1,533.) Fri Feb. 12, 2021

RIP Chick Corea (1941-2021) The Song of the Day is: Chick Corea & Return to Forever – “Spain” From the album Light as a Feather (1972) Sadly, 2021 is shaping up to be another brutal year in which we continually say goodbye to our musical heroes. Our latest casualty is Armando “Chick” Corea, one pioneers […]

1,419.) Wed Oct. 21, 2020

Jazz Week The Song of the Day is: Stanley Clarke & George Duke – “Wild Dog” From the album The Clarke/Duke Project (1981) It’s most commonly thought that jazz fusion is a melding of rock and jazz, but in many cases it’s a mixture of R&B and jazz. In fact, this variety of fusion can […]

1,416.) Sun Oct. 18, 2020

Jazz Week The Song of the Day is: Mahavishnu Orchestra – “Birds of Fire” From the album Birds of Fire (1973) Time for our heady jazz fusion excursion this Jazz Week. Much like the other bands that I would consider to be pillars of jazz fusion (Joe Zawinul’s Weather Report, Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters, and Chick […]

1,400.) Fri Oct. 2, 2020

Bluegrass Week The Song of the Day is: Béla Fleck & the Flecktones – “Stomping Ground (Live)” From the album Live Art (1995) So far this inaugural Bluegrass Week, I started with two traditional acts (Doc Watson & the Osborne Brothers), then I picked two contemporary acts with rock and roll influence (Rhiannon Giddens and […]

1,231.) Thurs Apr. 16, 2020

RIP Lee Konitz (1927-2020) The Song of the Day is: Miles Davis – “Jeru” Recorded in 1949, from the album Birth of the Cool Another great musician has fallen victim to to the COVID19 pandemic. Lee Konitz was a veteran alto sax jazz player, and though he was a long time band leader himself, it […]

781.) Tues Jan. 22, 2019

The Song of the Day is: Miles Davis – “Miles Runs The Voodoo Down” From the album Bitches Brew (1970) I used to have a theory that Miles Davis seemed to deliver his most startling, innovative and influential master works as each new decade approached. In 1949, he introduced cool jazz upon the world with the Birth […]

318.) Mon Oct. 16, 2017

Originally Published on Oct. 16, 2017 Jazz Week! The Song of the Day is: