Full Moon Hacksaw

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Full Moon Hacksaw is a weekly two-hour radio series spotlighting an eclectic mix of classic and modern Jazz and Blues music, hosted by Arizona radio veteran Tom "Hacksaw" Coulson.

The program is free and stations have the option of carrying it in one of three formats:
(a) 2 consecutive hours weekly,
(b) Two non-consecutive one hour programs weekly, or
(c) As a one hour program weekly (either hour 1 or hour 2)

Full Moon Hacksaw features great stories, rare and emerging recordings, as well as conversations with musicians and aficionados.

Produced by Radio Phoenix in Phoenix, Arizona, the program is available nationally to college, community, and public radio stations from Pacifica Radio and the Public Radio Exchange (PRX).


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This week Tom features music from artists like Keith Saxton, Eric Alexander, and Blues Boy Willie McFall on the weekly "Full Moon Hacksaw" Jazz and...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:53
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This week we launch the national edition of the weekly "Full Moon Hacksaw" Jazz and Blues radio program from Radio Phoenix! Contained here are seg...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:55
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Featured on this week's show: Milt Jackson, Monty Alexander, John McGlaughlin, Herbie Hancock, Chet Baker, Tito Puente, Ray Brown, Illinois Jacquet...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:56
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We progress thru summertime '50s thru 00s, Brubeck to Quincy Jones to Mulgrew Miller. Then Brazilian sensation Joyce begins an hour of newer releas...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:58
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Danceable Ellingtonia begins this show, then into Silver & Snow. That's Hacksaw & Horace: Pianist/composer Horace Silver died June 18 so we review...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:52
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Part of the show comes remotely from a Glendale chocolate & coffee shop, guest DJ is John "Brazilian Gringo" Mueller with music from Oscar Castro-N...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:58
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Detroit in the R&B '50s begins this show, thru various boogie, and myriad Ellington and Coltrane. In the 2nd hour hear soul jazz, a few lady vocali...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:52
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In the first portion we're Jumping for something, then checking out blues playing and composing of bassist Ray Brown. Vocalists continue from Jane...

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
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Eilen is the Jewell of these two hours, a great new voice on the scene. Plus those who paid their dues: Dinah Washington, Dakota Staton, and relati...

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  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:48
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Real boogie piano, a real jazz singer, Latino rhythms and the finest interpreters of great American song establish the proceedings of this week's o...

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  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:56
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Within these two power-packed Hacksaw hours hear a continuing tribute to the late blues guitarist Johnny Winter, jazz violinists, great lyrical alt...

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  • Added: Aug 20, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:55
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Acid jazz meets samba sungue in Sao Paulo, blues confusion between Long Beach and Britain, but no mistaking Chet Baker. Mellow to blatant sax, cla...

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  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:59
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Tribute to a couple drummers we lost in July, Frankie Dunlop & Idris Muhammad. We'll hear recordings of one with Thelonious Monk, the other drummi...

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  • Added: Sep 02, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:56
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These hours begin with Latin salsa, all kinds of blues & funky grooves, respect for melody. Hear classic composition, get jazz history from trumpe...

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  • Added: Sep 12, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:54
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Fabulous funk in Fred Wesley and Jimmy McGriff, genius in soul with a sanctified Milt Jackson appearing each hour. Big bands meet myriad rhythms i...

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  • Added: Sep 16, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:54
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The first segment welcomes back guest DJ John Mueller, bringing his taste in vocalists and US west coast jazz. Sounds then evolve thru Latino rhyt...

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  • Added: Sep 23, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:56
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We are in the moment of another season with Earl Bostic and Woody Herman. We've lost some pretty big names in our music recently: Gerald Wilson, Jo...

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  • Added: Oct 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:56
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Wake up with swinging Latino, ease into convention and go forward but not out (yet). Blues, dark & sinister, and a brass odyssey. A Big Band char...

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  • Added: Oct 07, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:58
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Blues from alternate spaces provide opportunities for technical prowess, yet melodic & lyrical in touch. Never losing the idea of blues as a feelin...

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  • Added: Oct 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:58
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It's the changing of the seasons even in New Orleans. Mornings are misty, leaves are Autumn, and when one party ends, we just move to the next one....

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  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:55
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