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14 March 2010

WHUS Radiothon 2010

WHUS FM is the broadcast home to In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond. Without this listener supported community radio station, this Podcast would not be possible. One of the ways that WHUS determines listener support for Jazz programming is by the contributions from our audience during this Radiothon. Your support helps to keep my show on WHUS's schedule. Please show your support by making a donation.

As a special THANK YOU for your donation of $25 or more, I am offering a compilation of music entitled Private Tracks Vol. 2. This collection of music has been donated by artists to support this program. They are private recordings that are not available for purchase any where else.



Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Simplicity * Silvano Monastario * Fostered Silvano Monasterios - Fostered
Pentagram, The Wolfman * Greg Abate * Monsters in the Night Greg Abate Quintet - Monsters In the Night
Line of Flight * Steve Davis * Outlook Steve Davis - Outlook
March of the Lost Children * Zawinul * Brown Street JOE ZAWINUL - Brown Street
Now! * Noah Baerman * Bliss Noah Baerman Trio - Bliss
Cherokee * Rob Garcia 4 * Perennial Rob Garcia 4 - Perennial
Real Nice * Noah Preminger * Dry Bridge Road Noah Preminger - Dry Bridge Road

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Friends
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07 March 2010

Jazz 'n Soul

This weeks podcast is a soulful one, but not in the obvious sense of Jimmy Smith or Ray Charles. It starts out with the classic rock group War and a 13+ minute instrumental called City, Country, City. We follow up with some soulful new jazz from Wayne Escoffery and Noah Baerman followed by jazz masters Charles Mingus and Stan Getz.
Featured Album

Soul Force from amazon.com

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
City Country City * War * The World is a Ghetto War - The World Is a Ghetto
Nu-Soul * Wayne Escoffery * Uptown Wayne Escoffery - Uptown
Soul Force * Noah Baerman * Soul Force Noah Baerman - Soul Force
Tastes Like Chedda * Noah Baerman * Bliss Noah Baerman Trio - Bliss
Remember the Goldfish * Playdate * Playdate Playdate - Playdate
Things Ain't What They Used To Be * Charles Mingus * Ah Um Charles Mingus & Jazz Groups - Mingus Ah Um - 50th Anniversary
Times Lie * Stan Getz * Captain Marvel on amazon.com

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Soul 'n Jazz
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28 February 2010

Back from Florida

Returned from Florida, refreshed and renewed to bring you more great jazz. While in Miami, we stopped in at Van Dykes. A fine restaurant and jazz club, serving up live music 7 days a week. While there we were introduced to Silvano Monasterios, a great jazz pianist and composer. His group blew us away. In this podcast we feature along with Silvano, other great artists. The show starts with Ed Thigpen, the great drummer who passed away last month. Later in the show we feature many great young talent from the New York City jazz scene.
Featured Album

From CD Baby, iTunes Silvano Monasterios - Fostered

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Lonnies Lament * Ed Thigpen * The Element of Swing Ed Thigpen Rhythm Features - The Element of Swing
Bittersweet * Silvano Monasterios * Fostered Silvano Monasterios - Fostered
Softly * Silvano Monasterios * Jazz Impressions Silvano Monasterios, Mark Egan & Paul Wertico - Jazz Impressions
African Song * Bill McHenry * Roses Bill McHenry - Roses
Echolalia * Ben Monder * Oceana Ben Monder - Oceana
Trees * Dan Tepfer and Lee Konitz * Duos with Lee Dan Tepfer - Duos With Lee
Tautology * Lee Konitz * Subconscious-Lee Lee Konitz - Subconscious-Lee
Mali * John Patitucci * Remembrance John Patitucci - Remembrance
Somewhere * Vijay Iyer Trio * Historocity Vijay Iyer Trio - Historicity (Bonus Track Edition)
Mystic Brew * Vijay Iyer Trio * Historocity Vijay Iyer Trio - Historicity (Bonus Track Edition)

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Back from Fla
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21 February 2010

Valentines Day broadcast

This show was recorded the day before Valentines day. No real theme to the show, in fact I don't even mention the Hallmark card holiday. The majority of the playlist comes from talented young musicians/composers that are having an impact on the future of jazz music. Hope you enjoy the tunes.
Featured Artist

Double Booked from amazon.com

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Back Road * Jeremy Pelt * Men of Honor Jeremy Pelt - Men of Honor
Fugue * John Funkhauser Trio * Time John Funkhouser Trio - Time
When Seaguls Fly * Noah Preminger * Dry Bridge Road Noah Preminger - Dry Bridge Road
All Matter * Robert Glasper * Double Booked Robert Glasper Experiment - Double Booked
Think of One * Robert Glasper * Double Booked Robert Glasper Experiment - Double Booked
The Hutch * Ken Fowser/Ben Gilece * Full View Ken Fowser & Behn Gillece - Full View
Maimi Jazz Scene * Jean Caze * Miami Jazz Scene Jean Caze - Miami Jazz Scene
Valley of Neptune * Jimi Hendrix * Valley of Neptune Jimi Hendrix - Valleys of Neptune - Single

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Valentines Day
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13 February 2010

Waiting for Kenny

As we were waiting for the arrival of Kenny Barron for an exclusive WHUS interview (see last weeks podcast), we kicked back and played some great tunes from Rob Garcia 4, Chris Potter, Les McCann and Danillo Perez. This weeks and last weeks podcast can be listened to as a set with this podcast being the first part of the show.
Featured Album

Follow The Red Line - Live At The Village Vanguard, from Amazon.com

Playlist
Track * Artist * Album
Vortex * Rob Garcia 4 * Perennial Rob Garcia 4 - Perennial
Wongs Way * Greg Abate & Alan Barnes * Birds of a Feather Greg Abate, Alan Barnes, John Donaldson, Andrew Cleyndert & Spike Wells - Birds of a Feather (Live)
Morning Bell * Chris Potter * Underground Chris Potter - Underground
Togo * Chris Potter * Follow The Red Line - Live At The Village Vanguard Chris Potter Underground - Follow the Red Line - Live At the Village Vanguard
Another Star * Cedar Walton * Voices Deep Within Cedar Walton - Voices Deep Within
Compared to What * Les McCann & Eddie Harris * Swiss Movement Les McCann & Eddie Harris - Swiss Movement
Elegant Dance * Danilo Perez * Motherland Danilo Perez - Motherland

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Waiting for Kenny
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