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

Forms and Feelings 10-21-25

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

Due to flooding last year, I'm now alternating repeats with new shows, with a temporary studio setup. Thanks for your patience. We set the wayback machine to October of 2022 , for a program celebrating the heavenly birthday of Dizzy Gillespie, plus some Summer-Fall 2022 releases, a  number of which are by trumpet players....

Here's the playlist:

Dizzy Gillespie "A Night in Tunisia" from An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet 1999 on Verve Records

Dizzy Gillespie "Theme from the Cool World" from The Cool World 2008 on Verve Reissues

Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, & Sonny Rollins "The Eternal Triangle" from Sonny Side Up 1959 on Verve Reissues

Jason Palmer "Con Alma" from Con Alma 2022 on SteepleChase Productions

Eric Jacobson "Con Alma" from Discover 2022 on Origin Records

Brian Lynch & Spheres of Influence "Que Seriá La Vida" from Songbook, Vol. 2: Dance the Way U Want To 2022 on Hollistic MusicWorks

Tito Carrillo "Poor to Rico" from Urbanessence 2022 on Origin Records

Tom Harrell "Shadows" from Oak Tree 2022 on HighNote Records

Arturo Sandoval "Kumba" from Rhythm & Soul 2022 on MetaJAX Entertainment

Roxana Amed "Agua y Vino (feat. Chico Pinheiro)" from UNÁNIME 2022 on Sony Music Latin

Rafael Zaldivar "Guajiro (feat. Terri Lyne Carrington)" from Rumba 2022 on Effendi Records

Hilario Durán & David Virelles "Guajira for Two Pianos" from Front Street Duets 2022 on Alma Records

Rufus Reid Trio "It's Time to Shout it Out" from Celebration (with Sirius Quartet) 2022 on Sunnyside Records

Michael Dease "Glory" from Best Next Thing 2022 on Posi-Tone Records

Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride & Brian Blade "Ship to Shore" from LongGone 2022 on Nonesuch

Jeff Denson, Romain Pilon & Brian Blade "A Moment in Time" from Finding Light 2022 on Ridgeway Records

Forms and Feelings 10-28-25

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 fourth 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. This program is a tribute to drummer, pianist, and composer Jack DeJohnette

Here's the playlist:

Jack DeJohnette "One For Eric" from Special Edition 1980 on ECM Records

Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition "Ahmad the Terrible" from Album Album 1984 on ECM Records

Pat Metheny "Turnaround" from 80/81 1980 on ECM Records

John Abercrombie, Dave Holland & Jack DeJohnette "Back-Woods Song" from Gateway 1975 on ECM Records

Trio Beyond "If" from Saudades 2006 on ECM Records

Michael Brecker "The Cost of Living" from Michael Brecker 1987 on Impulse! Records

Jackie McLean "Boo Ann's Grand" from Demon's Dance 1970 on Blue Note Records

Joe Henderson "Bwaata (Remastered 2025)" from Multiple (Remastered 2025) 2025 on Craft Recordings/Milestone

Don Byron "I've Found a New Baby" from Ivey-Divey 2004 on Blue Note Records

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette "Too Young To Go Steady" from Standards Live 1986 on ECM Records

Ethan Iverson, Jack DeJohnette & Larry Grenadier "Praise Will Travel" from Every Note Is True 2022 on Blue Note Records

McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson "In ’N Out (feat. Henry Grimes & Jack DeJohnette) [Live]" from Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs'  2024 on Blue Note Records

Forms and Feelings 11-4-25

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

Due to flooding last year, I'm now alternating repeats with new shows, with a temporary studio setup. Thanks for your patience. We set the wayback machine to November of 2022, where we briefly celebrate the birthdays of Clifford Brown and Abdullah Ibrahim. We also remember classic recordings by Steve Kuhn and Larry Coryell, and feature Bill Frisell on a number of Blue Note recordings, new for 2022. The program also features a mix of other new releases for the Fall of 2022, including a first issue of a live recording by Elvin Jones. 

Here's the playlist:

Clifford Brown Max Roach Quintet "Time" from At Basin Street 1956 on Emarcy Records

Abdullah Ibrahim "Calypso Minor" from No Fear No Die 1993 on Tiptoe/Enja

Steve Kuhn "Trance" from Trance 2019 on ECM Records

Larry Coryell "Gypsy Queen" from Barefoot Boy 1972 on Flying Dutchman/BGP Records

Bill Frisell "Lookout For Hope" from Four 2022 on Blue Note Records

Julian Lage "Chavez (With Bill Frisell)" from View With A Room 2022 on Blue Note Records

Immanuel Wilkins "Avalanche (With Bill Frisell)" from Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen 2022 on Blue Note Records

Bill Frisell "Bird On The Wire" from Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen 2022 on Blue Note Records

Charles Lloyd "Jaramillo Blues (For Virginia Jaramillo and Danny Johnson)" from Trios:Ocean 2022 on Blue Note Records

Gregory Tardy "Sufficient Grace" from Sufficient Grace 2022 on WJ3 Records

Elvin Jones "M.E." from Revival: Live at Pookie's Pub 2022 on Blue Note Records

Jason Marshall "Peggy's Blue Skylight" from New Beginnings 2022 on Cellar Music

NYO Jazz "Oyelo (feat. Melissa Aldana, Kenji Wagner & Jonah Hieb)" from We’re Still Here 2022 on Carnegie Hall

Caili O'Doherty "Runaway" from Quarantine Dream 2022 on Posi-Tone Records

Arild Andersen Group "Two (Affirmation, Pt. I)" from Affirmation 2022 on ECM Records

