Podcasts by Jazz Bastard Podcast
Two strikingly handsome middle-aged men get together every other week to discuss jazz in depth. Irreverent, irascible, engaged.
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 235 - Latin It All Hang Out from 2022-02-16T00:00
We start off season ten with neither a bang nor a whimper, but rather the sound of exotic auxiliary percussion and the screams of excitable brass. It's a show devoted to "Latin" ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 234 - Yes, Yes, Nonet! from 2022-02-02T00:00
We've made it nine years - four years more than Ziggy Stardust promised us, thank you very much - and to celebrate we're once again discussing ensembles the numerical size of which mat...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 233 - New Year, Mostly New Music from 2022-01-19T00:00
Time to look at some of the best and brightest from 2021 - and the recent past. But, lo! Is that a controversy brewing off in the distance? Sounds like the bastards once again are skeptical o...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 232 - Pat, We Hardly Knew You from 2022-01-05T00:00
For our first podcast of 2022 we take a deep dive into the work of recently departed guitarist Pat Martino. From a live burner to an introspective duet to a fusion foray and an all-star showca...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 231 - Hard Sledding from 2021-12-22T00:00
Like musicians in every genre, jazzers can't resist the lure of making Christmas and/or holiday themed albums from time to time. Some of the efforts turn into timeless classics. But let&a...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 230 - Dave Mullen Interview from 2021-12-08T00:00
After what seems like donkey's years the bastards have a new guest to interview, and we couldn't be happier than to spend an hour with saxophonist, composer, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk bo...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 229 - Open Mike Night from 2021-11-24T00:00
We don't pen up or force-feed our co-host. This podcast is proud to say we use only free-range Mike. And when Mike's in the driver's seat, you never know what odd alleyways you ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 228 - Got Live - Do You Want It? from 2021-11-10T00:00
Four live records turn up on the boys' plates - of which do they happily partake? The sessions range in recording dates from the late sixties to the 2010's, but three of the four came...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 227 - Sing, Sing, Sing, Sing from 2021-10-28T20:00
The title gives it away - it's an all-vocalist episode, favoring the ladies (3 out of 4) and offering a mix of standards (everybody's at it) along with a little more adventurous progr...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 226 - Speed Dating from 2021-10-13T00:00
Trying out CDs by unfamiliar artists is a little like speed dating. You've got minutes to decide if you're compatible, if you're likely to be in a relationship for the long term...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 225 - Striding Forward from 2021-09-29T00:00
Time, the bastards decided, for a historical podcast - and this time, the focus is on stride. Who started it? Who perfected it? Who blew it up? Who deconstructed it? Keep your left hand lim...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 224 - Where in the World is Dupree Bolton? from 2021-09-15T00:00
This fortnight's spectacular focuses on two very different sets of music - two albums by modern jazz violinists and the two best-known recordings featuring elusive trumpeter Dupree Bolton (...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 223.3 - Little Pat Blue from 2021-09-01T00:00
Mike's on the road and overwhelmed with work so it's up to Pat to come up with something to satiate the frothing demand for bastardly content. Back to the vinyl well he goes - first t...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 223 - Left of Average from 2021-08-18T00:00
The Bastards look at four albums taking paths less travelled, approaches rarely attempted, and pianos (in the case of Sun Ra at least) untuned. Three 2021 releases are featured and we go way ba...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 222 - Four Quartets from 2021-08-04T00:00
Dry the pool, dry concrete, brown edged,
And the pool was filled with water out of sunlight,
And the lotos rose, quietly, quietly,
and said shooby dooby doo - er, well, maybe not acc...
Jazz Bastard Podcast 221 - Singin'and Plinkin from 2021-07-21T00:00
We look at two lesser known vocalists tonight and two fairly obscure pianists, and things turn out pretty well if it wasn't for that darn echo. What's going on in the Riverside studio...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 220 - Past Grappel-in from 2021-07-07T00:00
Since the seventies, it's arguable that most jazz musicians work in 'old' idioms (even if they mix and match them in new ways), but this episode's artists each take on aspect...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 219 - Grrrrr from 2021-06-23T00:00
It had to happen. The bastards came of jazz-age in the eighties and nineties - an era when young lions roamed the earth (and the mall record bins) and, sooner or later, attention must be paid. ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 218 - Four Brand New Heavies from 2021-06-09T00:00
Four recent releases by four artists new to the boys - two offering their debuts to the world. We've got a couple of vibe-meisters (is that instrument getting hot all of a sudden?), a disc...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 217 - Bud's Got Buddies from 2021-05-26T00:00
We bring the old-ish and the brand-new this week, with two catalog items courtesy of Mike and two 2021 Bud Powell tributes courtesy of Kismet, I guess. One oldie os a middle of the road Blue No...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 216 - Where's There's No Will, There's Still A Way from 2021-05-12T00:00
The Bastards had hoped to host author Will Friedwald this episode to discuss his book on Nat King Cole, but like a ramblin' rose his path wandered from ours and we ended up high and lonesom...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 215 - Cooking with Coleman from 2021-04-28T00:00
In honor of a Record Store Day release of "In Baltimore", we decide to devote an episode to tenor saxophonist George Coleman, who served tours of duty with Max Roach, Elvin Jones, and ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 214 - Bassrageous! from 2021-04-14T01:00
Mike thinks "basserageous" is the stupidest title for the podcast yet, but is it, really? There's a lot of competition. Anyway, this fortnight's gem looks at ECM albums whe...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 213 - Flying Blind from 2021-03-31T00:00
Mike's on the road for this one, and he's the only one in the car who likes jazz, so things get a bit hairy as he listens to this week's selections. All were selected by Pat (saf...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 212 - Remembering Chick from 2021-03-17T00:00
The jazz world lost Chick Corea this February and we bastards miss him like everyone else. Well, maybe not like fans of electric-era Return to Forever, but we certainly miss him. In this episo...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 211 - Mostly Outside from 2021-03-03T00:00
Time for a traditional mixed-bag podcast ranging over the decades and through musical styles, though 2001 gets special treatment for whatever reason. Artists range from an Ornette Coleman-esque...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 210 - Me So Zorny from 2021-02-17T00:00
Pat got a four-LP set from John Zorn’s Tzadik label and thought an episode catching up with recent events in the Zorniverse might be a good idea. Mike thought the title of this episode was a go...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 209 - Blue Notes We Missed from 2021-02-03T00:00
A lot of 2020 was spent in the fetal position, so it's not surprising some interesting jazz releases passed us by. This episode the boys check out four Blue Note releases from that memorab...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 208.5 - Uncle Pat Talks RSD from 2021-01-20T00:00
The New Year is here and even bastards need a break now and then. So while Mike crosses the nation and gets back to laboring in education, Pat takes the baton to talk about some jazz releases f...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 208 - Octets and Octopi from 2021-01-06T00:00
Hooray - we've made it alive through 2020 and through eight seasons of this podcast, too. To celebrate the big "eighth" (the internet claims it's bronze and pottery for that...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 207 - Christmas Slanket from 2020-12-23T00:00
