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

512 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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Guitar seems to be inspiration for the episode, Al Gafa begins, Pee Wee Crayton joins Joe Turner. Come to think of it, Hubert Sumlin joins Howlin’ ...

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  • Added: Aug 16, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:56
  • Purchases: 7
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Be bop galore with Dex & Eddie, Gordon & Jefferson, and great guitar in Joe Pass and Wes Montgomery. Forward-thinking large ensemble and youthful e...

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  • Added: Aug 09, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 8
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A great episode for big jazz hits, beginning with The Ray Bryant Combo. Contemporary rhythms from Latin to acid continue, soothing vocal jazz and ...

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2016
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 8
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The magnificent Machito in Grammy-award-winning form kicks in the downbeat, a three-quarter time signature by and for jazz men (Joe Henderson, Cal ...

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  • Added: Jul 26, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 6
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It's boogie it's blues, jump & energy any way and any time we can get it, close to home in Morning Glory. Then pre-American Idol lady jazz singers ...

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  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:59
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First off, Eilen Jewell reminds us no one is immune from Cupid's ready-fire-aim tactic. Next, ebullience bounces from 1950's west coast jazz, follo...

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Morning is our mantra except for mambo made by Moody, Johnny Nocturne's band jumps to an interlude. In the beginning instruments imitated voices, b...

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  • Added: Jul 05, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 8
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Starting with a double play the first hour as tribute to late jazz giant Horace silver, we then cook with recent bebop and Chicago vibraphonist Jim...

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  • Added: Jun 28, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:57
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It's got to be "Prez, Bird, Shearing or the Basie" according to top hipsters King Pleasure and Symphony Sid, singer and radio DJ respectively. The ...

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  • Added: Jun 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:00:01
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We pay tribute to a late friend with a couple of his favorites from NYJQ and drummer Pete Magadini, tenor saxophonist Jim Zoeckler, RIP. Guitarist ...

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  • Added: Jun 14, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:56
  • Purchases: 8
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A fresh updated big band version of Cannonball Adderley is opened with Chris Doc Stewart, and if ever the cool of Leonard Bernstein met Gil Evans' ...

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 8
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For starters fresh piano from Jackie Terrasson continues our attention to Cole Porter, Lani Hall sings Joni Mitchell. Nothing like a Sonny Stitt ba...

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  • Added: May 31, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 7
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With an appropriate mix of Appalachian Africana, Gypsy Roots, Ethno-Blues, and Folkloric Jazz, we're off to a good start with Tribecastan thru Bay ...

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  • Added: May 25, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:55
  • Purchases: 7
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A fresh sound from TS Monk, rooted in tradition, describes openers for this episode while Lonnie Johnson sings and plays a 1948 hit. Then as if Duk...

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  • Added: May 17, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:56
  • Purchases: 6
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Join us for an annual remote broadcast hour, as customers of long-time sponsor Gifts Anon approve the groove of our sounds among merchandise like m...

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  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 02:00:05
  • Purchases: 5
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Neckties records & drums are side effects of jazz radio & blues music collecting, take if from one who knows. This segment begins with a great litt...

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  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:54
  • Purchases: 5
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It's blues time, featuring many artists I've seen live. Spending the 2000's going from one blues fest to the next, for a moment I wanted to be a mu...

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 5
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Real bebop bookends the swing and free eras for starters, without playing either. Monk is composer way before he was was known, Illinois Jacquet no...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 6
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Friend, pianist and collector John "Brazilian Gringo" Mueller is again guest for the first hour, our semi-regular ritual. We start like a bat out o...

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  • Added: Apr 12, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 6
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Directed intensity from Buddy Rich sounds more like a lift than a jolt, but Horace Silver's loping tempo tells the truth. Mongo Santamaria's Afro-C...

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  • Added: Apr 06, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 5