RIP Mars Williams (1955 – 2023)

This week, we celebrate the birthdays of Gary Peacock (b. May 12, 1935) and Carla Bley (b. May 11, 1936). The Carla Bley track is from a live performance in Germany that largely consists of tracks that were also found on the album European Tour 1977. The Gary Peacock track is from an amazing album…

So I was in Manhattan having lunch with a with a friend who was briefly in town and I stopped by a record store in the Lower East Side called Rotten Island Records – and I found a copy of the Black Unity Trio‘s ground-breaking album Al-Fatihah. Yes – it’s the recent re-issue, but still….

Apologies – while I did type this all up, I never hit the publish button on this last Saturday. Another week and another playlist. This week, another shorter playlist with some longer tracks as we hit up Jerome Cooper, Billy Bang, Rashied Ali, and Albert Ayler. The Albert Ayler track is from a favorite of…

Welcome to 2025 everyone – and Happy New Year. This week, unfortunately, got away from me a bit as I had some professional obligations that had to take priority so this show – while musically solid – was thrown together last minute. Hopefully, next week will be a bit quieter. Here is the playlist. Don’t…

Happy New Year proper, everyone – and congrats on making it through the first full week of 2024. Okay yeah, there are still a few more days to go but I’m feeling a tad optimistic. Kind of an “all-business” edition of the program. No themes or birthdays – just a collection of great jazz tunes….

So we’ve nearly made through all of January 2024, and I don’t know about you but it absolutely flew by. It still feels like New Year was just last week. I mention the film Lone Star (1996) during the show – and I’ll just reiterate that it is an absolutely beautiful film and I highly…