My long running Jazz Radio program (Since 1981!!!) is posted weekly on SoundCloud.
I keep each program up for 2 weeks. 
This is the first new program since the summer of 2024!!!!!
I still haven't been able to raise funds for rebuilding my studio, but did a temporary setup.... Let me know if you appreciate having  Forms & Feelings back

Celebrating John Coltrane's happy heavenly 99th birthday (Thursday 9/23/26) with his composition  "Equinox," named by Naima Coltrane for the autumnal equinox that fell on John's birth date; 3 versions of John Coltrane compositions, 2 of them new and one from drummer MIchael Carvin's debut, The Camel. We hear MIchael's rendition of "Naima," and then from his new release, "Live In San Francisco," "Dear Lord;" From alto saxophonist Sara Hanahan's debut, John Coltrane's "Welcome," Teri Lyne Carrington and Christie Dashiell's new reimagining of "We Insist Freedom Now Suite," by Max Roach and Oscar Brown Jr. with Abbey Lincoln, and again on the Candid label; Remembering George Adams and Don Pullen; a belated 95th birthday (9/7/25) to Sonny Rollins and 87th birthday (7/26/38) to Joanne Brackeen; new releases by Joshua Redman, and pianists Cyrus Chestnut, Carmen Staaf, Sullivan Fortner, and Dawn Clement.....

Here's the playlist:

John Coltrane "Equinox" from Coltrane's Sound 1964 on Rhino Atlantic

Michael Carvin "Naima" from The Camel 1975 on SteepleChase Productions

The Michael Carvin Experience "Dear Lord" from Live In San Francisco 2025 on MCE Music

Sarah Hanahan "Welcome" from Among Giants 2024 on Blue Engine Records

Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell "Driva' Man" from We Insist 2025! 2025 on Candid Records

George Adams & Don Pullen Quartet "Mingus Metamorphosis" from City Gates 1983 on Timeless Records

Sonny Rollins "Blue Seven" from Saxophone Colossus 1956 on Prestige Records

Joshua Redman "So It Goes (feat. Melissa Aldana)" from Words Fall Short 2025 on Blue Note Records

Joanne Brackeen Quartet "Turnaround" from Turnaround 1995 on Evidence Music

Cyrus Chestnut "Prelude for George" from Rhythm, Melody and Harmony 2025 on HighNote Records

Carmen Staaf "Scorpio with Ambrose Akinmusire" from Sounding Line 2025 on Sunnyside Records

Sullivan Fortner "Again, Never" from Southern Nights 2025 on Artwork Records

Dawn Clement "Easy E (feat. Buster Williams & Matt Wilson)" from Delight 2025 on Origin Records

Forms and Feelings 9-23-25 FINAL

My long running Jazz Radio program (Since 1981!!!) is posted weekly on SoundCloud. I keep each program up for 2 weeks.

This is only my second new program since the summer of 2024!!!!! I still haven't been able to raise funds for rebuilding my studio, but did a temporary setup.... Let me know if you appreciate having Forms & Feelings back  Due to flooding last year, I'm now alternating repeats with new shows, with this temporary studio setup. Thanks for your patience. 

Happy heavenly 101st birthday to pianist Bud Powell (9/27/24), a very influential musician who helped create the modern piano style and is at the root of most players who have followed him..... Forms and Feelings features an all piano program with some new releases as well as acknowledgement of some important and sometimes overlooked pianists in Jazz history. We also say goodbye, all too briefly to Eddie Palmieri.

Here's the playlist:

Bud Powell "Parisian Thoroughfare" from The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings 1994 on Blue Note Records

Bud Powell "Un Poco Loco" from The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings 1994 on Blue Note Records

Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet "What is this Thing Called Love" from Toshiko's Blues 1953-1958 2023 on Fresh Sound Records

John Hicks "Naima's Love Song" from Some Other Time 1994 on Evidence Records

McCoy Tyner "Festival In Bahia" from McCoy Tyner And The Latin All-Stars 1999 on Telarc Records

