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Notes from the Jazz Underground #237
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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this week, it's time to check out some new music. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Johnathan Blake, James Brandon Lewis and more!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, KRCB 104.9, KRSC, KRPS and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2023
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 6
Notes from the Jazz Underground #225
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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This week, we'll groove hard and find enlightenment with Eddie Palmieri, Brandee Younger, Alex Skolnick, Carlos Santana and more!

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), KRCB 104.9, KRSC and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2023
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 6
2022 McKnight Foundation Composer Fellows Present Award-Winning Work at the Icehouse in Minneapolis Friday February 3
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Four Minnesota award-winning Composers present their compositions this Friday at the Icehouse in Minneapolis. The awards are from the McKnight Foun...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
The Cello Songs Project Presents Unique Musical Synthesis
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Jonatha Brooke and Lin Arons, Credit: Lin Knott
The Cello Songs Project presents a unique musical synthesis involving composition, arranging and seeking new musical directions. Rebecca Arons, the...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
The Cello Songs Project Presents Unique Musical Synthesis Next Wednesday at the Dakota in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Jonatha Brooke and Lin Arons, Credit: Lin Knott
It began when Singer-songwriter Jonatha Brooke started working with cellist Rebecca Arons. Then came an arranger and a host of others, and then a w...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Improvisational Jazz Group Red Planet Honors its Musical Influences
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Red Planet, Credit: Nick Lethert
Red Planet is composed of three great improvisers, drummer Jay Epstein, bassist Chris Bates and electric guitarist Dean Magraw. In a conversation a...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Red Planet Performs its Improvisational Jazz at the Metronome in Saint Paul, Tuesday August 2
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Red Planet, Credit: Nick Lethert
Red Planet is composed of three great improvisers, drummer Jay Epstein, bassist Chris Bates and electric guitarist Dean Magraw. The Trio performs a...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Sightless Quartet Presents Contemporary Jazz Fusion
From: KBEM
Caption: Cody, Credit: Kyndal Johnson
The Sightless Quartet plays a forward leaning type of jazz. Cody Steinman is the guitarist and composes much of the group’s music. In a conversatio...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2022
  • Length: 08:01
Sightless Quartet Brings Contemporary Jazz Fusion to Jazz Central Studios, Saturday January 22 at 8PM
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Cody Steinman, Credit: Kyndal Johnson
The Sightless Quartet plays a forward leaning type of jazz. Check out the group at Jazz Central Studios this Saturday at 8PM. Cody Steinman is the ...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2022
  • Length: 08:01
Episode 7 - Man In Space
From: KPOV
Series: Zombies Of The Stratosphere
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"Zombies of the Stratosphere" radio show—your mix tape of retro sci-fi, guitar gods, fusion jazz, surf, and prog rock.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2021
  • Length: 59:31
Notes from the Jazz Underground #138
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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this week, we listen to Miles Davis and Keith Jarrett in the 70's, Black Flag's Greg Ginn in the 80's, Sonny Sharrock and Miles Davis (again) in th...

Bought by RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), KRPS, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 06, 2021
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 4
Notes from the Jazz Underground #125
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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this week, we celebrate the avant-garde legacy of Chicago's Delmark Records, and its founder, Bob Koester, who passed away on May 12, 2021.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KRPS, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: May 31, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Notes from the Jazz Underground #120
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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this week, we'll listen to a bunch of great music from Bob James, Medeski, Martin and Wood, The Messthetics and more.

Bought by KRPS, KRCB 104.9, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Apr 21, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Notes from the Jazz Underground #115 - Chick Corea part 4: The Elektric Band
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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In this, the fourth and final look back at Chick Corea, we check both versions of Chick Corea's Elektric Band, plus their reunions in 2004 and 2011!

Bought by KRCB 104.9 and KRPS


  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Notes from the Jazz Underground #111 - Ani DiFranco & Bill Laswell
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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This week, we'll take a listen to the work of bassist and producer Bill Laswell, and guitarist, vocalist and composer Ani DiFranco.

Bought by KRCB 104.9 and KRPS


  • Added: Feb 09, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Notes from the Jazz Underground #106 - The Best of 2020, part 1
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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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!

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KLCC, and KRPS


  • Added: Jan 03, 2021
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 3
Notes from the Jazz Underground #104 - Avant-Garde Saxophones
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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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 #103 - Frank Zappa
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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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 #98
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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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
Full Moon Hacksaw #1735 (Hour 1 & 2) - 04-30-2020
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Self-isolating with the radio, from down San Diego way come sax man Christopher Hollyday and his trumpeter Gilbert Castellenos. Up the coast Art Pe...

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


  • Added: Apr 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 10
Notes from the Jazz Underground #69
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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This week, we'll listen to some funky music. We'll listen to some funky music on the edge, and we'll check out some great collaborative efforts fro...

Bought by KRPS, KLCC, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Apr 21, 2020
  • Length: 58:20
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 2: Betsy
From: Classic107.3
Series: Slatkin Shuffle
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Leonard hits shuffle on his iPad. She now has a name.

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Mar 23, 2020
  • Length: 01:54:51
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 1
From: Classic107.3
Series: Slatkin Shuffle
Caption: Slatkin Shuffle, Credit: Classic 107.3
Leonard hits shuffle on his iPad.

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Mar 17, 2020
  • Length: 01:56:13
  • Purchases: 1
Notes from the Jazz Underground #63 - TRIBUTE TO McCOY TYNER
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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this week, we celebrate one of the finest pianists in the history of Jazz, with a look at some of his most fiery and exploratory moments, from his ...

Bought by KRPS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Mar 10, 2020
  • Length: 56:30
  • Purchases: 2
Jesse Whitney, Electronic Composer
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Jesse Whitney, Credit: Olive Thoen
Jesse Whitney creates music on an electronic device known as a synthesizer. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, Jesse told of his music creation a...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Jan 24, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1