Mike loves him some holiday jazz specials,so in honor of Christ coming to earth, realizing it was a lost cause, and leaving before he even hit forty, we're looking at five Christmas-themed ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 206 - Listener's Choice from 2020-12-09T00:00
We've been looking at various critic's and website's "best jazz of the 2010's" lists, but now the listeners get to weigh in. Their wide-ranging suggestions encompa...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 205 - Baby It's Nice Outside In from 2020-11-25T00:00
We take a break from surveying the best of the 2010's to take a gander at five releases from the second half of this wunnerful year, 2020. Maybe everything else has gone to heck in a hand...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 204 - Something Blue from 2020-11-11T00:00
For the last of our four-episode examination of discs we missed from various best of 2010's lists (and that's almost, but not quite, rapping, isn't it?) it's all about "...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 203 - Something Borrowed from 2020-10-28T00:00
In this third podcast on some of the best-reviewed jazz of the 2010's that we missed first time 'round, the boys look at four albums that 'borrow' something, whether inspirat...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 202 - Something New from 2020-10-14T00:00
In this second episode of our prestigious four-part series (we got that idea from Masterpiece Theatre), "new" or at least "newish" music is the focus. Four albums from the b...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 201 - Something Old from 2020-09-30T00:00
The boys start their trawl through some best-of-decade picks they missed during the last eight years by focusing on four albums in the, let's face it, somewhat amorphous "something old...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 200 - Best of the Decade? from 2020-09-16T00:00
This is a strange one, listeners, as the boys compare and contrast various jazz "best-of" lists for the 2010's and then let you, the listener, "behind the curtain" as th...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 199 - Elevator to HELL from 2020-09-02T00:00
Sometimes the boys just can't agree. This is one of those times. Two new selections split them down the middle (though they at least "like" both selections), while one of the tw...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 198 - Danny Green Interview from 2020-08-19T00:00
Lockdown can't stop the boys from interviewing interesting musicians (it's not like we did it in person before . . .) This time pianist, composer and educator Danny Green visits our s...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 197 - Subtle Is As Subtle Does from 2020-08-05T00:00
Ya want big bands? We got big bands. Sometimes we got one in each speaker. In this exploration of the more extroverted side of jazz, the boys explore works by a blazing trumpet player (and wo...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 196 - Revenge of the Cosmic Panda from 2020-07-22T00:00
Does harp music fill you with images of celestial angels - or a (relatively) tamed Pharaoh Sanders? Either way, there's something for you here in this brief overview of "cosmic" ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 195.5 - Ain’t It Eclectic? from 2020-07-08T00:00
The boys take a break by cobbling together an episode from a lengthy pop matters segment discussing Funkadelic, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Suzanne Vega, and Dr. Demento (among others) with an episode o...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 195 - The Cocaine Years from 2020-06-24T00:00
Listeners of a certain age will remember the Saturday Night Live "sound" - all squealing saxes and twice-removed soul gestures. In this podcast we talk about one possible precursor to...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 194 - Nicholas Krolak Interview from 2020-06-10T00:00
In this wide-ranging interview, the boys talk with bassist Nicholas Krolak, a Philadelphian with insights on pacing a set, marketing difficult-to-publicize music like jazz, the cost of including...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 193 - Some Girls'(Voices) Are Bigger Than Others from 2020-05-27T00:00
Female vocalists take the stage this episode, with voices ranging from small and whispery to bold 'en brassy and approaches ranging from the hardest of hardcore jazz to relatively pop-orien...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 192 - Apologies and Discoveries from 2020-05-13T00:00
The boys aren't called bastards for nothing and sometimes they can be hard on unfamiliar musicians. This episode they are pleased to revisit two artists whose earlier projects got rough tr...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 191 - New Music for Dat Same Old Lockdown Routine from 2020-04-29T00:00
As lockdown enters day number "both of us have lost count, haven't you? ", the boys decide to check out some new releases. There's a prestige project celebrating the First C...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 190 - Opposite Ends of the Bench from 2020-04-15T00:00
The boys focus on two pianists this time - the recently departed McCoy Tyner (stalwart of John Coltrane's "great quartet" and indefatigable leader of countless record sessions) an...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 189 - Keep On Pluckin' from 2020-04-01T00:00
Four six-string masters going solo are the focus for this fortnight's podcast, and they cover the gamut from acoustic true-believers to studio mavens ready to mix it up with multi-tracking ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 188 - David Binney Interview from 2020-03-18T00:00
In this very special episode the boys sit down to talk with alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and raconteur David Binney, who talks about his long career in jazz, his recent move from New ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 187 - Olive Branch or Pat-Nip? from 2020-03-04T00:00
After the "politicapocalypse" (Mike's coinage - ask him) of the previous episode, the boys decides to gently transition away from that minefield by looking at two artists more obl...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 186 - Deeds Not Words from 2020-02-19T00:00
Try as he might, Pat can't escape Mike's jones for jazz mixed with politics, so he submits and the boys do a trawl through just a few of the examples of art-music and rhetoric spilling...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 185 - Cecil McAwesome from 2020-02-05T00:00
Inspired by bassist Cecil McBee's star-turn on Lloyd McNeill's Elegia, the boys devote a whole episode to examining works led by Cecil or just plain enhanced by his presence. He'...
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Jazz bastard Podcast 184 - Dogon and Friends from 2020-01-22T00:00
The boys look at three recent releases including a vocal-focused celebration of Canada, a two-hander by composers of children's television soundtracks and a Swedish flutist upset with the p...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 183 - Distaff Strummers from 2020-01-08T00:00
Purely because Pat ran across a classic artist and a brand new find (for him, at least) who are both women guitarists, we decided to build a whole show around artists fitting that description. ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 182 - Seven, Seven, Seven, Seven from 2019-12-25T00:00
The Bastards' Christmas present to you (should you listen to this episode the day it drops) is a seventh anniversary celebration featuring - you guessed it - septets. And copper, sheep, sp...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 181 - Bastards Under the Mistletoe from 2019-12-11T00:00
Every now and then when the holidays roll around, the boys celebrate by surveying some jazz-related Christmas releases. This is one of those now and thens, and they've picked an eclectic b...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 180 - We Got the Skillz to Play the Billz from 2019-11-27T00:00
William, oh William, it was really nothing - but an all-Bill all the time podcast! At Mike's suggestion, this round's musicians are all named Bill. Heck, half of them are white guys ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 179 - Hive Finds from 2019-11-13T00:00
You won't bee-lieve how hard it is to avoid apian puns in this podcast description, but we'll do our best after this sentence. Mike and Pat dig into the Beehive catalog and pluck five...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 178 - Get Thyself to the Garden Party from 2019-10-30T00:00
