Dunn Dunn Fest roars back into Chicago for a weekend packed with diverse bills at outstanding venues.  One of the more intriguing lineups will feature local favorites Spare Parts with San Diego based Brothers Gow at Tonic Room on Friday.Brothers Gow hit the road pretty hard these days, especially for a...

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. &...

This edition ofNotes From The Jazz Undergroundwas culled from the May 20thbroadcast.Let's start at the beginning. The first five tunes in the playlist were inspired by Orbert Davis (world class trumpet player, also the host of the WDCB show just prior to NFTJU), who wrapped up his show with a track from Arturo O'Farrill...

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...

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...

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...

Guest Post by Paul Abella. Paul is a musician, radio host, pundit and early supporter of The Barn Presents. As a jazz guy who actively embraces and celebrates jambands like Grateful Dead and Phish, and even champions jammers on our local scene, his sensibilities are a natural fit for the site. He offered to provide...

This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist based on the November 8th show.Paul divided this show up into mini sets, each with their own theme. Dive in to this playlist to explore modern jazz themes, guitar themes, an Ellington theme, a solo bass theme, and an electro theme, amongst others....

This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist from September 27th, which marked Paul's 2nd anniversary doing the show. After launching the program Sunday afternoons against Paul Buckley's nationally renown jazz radio show, Abella was able to find his voice on Friday evenings.This week's playlist features a bit of everything that...

There's always a local component toNotes From The Jazz Underground, but this week's show stayed particularly close to home, featuring a ton of Chicago Jazz and and interview with sax player Frank Catalano.Frank spoke with host Paula Abella about his new project with Percy Jones (Brand X, Brian Eno, Soft Machine) and Jimmy Chamberlin (...