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

515 Pieces

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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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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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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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Taking up where we left off, all decades from the 1950s thru the 2020s are covered this week. Beginning in our own back yard, one of the best Young...

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  • Added: May 24, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 9
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Purpose, flow and direction is aloted us at times, perhaps during moments of this week’s audio. 1995’s Charlie Hunter Trio is happening, innovative...

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  • Added: May 31, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 9
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The 1940s thru today’s new jazz releases are covered this episode. Current names like pianist Sven Anderson and orchestra leader Len Pierro stimula...

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 8
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Continuing where left off, moving along as we always do, “Let’s get Back to the Blues.” We compare styles, regions, generations and even record lab...

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  • Added: Jun 14, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 7
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Supersax provides a good wall of sound to open, the group celebrates the solos of Charlie Parker. The first new release this episode is by saxophon...

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  • Added: Jun 21, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:01
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What seems like procrastination might just be “the divine pause.” Which is where styles like Stan Kenton’s orchestra and Donald Byrd’s boogaloo era...

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  • Added: Jun 28, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:02
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The turntable must first be warmed up, so we start with saxophonist Paul Desmond, flutist Clifford Jordan and singer Dakota Staton. Next, New Moon ...

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  • Added: Jul 05, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 10
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Our microphones and players are hot 24/7 just waiting. Spike Wilner is a winner with his quintet featuring trumpeter Ryan Kysor. We can “hear” the ...

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:02
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Deep grooves and stimulating jams mark our age, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra feature soloists Gilbert Castellanos trumpet and George Bohanon...

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  • Added: Jul 19, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 10