This special 1 hour 40 minute edition of Jazz and Beyond features Jackie McLean, and an interview with Lummie Spann, alto sax player and co-founder of New Jazz Workshop. The show begins with a tribute to JMac, who would have been 81 years old this past week. Jackie meant so much to the Hartford jazz [...]

We continue our World music theme with part 2 of last week’s show and podcast. This week we begin with the latin rhythms of the Curtis Brothers and Flamenco music from Dave Holland. We then travel east and hear some interesting sounds from mandolin master Snehasish Mozumder. Fareed Haque, Vijay Iyer and the band Garaj [...]

Jazz is world music. This week (and next) we journey around the world with jazz music fused with rhythms and exotic sounds of Africa, India and Latin America. Sonny Rollins may have started the trend with his exploration of island calypso rhythms. Artists like Michele Rosewoman and Regina Carter have brought African sounds into their [...]

This is one of the more eclectic mixes for an In The Groove podcast. Featured is Steely Dan’s Aja album, but the styles run from Straight Ahead (Donald Byrd, Curtis Fuller, Hancock, Mingus) to Fusion (Indian influenced Prasanna, Weather Report). Dig the piano trio from Noah Baerman who will bring his soulful sounds to Titanium [...]

This podcast features the new release from Kenny Garrett, Seeds from the Underground. I was fortunate to attend a recent performance of Mr. Garrett’s and I can say that this release is indicative of the intensity and virtuosity that he, and his quintet, display in concert. Also, I recently re-discovered one of Weather Reports [...]

We venture into “The Beyond” with this week’s podcast. From Jimi Hendrix to Mahavishnu to Robert Glasper, we span time and space. So get into that altered state of mind and enjoy this spaced out groove. Featured Album Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience Track ~ Artist ~ Album EXP/Up From the Skies ~ The Jimi Hendrix [...]

To start this show, we get into Kenny Garrett prior to his performance in Boston that we attended last night. Then some straight ahead jazz from Art Blakey, Josh Evans and Joe Henderson. We then change it up with new releases from Jack DeJohnette and vocals from Kate McGary. The show wraps up with jazz [...]

Much of this show is requests from some of our friends and listeners as well as some of my favorites. Claire asked to hear the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Jimmy Greene, Whitney requested Sarah Vaughan, and Bryan has been wanting a Joe Henderson set. I really dug the Henderson tracks and I think there [...]

This week we feature another highly anticipated release in jazz. Esperanza Spaulding’s Radio Music Society follows her Grammy award for best new artist. We play two tracks from the album, released this week. We follow with more new music from jazz harmonica player Gregoire Maret, and pianist Vijay Iyer. More music follows from Jeremy Pelt [...]

This podcast is the second hour of last week’s show. We play new and old tracks from Chick Corea. We follow with the featured album from drummer Johnathan Blake, his first as a leader. Next up is Robert Glasper and Esperanza Spaulding from their latest releases, both highly anticipated and important jazz albums. Featured Album The Eleventh [...]

This show highlights one of my favorite jazz artists Wayne Shorter. Shorter’s compositions always seem to evoke the feelings of mysticism and these tunes exemplify that. Of course, Shorter had a great influence on the Miles Davis Quintet of the 60’s so we also play the title tracks from Miles E.S.P. and Nefertiti. The podcast [...]

There are three albums featured in this podcast, ranging from traditional to brand new. Starting with the Legacy Edition of Miles ‘Round About Midnight from 1957, to Corea, Clarke and White’s new trio album Forever (with guest artist Jean Luc Ponty on violin, not piano as I say in a mic break) and finally Robert [...]