Jazz Fifty-Eight 8 – 2024 May 16

“A jazz journey to explore, enlighten and entertain”

From campus/community radio CJSR on Thursday afternoons (1-3pm MT).

Broadcast in Edmonton at 88.5 FM and streamed live worldwide (link at cjsr.com).

Playlist 2024 May 16:
(First Hour)

1. “Blues By Five” by Miles Davis from the album “Cookin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet”.
2. “The Long Haul” by The Jazz Defenders from the album “Memory in Motion“.
3. “Thinking About That Name” by Danae Olano from the album “Children’s Corner”.
4. “La Vie, le vent” by Marianne Trudel & John Hollenbeck from the album “Dede Java Espiritu“.
5. “Night Dragon” by Sahil Chugh from the album “Don’t Be Sad“.
6. “Syeeda’s Song Flute” by Lakecia Benjamin from the album “Pursuance: The Coltranes“.
7. “Boogie Woogie Waltz” by Weather Report from the album “Sweetnighter”.
8. “cloves” by Uncultured Air from the album “Tide Pools“.
9. “Airegin” by Miles Davis from the album “Cookin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet”.

(Second Hour)

1. “Hot Like Bugs” by Disaster Pony from the album “Disaster Pony”.
2. “Spring Ahead” by Alon Farber Hagiga with Dave Douglas from the album “The Magician“.
3. “Kraken” by Idit Shner and Mhondoro from the album “Ngatibatanei Let Us Unite”.
4. “Optimism” by Scott Marshall from the album “The Solitude Suite“.
5. “Gospel Medley” by The Way Back Whens from the album “Live at the Yardbird Suite“.
6. “Pull It Back” by Mike Ledonne Groover Quartet from the album “Wonderful“.
7. “Licorice Tango” by Joe Semple & the Licorice Sticks from the album “Licorice Tango“.
8. “Fantasia Impromptu” by Hilario Duran and his Latin Jazz Big Band from the album “Cry Me a River”.
9. “Phoenix” by Gallowstreet from the album “A Trip Worth Making “.
10. “Tune Up” by Miles Davis from the album “Cookin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet”.

Related Links of Interest:

Yardbird Suite Shows
2024 Edmonton International Jazz Festival

Jazz Fifty-Eight 8 – 2023 March 09

“A jazz journey to explore, enlighten and entertain”

From CJSR, campus/community radio in Edmonton, Canada

1-3 pm MT every Thursday – Locally at 88.5 FM; worldwide from cjsr.com.

Playlist 2023 March 09:
(First Hour)

1. “Wayning Moments” by Wayne Shorter from the album “Wayning Moments”.
2. “Dark Moon” by Okonski from the album “Magnolia“.
3. “Desmond Blue” by Brent Jensen from the album “More Sounds of a Dry Martini”.
4. “New Doors” by Jackson/Wilson Duo from the album “New Doors“.
5. “A Circus in a Uniform Style” by jasonzumpano from the album “If You Press It Will Break“.
6. “Dolphin Dance” by Nick Maclean from the album “Can You Hear Me?“.
7. “Dolphin Dance” by Nick Maclean Quartet.
8. “Awake” by Leland Whitty from the album “Anyhow“.
9. “Shapeshifter” by Linda Lee Thomas, Holly Burke & Bill Runge from the album “Dreamride“.
10. “East Broadway Rundown” by Christian McBride’s New Jawn from the a lbum “Prime“.
11. “Moon of Manakoora” by Wayne Shorter from the album “Wayning Moments”.

(Second Hour)

1. “Banana Canon” by Lina Allemano Four from the album “Pipe Dream“.
2. “Africaine” by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers from the album “Africaine”.
3. “Freedom Jazz Dance” by Miles Davis from the album “Miles Smiles”.
4. “Palladium” by Weather Report from the album “Heavy Weather”.
5. “Midnight in Carlotta’s Hair” by Wayne Shorter from the album “Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival”.
6. “Old Alberta” by Blue Moon Marquee from the album “Scream, Holler and Howl“.
7. “Oriri” by Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra from the album “Voices – A Musical Heritage”.
8. “Get Up” by William Carn from the album “Choices“.
9. “Dead End” by Wayne Shorter from the album “Wayning Moments”.

Related Links of Interest:

The Yardbird Suite shows: https://yardbirdsuite.com/events/

University of Alberta Athletics Information : http://www.bearsandpandas.ca

Jazz Fifty-Eight 8 – 2021 August 05

“A jazz journey to explore, enlighten and entertain”

Brought to you by cjsr.com campus/community radio in Edmonton

Every Thursday’s 1 to 3pm (MDT, 1900-2100 UTC)

Stream from cjsr.com or listen locally at 88.5 FM.

Playlist (2021 August 5):
(First Hour)

1. “Prayer For Passive Resistance” by Charles Mingus from the album “Pre-Bird”.
2. “Help Me” by Jody Proznick from the album “Foundations” (Also on Cellar Celebrates Local Legends).
3. “Off Kilter” by Stephen Menold from the album “On the Night Bus”.
4. “Pulp Fiction” by Robert Lee from the album “Ascension”.
5. “Palladium” by Weather Report from the album “Heavy Weather”.
6. “Rainmaker” by John Carroll Kirby from the album “Septet”.
7. “Tendre Jeudi (Partie 1)” by Fungi from the album “Tendre Jeudi”.
8. “Oh” by Carlos Vega from the album “Art of the Messenger”.
9. “ Half Mast Inhibition” by Charles Mingus from the album “Pre-Bird”.