Forms and Feelings 11-11-25

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 fifth 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 birthday to Mose Allison and Happy 81st to George Cables..... Three more classic recordings to remember Jack DeJohnette, a mix of the new, including the newly released Horace Silver live recording from 1965 on Blue Note

Here's the playlist:

Mose Allison "I'm Not Talking" from The Word from Mose Allison 1964 on Rhino Atlantic

Mose Allison "Power House" from Wild Man on the Loose 1965 on Rhino Atlantic

Ledisi "This Bitter Earth" from For Dinah 2025 on Candid Records

The Dave Bailey Sextet "Well You Needn't" from One Foot in the Gutter (Remastered) 2001 on Koch Jazz

Charles Lloyd "Forest Flower - Sunrise (with Jack DeJohnette)" from Forest Flower - Charles Lloyd At Monterey 1967 on Atlantic Records

Bill Evans Trio "Nardis (with Jack DeJohnette)" from At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1968 on Verve Records

Freddie Hubbard "Mr. Clean (with Jack DeJohnette)" from Straight Life (CTI Records 40th Anniversary Edition) 1971 on CTI/Masterworks Jazz

George Cables "Morning Song" from I Hear Echoes 2024 on HighNote Records

Lafayette Harris, Jr. "It's Time" from All in Good Time 2025 on Savant

Billy Hart "Showdown" from Multidirectional 2025 on Smoke Sessions Records

Nicholas Payton "Unconditional Love (feat. Esperanza Spalding & Karriem Riggins)" from TRIUNE 2025 on Smoke Sessions Records

Sarah Wilson "Jubilant" from Incandescence 2025 on Brass Tonic Records

Knucklebean "The High Priestess of Gone" from Knucklebean - The Music of Eddie Marshall 2025 on Bandcamp

Horace Silver "Song For My Father" from Silver in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse 2025 on Blue Note Records

Dawn Clement "Monk's Dream (feat. Buster Williams & Matt Wilson)" from Delight 2025 on Origin Records

Forms and Feelings 11-18-25

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

Due to flooding last year, I'm now alternating repeats with new shows, with a temporary studio setup. Thanks for your patience. We set the Way Back machine to November of 2022 .... Remembering Larry Young and Mick Goodrick.... Happy Birthday to George Cables, a mix of the new for Fall of 2022

Here's the playlist:

Larry Young "Tyrone" from Into Somethin' 1998 on Blue Note Records

Gary Burton with Mick Goodrick  "Four or Less" from The New Quartet 1973 on ECM Records

The Gary Burton Quintet with Eberhard Weber and Mick Goodrick "The Colors Of Chloe" from Ring 1974 on ECM Records

Gary Burton Quintet with Mick Goodrick "Dreams So Real" from Dreams So Real - Music of Carla Bley 1976 on ECM Records

Dan McCarthy "Some Jaded, Atavistic Freakout" from Songs of the Doomed: Some Jaded, Atavistic Freakout 2022 on TPR Records

Ernesto Cervini "Sandalwood and Rosewater" from Joy 2022 on TPR Records

Scenes "When Jasper Grows Up" from Variable Clouds: Live at the Earshot Jazz Festival 2022 on Origin Records

Lauren Falls "Jupiter" from A Little Louder Now 2022 on Self Released

Bill Frisell "Claude Utley" from Four 2022 on Blue Note Records

Hal Galper "Ivory Forest (feat. John Scofield & Adam Nussbaum)" from Ivory Forest Redux 2022 on Origin Records

George Cables "Naima's Love Song" from In Good Company 2015 on HighNote Records

Nicolas Payton "Feed The Fire" from The Couch Sessions 2022 on Smoke Sessions Records

Blossom Dearie "Bye Bye Country Boy" from The Lost Sessions 2018 on Fondamenta

Roberta Donnay "Inside A Silent Tear" from Blossom-ing 2022 on Village Jazz Cafe

Thelonious Monk "Oska T. - Epistrophy" from The Lost Recordings Live at Rotterdam 1967 2017 on Fondamenta

Forms and Feelings 11-25-25

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 sixth 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.. Thanks for your patience.  
Newly released live recordings by Thelonious Monk, Horace Silver, Al Foster and Billy Hart. Happy 85th to Billy Hart and also hearing his collaborations with Buck Hill and Reuben Brown....A program of mostly new releases!!!!

Here's the playlist:

Thelonious Monk "Criss Cross" from Bremen 1965 2025 on Sunnyside Records

Horace Silver "Sayonara Blues" from Silver in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse 2025 on Blue Note Records

Billy Hart "Sonnet for Stevie" from Multidirectional 2025 on Smoke Sessions Records

Buck Hill "S.M.Y." from This Is Buck Hill 1978 on SteepleChase Productions

Reuben Brown "Joe" from Ice Scape 1997 on SteepleChase Productions

Buck Hill "The Sad Ones" from Scope 1979 on SteepleChase Productions

Al Foster "E.S.P." from Live at Smoke 2025 on Smoke Sessions Records

JD Allen "I Get Along Without You Very Well" from Love Letters (The Ballad Sessions) 2025 on Savant Records

Nicole Glover "Tell Him I Said Hello" from Memories, Dreams, Reflections 2025 on Savant Records

Amina Claudine Myers "African Blues" from Solace of the Mind 2025 on Red Hook Records

Sasha Berliner "Khan Younis (feat. Taylor Eigsti)" from Fantôme 2025 on Outside In Music

Aaron Parks "Little River" from By All Means!! 2025 on Blue Note Records

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