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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511 Pieces

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From southern California this episode, where that classic west coast jazz still seems to be dug, good memories are made by Panamanian singer Ruben ...

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  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 8
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Bassist Christian McBride is one of the best in the business today welcoming guitarist Mike Stern and saxophonist Marcus Strickland to his latest s...

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  • Added: Aug 03, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:01
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Trumpeter Eddie Henderson drives his red Ferrari to gigs, Gal Costa sings a Brazilian standard. From Michigan State University (where its campus st...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:02
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Phenomenon Phineas Newborn begins with piano trio, a true work of beauty and art is sung by Ella Fitzgerald. Zoot Sims adapts his sax swing to a ve...

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  • Added: Jul 20, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:01
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Freedom in the groove starts with muscular saxophone from Eddie Lockjaw Davis. There’s a new first-time Miles Davis release from 1991 laying us low...

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  • Added: Jul 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:01
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Pianist Orin Evans brings in Emmanuel Wilkins for an exciting new session, Joe Williams keeps the energy up with vintage Joe Turner. A new singer t...

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:00
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It is refreshing to hear Dave Mullen lead off an ensemble playing multiple horns, a couple at once. Funky in its own way is 1960s George Shearing. ...

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  • Added: Jun 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:01
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All decades except the 2010s are covered in this episode, and the missing period is the next record cued up…Meat & potatoes if you will, we start w...

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  • Added: Jun 22, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:02
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Dynamic music is what we order up, with Woody Herman and top soloists of 1963. Then it’s first of several guitar tracks, beginning with Michael Ant...

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  • Added: Jun 15, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:01
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Kenny Burrell is a tasteful guitarist who knows Ellington’s statement on swing. We hope we’re not late but better than never, the Bernie Nerow Trio...

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  • Added: Jun 08, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:00
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Randomizing, we spotlight on 2005 jazz releases times five this episode: Eddie Bon Paris leads, Katrina sent him our way. Piano Professor Oscar Pet...

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  • Added: Jun 01, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:01
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Live and direct to all of North America, solid swing melds with new releases to bring you Zoot Sims on tenor sax backed by big band, Basie celebrat...

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  • Added: May 25, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 9
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Bassist Christian McBride is one of the best in the business today welcoming guitarist Mike Stern and saxophonist Marcus Strickland to his latest s...

Bought by WKAR, KJZX-Austin, WMOT, KHNS, KRZA and more


  • Added: May 22, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 7
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Out of the gate we devote a quarter of the show to new 2021 releases, like Roxana Amed, and the John DePaola Quartet with leader on trumpet. Planet...

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  • Added: May 11, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:02
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With the advent of a decent vintage concert recording, we hear Dizzy Gillespie’s trumpet in its prime. Before every town-painting, nightfall happen...

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  • Added: May 04, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:01
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We’re old fashioned and not ashamed, it’s quite possibly a genetic thing. Rodney Kendrick utilizes acoustic piano to re-shape a groove, Jon Hendric...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:01
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Sax man Art Pepper did a session with the late pianist Stanley Cowell…Latin light might describe the track, so we follow with the George Shearing Q...

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  • Added: Apr 20, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:01
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We remember trumpeter Woody Shaw who died in the late 1980s, and clarinetist Benny Goodman who was a superstar in his time. Continuing with tenor s...

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  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:02
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We cover many decades this episode, the furthest back being the 1950’s and ‘60s. There are a handful from the 2000s, a double play on Gillespie (a ...

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  • Added: Apr 06, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 7
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Old and new, whacky & rhythmic. We’ve got the “BEst ANd” only BEAN, Coleman Hawkins, inventor of jazz saxophone, and we’ve got a pianist from today...

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 9