Jazz Bastard Podcast

Tenor players can be hard to tell apart, but Dinahs aren't. Ray Brown – DON'T GET SASSY; James Williams Trio – MEETS THE TENOR MASTERS; Dinah Washington – DINAH JAMS; Dinah Shore – DINAH SINGS, PREVIN PLAYS.

It's another near-brush with coherence, as Pat and Mike try to discuss four releases from the hallowed Blue Note label, only to realize that Kenny Drew's album snuck in the back door. Kenny Drew – TALKIN' AND WALKIN'; Tina Brooks – MINOR MOVE; Herbie Hancock – MAIDEN VOYAGE; Wayne Shorter – ALL SEEING EYE. Also, Pat has a man-crush on Wayne Shorter you wouldn't believe.

The boys take on prog music for a one-off Mike won't soon forget - or forgive. Let this one wash over you, like a warm beer down the back, and all will be well. At least until you listen to Swans. Yes – TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS; Be-Bop Deluxe – SUNBURST FINISH; Battles – MIRRORED; Swans – SEER.

Sibling revelry abounds as Mike and Pat discuss the brothers and sisters of four well-known jazzers. The boys give Beevus and Buthead a run for their money as they meditate on the title of Alan Shorter's little known opus and start a beef with Stanley Crouch they are way too wimpy to carry out. Delfeayo Marsalis – PONTIUS PILATE'S DECISION; Christine Jensen -TREELINES; .Nat Adderley – LITTLE BIG HORN; Alan Shorter – ORGASM.

"Double Horace on the show tonight - throw out the Silver, let's do it right." (with apologies to Becker & Fagen.) Pat and Mike COULD have talked about three jazz pianists named Horace on this show, but missed it by that much. Horace Parlan – HEADIN' SOUTH; Horace Tapscott – THOUGHTS OF DAR EL SALAAM; Chico Freeman – DESTINY'S DANCE; Charles Lloyd – VOICE IN THE NIGHT.

Some trios play nicer together than others - Pat and Mike investigate. Duke Ellington – MONEY JUNGLE; Terri Lynn Carrington – MONEY JUNGLE PROVOCATIVE IN BLUE; Jean Michel Pilc – WELCOME HOME; Herbie Nichols – LOVE, GLOOM, CASH, LOVE.

Musical insights? Beat poetry recitals? Leg cramps? They're all in here somewhere, as the boys discuss the early career of dream-collaborator Jim Hall. Jimmy Giuffre/Jim Hall Trio – COMPLETE RECORDINGS, VOL 1; Sonny Rollins – THE BRIDGE; Bill Evans/Jim Hall – UNDERCURRENT; Jim Hall – CONCIERTO

Take a slide ride with Mike and Pat as they explore four albums led by those Rodney Dangerfields of the jazz world, trombone players. Ray Anderson – WISHBONE; Jimmy Knepper – I DREAM TOO MUCH; Josh Roseman – CHERRY; Julian Priester – LOVE, LOVE. Also, Mike has a man-crush on Gene Autry like you wouldn't believe.

Pat and Mike send sharp-edged valentines to two Chi-town progressive heroes, then it's off to the suds . . . Nicole Mitchell – BLACK UNSTOPPABLE, ANAYA; Jason Adasiewicz – SUNROOMS, LIVING BY LANTERNS.

Mike and Pat dive feet first into the dead center of the jazz tradition, with mixed results, at least if you happen to be an organ trio. Art Farmer - PORTRAIT OF ART FARMER; Teddy Edwards - GOOD GRAVY; Larry Young – INTO SOMETHIN'; Bobby Broom – PLAYS FOR MONK.

Or for white girls who've considered cabaret when the rainbow is enuf. Mike and Pat visit the altars of four pale goddesses of song – but which ones get the sacrificial goats? June Christy – SOMETHING COOL; Keely Smith – SPOTLIGHT ON KEELY SMITH; Doris Day and Andre Previn – DUET; Lee Wiley – NIGHT IN MANHATTAN.

Join the Avante-Garde Brothers as they discuss Sam Rivers and Dave Holland. There could be a movie in this . . . Dave Holland – CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS; Sam Rivers / Dave Holland – SAM RIVERS / DAVE HOLLAND VOLUMES 1 & 2; Sam Rivers, Dave Holland, Barry Altschul – REUNION.

The boys analyze music and over-analyze text in this very various episode. Ben Allison – THINK FREE; Jaki Byard – THE JAKI BYARD EXPERIENCE; Brandford Marsalis - FOUR MF'S PLAYING TUNES; Ike Quebec – BOSSA NOVA SOUL SAMBA.

Standards? We don't need your steenking standards! The focus is on jazz albums tackling the new, the exotic, even the Dan. Herbie Hancock – THE NEW STANDARD; Ez-Pour Spout – DON'T SHAVE THE FEELING; Jacky Terrasson – GOUACHE; Mark Masters Ensemble – EVERYTHING YOU DID

The boys wax nostalgic as they discuss a few of the albums that introduced them to jazz, then pick their top three (each) from the past year. Here's making a career of evil . . . Dave Pell Octet – I HAD THE CRAZIEST DREAM; Ornette Coleman – THIS IS OUR MUSIC; Paul Desmond – SUMMERTIME; World Saxophone Quartet – W. S. Q.

Songbirds and Songdudes populate this episode, as the boys discuss three vocalists new to the show and one returning for a second round. Mike says no go on the chapeau; Pat can't resist a cool Canadian. Elizabeth Shepherd – REWIND; Cecile McLorin Salvant – WOMANCHILD; Andy Bey -THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ANDY BEY; Gregory Porter – WATER.

Two artists with French connections and a big band leader who sounds like a refugee from a Jane Austen novel - whatever happened to jazz as an American art form? Thank heavens for Red (White & Blue) Rodney! Red Rodney – QUINTETS; Jacky Terrasson – JACKY TERRASSON; Anour Brahem – KHOMSA; Darcy James Argue – BROOKLYN BABYLON

New standards of filth are contemplated when Mike and Pat ponder the inventor of jazz - and possibly bling - Jelly Roll Morton. It's uphill from there, morally speaking at least. Cab Calloway – CRUSIN' WITH CAB; Lionel Hampton -HOT MALLETS, DISC 2; Jelly Roll Morton – ANAMULE DANCE; Bud Freeman – THE COMPLEAT BUD FREEMAN

Mike and Pat discuss four of Jazz Times' top ten albums of 2012 and like what they hear. Also, Mike has a man-crush on Brad Mehldau you wouldn't believe. Ravi Coltrane - SPIRIT FICTION; Tim Berne - SNAKE OIL; Vijay Iyer - ACCELERANDO; Brad Mehldau - ODE.

The boys take it easy this time out with an all jazz police episode. Pat is revealed to be a beet-hating blasphemer, while Mike explains that Gordon Sumner isn't as bad as all that. King Crimson – RED; Sting – THE DREAM OF THE BLUE TURTLES; The Sea and Cake – EVERYBODY; Norah Jones – LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS; Gregory Porter – BE GOOD (Mike's bad). Oh yeah - it is ON, Norah Jones.