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Notes From The Jazz Underground Writes Itself

This playlist from Notes From the Jazz Underground is based on the August 12th broadcast.According to NTFJU host Paul Abella, "this week was an enigma of a show."  While the typical show comes together with over five hours of prep, this one was ready to go in two hours flat. &...

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...

Not Necessarily Jazz Underground

This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist based on the Februrary 14th show.The Valentine's Day show wasn't exactly about love, in fact it wasn't necessarily about anything.NFTJU host Paul Abella interviewed Shawn Maxwell about his new band -- a 10 piece band with two bassists, two french horns, two saxophones...