Six Degrees of Jazz

20/07/2025

The four-week series devoted to Herbie Hancock's bandmates on Maiden Voyage (Blue Note, 1966) continues with a program devoted to bassist Ron Carter. This will be the fourth show I've done focused on the Maestro -- including two before I started in my Tuesday morning time slot. Tune in for some great tunes!

Provided to YouTube by Masterworks JazzAll Blues · Ron CarterAll Blues (CTI Records 40th Anniversary Edition)℗ 1974 Sony Music EntertainmentReleased on: 2011...

17/07/2025

Free jazz in the Highlands. Starts Sunday.

Highland Presbyterian is excited to welcome back the Louisville Jazz Workshop, and once again the musicians will fill our sanctuary with smooth sounds for 6 free concerts. The workshop, headed by our member and recently retired U of L Director of Jazz Studies Mike Tracy, has been in existence for many years as part of a summer jazz tradition dating back to the 1990’s.

Free early evening concerts are offered every night in the sanctuary performed by the faculty, students, and internationally known guest artists. Do not miss out on this incredible opportunity.

13/07/2025

Down in Nashville, TN this weekend, I came across this CD in the Great Escape on Charlotte Ave. I already had the George Coleman show planned for Tuesday mapped out, so this won’t be in the mix. This tune with Richie Beirach was Coleman’s debut on soprano sax - a departure from his usual tenor. Tune in anyway for some awesome tenor playing!

George Coleman (ss); Richie Beirach (p)AMG: http://www.allmusic.com/album/convergence-mw0000279091Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/Richard-Beirach-and-George-...

06/07/2025

My favorite jazz album is Herbie Hancock's Maiden Voyage (Blue Note, 1965). But I haven't played a single track from it since I have been on the air. Starting Tuesday (7/8) that all changes when the spotlight artist will be drummer Tony Williams, and I will start with a track from Maiden Voyage. For subsequent weeks (order TBD) expect shows devoted to the side work of Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), George Coleman (tenor sax), and Ron Carter (bass) with a different MV track each time. With four side players and five tracks on the album, one classic composition won't be in the mix, but you can enjoy it here!

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupSurvival Of The Fittest (Remastered 1999/Rudy Van Gelder Edition) · Herbie HancockMaiden Voyage℗ 1999 Blue Note R...

28/06/2025

Tuesday, July 1 is going to spotlight bassist Richard Davis. A NEA Jazz Master, Davis also won a string of awards as the top bassist in jazz in DownBeat magazine’s critics poll in the mid-60s/early 70s. Here’s a track from a 2000 Rickie Lee Jones release I love for Davis’ work on it - a track I can’t play on the air because of language. Tune in Tuesday for more groovy bass playing!

Provided to YouTube by MNRK Records LPShow Biz Kids · Rickie Lee JonesIt's Like This℗ 2000 Melody Catalog LPReleased on: 2000-09-12Main Artist: Rickie Lee Jo...

21/06/2025

Six Degrees of Jazz welcomes another substitute DJ for Tuesday, June 24 - DJ Foo of Monday morning’s Sunrise and Grind. Don’t fight the Foo! Tune in!

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18/06/2025

The official show promo for Six Degrees of Jazz reads:

The cool kids say that jazz liner notes are the best liner notes. Whether you agree or need convincing, check out Six Degrees of Jazz. Featuring a different side artist each show, Six Degrees of Jazz celebrates the music - from all its eras and in all its forms - and those amazing people you read about on the back of album covers.

Maybe this should be the official show photo!

15/06/2025

I will be sitting in for DJ Foo doing Sunrise and Grind tomorrow (Monday, June 16) from 6-8 AM ET. It will be a mix of rock, pop, reggae, jazz, funk, etc. Then on Tuesday, Six Degrees of Jazz will feature pianist Luis Perdomo with common collaborator Miguel Zenón and lots of other great musicians. Hope you will join me!

Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo - En La Oscuridad (Rafael Solano)From the album "El Arte Del Bolero Vol.2"Out NOW on MIEL MusicBandcamp: https://miguelzenon.band...

08/06/2025

Six Degrees of Jazz will spotlight violinist Jenny Scheinman on Tuesday. She had made numerous albums before I first heard her live as a member of a Bill Frisell group in 2013, and she has been on my radar ever since. Going to be another show that you will not want to miss!

Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises116th & Congress · Jenny Scheinman & Allison Miller’s Parlour Game116th & Congress℗ 2019 Royal Potato FamilyRel...

01/06/2025

The Tuesday, June 3 edition will feature Michael Brecker, a sax player known as much for his wide-ranging side work as for his celebrated releases as a leader (which Six Degrees has included in shows devoted to pianist Kenny Kirkland and drummer Jack DeJohnette). If you want a preview of his style before Tuesday, check out this track with pianist Mike Nock, bassist George Mraz, and the late, great drummer Al Foster (January 18, 1943 – May 28, 2025).

Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesIn out and Around · Mike Nock Quartet · Michael BreckerIn Out and Around℗ 1989 Timeless RecordsReleased on: 200...

27/05/2025

New Mic 2 set up in the XOX studio. Now I need to round up an in-person guest to join a future edition of Six Degrees of Jazz!

25/05/2025

Doing two shows on WXOX this week. Six Degrees of Jazz (Tuesday, 7-8 am) is going to feature bassist Jimmy Garrison. Best known for his epic contributions to Impulse!-era John Coltrane, the show will also be a salute to Ascension Day, which is coming up Thursday. Thursday itself, I am covering for Uncle Jed, doing my version of Garage Finds from 7-8 am. Gives me a chance to play treasured CDs that I value as much for the ways I acquired them as for their contents. Going to be a fun week. Tune in!

Composed by John Coltrane -- Released on Impulse! in February 1966This is the 1st take of the piece, called "Edition II", recorded by Rudy Van Gelder at Van ...