(Live) Cannonball!

Cannonball Adderly Sextet- Work Song

Classic Jazzbrothers recording (long out-of-print on cd/lp)

Howard McGhee/Charlie Rouse – Jazzbrothers (1977)

Andrew Hill Remembered

EDIT~! This show has been rescheduled for 04/02/08!

March 29th, 2007, Andrew Hill gave his last public performance at Trinity Church in New York City. Less than a month later, on April 20th, 2007, he passed away at the age of 75.

It is only since that performance, and his passing, that I have become submerged in his musical world. I feel blessed that I was given a chance to see him. Andrew Hill was a phenomenon and this week’s episode of Bop and Beyond is dedicated to his memory.

Mosaic Records has finally succeeded in issuing everything that Andrew Hill has ever recorded. We will be hearing from their Mosaic Select box the “string and organ” sessions, as well as tracks from his more famous Blue Note albums. Also, I tracked down an ultra-rare date by Jimmy Woods featuring Andrew Hill as a sideman:

The line-up is ill:

Jimmy Woods – alto sax / Harold Land – tenor sax / Carmell Jones – trumpet / Andrew Hill – piano / George Tucker – bass / Elvin Jones – drums

Bop and Beyond, Wednesdays from 6pm to 8pm

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The Curtis Amy, McCoy Tyner, Ahmad Jamal, and Frank Strazzeri Show

The main focus of the show tonight will be on an expertly recorded 1962 live date at The Lighthouse featuring the Curtis Amy sextet in full-swing. Mosaic Records’ Curtis Amy box set has proven to be a treasure trove of wonderful recordings from Pacific Jazz that I will continue to mine in future broadcasts.

Also tonight, music from an unreleased Frank Strazzeri session that features the wonderful Carmell Jones on trumpet.

Carmell Jones, like Curtis Amy, is another Pacific Jazz treasure who is finding the spotlight again thanks to the Mosaic Records series of Select reissues.

All that, plus McCoy Tyner and Ahmad Jamal!

Bop and Beyond, Wednesdays from 6pm to 8pm

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Jazz Piano Spotlight Tonight: 03/05/08~!

Mary Lou Williams (above) is one of many pianists to be featured on tonight’s program, along with Hank Jones, Oliver Jones, Gene Harris, Billy Taylor, Charles Bell, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, and more…

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