This edition of Notes From The Jazz Underground was inspired by the September 2nd (and final) playlist.Yes, it was a bittersweet goodbye.  We've enjoyed featuring these playlists here weekly, but with a schedule change for show host Paul Abella, he's going to press the pause button on what was undoutably the most diverse...

This edition of Notes From The Jazz Underground was sourced from the July 15th broadcast.If last week's show was all about the epics, this show was much more about songcraft. The Jeff Beck tune was a request from NFTJU host Paul Abella's buddy's.  The version of "Naima" (Carlos and McLaughlin) prompted...

This edition of Notes From The Jazz Underground was culled from the May 27th broadcast.If the theme of this playlist is "All Around the World", we'll cop to it being a fairly loose one.The first hour was dedicated to Latin jazz, with some amazing music from Chinchano -- a local band that needs...

I am very happy to announce the return of Notes From The Jazz Underground. Not that it ever went anywhere, it's been airing on 90.9 FM WDCB Fridays from 10 to midnight, dutifully every week.But we've not been assembling and sharing playlists here for the last couple of years. People, this stuff is too good not...

This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist based on the November 22nd show.Host Paul Abella is actually pretty great about carving out themes for these playlists. But for this week's show there was nothing tying these together other than the central Jazz Underground premise: simply being a not-at-all-typical jazz show....

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 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...

Welcome to the first installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground on The Barn Presents. Mr. Paul Abella wears many hats: percussionist, bandleader, music director at WDCB 90.9 FM in Glen Ellyn, and also host of a weekly show, the titular Notes From The Jazz Underground, a two hour Friday night radio program that occupies that...