A couple oldies, a couple newies - the boys sort out the third (THIRD!) Contemporary Jazz Quintet release they've discussed in the podcast's history, pay their propers to Jack DeJohnet...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 177 - Bird Dogs and Licorice Sticks from 2019-10-16T00:00
Clarinetist Sam Sadigursky is our special guest this episode, and we discuss his own career, his work with James Darcy Argue, and his thoughts on the difficulty of plighting one's troth to ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 176 - Vibe Time from 2019-10-02T00:00
In honor of Blue Note's new signing, Joel Ross, the boys devote a whole podcast to vibraphonist-led dates, ranging from the early sixties to right gosh darn now. From the introverted to th...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 175 - Zappity Doo Dah from 2019-09-18T00:00
Many moon-units ago a listener requested we look at the music of Frank Zappa in a little more depth. Bastards being bastards, we brought our best shallow game and called it a day. Burt Bachara...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 174.5 - Chicago Jazz Fest Special from 2019-09-11T00:00
In this very special (i.e., short and understaffed) "bonus" episode, Pat talks about some of the artists he caught at the Chicago Jazz Festival this year. Artists discussed include Ce...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 174 - The Deep End from 2019-09-04T00:00
Steve Martin asked everyone to "get small," but in this episode, the bastards investigate what happens when jazz musicians get profound - and just a wee bit third-streamy. The results...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 173 - Mating Dance of the Cosmic Pandas from 2019-08-21T00:00
It's all about the strings this ep, as the boys look at four very different guitar players - three virtuosos and one reliable, well-loved Blue Note stalwart. Mike's all over the road ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 172 - What's the Concept from 2019-08-07T00:00
We all know there are rock "concept" albums - otherwise, Roger Dean would be out of work. But is there such a thing as a jazz concept album? Mike's skeptical, but Pat argues all...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 171 - Brand New Bangers from 2019-07-24T00:00
Once again our slate is full of 2019 releases and once again our reaction is mixed, if not to say bastardly. Mike's favorite pianist appears on one, Pat's written up another for allab...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 170 - Pop Goes the Jazz'Cast from 2019-07-10T00:00
After discussing their rare "pop" episodes during their allaboutjazz interview, the boys decided, what the heck, let's devote another episode to music with vocals and a relatively...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 169 - Discoveries and Rediscoveries from 2019-06-26T00:00
Two major reissues and one highly publicized discovery from the 1960s provide the core of this round's podcast, as the boys discuss the latest album from the John Coltrane Quartet (despite ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 168 - Pop? Art? Why not both? from 2019-06-12T00:00
It's a rare occasion when the boys get to podcast in the same room together. While the sound quality takes a hit, the precious moments are . . . priceless. This episode is devoted to some...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 167 - Va-Va-Vaughan from 2019-05-29T00:00
Mike suggested that we devote a whole episode to the divine Sarah Vaughan (aka "Sassy") and both the boys are glad he did. We discuss some peaks of her prolific recording career, whil...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 166 - They're New to Me from 2019-05-15T00:00
Back to the future - or extremely recent past - as the boys look at three releases that go live in June and one that's only a few months old. Two trios with very different vibes mix origin...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 165 - Fusion Frenzy? from 2019-05-01T00:00
Not all fusion is hyper - some can be pretty chill. Take Peter Erskine's "Dr. Um" band - or Phillip Upchurch's gang of studio cats. This episode looks back at two slices of...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 164 - Four Skins from 2019-04-17T00:00
Yes, folks, it's a theme episode again, and this time it's percussionists leading from the back of the group - if not the back of the beat. We've got quite a mix, from a little k...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 163 - Big Ten Inch Record from 2019-04-03T00:00
It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, between bebop and hard-bop, between singles and LPs. It is . . . the ten-inch zone. The mid-fifties saw a tr...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 162 - I Sing the Lineup Eclectic from 2019-03-20T00:00
New-age-y music from the seventies, an organ trio with an inside-out guitar slinger, a saxophonist who almost went supernova in the eighties, an album of acapella movie themes? This episode sh...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 161 - Both of These Guys are Not Like the Other from 2019-03-06T00:00
Cue the "Odd Couple" theme. This episode, the bastards take a listener's request to heart and discuss two musicians of wildly differing tempers - Art Blakey and Warne Marsh. Art...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 160 - Return of Revenge of the Indies from 2019-02-20T00:00
Young people - they leave the toilet seat up, use apps with made up names like Tinder, linger on your lawn, and don't even know what a rotary phone is. Luckily, some of them also release j...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 159 - Make It Big from 2019-02-06T00:00
All hands on deck - it's a big band episode! The boys look at two "historical" releases - one an oddity from the 1950's, the other a pace-setter from the nineties, and then ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 158 - NYT Approved from 2019-01-23T00:00
It's the start of a new year, so time to poke our noses into lists of last year's best releases. This episode we've chosen four selections from the New York Times best-of, and ar...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 157 - Ring in the New from 2019-01-09T00:00
2019's dropping hot with the boys examining four brand new releases (one still in the pipeline) by independent types (as opposed to, you know, those big corporate-sponsored names in jazz). ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 156 - Iron Men from 2018-12-26T00:00
Happy birthday to us - sixth birthday, to be exact. What better way to celebrate than digging into six sextets like they were delicious pieces of cake? And if anyone has the complete run of Jo...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 155 - Roy, We Hardly Knew Ye from 2018-12-12T00:00
We've lost a lot of great jazz men and women this year, but Roy Hargrove's passing came as a particular shock. Pat and Mike explore the young lion's career, focusing mostly on ac...
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Jazz Bastard 154 - Ain't Nothin'in Chicago for a Monkey Bastard to Do from 2018-11-28T00:00
It's our kind of town, so here's another episode devoted to Chicago jazzers, from scat master Kurt Elling (whose poetic sources for his vocalese Mike explains are impeccable) to tenor-...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 153 - Rock the Casbah of Love from 2018-11-14T00:00
You know it's going to be a good episode when Pat and Mike get to discuss Paul Anka taking on Nirvana in depth. It only gets better as we explore contemporary work by an avant garde reedma...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 152 - Chillin'or Bernin' from 2018-10-31T00:00
A couple vinyl selections from "back in the day" and two brand new releases are on the docket this time, and the results are mostly good. Mike faces his fusion fears and finds a happy...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 151 - Weston Culture from 2018-10-17T00:00
Jazz pianist and composer Randy Weston departed this earth earlier this year, so the boys devote an episode to his music (along with some discussion of arranger/trombonist Melba Liston, whose work ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 150 - Let's Get Experimental from 2018-10-03T00:00
Crazy, daddy-o - it's an episode devoted to experimental music. The boys start things off by interviewing Sarah Bernstein, who discusses her career in music, her various ongoing groups. and...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 149 - Cardigans Off! from 2018-09-19T00:00
Fred Rogers never went to 'Nam - that's just one of the many insights we learn from interviewing the charming and talented Keri Johnsrud about her collaboration with pianist Kevin Bales b...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 148 - Ice, Ice, Baby from 2018-09-05T00:00
