Jazz Bastard Podcast

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.

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 AT ART D'LUGOFF'S TOP OF THE GATE.

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, CITY OF ANGLES, STAR CHAMBER, INDUSTRIAL JAZZ A GO-GO, LEEF.

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 PAN; James Newton - AXUM, THE AFRICAN FLOWER.

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, TIME OUT, COUNTDOWN – TIME IN OUTER SPACE, TIME IN . . .

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? These questions and more answered in this installment of the bastard. Enjoy the flow! Duke Pearson - THE PHANTOM, MERRY OLE SOUL, HOW INSENSITIVE, IT COULD ONLY HAPPEN WITH YOU, I DON'T CARE WHO KNOWS IT; Bad Plus - FOR ALL I CARE; Brad Mehldau - HIGHWAY RIDER, METHENY/MEHLDAU, LARGO.

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 IMPRESSIONS OF THE USA, Robert Glasper - BLACK RADIO.

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 - FREEDOM SUITE and SURRENDERED, Nellie McKay - NORMAL AS BLUEBERRY PIE.

The bastard debuts with discussions of Ronald Shannon Jackson - NASTY, Ambrose Akinmusire, WHEN THE HEART EMERGES GLISTENING, and Kat Edmodson - WAY DOWN LOW.