May 25, 2018
As every Friday brings new music, Tomorrow's Verse brings you our top picks. Here are our favorite records from May 25. By: Alex WoodWood Shjips VFew modern bands have perfected a brand of dense psychedelic music the way that Wooden Shjips have. The San Francisco band takes the late 60s psych scene to the next...
Jan 30, 2017
By: Dave DeCrescenteUmphrey's McGee continued a Northeast run on Saturday night, playing to a tightly packed State Theatre in Albany .Spafford opened the show, which featured a Joel sit-in, continuing the burgeoning bromance between the touring partners.LIke the two previous shows, the band pressed on without Jake Cinninger (sick leave), but still managed...
May 26, 2016
This edition ofNotes From The Jazz Undergroundwas culled from the May 13thbroadcast.The set kicks off with Pat Martino doing Stevie Wonder's Too High for Stevie's birthday.The birthday celebrations continued with Airto and Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine (yes, that's Herbie Hancock on keys) tunes. What were these tracks celebrating? Creed Taylor's birthday -- he...
Apr 28, 2016
This edition ofNotes From The Jazz Underground was culled from the April 15th broadcast. The program airs on90.9 FM WDCB Fridays from 10 to midnight.Paul tells us, "every once in a while, I put together a show by scrolling on my library fox 'x' number of seconds and wherever I land is where I have...
Apr 14, 2014
This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist based on the January 31st show.This was the show broadcast the day after found Umphrey's McGee drummer Mike Mirro had passed so NFTJU host Paul Abella built the playlist around some UM material.First featuring Mirro, "Nothing Too Fancy" from Local Band Does...
Jan 15, 2014
A sure fire way to get your infographic some attention is to find a way to squeeze your info into a Periodic Table. It''s even better if you can use the format to imbue a little meaning on into your data (check out this Periodic Table of Phish).That's just what the designers at Red...
Sep 12, 2013
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...