Jazz for the Asking Blog

(Tonight’s show was fraught with technical difficulties, from the buzzing computer sound card interface, to the song which stopped in the middle, and the garbled top of the hour news cast. All I can say is we are working on it! Hopefully some time soon we will have a new computer in the studio so I will not have to bring my lap top in every Saturday, that would be a start)

You are listening to Jazz for the Asking, Today is March 24, 2007. On the show today I will be playing my favorite Jazz songs from the regulars and taking your requests. We do this show every Saturday on WGHQ here in Kingston. This is independently programmed radio, programmed by people in the Hudson Valley for people in the Hudson Valley. To get your request in, call the studio at area code 845 331-9255, or send an e-mail to studio@jazzfortheasking.com. In the mean time, sit back and enjoy the music!

We’ll start if off with :

1. “A Night in Tunisia” by the Bud Powell Trio.
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2.“So What” by Miles Davis and
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3. “Klact-Oveedes-Tene” by the Charlie Parker Quintet.
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Somebody in the office the other day asked me “What is Jazz?” That is a good question, Jazz can encompass many different musical genres including “Blues” “Big Band” “Swing” as well as Bebop, Model, avant garde, acid jazz, smooth jazz, and so on. My favorite Jazz is what you hear here on the air, centered around Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, and Charlie Parker. Not that the smooth jazz artist like Kenny G, Grover Washington, Bob James, Earl Klung are any less than those, it just seems to me that the smooth jazz is less interesting. Remember back in the early 70’s when there was a very popular radio format called “easy listening?” It was mostly instrumentals and you would hear it a the Doctor’s Office or in the Elevator, hence the name “Elevator music.” To me, the smooth Jazz radio stations have taken the place of the easy listening radio stations in providing background music.

Jazz is much more than background music, it is alive, evolving, and most of all interesting. If you have ever had the opportunity to see a Jazz quartet in a nightclub, you will know what I mean. The talent displayed by the musicians when they improvise during a song is amazing, it is thinking in a totally different dimension. I am not taking anything away from other musicians such as rock, country or rap, they are all very talented, however, my preference is for a good jazz group.
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4. Mr. P.C. by John Coltrane off of the Giant Steps Album, and
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5. Without your love by Billie Holiday.
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As we get on our feet here with this show and the studio, I hope to be able to go out and do some live remote broadcasts at some of the jazz clubs in the area, I know there are a few in the Kingston, Poughkeepsie area, perhaps have a band in the studio, I know that there are several really good jazz bands in the area, and it would be nice to do some live performances here on WGHQ. I don’t know, we will have to see if the show is still on the air in the next few months. We’ll hear from

6. Thelonious Monk next with “I should Care.”
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8. Duke Ellington, and East St. Louis Tootle OO
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before that we heard

7. Harlem Nocturn. By David Sanborn off the Time Again album,
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That ends this hour of Jazz for the asking, coming up we have some news, weather and other information at the top of the hour, here is a little piece of Bob James’ Rosalie from the Ivory Coast CD to take us there.

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Welcome back to the second hour of Jazz for the asking, we are here in the studio at 82 John Street in Kingston playing our favorite jazz tunes, ir you have something you would like to hear, you can call us at area code 845 331-9255, or send an e-mail to studio@jazzfortheasking.com, as always if you have any questions about the show you can visit jazzfortheasking.com, where you can look at previous shows playlists, down load the music or buy the CD. In the coming weeks I hope to have some news from the local jazz scene, so check back often, that is jazzfortheasking.com. We will start this hour out with a little

9. John Coltrane and Blue train from the Blue Train album.
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11. Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane with Epistrophy from the complete riverside recordings CD. Before that was
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10. Soon all will know by Wynton Marsalis with Marcus Roberts on paino, Rebert Leslie Hurst III on bass and Jeff Watts on drums.
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If you like what you are hearing today, remember it is independent radio for the Hudson Valley, Jazz for the asking receives no support from the radio station owners, we are doing this all on our own. Next up is

12. Boogie stomp shuffle. from Charlie Mingus off the the Mingus Ah Um album.
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13. Green Chimney CD, Green Chimeny

14. Wahoo, Charlie Parker, best of Charlie parker, boy that sounded really bad, sounded like that came over a telephone, that was off of the best of Charlie Parker CD (audio quality is so bad I am not going to put a link up to it)

We heard:

15. Ella Fitzgerald I’m glad there is you from the Pure Ella CD and
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16. Take five, The Dave Brubeck Quartet from the Time Out Album, with Dave Brubeck on Piano, Paul Desmond on Alto Saxophone, Eugene Wright on Bass and Joe Morello on drums.
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That will do it for this weeks show, you have been listening to Jazz for the Asking on 920 WGHQ, Kingston.

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