This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground is based on the August 19th broadcast.Regrettably, the theme of this week's playlist was a bit of a downer.  It was an elegy for one of host Paul Abell's oldest friends, Reed, who was murdered in Milwaukee that week.Reed was a fan of...

This edition of Notes From The Jazz Underground is based on the playlist from July 8, 2016.There was disturbing news from Baton Rouge, Minneapolis and Dallas last week, and NFTJU host Paul Abella used the power of music to speak to injustice, civil rights and protest.Nearly they whole show revolves around Charles Mingus' "Meditations for...

This edition of  Notes From The Jazz Underground was culled from the June 3rd broadcast.This week's show was themed "Ghosts of Notes Past," and it was supposed to be all stuff that host Paul Abella had played on previous editions of Notes that deserved a second (or maybe third)...

This edition ofNotes From The Jazz Underground was culled from the April 22nd broadcast, Charles Mingus' birthday.What was planned as astraight tribute set to Minguswas hijacked a few days before by the untimely passing of Prince.That's great news for radio listeners, but for those checking in to our site for the streamable playlist,...

This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist based on the December 13th show.Since it was Friday the 13th, host Paul Abella chose to start with an appropriate tune: Stanley Turrentine's big band arrangement of Spooky with an all star group. It was put out on a 45, and that was the...

This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist based on the November 29th show.From the previous weeks unthemed set, host Paul Abella provides two themed shows in one.The first hour was the barrier breakersBenny Goodman was the very first (major) jazz artist to integrate his band, heard here with Charlie...

The late 70s found Herbie Hancock as prolific as ever, exploring new directions to take his music with collaborations, solo piano recordings and still more funky jazz releases. Though the 80s would bring his disco-infused, vocoder-heavy pop era, 77 found him simply stretching out the sound of his classic releases.Add Weather Reports bass mastermind Jaco...

This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist based on the November 15th show.This was an all new show as in, nothing older than June of 2013. Host Paul Abella explains, "It works because in the last few months, there has been an explosion of outstanding jazz discs hitting the shelves. I...

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...