Jazz Mountain Joureny 6, Set I

Yeeee haw!! We have a very special edition of Jazz Mountain comin at ya. Playing anything with a "twang" to get you up and foot stomping. Still plenty of jammin, with lots of fiddle, banjo, and fast guitar pickin'. Make sure to try our drink pairing too, bright to you by the best bartender in LA. Also, send in your answer to our trivia question to win the Bela Fleck bluegrass vinyl. Let's get weird and two step the night away! Let's gooooo!

Jazz Mountain's Almost Country - Set I

Hope you got some honky tonkin left in those legs! Set II comin at ya hot and heavy. Keep sippin that bourbon and foot stompin. Let's keep the party rollin!

Jazz Mountain's Almost Country - Set II

Back at it with another full  Journey, deep into the heart of the Jazz Mountain. We're gettin jazzy and funky in the first set of this one, so get ready to rock! And, of course, we'll take you on a trip to the depth of your mind, body, and soul. Strap in and get ready for another fun, wild ride. Thanks for tuning in!

Jazz Mountain Journey 8 -  Set I

We're stoked to be starting a new series here on the show with this one! Chillin and rocking out with musicians is pretty sweet actually, who would have thought, lol?! We're hanging out with Greg Goldman, an amazing , accomplished artist, who I've had the pleasure of becoming friends with here in St. Louis over the last 5 years. Tune in and go on a journey with us through Greg's  musical career and get introduced to some new amazing music. We have him make a couple picks form other artists too. Get inside the mind of the artist on Jazz Mountain. It's a damn good time, better not miss out!

Jazz's Mountain's Artist Hangout Spotlight, Vol. 1 - Greg Goldman

Set 2 comin back at ya with a solid blend of jazz and jams. Get ready to rock!

Jazz Mountain Journey 4, Set II

In this episode, we take you on a journey to a jam band festival! So, pack your bags, tents, glow sticks, and tie dyes, and come rock out with us and take a trip into the mystical forest! Co-host DJ Id and I  relive our experience at his year’s Summercamp Music Festival (newly renamed Solshine Reverie), sharing some of the actual music from the epic weekend. Let’s goooo!!

Jazz Mountain's Summercamp Sol Shines

Something different for you on Jazz Mountain with this one! Join DJ Benzen and co-host Dennis (DJ Hopper) for a wild ride, with plenty of twits and turns. We spin the ominous Wheel of Death and do whatever it says. Our fate is up to the Wheel. Take a magical journey with us and hear lots of different kinds of music than you might otherwise hear on the show. Enjoy some deep philosophical conversations, funny stories, and get some insight into the artists we play. It's a real good time!

Jazz Mountain's Spinning Wheel of Death - Vol. 1

Goin back to the roots with this special edition show! Join DJ Benzen with guest host Greg Goldman on a rockin journey into straight ahead jazz. Learn a bit about jazz history, hear some stories of some of the leading "cats", and enjoy a deep delve into the music that originally inspired Jazz Mountain. This one rages harder than you think, too. Enjoy!

Straight Jazz, No Chaser - Set 1

Set 2 of our straight ahead, ragin jazz special. Tune in for a variety of different lineups, vibes, and sounds. Get some insight into the music and the artists, and hear DJ Benzen do his best Miles Davis impression. And, most importantly, get ready to rock!

Straight Jazz, No Chaser - Set 2

Let's get straight down to business with this one and let loose with a set of straight ragers! Our "theme" for this milestone show is jazz funk. So, come along for a short sprint in the foothills of the Jazz Mountain and get ready to rock!

Hump Day Hikes - Vol. 5

Ready to get transported to an alternate dimension? If you're up for a sinister adventure, join DJ Benzen as he becomes your spirit guide to a vast, mysterious, and strange far-off world. It's a land full of cyborgs, lizards, people vultures, lords of lightning, and altered beasts. It's a place where you'll hear many tantalizing and sinister sounds, with microtonal melodies, dance beats, and head-baging jams. This is the vast universe of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, and Jazz Mountain takes you there in this special edition episode. Get ready to boogie! Let's gooooo!!

Jazz Mountain's King Gizzard Special - Set I

Let's open the door to Nonagon Infinity once again and go back to that sinister, far off world known as Polygondwanaland. It's a place where you'll meet many strange creatures, encounter countless dangers, and hear strange musical sounds- some that might kill you, some that might save you. And beware, there's an evil cyborg and boogiemen on the loose. So, follow your spirit guide DJ Benzen, along with your 6 Heroes, to see if you can get out alive. And you can at least be sure to rage face along the way. Come join us on this wild, perilous ride! This is Jazz Mountain.

Jazz Mountain's King Gizzard Special - Set II

Check out our special Halloween rock opera! Follow the unhallowed tale of our friend Scottie on his terrifying adventures in the Jazz Mountain's Haunted House. It's a raging set with lots of metally jams. So, dare you check it out? Hope you can avoid the curse and avoid all the demons who try to ensnare you in their murderous grasp. Godspeed....

Jazz Mountain's Haunted House - Act 1

Dare you return...to the Jazz Mountain's Haunted House? See what terrifying fate falls our friend Scottie, as he battles his demons in the conclusion to this unhallowed rock opera. It's our Halloween opus, and it'll scare the shit out of you...and make you head bang. It's wroth it. Check it out! Hope you can avoid the dreaded curse.

Jazz Mountain's Haunted House - Act 2

We have a mission: find the least cheesy jazz fusion and rage it for you! Join DJ Benzen and co-host Greg Goldman as they take you on an (almost) dairy-free journey into the wide, wondrous world of fusion. We promise to limit the "cheese" and play the rawest, funkiest, sickest fusion tracks known to man. We rate each song from skim to 1%, 2%, whole, and full-on cheese. Tune in to see if we can keep the "dairy quotient" low enough for you to stick around and jam!

