Jul 19, 2016
This edition of Notes From The Jazz Underground was sourced from the July 15th broadcast.If last week's show was all about the epics, this show was much more about songcraft. The Jeff Beck tune was a request from NFTJU host Paul Abella's buddy's. The version of "Naima" (Carlos and McLaughlin) prompted...
Feb 13, 2014
This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist based on the January 10th show.Everybody knows about Carlos Santana's career as a trailblazing Latin Rock psychedelic fusioneer from the 60's. Others know his pop leaning hits from the 80s and beyond. But Carlos was captivated with jazz, particularly fusion, in the seventies...
Feb 4, 2014
This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist based on the January 3rd show.The prior two weeks celebrated Frank Zappa and John Scofield. This week: wall to wall John McLaughlin in celebration of his 72nd birthday. Seven decades leads to a ton of variety and many collaborations, so dig in to...
Jan 15, 2014
This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist based on the November 29th show.From the previous weeks unthemed set, host Paul Abella provides two themed shows in one.The first hour was the barrier breakersBenny Goodman was the very first (major) jazz artist to integrate his band, heard here with Charlie...
Jan 16, 2013
Pop Chart Lab makes some of the coolest looking charts / prints / posters that I've seen. Their design philosophy employs a simple, clean aesthetic. I'm particularly happy to see their music-related efforts pop up every now and then. Though this print doesn't feature an Irwin or Languedoc, there are pleny of iconic guitars (...