Jazz Bastard Podcast

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 Caine – THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS; Tom Waits – RAIN DOGS.

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 happened. Sometimes the naked city just isn't pretty. Warren Barker – 77 SUNSET STRIP; Henry Mancini – MORE MUSIC FROM PETER GUNN; Johnny Williams – CHECKMATE; Elmer Bernstein – STACCATO; George Duning – THE NAKED CITY.

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. Eddie Lang/Joe Venuti – VOLUME ONE; Lonnie Johnson – STEPPIN' ON THE BLUES; Django Reinhardt – THE CLASSIC EARLY SIDES, VOL 2; Charlie Christian – COMPLETE STUDIO RECORDINGS, VOLUME TWO.

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-playing Icarus splits his lip. Eric Dolphy - OUT TO LUNCH; Freddie Hubbard - READY FOR FREDDIE, RED CLAY, ABOVE AND BEYOND; Herbie Hancock - VSOP QUINTET.

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 SOFTLY OF THE BLUES; Don Pullen/George Adams – LIVE AT MONTMARTRE; Kenny Wheeler – DOUBLE DOUBLE YOU; Al Haig – PIANO INTERPRETATIONS.

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 (VOLS 1 & 2); Charlie Haden – LIBERATION MUSIC ORCHESTRA; Paquito D'Rivera - REUNION

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 – THE KOLN CONCERT; George Winston – AUTUMN; Brad Mehldau – 10 YEARS SOLO LIVE

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 – THE EPIC; Kendrick Lamar – TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY; James Brown – The PAYBACK; Eddie Gale – BLACK RHYTHM HAPPENING

"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 all about the early years - specifically small group recordings - but some day, some year, there'll be so much more. Wynton Marsalis – DEBUT, MARSALIS STANDARD TIME VOL 1; BLACK CODES FROM THE UNDERGROUND; LIVE AT BLUES ALLEY.

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 – DEVOTION; Ray Bryant – MONTREUX 77; Scott Hamilton – RADIO CITY; Johnny Griffin – RETURN OF THE GRIFFIN