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

510 Pieces

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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...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, KHNS, WVBI-LP, Raven Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 8
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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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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...

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:03
  • Purchases: 11
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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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Jazz provides mistakes as opportunities, a total rhythm underly it all. Saxophonist Cory Weeds has a new release bringing in trumpet man Brad Turne...

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  • Added: Oct 24, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 9
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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...

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 11
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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...

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  • Added: Oct 10, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • 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...

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  • Added: Oct 03, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:01
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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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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 ...

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  • Added: Sep 19, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:03
  • Purchases: 9
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We sound our horn a lot, but don’t worry, it only works INSIDE the jazz vehicle. Bob Dorough was one of a kind, writing, singing and playing piano ...

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


  • Added: Sep 12, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 8
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We hit the ground running with recent music by sax man Corey Weeds, who also produces a lot of great recorded jazz by various musicians today. From...

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  • Added: Sep 05, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 11
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Whatever we have to do spiritually to get past the sun going down, starting with a group of new releases which got past the first round and now adv...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, WVBI-LP, WEJP-LP 107.1, KHNS and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 10
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Tell the truth, shame the devil: New jazz releases, and artists today, still deliver. We feature a batch from the Origin label, as well as their OA...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, KJZX-Austin, KRZA, WYAP, KHNS and more


  • Added: Aug 22, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 11
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This episode is chock full of vintage vinyl, some of it shifted shellac. Take for instance a small Count Basie group recorded by John Hammond pre W...

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  • Added: Aug 15, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
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Newcomer Lorca Hart is leader/drummer from New Mexico with guest saxophonist Dayna Stephens to begin, followed by who might be called B3 organ inno...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, KJZX-Austin, KRZA, KHNS, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Aug 08, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 10
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Pianist Oscar Peterson hosts a real jam, in his prime with top-notch players of the day, in front of a hard-core Swiss jazz festival. We get a chan...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, WEJP-LP 107.1, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KHNS and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 9
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When you’re smiling, Hacksaw smiles with you. From a Latin standpoint, trombonist Doug Beavers and guest vocalist paint for us. Legendary Illinois ...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, KJZX-Austin, KHNS, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WOUB and more


  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:03
  • Purchases: 8
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Plenty of shade bathing preferring our heat thru music instead of the index. High-note trumpet man Maynard Ferguson still grabs us, and from a prev...

Bought by WYAP, KJZX-Austin, KRZA, WEJP-LP 107.1, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jul 18, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 10
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We are doing plenty of shade bathing defending against the heat, it has to be from the music. Anthony E. Nelson (the Major from 1960s black and whi...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, KJZX-Austin, KRZA, WYAP, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 9