Is it chilly in here or is it just us? The bastards take on the coolest buffet of music yet on offer by this august podcast, so pry open that sweater drawer and grab a hot beverage. Pop matters a...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 147 - Come Up to the Fender from 2018-08-22T00:00
Even what sounds like a police raid in progress can't stop the bastards from discussing two brand new releases, along with a couple selections from the earlier 'aughts. Mike isn't h...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 146 - A French Connection from 2018-08-08T00:00
From chaos order as the boys realize that a couple of Pat's random LP haul both have a connection with the sexiest country and the rest of the episode just falls into place. Come for Pat&apos...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 145 - Straight Outta Blighty from 2018-07-25T00:00
Across the pond we go to look at work by four up'n'comin' UK artists/groups (yes, there are such things as jazz groups). The boys delve deep into the in-jokes behind Shatner's ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 144 - Butterfly Meat Wheel from 2018-07-11T00:00
At Mike's suggestion we check out some lesser known - and lesser loved - projects by major jazz artists, from the MOR sellout of Bill Evans' "Plays VIPs" to Duke Ellington'...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 143 - You Should Be Dancing, Man from 2018-06-27T00:00
Mike's been hustled down in Texas, so Pat's without adult supervision when he interviews Glenn Crytzer about his new big band project: "Ain't It Grand." Glenn talks about...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 142 - Pat's Happy Place from 2018-06-13T00:00
We're back from our extended look at Cecil Taylor's challenging music and ready for more accessible - if equally rewarding - work by various artists in the modern mainstream. There'...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 141 - The Big Difficult from 2018-05-30T00:00
Cecil Taylor has always stood somewhat uneasily outside the jazz tradition - at least from the point of view of jazz traditionalists. This episode, Mike and Pat explore his challenging, exhausting...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 140 - Hide the Samosa from 2018-05-16T00:00
After a serious discussion of where and where not a samosa should be put, the boys launch into examinations of two classic jazz releases and two much more recent efforts by the second wave of "...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 139 - Party On, Bastards from 2018-05-02T00:00
Rump-shakin' is the order of the day when the boys check out four examples of the "party jazz" genre, with influences from New Orleans to India. Stay tuned for Mike's adventure...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 138 - New(ish) Sounds from 2018-04-18T00:00
More cherry pickin' from polls, as the boys discuss four 2017 releases that got good notices in the jazz press. All four of these releases give the fellows warm fuzzies - of one intensity or a...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 137 - Dial"S"for"Sultry" from 2018-04-04T00:00
It's all female vocalists this time, and the conversations about sultriness get pretty deep - when they aren't painfully shallow. Rene Marie – VERTIGO; Sophie Milman – MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 136 - Mandatory Charleston from 2018-03-21T00:00
To put Louis Armstrong into context, Mike leads Pat kicking and screaming through recordings by five of Louis' contemporaries. Who can redeem the period's vocalizin'? Boswell Siste...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 135 - Louie Louie from 2018-03-07T00:00
It's a whole episode dedicated to the great Louis Armstrong's 1930's Decca tracks in all their glory and strangeness. Skeletons in the closest will boogie before all's said and...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 134 - For Your Consideration from 2018-02-21T00:00
Sometimes we get review copies - sometimes we talk about them. Four youngish artists with quite recentish releases go under the microscope. Then, pop matters is all about the fab four and the ver...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 133 - Back At It from 2018-02-07T00:00
Together at last, the boys talk a random assortment of jazz releases and then get to the nitty-gritty: what did Mike think of Hamilton and what is going on in the apartment beneath him? Juli Wood ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 132.5 - Suite! from 2018-01-24T00:00
Mike's laid up sick, so Pat whips up a "bonus" episode on Duke Ellington's suites. Did Ellington write a twenty-minute, six-movement suite just to get into Queen Elizabeth II&a...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 132 - Charles McPherson Interview from 2018-01-10T00:00
We depart from our usual format to offer an interview with saxophone player and composer Charles McPherson. Charles discusses an early encounter with Charlie Parker, lessons from Barry Harris, a w...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 131 - Banned from 2017-12-27T00:00
It's a podcast first - Pat votes to ban a jazz musician from further discussion. Who's the lucky winner? Plus, if you're patient enough, Mike talks hats and gropers. Gregory Port...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 130 - Say it With Wood from 2017-12-13T00:00
It's the podcasts' fifth anniversary so the albums discussed feature quintets. Laughs, insights, and just a few sentimental moments as the boys contemplate this milestone. Oh, and they ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 129 - Thelonious Business from 2017-11-29T00:00
Thelonious Sphere Monk turns one-hundred this year, which is approximately the number of albums based on his music released each year. Mike and Pat discuss the master's recently unearthed sou...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 128 - Make it Big from 2017-11-15T00:00
Mike and Pat welcome special guest Eric Allen, co-author of 50 Years at the Village Vanguard – Thad Jones, Mel Lewis and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, and discuss the book along with early recording...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 127 - Geri Allen from 2017-11-01T00:00
In this banger, Ethan Iverson's "Do the Math" blog inspires Mike and Pat to explore the early years of pianist Geri Allen's career. Pat keeps confusing Ethan with Allen, while...
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Jazz Bastard 126 - Mid-Century Madness from 2017-10-18T00:00
Mike leads us back, back, back into the wilds of pre-LP jazz as we discuss Bud Powell, Mary Lou Williams, and Tadd Dameron. Then Pat goes and ruins it with a selection from Ferit Odman, who at lea...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 125 - Soulbox and the Winelight Kid from 2017-10-04T00:00
In this follow-up to the epic "lite jazz" explorations of episode 63, the boys look at three whistle-stops on the Soul train line, and check out a foundational document of lite jazz by Ge...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 124 - Space Twangers from 2017-09-20T00:00
Two avante garde guitars two generations apart are the focus this time, as Mike and Pat look at releases from Sonny Sharrock and Mary Halvorson. Plus, Mike unloads on Pat for his Beach Boys obsess...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 123 - 2 Hard 2 Thematize from 2017-09-06T00:00
You can make all sorts of connections among the four selections discussed in this episode, but Pat & Mike aren't about trying too hard. Listen as Ambrose Akinmusire (and Stan Getz) enter ...
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Jazz Bastard 122 - Vocal-ehs from 2017-08-23T00:00
Peripatetic Pat is in a grumpy mood this episode and can only find a spot of warmth in his cold cold heart for one of the four vocal selections covered. Why can't he not worry and be and/or ge...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 121 - Six String Noir from 2017-08-09T00:00
Mike and Pat welcome special guest Brent Laidler to discuss his album No Matter Where Noir. Brent plays guitar on the album but he also wrote and arranged the pieces, many of which normal human be...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 120 - Jazz and Rock Bump Uglies from 2017-07-26T00:00
Listener suggestions guide the boys this time, with jazz inflected rock and camp infected jazz filling the playlist. Bettye LaVette - INTERPRETATIONS: THE BRITISH ROCK SONGBOOK; Frank Zappa - MAKE...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 119 - Sonnymoon for Four from 2017-07-12T00:00
The forecast for this cast is . . . well, we're doing a show about four alto sax players named Sonny. Make your own meteorological joke. Sonny Stitt – REARIN’ BACK/ TRIBUTE TO ELLINGTON; Son...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 118 - Mean Mr. Bastard from 2017-06-28T00:00
