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A Double Shot Of Jazz Underground

This edition of Notes From The Jazz Underground was culled from the June 17th  & June 24th broadcasts.Ever since we launched Tomorrow's Verse, we've been playing catch-up with these NFTJU posts, so let's combine two of them into a huge Jazz Underground DOUBLE SHOT for your listening pleasure and get us up...

John Scofield Lives In The Jazz Underground

This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist based on the December 27th show.Another week, another birthday tribute.  This time to guitarist John Scofield for his birthday.  Luckily, there'a a lot to draw from as Sco has collaborated with some of the very best.In this playlist, you'll find...

A Very Frank Zappa Jazz Underground

This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist based on the December 20th show.Frank Zappa's birthday is December 21st. As is tradition, host Paul Abella goes for wall-to-wall Zappa...kinda.The set kicks off with some recordings from Frank himself (plus, I've substituted his version of "Hungry Freaks, Daddy" for the...

Notes From The Jazz Underground Works Overtime

For the week of September 13th, the broadcast ofNotes From The Jazz Undergroundburst from its normal 2 hour confines and turned into a 3 hour affair. Highlights from this overstuffed show included:An interview with Chicagoan Ben Scholz about his band's (the Elec Tet) new disc, Shiny Metal Objects, Three tracks from the album, which alsofeatures the...

A Double Dose Of Notes From The Jazz Underground

This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist from two shows, first August 30th and the September 6th.Once again, Paul's playlists provided some Spotify puzzles so I had to make a handful of substitions and supplements (with some videos below). Some quick things to look out forOne of the videos features...

Notes From The Jazz Underground Goes All Over

Volume Three of The Barn'sNotes From The Jazz Underground feature showcases the show broadcast on August 16th. This one, by Paul's admission, kind of goes all over the place. This week's goodies include:Sean Nowell, a fairly straight ahead sex player covering HendrixA little preview of last Saturday's Umphrey's McGee / STS9 show at Northerly Island (...