Episode 68:: Needlework

While the irony of an anti-technology, retro-philic webradioblog is not lost on this independent content producer, large segments of our Jazz heritage simply do not exist - and probably will never exist - in a digital format. For the last 1-2 decades, we could talk convincingly about how not all of Miles Davis's recordings were on CD... "yet," but as we enter the second decade of the 21st century, it's about time we faced the facts. Not all Jazz will be with us in the digital age. Sure, we'll save the high profile stuff, and essentially anything with a commercially-viable name affixed to it is likely to get at least one CD issue before CDs go the way of the cassette. But this will still leave the majority of Jazz recordings, by many of the greats and all of the lesser lights, completely inaccessible to a digital audience, and in the worse case scenario, lost to Jazz fans for all time.

It's something to think about, and it brings us to this week's episode, playing music exclusively from vinyl. Ok, it's not as strong a message as it could be - several of these songs are available in digital format - but not all, and that's the point I'm trying to make. Enjoy.

Audio

Playlist

1. Count Basie/ Billy Eckstein - Little Mama - Basie/Eckstein, Inc.
2. Max Roach - Memo to Maurice - On the Chicago Scene
3. Stan Getz/ Charlie Byrd - Samba de Una Nota So - Jazz Samba
4. Dick Sutton Sextet w/ Steve Lacy - Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise - Jazz Idiom
5. Hank Mobley - Chain Reaction - Straight, No Filter
6. Lionel Hampton - High Society - Jivin' the Vibes
7. Lionel Hampton - It Don't Mean a Thing, if it Ain't Got that Swing - Jivin' the Vibes
8. Dave Brubeck - Nomad - Jazz Impressions of Eurasia

::WSRP:: the Washington State Republican Party and Wisan Smith Racker & Prescott, LLP have each contributed to this project's stubborn refusal to take itself seriously. Thank You.