What do John Pizzarelli, Sun Ra, Jack DeJohnette and Brandford Marsalis have in common? You tell us. We spread the joy and opprobrium in equal measure this time, with kudos for Marsalis, Elling a...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 117 - Blythe and Mellow from 2017-06-14T00:00
Arthur Blythe was Columbia's last major "out" signing, and he gets the full episode treatment now that he's playing with the angels. Horace Tapscott – THE GIANT HAS AWAKENED; A...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 116 - Can You Hear Us, Major Tom? from 2017-05-31T00:00
After a quick rant / mission statement re: this very podcast to which you're listening, Mike and Pat discuss child prodigies, Bowie sidekicks, french violinists, and a cast of dozens more. N...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 115 - Rainbows and Auto-Tune from 2017-05-17T00:00
Mike and Pat let the snark fly as they take on three vocal albums and one hippity-hop effort with Yakuza connections (allegedly). Al Jarreau – LOOK TO THE RAINBOW; Somi – LAGOS MUSIC SALON; Rober...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 114 - Keepin'It Up from 2017-05-03T00:00
Lionel Richie got nothing on Sonny Rollins - as we learn from Newk's 15 minutes solos on the incredible (and sometimes exhausting) Complete Village Gate release, he sure can keep it going all ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 113 - Stir Until Blended from 2017-04-19T00:00
Mostly new stuff . . . mostly jazz. Like most of our podcasts, mostly great! Theo Croker – ESCAPE VELOCITY; Thundercat - DRUNK; Fred Hersch / Julian Lage – FREE FLYING; John Scofield – PAST PRES...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 112 - Stir Until Blended from 2017-04-05T00:00
Collaboration is the name of the game, whether small groups mixing it up or big thinkers painting on bigger canvases. Pop matters is more expansive than usual, so any way you slice it, lots of bas...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 111 - Pillow Fight from 2017-03-22T00:00
It's Mike's turn to rant as he complains about the state of ECM - the storied jazz label based in Germany - and then both boys dig into a buffet of recent releases, some more echo-y than ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 110 - Mikeapalooza from 2017-03-08T00:00
Mike's picking all the selections tonight and Pat's picking fights with everyone in sight - Lutherans, banjoists, people who don't 'get' Stairway to Heaven . . . Looks lik...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 109 - Back from the Bins from 2017-02-22T00:00
Pat's been combing through the bins and another episode focusing on the black stuff results. Also, he almost convinces Mike that irreputable is a real word. Stone Alliance – STONE ALLIANCE;...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 108 - Return of Revenge of the Quickening from 2017-02-08T00:00
Third time's a charm - we've finally completed and posted the big-band podcast we attempted twice in ancient 2016. Here we discuss the final winners of the 2015 Downbeat critic's po...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 107 - Clean Up Time from 2017-01-25T00:00
Mike and Pat catch up on a couple of quartets missed on the fourth anniversary show and a couple more poll winners from 2015. Their pledge - this year we make up our own stinkin' list of 2016...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 106 - Clone of Blue from 2017-01-11T00:00
OK, this one's kind of weird. What if a band called Mostly Other People Do the Killing did a note for note remake of Kind of Blue? What if Pat and Mike pondered it for a fairly long time? W...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 105 - Xmas Marks the Spot from 2016-12-28T00:00
Christmas cheer is in somewhat short supply as the boys consider five more holiday recordings (check out Ep. 54 for their previous plunge into the holiday well). Does Pat have a record-store masoc...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 104.5 - The Oops Cast, or Revenge of the Black Stuff from 2016-12-14T00:00
Sometimes, when a computer and a piece of software just can't get along anymore, they have what's called a "malfunction." Who gets hurt the most? The podcasters, of course, A...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 104 - Fruit/Appliance Anniversary from 2016-11-30T00:00
It's been four years, and Mike and Pat celebrate by discussing some out of the way quartet music - and trying to determine which jazz quartets were the greatest of all time. Throw in some pol...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 103 - Synovial's a Good Thing, Right? from 2016-11-16T00:00
The boys look at two more poll winners, a recent jazz trio album, and a historic reissue of a white house concert. Fond memories of seventies' odes to automotive cleanliness ensue. Christine ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 101 - Forgotten Fusion from 2016-10-19T00:00
Mike and Pat explore albums from a recent Jazz Times list of forgotten fusion gems. Unfortunately a bad sign influences the proceedings and Nat Adderley's Soul Zodiac has to be put off until ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 100 - One is the Noisiest Number from 2016-10-05T00:00
It's all about the loneliness of the solo jazz man this time, as Mike and Pat take a listen to some solo recitals by unlikely instruments. Trombone? Alto Saxophone? Acoustic Bass? Drums (a...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 99 - Gone Too Soon from 2016-09-21T00:00
The boys take a quick trip through the tragically short career of Thomas Chapin, an inside/outside sax and flute player whose flame burned brightly and briefly. Then Mike complains about Kate Bush...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 98 - Downtown with a Vengeance from 2016-09-07T00:00
It's a Naked City Du-fecta as Mike and Pat discuss the work of some downtown New Yawk post-modernists and fondly recall their youth. John Zorn – NAKED CITY; Bill Frisell – TRIO LIVE; Uri Cain...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 97 - Soundtracks to Terror from 2016-08-24T00:00
Peter Gunn sparked a TV-Detective-Show-With-Jazz-Soundtrack craze, and Mike and Pat plunge into the murky depths of late fifties' jazz and existentialist philosophy to find out just what happe...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 96 - Pluckers from 2016-08-10T00:00
Back to the origins of jazz guitar we go, checking out some acoustic luminaries and an electric pathfinder. The introduction of the Mike-citement meter makes this a very special episode indeed. E...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 95 - Bad Mutha Hubbard from 2016-07-27T00:00
Shut yo mouth! We're just talking about Freddie . . . Hubbard that is, whose career stretches from Blue Note hard bop to CTI funk to mainstream jazz and ends on a blue note when the brass-pla...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 94 - Vinyl Judgment from 2016-07-13T00:00
Pat and Mike discuss some used records Pat picked up, with some familiar faces and some new ones in the mix. Stay tuned for shocking allegations against one of the artists. Art Farmer – SING ME S...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 93 - Gotta Getta Gato from 2016-06-29T00:00
Gato Barbieri is best known for the Last Tango in Paris soundtrack. After this episode, Mike will be best known for his obsession with butter. Gato Barbieri – LAST TANGO IN PARIS; LATIN AMERICA (...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 92 - Spinet Spinneret from 2016-06-15T00:00
The focus is on solo piano recitals (sorry Erroll's rhythm section), and it brings out a dark episode from Pat's past. Erroll Garner – THE COMPLETE CONCERT BY THE SEA; Keith Jarrett – TH...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 91 - Black Rhythms Happening from 2016-06-01T00:00
The boys get topical as they take on the biggest rap album of last year and the longest jazz album of last year - then look back at possible sources of inspiration for both. Kamasi Washington – TH...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 90 - Wynton, Wynton, Wynton, Wynton, Wynton - The Early Years from 2016-05-18T00:00
"Tell me about your jazz childhood," the nice man by the couch says, and Mike and Pat reply "It all started with an uptight semi-genius named Wynton Marsalis." This episode is...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 89 - Three Yahwehs and a Joker from 2016-05-04T00:00
The Village People once asked the question: "Young man, who do you want to be?" Three of tonight's artists knew the answer - one's still workin' on it. Avishai Cohen – D...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 88 - Loneliness of the Middle Distance Jazzman from 2016-04-20T00:00
