Full Moon Hacksaw

Series produced by KRDP

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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).


Additional Files

511 Pieces

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Hypnosis by pianist Harold Mabern starts the order of this session segueing into Crusaders at the Roxy. A classic by saxophonist Coleman Hawkins sh...

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  • Added: May 17, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 9
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A Contemporary Brazilian musician from proud musical heritage starts the show, meet Phill Fest. An efficient segue is made by the most soulful Marl...

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  • Added: May 10, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 9
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We can’t be bored…if we’re engaged. But if we’re passive, it’s still lively & fun. We begin back in the Cafe Bohemia days of Art Blakey’s Jazz Mess...

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  • Added: May 03, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 9
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A bit of stimulating action in classical form starts our program, Claude Bolling composer and piano with Jean-Pierre Rampal on flute, which then b...

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:03
  • Purchases: 9
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Diana Krall has a pulse in 1995’s “Hit That Jive Jack,” which also features killer guitarist Russell Malone. The group Songon gives us a chance to ...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 8
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According to trumpeter Eddie Henderson, it takes a lot of toys to put together a program which if balanced, should contain big band and vocal as we...

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 9
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What do guitarist Wes Montgomery and drummer Art Blakey have in common? They were each recorded by the late Rudy Van Gelder, an engineer with an in...

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  • Added: Apr 05, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 9
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Live on remote from our annual sponsored Gifts Anon (two words on Facebook) broadcast, co-host is trumpeter Gabriel Bey. We do play-by-play for mus...

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 8
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Once Goodman, Ellington, Miles and Coltrane are experienced, we wonder what the next names might be in a 20th Century jazz fan’s opinion. Of these,...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:04
  • Purchases: 9
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Digging into the moment, pulling back and laying in deep, we begin with Boston music man Eddie Madden, who maintains a home in the desert southwest...

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  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 10
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Guitarist Wes Montgomery is captured in-studio for starters, into a good six piece Latin ensemble “Ritmo Patria” with good soloists. We’ve gotta ke...

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  • Added: Mar 08, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 10
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Covering decades from the 1960s to the 2020s, in the beginning we start with prime cuts. Like saxophonists Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt, simmering i...

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:03
  • Purchases: 10
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Back and forth we go, from saxophonist Illinois Jacquet’s appropriately entitled “Hot Rod” to the contemplative Howard Britz Trio of today, and mea...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 9
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A new release from studious flutist Tom Keenlyside is featured to start our weekly broadcast, followed by the irreplaceable Charles Mingus. Saxopho...

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 9
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We keep digging and sorting, nothin' like it when ya need it. Trumpeter Eddie Henderson drives his red Ferrari to gigs, Gal Costa sings a Brazilian...

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 10
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Lively and fun, the bouncing of Barney Kessell’s guitar resounds among our reception areas, with Jimmy Witherspoon the only next logical bearer of ...

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 9
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We are reunited with a couple excellent but rare piano albums from the ’70s. Beginning with a rumble we hear Monty Alexander in his prime, playing ...

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  • Added: Jan 25, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
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We can’t ignore the dynamic Salsa Big Band of Machito, during the latter but still-powerful stage of his career, and so effortlessly into the Moder...

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 9
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Regional superstars of the blues open our episode, Frank Frost and Sam Carr were the Jelly Roll Kings of the south. Born in Muskogee Oklahoma was p...

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  • Added: Jan 11, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 9
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Serious jazz and a touch of blues for a brand new year, Joe Henderson’s tenor sax was recorded on Blue Note Records at the recommendation of trumpe...

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  • Added: Jan 04, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 10