Eric Dolphy Stories

Notes From The Jazz Underground Defined

This week's Notes from the Jazz Underground is based on the playlist from the July 29th broadcast.It started off as host Paul Abella's yearly "back to basics" show, but soon morphed into this whole other idea: the jazz that made him who he is and makes Notes what it...

Notes From The Jazz Underground Honors Prince & Mingus

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,...

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...