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

513 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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From New Orleans, the young Wessell Anderson is a fierce swinger, Sunnyland Slim has the Patience of Jobe (sic). Florida’s JP Soars leads his Red H...

Bought by WMOT, WJSU, WVBI-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB and more


  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 6
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We’ve got another eclectic combination of styles and moods his session. Pure Paul Desmond begins with his dry martini sax sound, Lizz Wright contri...

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  • Added: Aug 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 6
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From across the pond comes the spirit & soul is directly from American blues 1950’s style, “Juke’s” Jacknives play a Switcharoo, and Lowell Folsun ...

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  • Added: Aug 08, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 6
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Meridian Trio is today’s jazz really going somewhere, sticking in the head long after its heard. Like-minded pianist Jessica Williams totally indiv...

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  • Added: Aug 16, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 6
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Good topics could be chosen from opening selections: Pianist/composer John Hicks’ Faith (his album dealing with peace), Latin New York Yambu’s Movi...

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  • Added: Aug 23, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 6
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With a good mix of the decades, we span particularly into free ideas. After master drummer Lewis Nash counts us off, young Caleb Veazey is on the l...

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  • Added: Sep 05, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 6
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Starting off in the mid 1990s let’s hear horns not necessarily household names, but big on artistic commitment: Saxist Les Arbuckle and brass lady ...

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  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 6
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The impeccable British jazz critic/writer/musician Leonard Feather assembles a studio of all-stars to open this program, followed by funky guitar b...

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  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:57
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Stimulating polytonal energy with Roy Hargrove counts off our downbeat, my kind of jazz in the NOW. Respect to tradition, but no napping here, Lizz...

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 6
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New artists, impressive though they may be, will never have us forget what the masters set up. Take Coleman Hawkins and Clark Terry for example, st...

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  • Added: Oct 03, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 6
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Our first hour goes back to the basics, all classics dealing with the years 1952 to 1977, when guitarist Tal Farlow was back on the scene. Charlie ...

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  • Added: Oct 10, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 7
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Dizzy Gillespie wrote “You got to know the rules before you break ‘em.” From his orchestra’s rhythm section was born the MJQ. Sixty years later oth...

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 7
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Other versions of Bob Dorough’s Devil May Care have taken us back to the original for starters, a Gershwin favorite follows played by guitarist Joe...

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  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:47
  • Purchases: 7
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Guitarist Pat Martino has recorded so prolifically and somehow we’ve had a slew of his 1970s material so we begin there, continuing thankfully with...

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 6
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Poncho Sanchez is at the top of his game with Latin Spirits, Marion McPartland lays it in the groove and JP Soars is under a Memphis full moon. Bi...

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  • Added: Nov 10, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 7
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From Brazil, and vocal royalty, comes Marie Rita (daughter of Elis Regina) then straight into the purest Cuban/Puerto-Rican rhythms one could hope ...

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  • Added: Nov 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 8
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We heard such captivating music from a 2012 on-location broadcast done in Glendale Arizona we had to run it again because it starts with a boogie f...

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  • Added: Nov 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 6
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Spotlight on the spiritual this time, Steve Hobbs swings Amazing Grace and Sonny Stitt strikes up that band fresh off the New York scene. We have a...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 8
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We hit the jackpot on new releases like New Cool Collective, Joran Cariou Trio and Marcus Daves. Then there’s Jingle Bell Jazz with Lambert/Hendri...

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  • Added: Dec 05, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 8
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Tricky syncopations are key for beginnings, ringleader Phil Woods also hosts Lee Konitz, Pony Poindexter and Leo Wright, followed by John Coltrane....

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  • Added: Dec 12, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 7