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).


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515 Pieces

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Two of the very top names are topics this episode, Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, together and apart. From the spiritual to the mellow comes Rob...

Bought by WMOT, WEJP-LP 107.1, KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Sep 25, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:56
  • Purchases: 8
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It’s important to remember the chamber sound the Modern Jazz Quartet, MJQ, brought us. Then three new releases in a row, pianist Aaron Goldberg reu...

Bought by WMOT, WEJP-LP 107.1, WVBI-LP, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WOUB and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 6
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With a lovely lilt pianist Jimmy Rowles features Michael Hashim, then we experience a new pianist from Detroit Xavier Davis with Regina Carter and ...

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  • Added: Oct 09, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 7
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Great guitars with the phenomenal Pat Martino giving way to newcomers Kreisberg and Veras. Then it’s sax with Plas Johnson, and pipes with the ivor...

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  • Added: Oct 16, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 7
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Our activities are balanced this episode, all the ingredients are blended: Jazz, blues, new releases, classics, ballads, salsa, vocalists and big b...

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  • Added: Oct 23, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:56
  • Purchases: 8
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With a solid Chicago blues to start, our first hour is mostly vintage, after all we’re experiencing an Indian Summer with Coleman Hawkins. Next a m...

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:56
  • Purchases: 7
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A bunch of vinyl, a new release and one other from this century make up hour # 1 this week, from Brazilian Flora Purim to contrasting Mark Murphy v...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, WMOT, WYAP, WVBI-LP, WOUB and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:56
  • Purchases: 7
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OJT, Organ Jazz Trio from KC, opens the a gateway for mucho B3 organ. From Concord Records release # 6, we have a seat on the lawn of the 1975 Conc...

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  • Added: Nov 13, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 6
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Freshening things up with virtually all-new releases this episode, we maintain musical integrity, creativity, and gosh-darned it the soul of our mu...

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  • Added: Nov 20, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 6
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Minimal, fragmented and with a lot of open space we begin, a premiere bassist of our day Christian McBride. Next is not a tricky new jazz compositi...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 6
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That Memphis man gone to New York, Harold Mabern, opens our remote broadcast from a local eatery, we negotiate thru Canadian bassist Dave Young thr...

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 6
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An hour of new releases with a couple oldies mixed in, then an hour of sixties thru nineties jazz with a couple 21st Centuries thrown in for good w...

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  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 6
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Sufficient vinyl makes up our first hour, apparently catching Big Joe Turner on a European tour in his later years, then immediately to a songbird ...

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2018
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 8
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Latin jazz John Coltrane style begins our weekly journey while “Trane” himself joins Tad Dameron for an attractive melody, lyricism continues with ...

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  • Added: Dec 25, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 7
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The legendary Ahmad Jamal plays his piano, Eddie Jefferson sings with young Richie Cole. Then we aim at groove, first with Brazil’s Veloso Deusa, t...

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  • Added: Jan 01, 2019
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 7
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Here are a couple hours of 2018 releases revisited, not necessarily the best but rather continued reviews and tracks we did not get to in the actua...

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  • Added: Jan 09, 2019
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 7
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Syndicated jazz radio from the desert southwest, beaming out now to 24 stations, and of course we name them all on the air. Master Oscar Peterson i...

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  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 6
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It appears Cuban and blues music are highlights of this episode, with a minor in guitar. Flutist Magala Herrera starts with Latin fire, then Claren...

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  • Added: Jan 22, 2019
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 7
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Bebop by way of Supersax then the real Charlie Parker christens the start of our first hour then all brand-new literal CDs (as opposed to even down...

Bought by WMOT, WEJP-LP 107.1, WVBI-LP, KRZA, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2019
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 7
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Radio on the road distributed by the Arizona Community Radio Network, aka K-JAZZ Radio Network. From Clarkdale AZ, by way of KJZA Drake/Williams, c...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2019
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 7