(Almost) Dairy-Free Jazz Fusion - Set 1

Here's your secret password to the famous Jazz Cat Speakeasy, located at an undisclosed location deep inside the heart of the Jazz Mountain. Join DJ Benzen and co-host Greg Goldman as they take you on a rockin journey featuring straight-ahead 60s jazz. So, come on in, enjoy a drink, and and hit the dance floor with best jazz musicians known to man(and cat)kind.

Jazz Cat Speakeasy - Vol. 1

We're back in the top secret, underground Jazz Cat Speakeasy, deep inside the heart of the Jazz Mountain. The password to to enter is the link, so just click here and you're in! Join DJ Benzen and our resident music expert DJ Greg as they turn up the heat on some hot jazz jams to get the dance floor moving. Rock out with some of the best jazz cats of all time, and get ready to swing!

Jazz Cat Speakeasy - Vol. 2

Hope you guys are hungry for some more jams...cuz we got some delicious ones being served up here yet again on the show! It's round 3 of this series now, so return with us to the Jam Cave Studio with your hosts DJ Benzen and DJ Id as they take you on another rockin, exploratory journey into the wonderful world of jam bands. Hear from some of the best artists in the genre, join in on some fun studio banter, and most of all, get ready to rage!

Tasty Jam Band Sandwiches - Vol. 3

Happy America Day, everybody! We have the perfect music for your 4th of July BBQ, Jazz Mountain style. Only artists from the good old USA on this one, and we survey the landscape of American music with your picks for this set. Get ready to rock! So, crack a beer, grill some meat, blow some stuff up, and take a little journey with us on this special day!

Jazz Mountain's All-American BBQ Special

Let's spin some vinyl and jam some weird jazz! This show starts another new series where we'll play all vinyl, all night long, from the Mountain Archive here in the Jam Cave Studio. Tonight we take a journey into some deep jazz. So join in to swing with us and also take a trip to the outer reaches of the musical universe. Let's goooo!

Jam Cave Sessions - Vol 1

We lied...there's more! Join us for the third set of our King Gizzard special, and prepare to rock! We get pretty heavy on this one, and weave together a setlist that will satisfy your deep urge to rage. DJ Benzen is your King Gizz Spirt guide, so prepare to go on another magical journey into the Gizzverse and have one hell of a time. 

Jazz Mountain's King Gizzard Special - Set 3

Welcome, everybody, to the mystical Acoustic Forest, deep inside the heart of the Jazz Mountain! In this show, we take you on a journey to a place where no electric instruments are allowed. So, prepare your ears for some good old fashioned acoustic sounds, as we jam out unplugged style. Our trip will meander through various styles and genres, with the basic theme of rocking out. So, come get lost with us in the Acoustic Forest as we try something new, and feel all your troubles melt away!

Jazz Mountain's Acoustic Forest

We rage it hard in this show, in search of best prog rock of all time. Join DJ Benzen and DJ Greg as they spin tracks by some of the most quintessential artists in the genre, while trying to define exactly what the hell prog rock is anyway. This show is also setup for our next installment of this special, as the definitions and aspects of prog discussed in this set will be used as evidence in the Great Jazz Mountain Prog Rock Trial, coming up soon. So, get ready to boogie to some complicated, mathematical, epic, nerd rock. Here we go!

Jazz Mountain's Search for the True Prog Rock Gem

Court is in session! Listen in and be the jury, as you hear DJ Benzen and DJ Greg debate whether their songs qualify as true prog rock or not, in the Great Jazz Mountain Prog Rock Trail. It's an intense deliberation, and it totally rocks! Wearing wigs is strongly encouraged...

The Great Jazz Mountain Prog Rock Trial

Happy Halloween!! Welcome back...to the Jazz Mountain Haunted House. This year, in our second chapter, we tell the unholy tale of the Jazz Mountain Ghost Story. It's all PHISH for our music this time, so not only will we jam out, but we'll also tell you a terrifying tale that will shake you to the core. So, listen at your own risk, and may you once again escape the curse...

Jazz Mountain's Ghost Story

Welcome back to Jazz Mountain's Ghost Story, Act 2! We continue our terrifying tale with Brett running for his life from hungry ghost army, in hot pursuit. Tune in, if you dare, and keep raining to  PHISH, our house band for this unholy rock saga. Prepare to be scared shitless, and to jam! Here we go....

Jazz Mountain's Ghost Story - Act 2

You guys ready for some jams? Join DJ BenZen and special guest DJ TheNeuberger as they take you on a journey into the wonderful world of Goose. For this episode, our DJs write a setlist to make their own Goose show and rage it big! Hear about the band, the jams, and enjoy some other fun banter as you rock out and live a true Jazz Mountain fantasy. 

Goose Fantasy - Night 1, Set 1

We're still in flight here on the show, jamming out to our dream Goose setlist. Tune in to see what DJ BenZen and DJ TheNeuberger have in store for set 2 of their wildest Goose Fantasy. Pretty sure they're gonna rage! Check it out, y'all.

Goose Fantasy - Night 1, Set 2

Happy New Year, everybody! It's time, once again, to hop in our famous Hot Springs Time Machine and venture back to a year of our choice, and jam! This time, it's 1970, and it rules. There's a wealth of amazing material to choose from, so what will DJ BenZen pick? And how will he pull off the flow through different genres, styles, and vibes? Tune in to find out, and tune in to rock. It's New Year's, ya'll, let's do this thing. Pop some champaign and come join our party here on the show. Cheers!

Jazz Mountain's Hot Springs Time Machine - 1970

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