Hey, punk, you listening to me? Uh, maybe, say Mike and Pat, as they discuss four records that are perfectly fine but can go all recessive on your ass if you're not careful. JJ Johnson and K...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 87 - What's New? from 2016-04-06T00:00
Mike and Pat keep it fresh with this episode on recently released albums. Jazz by young people - who would have thought? David Bowie – BLACKSTAR; Cecile McLorin Salvant – FOR ONE TO LOVE; Go Go Pe...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 86 - Love You Live from 2016-03-23T00:00
Newly discovered live sessions keep escaping from the vaults. Mike and Pat take on plums from Davis and Jarrett, then linger over what may be Jimmy Smith's most . . . memorable two hours on t...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 85 - ECMental from 2016-03-09T00:00
Manfred Eicher has a recurring nightmare where the Jazz Bastard does an episode devoted to his hugely influential label, ECM - or is the dream REAL?? Also, Pat really hates microtonality. Steve T...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 84 - Duet Again from 2016-02-24T00:00
One is the loneliest number, but two is awesome. It's time for another show about duets, something Mike will never have with Joanna Newsom, because - well, stay tuned to find out. Charlie H...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 83 - Be-Bop Rollerskates from 2016-02-10T00:00
In the mystic land of the seventies, Don Schlitten did a stately pleasure dome decree - well, at least a label for recording be-bop artists lost in the fusion haze. Pat and Mike explore four of th...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 82 - Hersch So Good from 2016-01-27T00:00
The boys explore four albums which all feature Fred Hersch in one capacity of another (always piano, sometimes leader or producer). Oh, then Mike starts a beef with Adele you won't believe. ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 81 - The Saxophone Solo in Pop from 2016-01-13T00:00
Time for some shameless pandering - at least towards generation X'ers and continuing residents of the Midwest. Pop songs - some of them have sax solos. Mike and Pat discuss - and discuss. W...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 80 - Stop This Poll, I Want to Get Off from 2015-12-30T00:00
Mike and Pat take the remaining winners of the Village Voice's best of 2014 to that special place only they have the pass-keys to, ponder the purpose of french horns in jazz, and generally who...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 79 - Is That a Village Voice Poll in Your Pocket? from 2015-12-16T00:00
Mike and Pat pick up the cudgels and readdress themselves to the Village Voice list of the ten best jazz albums from 2014 (see episode 72 for the first part of this hatchet job). Leave it to those ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 78 - Leather Anniversary from 2015-12-02T00:00
Three IS a magic number, people, so Mike and Pat discuss jazz trios for their third anniversary special. Plus, brief discussions of each 'caster's favorite 3 albums from this year of sho...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 77 - Mike's Mixture from 2015-11-18T00:00
Can you say "Ibrahim"? If so, you're smarter than Pat. But you knew that already. Lester Young – JUMPIN' AT THE SAVOY; Martin Speake – CHANGE OF HEART; Charlie Byrd – MOMENTS...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 76 - Man Out of Time from 2015-11-04T00:00
Uber-journeyman Phil Woods passed recently, so the boys devote a podcast to his seventies prime. Musings about set-list construction, strange string interludes, jokes about anorexia - this ep&apos...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 75 - Gettin'Ducal Wit It from 2015-10-21T00:00
Pat and Mike get lost in meditation as they consider a significant sliver of Edward Kennedy Ellington's career as bandleader, arranger, composer, pianist and womanizer. Duke Ellington: JUNGL...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 74 - Murraypalooza from 2015-10-07T00:00
How do we love thee? Let Mike and Pat count the ways they love David Murray (not all 130+ albums, but many) in this very special "things were better back in my day now get off my lawn" e...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 73 – How White is Pat? Soooo White from 2015-09-23T00:00
Mixed bag, tossed salad - call it what you will, this episode ranges far and wide, and Pat's out of his depth for much o' the ranging. Plus, references to ancient TV shows! Candido – TH...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 72 - Up the Poll Without a Creek from 2015-09-09T00:00
This year, the boys check out the Village Voices top ten list of jazz albums and as usual, find hits 'n' misses. Plus, Mike and Pat rant about ECM. Billy Childs – MAP TO THE TREASURE; S...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 71 - It's Billie's Birthday! from 2015-08-26T00:00
In honor of Billie Holiday's centennial, the boys split the 'cast between examining the master's recordings and two 2015 tributes. Gender trouble ensues. Billie Holiday – VOLUME TH...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 70 - One, Two, Three, Knuffke! from 2015-08-12T00:00
Keep your voices down - Mike's mom is sleeping. Or something like that. The boys record this one while visiting their respective parental units, which wreaks havoc on the audio (but tugs on ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 69 - Sadness from 2015-07-29T00:00
Mike and Pat mourn the passing of avante garde jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman by discussing some of his lesser known recordings. Ornette Coleman – SOMETHING ELSE!!!, LIVE AT THE GOLDEN CIRCLE, VOL 1...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 68 - Bastard's Revenge from 2015-07-15T00:00
The bastard's first, best and only guest - inimitable tenor saxophonist Sophie Faught - is back after a two year hiatus, and this time the boys are choosing the albums (along with discussing S...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 67 - M'Boom Goes the Blanketfort from 2015-07-01T00:00
The boys run the gamut from the straight ahead bop of Hank Mobley to the far-out trip of Richard Davis, then wonder just what a "gamut" is. Plus, the Mike/Austin Powers mashup none of yo...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 66 - More Cowbell, Please! from 2015-06-17T00:00
The candles blew and then disappeared, the curtains flew and then he appeared, saying "baby, don't be afraid" . . . to discuss the first four releases on powerhouse jazz label Black ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 65 - Cold, Coughs, and Cuckoos from 2015-06-03T00:00
Two vocalists and two big bands make up the bulk of today's show, but stay tuned for record store day confessions, part 1, and marvel as the boys reminisce about disco demolition day. Carmen ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 64 - That Seventies Show from 2015-05-20T00:00
Pat pulls out some recently picked up vinyl and one chestnut from his high school years and behold - all four are from the bell-bottom decade! What's it all about? Tune in to find out. Dext...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 63 - Have You Never Been Mellow from 2015-05-06T00:00
What is this thing called Smooth Jazz? This funny thing called Smooth Jazz? Who can solve its mystery? Why does it sound so crappy to me? Brace yourselves, people, as Mike and Pat search for th...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 62 - Jackie, Jackie, Jackie! from 2015-04-22T00:00
What's that sound in the sky? Is it a screaming pterodactyl? An air-raid siren? Joan Crawford's ghost? No, it's a big Mac Attack. Enjoy this all-Jackie McLean episode. Mike sur...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 61 - Orrin You Glad I Didn't Say"Banana"? from 2015-04-08T00:00
This podcast explores four albums from three different labels run by producer Orrin Keepnews. Mike hates 70's bass; Ernie Henry gives Pat the willies; other revelations follow. Randy Weston ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 60 - You're Welcome, Part Trois from 2015-03-25T00:00
Various artists get bastardized tonight, but, really, it's all about the Bradford. Tomasz Stanko – SELECTED RECORDINGS; Brad Mehldau – ART OF THE TRIO, VOL 1; Ernie Watts- REACHING UP; Don P...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 59 - Vocapolcalypse from 2015-03-11T00:00
Mike and Pat discuss four new vocal albums at the intersection of jazz, pop, and S&M. Diana Krall – WALLFLOWER; Dr. John - SKE-DAT-DE-DAT - THE SPIRIT OF SATCH; Bob Dylan – SHADOWS IN THE NI...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 58 - Cocktails, Strings and Things from 2015-02-25T00:00
