Episode 47:: What Are you Doing, Dave?

Considered by some to be among the most original, creative, and exciting musicians active in jazz today, trumpeter Dave Douglas is a man of many hats (but only 1 hair do: sorry Dave). Whether performing with the various iterations of his quartet/quintet, delving into special commissions for orchestra, dance, or cinema, or pairing up with other major movers and shakers of the vast musical world, Douglas is a unique voice as composer and performer, and a catalyst in a variety of prestigious settings. Add onto all this his work as an educator (Director, Banff Festival for Creative Music), talent scout (founder, Festival of New Trumpet Music), and record producer (owner, Greenleaf Music), and it's not hard to see that Dave Douglas is as involved in the practice and performance of modern jazz as he is in its continuing artistic development.

So why not spend an hour(ish) listening to what he has to "say?"

Audio

Playlist

1. Dave Douglas' Tiny Bell Trio - Taking Sides - Constellations (1995)
2. Dave Douglas Quintet - Painter's Way - Meaning & Mystery (2006)
3. Dave Douglas Sextet - The Persistence of Memory - In Our Lifetime (1995)
4. Dave Douglas Group - Prarie - El Trilogy (2001)
5. Dave Douglas Quintet - Crazy Games - The Infinite (2001)
6. Dave Douglas & Nomad - Twelve Degree Proof - Mountain Passages (2005)
7. Dave Douglas & Martial Solal - Elk's Club - Rue de Seine (2006)
8. SFJAZZ Collective - Criss Cross - Live 2007 Season (2007)
9. Dave Douglas & Keystone - Tragicomique - Keystone (2005)
10. Dave Douglas & Keystone - Kitten - Moonshine (2007)
11. Dave Douglas' Brass Ecstacy - Bowie - Spirit Moves (2009)

::WSRP:: Play that Funkodelic-ambiacountry-technoclassic-bebop, white boy.

Episode 46:: Trios + Plus

Nothing too special as a soggy New York summer turns into a grey New York Autumn, but even "just another day" at WSRP is sure to hold some wonderful jazz classics, and a few surprises as well. Open wide your audio portals, and consume.

Audio

Playlist

1. Oscar Peterson Trio - Let's Fall in Love - Exclusively for my Friends
2. Jerry Gonzalez & the Fort Apache Band - Rhumba Buhaina - Rhumba Buhaina
3. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Along Came Betty - Moanin'
4. Anita O'Day - We'll be Together Again - Jazz 'Round Midnight
5. Coleman Hawkins & His Rhythm - Bah-Uh-Bah - ...in Paris
6. Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster - You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to - Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster
7. Charles Mingus - Things Aren't What They use to be - Mingus Dynasty
8. Joe Henderson - Mamacita - The Kicker
9. Greg Osby - Big Foot - Banned in New York

::WSRP:: Perfect Jazz Trio = Listener + Programmer + Music

Episode 45:: (Jazz) Guitar Heroes

While the impending release of The Beatles: Rock Band has many of the Beatles generation confused and the post-Beatles generations giddy, let us consider briefly what *real* guitar heroes sound like in this the modern age.

Audio

Playlist

1. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher Band - The Aberdoor - Faces Unknown
2. Justin Vasquez - Fields - Triptych
3. Chris Potter - Pop Tune #1 - Follow the Red Line
4. Bill Frisell - Struggle Pt.2 - History, Mystery
5. John Scofield - Wee - En Route
6. Pat Metheney / Brad Mehldau - A Night Away - Metheny Mehldau Quartet

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