(Second Hour)

1. “Synergetic” by Greg Yasinitsky from the album “Yazz Band: New Normal”.
2. “Schmaltz Appeal” by Dan Radlauer from the album “Dan Radlauer and his Quarantined Big Band”.
3. “Two Pieces For Beatrice” by Joachim Mencel from the album “Brooklyn Eye”.
4. “A Frayed Knot” by The Offering of Curtis Andrew from the album “Speaking Hands”.
5. “Ephemeral” by Typical Sisters from the album “Love Beam”.
6. “NYC Traffic Jam” by Henrel Ivory from the album “Jazzberry Cheescake”.
7. “Black Thunder” by John Beasley from the album “Hear and Now: The Best of John Beasley on Resonance”.
8. “Urban Repurpose” by David Lavoie and Carson Tworow from the album “Urban Repurpose”.
9. “Blow Poppa Joe” by Joel Frahm from the album “The Bright Side”.
10. “Sitting in the Shade” by Just Friends Quartet from the album “Sitting in the Shade”.
11. “Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me / I let a Song Go Out of My Heart” by Charles Mingus from the album “Pre-Bird”.

Related Links of Interest:

2021 Edmonton International Jazz Festival

Jazz Fifty-Eight 8 – 2020 August 27

“A jazz journey to explore, enlighten and entertain”

Brought to you by CJSR Radio in Edmonton – Thursdays 1300-1500 (MT)

 

 

Playlist (2020 August 27):
(First Hour)

1. “Cheesecake” by Dexter Gordon from the album “Go!”.
2. “Parisian Thoroughfare” by PJ Perry from the album “This Quiet Room”.
3. “What’s The Meaning of This” by Ted Moore Trio from the album “The Natural Order of Things”.
4. “Emilio” by Rachel Therrien from the album “Vena”.
5. “Fool on the Hill” by Artemis.
6. “Homeland” by Third World Love from the album “New Blues”.
7. “Swamplands Chusidl” by Ben Holmes from the album “Naked Lore”.
8. “Caught in Thought” by The Nice Guy Trio from the album “Sidewalks and Alleyways / Waking Music”.
9. “Sabbatique” by Francois Couture from the album “Entracte”.
10. “Three O’Clock in the Morning ” by Dexter Gordon from the album “Go!”.

 

(Second Hour)

1. “One Finger Snap” by Nick Maclean Quartet from the album “Rites of Ascension “.
2. “You Can’t Edit and Asteroid” by Mallory Chipman and the Mystics from the album “Aquarian”.
3. “Freedom Jazz Dance” by Miles Davis from the album “Miles Smiles”.
4. “Rumba Mumba” by Weather Report from the album “Heavy Weather”.
5. “Blue Soul” by Charles Toliver from the album “Connect”.
6. “All Apologies” by Aimee-Jo Benoit and Trio Velocity from the album “Borjoner”.
7. “TKYRTM” by Rachel Rhodes from the album “Turn: A Positive Songs Project”.
8. “Eternality” by Asher Gamedze from the album “Dialectic Soul”.
9. “Love For Sale” by Dexter Gordon from the album “Go!”.

 

Related Links of Interest:

Strung (Episode 28)

This 28th episode of the Mixcloud-distributed radio program, Jazz Fifty-Eight 8, moves away from the trumpet domination of recent programs, to feature songs with a healthy dose of string instruments: bass, guitar and even some string sections.

Playlist for Episode 28:

1. “Opus Pocus ” by Jaco Pastorius from the album “Jaco Pastorius ”.
2. “Punk Jazz” by Weather Report from the album “Mr. Gone ”
3. “It’s Funny” by John McLaughlin from the album “Extrapolation”
4. “RiTiB (Right in the in Between ” by Gypsophilia  from the album “Night Swimming”.
5. “Dead Cool” by Randy Bachman  from the album “JazzThing  ”.
6. “Bernie’s Tune” by  Bill Coon and Ron Peters from the album “No Boundaries  ”.
7. “Fat Lip” by John Scofield  from the album “Time on My Hands”.
8. “What’s Wrong With You ” by PSP (Phillips Saisse Palladino)  from the album “P S P Live ”.
9. “Let it Flow” by Grover Washington Jr.  from the album “Winelight ”.
10. “Karu / Speak Like a Child” by Jaco Pastorius from the album “Jaco Pastorius”.

 

Related links of interest:

A live recording of Punk Jazz by Jaco Pastorius:

 

A live set of rocker Randy Bachman doing that “Jazz Thing”:

 

Funk ‘n Fusion (Episode 6)

Episode 6 of Jazz Fifty-Eight 8 focuses on music from the 1970’s (with one early-80’s exception). This was a decade when jazz, fused with rock music and expressed in a funky style, became quite popular.

Playlist for Episode 6:

1. “Ain’t No Sunshine” by Grover Washington Jr. from the album “Inner City Blues”
2. “Inner City Blues” by Grover Washington Jr. from the album “Inner City Blues”
3. “Some Skunk Funk” by The Brecker Brothers from the album “Heavy Metal Be-bop”
4. “Senor Mouse” by Gary Burton and Chick Corea from the album “Crystal Silence”
5. “Captain Senor Mouse” by Return to Forever from the album “Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy”
6. “Birdland” by Weather Report from the album “Heavy Weather”
7. “Watermelon Man” by Herbie Hancock form the album “Headhunters”
8. “Last Call” by the Crusaders from the album “Royal Jam” and “The Crusaders Finest Hour”

Episodes of Jazz Fifty-Eight 8 are available for listening, streamed from the Mixcloud website.