Pat and Mike eff the ineffable as they explore the gamut from cocktail lounge tenor to downtown skronking strings. String Trio of New York – GUT REACTION; Andrew Hill – COMPULSION; Branford Marsa...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 57 - 4 x 3 x Huh? from 2015-02-11T00:00
Four trios push in different directions against the "jazz trio" template, Pat rants about young people, Mike eats bacon - this episode has everything. Plus, it's quiz time! Monocle...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 56 - Valve Jockeys'Delight from 2015-01-28T00:00
Blow cat blow! Mike and Pat discuss three recent and one classic release by jazz trumpeters. Can Orbert Davis turn sketches of pain to vistas of delight? Tune in to find out. Josh Berman – OLD ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 55A - Winter Break Special from 2015-01-14T00:00
Holidays and travel conspire to make preparing a regular show for this slot well nigh impossible - so Mike and Pat chat about some jazz related winter break activities, including catching a Blue No...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 55 - The Greatest, Part II from 2014-12-31T00:00
Mike and Pat discuss four more Downbeat best album winners, focusing most closely on the vocal entry. As they complete the longest leg of their Porter triathlon, they demonstrate that there's...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 54 - Santa's Swingin' from 2014-12-17T00:00
The boys uncork some holiday cheer as they sleigh-ride through five seasonal selections. Wynton Marsalis – CHRISTMAS ALBUM; Vince Guarldi – CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS; Ella Fitzgerald – WISHES YOU ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 53 - The Greatest, Part I from 2014-12-03T00:00
Downbeat picked the ten best albums of 2013; Mike and Pat pick on the list. Ambrose Akinmusire – THE IMAGINED SAVIOR IS EASIER TO PAINT; Bad Plus – RITE OF SPRING; Frank Wess – MAGIC 101; Kenny Ga...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 52 - Two Great Tastes . . . from 2014-11-19T00:00
Mike and Pat press their rings together, and a second anniversary episode on jazz duets is the happy result. Ellis Larkins / Ruby Braff - CALLING BERLIN; Anthony Braxton/Max Roach – BIRTH/REBIRTH...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 51 - Is That A Trumpet In Your Pocket? from 2014-11-05T00:00
The boys discuss music from four decades featuring four different trumpeters and all is well, but when Pat tries to open Mike's doors of perception, nobody gets out of there alive. Charles Fa...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 50 - Canadian Vinyl from 2014-10-22T00:00
Not so much Of Montreal as From Toronto, this batch of jazz represents various vinyl temptations Pat succumbed to on an anniversary jaunt. Soprano Summit – CRAZY RHYTHM; Ornette Coleman – OF HUMA...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 49 - Miles V. Miles from 2014-10-08T00:00
Miles Davis had two "great" quintets (one was so great, half the time it had six people in it). But which was the best? Mike and Pat try to decide. Miles Davis - COOKIN', 1958 MIL...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 48 - Touched by"Streets" from 2014-09-24T00:00
The boys explore four of the latest entries in Mike's rotation. It's a kaleidoscope with clown-makeup tinged edges . . . David Sanchez – STREET SCENES; Hal Galper – PORTRAIT; Charles Gay...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 47 - Genius Among Us from 2014-09-10T00:00
Tormented - and tormenting - composer, bandleader, autobiographer and bass player extraordinaire Charles Mingus is the focus and.our moral is a simple one - keep out of knife fights. Charles Ming...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 46 - Blanket Fort Apache from 2014-08-27T00:00
Mike burns Pat's playhouse down with some inflammatory sixties avante garde - and one avuncular avatar of Chicago out. Peter Brotzman – MACHINE GUN; Ken Vandermark – SINGLE PIECE FLOW; Albert...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 45 - Hard-Bop Grandpop from 2014-08-13T00:00
To celebrate the passing of Hard Bop pioneer Horace Silver this year, the boys delve into three characteristic albums and one (slight) outlier. Plus, it's quiz time. Horace Silver – BLOWIN&a...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 44 - Don't Blame Mike from 2014-07-30T00:00
The gods of Skype try to kill this episode in the cradle, but Mike and Pat turn on their heart-lights and keep on truckin'. Etta Jones – SINGS LADY DAY; Pierre Favre - WINDOWSTEPS; Kevin Eub...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 43 - Imperfectly Frank from 2014-07-16T00:00
Mike leads Pat through the valley of the shadow of death and Pat whimpers like a little baby the whole way. . Dean Martin- THIS TIME I'M SWINGIN'; Bobby Darin – THAT'S ALL; Johnny ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 42 - Stringtime for Gitler from 2014-07-02T00:00
Sometimes saxophone-with-strings records can get a bit saccharine, but they could be worse - they could be the title to this episode. Cuddle up to your Brad Mehldau body-pillow and enjoy! Charlie...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 41 - Bley-th Spirit from 2014-06-18T00:00
The boys keep it short and sweet as they explore the variegated career of bandleader, composer, arranger and keyboardist Carla Bley. Gary Burton – A GENUINE TONG FUNERAL; Carla Bley – SOCIAL STUDI...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 40 - Row That Boat Ashore from 2014-06-04T00:00
Tenor players can be hard to tell apart, but Dinahs aren't. Ray Brown – DON'T GET SASSY; James Williams Trio – MEETS THE TENOR MASTERS; Dinah Washington – DINAH JAMS; Dinah Shore – DINA...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 39 - (Mostly) True Blue from 2014-05-21T00:00
It's another near-brush with coherence, as Pat and Mike try to discuss four releases from the hallowed Blue Note label, only to realize that Kenny Drew's album snuck in the back door. Ke...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 38 - The Prog-cast from 2014-05-07T00:00
The boys take on prog music for a one-off Mike won't soon forget - or forgive. Let this one wash over you, like a warm beer down the back, and all will be well. At least until you listen to ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 37 - Mom Always Liked You Best from 2014-04-23T00:00
Sibling revelry abounds as Mike and Pat discuss the brothers and sisters of four well-known jazzers. The boys give Beevus and Buthead a run for their money as they meditate on the title of Alan Sh...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 36 - Trifecta Interruptus from 2014-04-09T00:00
"Double Horace on the show tonight - throw out the Silver, let's do it right." (with apologies to Becker & Fagen.) Pat and Mike COULD have talked about three jazz pianists named...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 35 - Trio Jungle from 2014-03-26T00:00
Some trios play nicer together than others - Pat and Mike investigate. Duke Ellington – MONEY JUNGLE; Terri Lynn Carrington – MONEY JUNGLE PROVOCATIVE IN BLUE; Jean Michel Pilc – WELCOME HOME; He...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 34 - Fame of Hall from 2014-03-12T00:00
Musical insights? Beat poetry recitals? Leg cramps? They're all in here somewhere, as the boys discuss the early career of dream-collaborator Jim Hall. Jimmy Giuffre/Jim Hall Trio – COMPLE...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 33 - Gary's Got a Tromboner from 2014-02-26T00:00
Take a slide ride with Mike and Pat as they explore four albums led by those Rodney Dangerfields of the jazz world, trombone players. Ray Anderson – WISHBONE; Jimmy Knepper – I DREAM TOO MUCH; Jo...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 32 - Our Kind of Town from 2014-02-12T00:00
Pat and Mike send sharp-edged valentines to two Chi-town progressive heroes, then it's off to the suds . . . Nicole Mitchell – BLACK UNSTOPPABLE, ANAYA; Jason Adasiewicz – SUNROOMS, LIVING BY ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 31 - Hard Bop Heaven from 2014-01-29T00:00
Mike and Pat dive feet first into the dead center of the jazz tradition, with mixed results, at least if you happen to be an organ trio. Art Farmer - PORTRAIT OF ART FARMER; Teddy Edwards - GOOD G...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 30 - Polar Bear in a Snow Sorm from 2014-01-15T00:00
Or for white girls who've considered cabaret when the rainbow is enuf. Mike and Pat visit the altars of four pale goddesses of song – but which ones get the sacrificial goats? June Christy –...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 29 - Sam and Dave from 2014-01-01T00:00
Join the Avante-Garde Brothers as they discuss Sam Rivers and Dave Holland. There could be a movie in this . . . Dave Holland – CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS; Sam Rivers / Dave Holland – SAM RIVERS / D...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 28 - Mystery Box from 2013-12-18T00:00
