Aug 3, 2016
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...
May 6, 2016
This edition ofNotes From The Jazz Underground was culled from the April 29thbroadcast.The broadcast version fellon Duke Ellington's birthday. But just like everything else NFTJU, host Paul Abella doesn't play it straight. Offeringequal parts Ellington oddities, oddball covers and a straight-up jazz history lesson this week. He offers a bunch of notes from this...
Mar 20, 2014
This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist based on the January 24th show.Here's what I love about Jazz Underground: I get to discover musicians that have been hiding in plan site forever.This show was partially a tribute to Gary Burton for his birthday. I admit, I'm no Gary Burton...
Jan 21, 2014
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...