Joanne Brackeen "Special Identity" from Special Identity 1982 on Antilles

Geri Allen "Refraction 1 Flying Toward The Sound" from Flying Toward The Sound 2010 on Motema Music

Paul Cornish "Queen Geri" from You’re Exaggerating! 2025 on Blue Note Records

Joshua Redman "A Message To Unsend (feat. Paul Cornish, Philip Norris & Nazir Ebo)" from Words Fall Short 2025 on Blue Note Records

Brad Mehldau "Better Be Quiet Now" from Ride into the Sun 2025 on Nonesuch Records

Kate Wyatt Trio "Murmurations" from Murmurations 2025 on Self Released

Denny Zeitlin "Falling In Love With Love" from With a Song in My Heart - Exploring Richard Rodgers 2025 on Sunnyside Records

Danny Grissett "The People in the City" from Travelogue 2025 on Savant Records

David Kikoski Trio "There's A Mingus A Monk Us feat. Randy Brecker" from Weekend at Smalls 2025 on Cellar Music

Yoko Yates "The Flower Before Its Last Day (feat. Jamie Baum & Sam Sadigursky)" from Eternal Moments 2025 on Banka Records

Conrad Herwig "Listen Lady (feat. Eddie Palmieri & Luques Curtis)" from Reflections-Facing South 2025 on Savant

Anne Sajdera "It's Here" from It's Here 2024 on Bijuri Records

Forms and Feelings 10-7-25

My long running Jazz Radio program (Since 1981!!!) is posted weekly on SoundCloud. I keep each program up for 2 weeks.

This is only my third new program since the summer of 2024!!!!! I still haven't been able to raise funds for rebuilding my studio, but did a temporary setup.... Let me know if you appreciate having Forms & Feelings back Due to flooding last year, I'm now alternating repeats with new shows, with this temporary studio setup. Thanks for your patience.   

In addition to a number of new releases, we start with variations of  "The Beat Goes On" with vocalist Patrica Barber and the late alto saxophonist Sonny Criss. We also feature some new recordings of compositions by Thelonious Monk, a  classic version of  "Round Midnight" from Andy Bey, and the late pianist Frank KImbrough brings us 2, from his monumental tribute to Monk from 2018. This is a further celebration of Monk's 108th heavenly birthday (10/10/1917) 

Here's the playlist:

Patricia Barber "The Beat Goes On" from Companion 1999 on Premonition Records/Blue Note Records

Sonny Criss "The Beat Goes On" from The Beat Goes On 1968 on Prestige Records/Concord Jazz

Andy & The Bey Sisters "'Round Midnight" from 'Round Midnight 1965 on Prestige Records

George Coleman "Ugly Beauty" from George Coleman with Strings 2025 on HighNote Records

The Michael Carvin Experience "Rhythm-A-Ning" from Live In San Francisco 2025 on MCE Music

Carmen Staaf "Bye-Ya with John Santos" from Sounding Line 2025 on Sunnyside Records

Mike Clark "Epistrophy" from Itai Doshin 2025 on Wise Hive Records

Frank Kimbrough Scott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond "Ruby My Dear" from Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk 2018 on Sunnyside Records

Frank KimbroughScott Robinson, Rufus Reid & Billy Drummond "Little Rootie Tootie" from Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk 2018 on Sunnyside Records

The Irv Grossman Quartet "Three Way Split" from Sound Advice 2024 on Cellar Music

Joe Farnsworth "Continuance" from The Big Room 2025 on Smoke Sessions Records

JD Allen "You Are Too Beautiful" from Love Letters (The Ballad Sessions) 2025 on Savant Records

Charles Lloyd "Heaven" from Figure In Blue 2025 on Blue Note Records

Michael Wolff "Swamp" from Sunny Day 2025 on Sunnyside Records

Peter Lin & AAPI Jazz Collective "Alishan Girl" from Identity 2025 on OA2 Records

Premazzi / Nasser Quartet "Persistence of Change" from From What I Recall 2025 on OA2 Records

Johnathan Blake "My Life Matters" from My Life Matters 2025 on Blue Note Records

Roy Brooks "Understanding" from The Free Slave 2025 on Time Traveler-Muse

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