Notes from the Jazz Underground

Series produced by WDCB

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Notes from the Jazz Underground is where Jazz gets a little weirder, a little louder, and a little more on the edge.

Notes from the Jazz Underground is produced by Paul Abella at WDCB in Chicago. A show that focuses on the fringes of Jazz, Notes From the Jazz Underground is where you'll hear avant-garde Jazz, Fusion, Modern Jazz and Jazz that's outside the mainstream.


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230 Pieces

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Notes from the Jazz Underground #109
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Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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this week, the focus is simply on some really good music, new and old, with music from Bobby Hutcherson, Weather Report, the latest from Jazz is De...

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  • Added: Jan 26, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Notes from the Jazz Underground #108
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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this week, we'll celebrate the almighty groove: spiritual grooves, jammy grooves, funky grooves and more! We'll hear from Leon Thomas, Pharoah Sand...

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Notes from the Jazz Underground #107 - The Best of 2020, part 2
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this week, another look back at some of my favorite music from the past year, with some great music from Nubya Garcia, Chris Poland, Avishai Cohen ...

Bought by KRPS, KLCC, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 12, 2021
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 3
Notes from the Jazz Underground #106 - The Best of 2020, part 1
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this week, we'll check out some of the best that 2020 had to offer from Jeff Parker, Will Bernard, Jeremy Cunningham, Jazz is Dead, and more!

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  • Added: Jan 03, 2021
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 3
Notes from the Jazz Underground #105 - John McLaughlin & John Scofield
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this week, we're listening to two monumental Jazz guitarists, John McLaughlin and John Scofield. We'll hear them both with Miles Davis, on their ow...

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  • Added: Dec 29, 2020
  • Length: 57:04
  • Purchases: 3
Notes from the Jazz Underground #104 - Avant-Garde Saxophones
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this week, we'll take a listen to some of the titans of the avant-garde...Yusef Lateef, Eric Dolphy, Ornette Coleman, Dewey Redman and a few modern...

Bought by KRPS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 21, 2020
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 2
Notes from the Jazz Underground - Christmas Special
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Let's get in the holiday spirit with music from Willie Colon & Hector Lavoe, John Zorn, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Wynton Marsalis and more!

Bought by KRSC, KRPS, KLCC, WJSU, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 5
Notes from the Jazz Underground #103 - Frank Zappa
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this week, it's the annual Notes from the Jazz Underground tribute to Frank Zappa, with selections from Hot Rats, Chunga's Revenge, Sleep Dirt, and...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 58:04
Notes from the Jazz Underground #102 - Jazz Impressions of Jimi Hendrix
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This week, we'll explore the music of Jimi Hendrix through a Jazz lens, with performances from Mike Stern, John Scofield, Zach Brock, Jamie Cullum,...

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  • Added: Dec 07, 2020
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 3
Notes from the Jazz Underground #101
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This week, we check out some new music, some old music, some re-imagined Coltrane music and more!

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2020
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 3
Notes from the Jazz Underground #100
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This week, Notes from the Jazz Underground celebrates episode 100 with a look back at some music from the past two years, and some of the enduring ...

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2020
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 2
Notes from the Jazz Underground #99 - Nels Cline
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this week, we'll take a listen to a handful of Nels Cline's albums with Julian Lage, Medeski, Martin and Wood, The Nels Cline Singers and more!

Bought by KLCC, KRPS, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 14, 2020
  • Length: 58:02
  • Purchases: 3
Notes from the Jazz Underground #98
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this week, we'll take a listen to music from Frank Zappa, Dave Holland, Fred Anderson, Herbie Hancock, and more!

Bought by KRPS, KRCB 104.9, and KLCC


  • Added: Nov 10, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Notes from the Jazz Underground #97
From: WDCB
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this week, we're checking out brand new music from London, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

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  • Added: Nov 03, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Notes from the Jazz Underground #96 - Keith Jarrett in the 70's
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this week, I wanted to pay tribute to one of my favorite Jazz artists from my favorite period of his career. Keith Jarrett in the 70's created stun...

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Notes from the Jazz Underground #95
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this week, we're heading back to the 90's for some highlights from John Zorn's Masada, Craig Taborn, John Scofield and more!

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Notes from the Jazz Underground #94
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this week, we'll listen to Sonny Sharrock, David S. Ware, Anthony Pirog, Bill Frisell, Anthony Pirog again and Sonny Sharrock again. In other words...

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  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Notes from the Jazz Underground #93 - the Fusion side of Cannonball Adderley
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Cannonball Adderley recorded some smokin' albums that we could roughly call fusion in the late 60's and early 70's, and we'll listen to some of the...

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  • Added: Oct 06, 2020
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 3
Notes from the Jazz Underground #92 - Cindy Blackman Santana
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This week, we'll throw the spotlight on Cindy Blackman Santana's new album, Give the Drummer Some, plus jams from Carlos Santana, Miles Davis, Avis...

Bought by KLCC, KRPS, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Sep 29, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Notes from the Jazz Underground #91
From: WDCB
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this week, we're focusing mainly on new music from the last couple of months, with some stellar jams from Christian Scott, Chien Chien Lu, Josh Joh...

Bought by KRCB 104.9 and KLCC


  • Added: Sep 23, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2

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