The boys analyze music and over-analyze text in this very various episode. Ben Allison – THINK FREE; Jaki Byard – THE JAKI BYARD EXPERIENCE; Brandford Marsalis - FOUR MF'S PLAYING TUNES; Ike...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 27 - Gershwin-Free Zone from 2013-12-04T00:00
Standards? We don't need your steenking standards! The focus is on jazz albums tackling the new, the exotic, even the Dan. Herbie Hancock – THE NEW STANDARD; Ez-Pour Spout – DON'T SHAV...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 26 - Paper Anniversary from 2013-11-20T00:00
The boys wax nostalgic as they discuss a few of the albums that introduced them to jazz, then pick their top three (each) from the past year. Here's making a career of evil . . . Dave Pell O...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 25 - Boys and Girls from 2013-11-06T00:00
Songbirds and Songdudes populate this episode, as the boys discuss three vocalists new to the show and one returning for a second round. Mike says no go on the chapeau; Pat can't resist a coo...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 24 - Thank Heavens for Leetle Accordions from 2013-10-23T00:00
Two artists with French connections and a big band leader who sounds like a refugee from a Jane Austen novel - whatever happened to jazz as an American art form? Thank heavens for Red (White &...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 23 - Three Extroverts and a Banker from 2013-10-09T00:00
New standards of filth are contemplated when Mike and Pat ponder the inventor of jazz - and possibly bling - Jelly Roll Morton. It's uphill from there, morally speaking at least. Cab Callowa...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 22 - Poll Winners from 2013-09-25T00:00
Mike and Pat discuss four of Jazz Times' top ten albums of 2012 and like what they hear. Also, Mike has a man-crush on Brad Mehldau you wouldn't believe. Ravi Coltrane - SPIRIT FICTION;...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 21- Jazzbo Po Po from 2013-09-11T00:00
The boys take it easy this time out with an all jazz police episode. Pat is revealed to be a beet-hating blasphemer, while Mike explains that Gordon Sumner isn't as bad as all that. King Cri...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 20 - Here Comes the Big One from 2013-08-28T00:00
Brace yourselves - the boys take on the biggest jazz release of 2012, along with two crucial precursors, and bastardy abounds. Duke Ellington – BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE; Max Roach – WE INSIST!; Wada...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 19 - Ladies'Choice from 2013-08-14T00:00
Tonight the bastard is in the hands of fate, handing itself over on a . . . well you get the idea. The ladies are in charge, and the boys are all over the road. Nicholas Vines – TORRID NATURE SCE...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 18 - Potted Potter from 2013-07-31T00:00
Mike and Pat dip their toes into the career of boy wizard and honorary Canadian Chris Potter. Marian McPartland – IN MY LIFE; Joanne Brackeen – PINK ELEPHANT MAGIC; Steely Dan – TWO AGAINST NATURE...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 17 - Smiles Ahead from 2013-07-17T00:00
The other white Evans in Miles Davis' life, Gil's solo career apart from the prince of darkness is a mixed bag, which Mike and Pat stick their hands into with the usual sticky results. D...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 16 - Sophie's Choices from 2013-07-03T00:00
The Bastard welcomes Indianapolis native, tenor sax player and raconteur Sophie Faught as its first guest. Sophie share her formative influences, favorite albums, and thoughts about the Tenor Play...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 15 - ScatManDo! from 2013-06-19T00:00
The boys discuss one classic and three contemporary artists in an all vocal, all male, all scattin' installment of the 'cast. Mel Torme – LULU'S BACK IN TOWN; Kurt Elling – THE MESS...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 14 - Palimpsestastic from 2013-06-05T00:00
Covers are the order of the day as the bastard looks at three albums that hew closely to earlier inspirations, with a special focus on Coltrane. John Coltrane – INTERSTELLAR SPACE; Greg Bendian – ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 13 - Don't Stop the'Cast from 2013-05-22T00:00
It's a mixed bag as the bastard discusses Bryan Ferry Orchestra – THE JAZZ AGE; Gerald Clayton – PARIS: THE BOND SESSIONS; Henry Threadgill – TOMORROW SUNNY/THE REVELRY, SPP; Betty Carter – L...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 12 - Good Vibrations from 2013-05-08T00:00
The Incredible Jimmy Smith? The Amazing Bud Powell? How about Bobby "No-Brainer" Hutcherson? Pat and Mike discuss one of the all-time great leaders/side-men/utility players in jazz, wh...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 11 - Goldilocks and the Three Alto Players from 2013-04-24T00:00
Three alto players rose to prominence in the nineties - but which one was baby bear? Greg Osby - ART FORUM, ST. LOUIS SHOES; Steve Coleman - THE TAO OF MAD PHAT, RESISTANCE IS FUTILE; Kenny Garret...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 10 - Fusion Fury from 2013-04-10T00:00
Pat and Mike tangle over seventies super-group Weather Report in this very special episode. WEATHER REPORT, I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC, SWEETNIGHTER, MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER, TALE SPINNIN', BLACK M...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 09 - Blood on the Dance Floor from 2013-03-27T00:00
Mike and Pat discuss 8 Bold Souls – LAST OPTION, Enrico Rava – ON THE DANCE FLOOR, Donald Fagen – SUNKEN CONDOS, and Joanne Brackeen – KEYED IN. Bastardy ensues.
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 08 - One of These Things is Not Like the Other from 2013-03-13T00:00
After Pat resists Mike's attempt to turn the podcast organic, the boys settle in to discuss a couple of recently released three-LP sets: Sun Ra - THE MYSTERY OF BEING, and Bill Evans - LIVE A...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 07 - Let's Get Industrial from 2013-02-27T00:00
Mike explores the wonderful world of Andrew Durkin's left coast ensemble The Industrial Jazz Group. Meanwhile, Pat grumbles in the corner. What a bastard. Industrial Jazz Group - HARDCORE, ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 06 - Baby-Making Music from 2013-02-13T00:00
What's sexier than a picture of Herbie Mann naked? 90 minutes of the Bastard discussing some favorite albums by jazz flautists! Sam Most and Joe Farrell - FLUTE TALK; Lew Tabackin - RITES OF...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 05 - Crew-Cuts for Everybody! from 2013-01-30T00:00
To celebrate Dave Brubeck's prolific and influential career, Mike and Pat get all Benjamin Buttony. Dave Brubeck – PARK AVENUE SOUTH, CLASSICAL BRUBECK, BROTHER, THE GREAT SPIRIT MADE US ALL,...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 04 - Not the Duke You're Thinking Of from 2013-01-16T00:00
Did Blue Note in the late sixties took a page from Mitch Miller in the fifties? Does Jon Brion know how to mike a piano? Just how much wine is required to make Jeff Tweedy's voice palatable?...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 03 - Forgotten, But Not Gone from 2013-01-02T00:00
Mike makes it personal in his discussion of Charles McPherson; Pat pretends to have a super-ego. Charles McPherson - FIRST FLIGHT OUT, Erin McKeown - SING YOU SINNERS, Dave Brubeck Quartet - JAZZ...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 02 - Pat and Strozier Sitting in a Tree . . . from 2012-12-19T00:00
Pat whispers sweet nothings about neglected alto player Strozier while Mike risks a big Mac attack in this not quite maiden voyage of the bastard. Frank Strozier - REMEMBER ME, David S. Ware - FRE...
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 01 - Mike Doesn't Like It Nasty from 2012-12-05T00:00
The bastard debuts with discussions of Ronald Shannon Jackson - NASTY, Ambrose Akinmusire, WHEN THE HEART EMERGES GLISTENING, and Kat Edmodson - WAY DOWN LOW.
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 01 - Mike Doesn't Like It Nasty from 2012-12-05T00:00
The bastard debuts with discussions of Ronald Shannon Jackson - NASTY, Ambrose Akinmusire, WHEN THE HEART EMERGES GLISTENING, and Kat Edmodson - WAY DOWN LOW.
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 01 - Mike Doesn't Like It Nasty from 2012-12-05T00:00
The bastard debuts with discussions of Ronald Shannon Jackson - NASTY, Ambrose Akinmusire, WHEN THE HEART EMERGES GLISTENING, and Kat Edmodson - WAY DOWN LOW.
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