyd and his Sangam Trio. We end this show with another tribute to Miles and Trane on their centenial.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Charlie Haden, Carla Bley ~ Introduction To People ~ The Ballad of the Fallen
Charlie Haden, Carla Bley ~ The People United Will Never Be Defeated ~ The Ballad of the Fallen
Renee Rosnes ~ Casa Forte ~ Crossing Paths
Peter Erskine ~ Lost Page ~ Dr. Um
Charles Lloyd ~ Sam on the Ganges ~ Single
Holly Hofmann ~ Soul-Leo ~ Low Life
Kenny Burrell ~ Isabella ~ Soulero
John Coltrane ~ Spiral ~ Giant Steps
Miles Davis ~ Miles Runs the Voodoo Down ~ Bitches Brew

This week's episode features a Chick Corea set with three tunes in very different settings. First we feature two young jazz artists with debut albums and a pair of Miles & Trane tunes in honor of their centennial birthdays. We complete this show honoring David Clayton Thomas from BS&T who passed on last week.

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Caelan Cardello ~ Music for the People ~ Chapter One
Matt Hall ~ Charlie's Harley ~ I Hope to My Never
John Coltrane ~ Like Sonny ~ Coltrane Jazz
Miles Davis ~ Black Comedy ~ Miles In the Sky
Chick Corea ~ Matrix ~ Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
Chick Corea ~ Armando's Rhumba ~ My Spanish Heart
Chick Corea And Gary Burton ~ No Mystery ~ Native Sense - The New Duets
Blood, Sweat & Tears ~ Spinning Wheel ~ Blood, Sweat & Tears

Another eclectic set featuring fusion, hard-bop, and protest. Beginning with piano master Hancock and up-and-coming phenom Cardello, and ending with fusion guitarists supreme McLaughlin and Stern. Then a little protest music in between. 

Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Herbie Hancock ~ Actual Proof ~ Thrust
Caelan Cardello ~ Steppin' Up ~ Chapter One
Les McCann & Eddie Harris ~ Compared to What ~ Swiss Movement
Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein & Bill Stewart ~ FU Donald ~ Perpetual Pendulum
Pat Metheny Group ~ When We Were Free ~ Quartet
Bill Cunliffe & Holly Hofmann ~ Chucho ~ Just Duet, Vol. 2
John McLaughlin ~ Elijah in DC ~ Music for Abandoned Heights
Łukasz Pawlik & Mike Stern ~ Eastern Winds ~  Single