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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513 Pieces

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We tend to get cluster-phobic when negotiating our categories, in brand-new big band we feature the Royal New Zealand Air Force Jazz Orchestra and ...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WYAP, KHNS and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:03
  • Purchases: 9
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Jazz makes things matter, makes us wanna care. Dr. Eddie Henderson’s trumpet playing started in the 1970s, sounds great in the 1990s example we pla...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, KHNS, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
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Before breakfast but still night-blooming, John Fedchock’s New York Big Band fires one up, then from San Francisco, Cal Tjader’s group lays it in t...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WYAP, KHNS and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 10
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What a life. Hardest decision to make is: What record do we play next? Two sides of blues harp and Little Walter from 1954 (no bass needed from bac...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, WYAP, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KHNS and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 10
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Freedom to find what feels best and to hang there, we listen to the Miles of 1963, then a trajectory of new 2023 releases with the Affinity Trio, t...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KHNS, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 11
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Jazz provides mistakes as opportunities, a total rhythm underly it all. Saxophonist Cory Weeds has a new release bringing in trumpet man Brad Turne...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, WYAP, KHNS, WOUB and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 9
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Let us exhume certain vinyl and dissect other new releases. The Planet D Nonet is in the right position to open with late 1950s Billy Strayhorn mus...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WYAP, WOUB and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 11
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Along the path of flow, wherever it may lead…Uptempo Charlie “Bird” Parker also sax is our focus for the first section, Bird himself plays Cole Por...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMXT, KRZA, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KHNS and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:03
  • Purchases: 11
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Free to achieve again, hour one: John Coltrane Quartet of 1963, guitarist Denin Slage-Koch (“It Comes In Waves” release), singers Monica Mancini, L...

Bought by KMXT, KJZX-Austin, Raven Radio, KHNS, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 11
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Drummer Jim and saxophonist Chet make up the Doxas Brothers who are first off, late saxophonist Pharaoh Sanders plays with power. Donna Singer does...

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 8
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We’ve been called worse by better. Mose Allison rides again with his 1970s version of “Your Mind is On Vacation,” vocalist Maria Muldaur brings in ...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, Raven Radio, KRZA, KMXT, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:03
  • Purchases: 11
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Sometimes unpredictable by design, other times we come more out of the melodic/classic sense. We are proud of NYC tenor saxophonist Lucas Pino who ...

Bought by Raven Radio, KJZX-Austin, KRZA, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KHNS and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
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Stumbling but hopefully forward we find ourselves once again after-ground-under-hours. From trumpeter Miles Davis’ famous “Cookin’” collection, “It...

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  • Added: Dec 12, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 10
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School’s in…OLD school. Bill Evans finds his piano way on Green Dolphin Street, the late Canadian trombonist/leader Rob McConnell leads his Boss Br...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, Raven Radio, KRZA, WVBI-LP, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 9
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Feel the heart space relax. Drummer Elvin Jones is mighty and complex, sax man John Coltrane is welcoming. Guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli performs a m...

Bought by KMXT, KJZX-Austin, KRZA, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WVBI-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 26, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 9
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We will not wait to be drafted into jazz radio service, we shall volunteer, and do it gladly. When Quincy Jones recorded for A & M records, the sou...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMXT, KHNS, WOUB, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 10
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The first new releases of the new year are featured, saxophonist Noah Becker and pianist Dave Solazzo go first. Bobby Waston plays a Miles Davis cl...

Bought by KMXT, Raven Radio, KRZA, KJZX-Austin, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2024
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 10
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We wanna route our path as we are “Chasing Horizons” with trumpeter Fred Forney and his sax man Brice Winston. The latter appeared at the 2024 Tucs...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMXT, Raven Radio, KRZA, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 12
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We use the F words: Fun, Friends, Freedom. Beautiful current-day Latin sounds are happening in New Orleans by way of the group Conjunto Tierra Lind...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, Raven Radio, KRZA, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2024
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 11
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Like a good neighbor, Hacksaw is there. From the mid-1990s we start this time with a spirited session saxophonist Charles Lloyd recording with the ...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, Raven Radio, KRZA, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2024
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 10