This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist based on the November 8th show.Paul divided this show up into mini sets, each with their own theme. Dive in to this playlist to explore modern jazz themes, guitar themes, an Ellington theme, a solo bass theme, and an electro theme, amongst others....

This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist based on the November 1st show.This was an uncharacteristially short show, based all around electric Miles. It features the whole A Tribute to Jack Johnson album, some Weather Report, and in Paul's assessment, the greatest of the Miles' alumnus bands: Tony Williams Lifetime....

This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist based on the October 25th show.We're falling a bit behind here on recapping these playlists, this one was the last show before Halloween, so it kicked off with a jazz version of "Thriller" by organist Joey DeFrancesco.Fun fact. Did you know the...

This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist based on the October 18th show. If you're new to Jazz Underground, let me fill you in on a few things. First, it is the brainchild of Paul Abella, a local musician and radio programmer / host, who carved out a place for the eclectic...

This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist based on the October 4th show. Without an underlying theme, it still manages to feel pretty cohesive while covering a lot of ground. Highlights from the first half include:One of the hottest latin jazz bands working right now, led by Conrad HerwigA great...

This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist from September 27th, which marked Paul's 2nd anniversary doing the show. After launching the program Sunday afternoons against Paul Buckley's nationally renown jazz radio show, Abella was able to find his voice on Friday evenings.This week's playlist features a bit of everything that...

This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist from Friday, September 20th. Paul's theme for the evening was (in your best Austin Powers accent) "Do I Make You Horny, Baby?"What does that mean? All brass bands, big bands and multiple horn led ensembles. This is definitely a playlist that gets an "...

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...

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...

There's always a local component toNotes From The Jazz Underground, but this week's show stayed particularly close to home, featuring a ton of Chicago Jazz and and interview with sax player Frank Catalano.Frank spoke with host Paula Abella about his new project with Percy Jones (Brand X, Brian Eno, Soft Machine) and Jimmy Chamberlin (...