Saturday, June 25, 2011

Post bop drummer, Joe Chambers (b.1942) talks music (video), Kenny Burrell plays 'Sunup to Sundown' (11:02), Gordon Lee fancies 'Cornbread' (11:21), McCoy Tyner tenders 'The Greeting' (11:41), Miles & Gil go 'Springsville' (12:09), PJ DeFrancesco owns 'I Got a Woman' (12:13), and Bill Frisell dwells 'On The Street Where You Live' (12:26) via PB Ave on HARD CHOICES Saturdays 11am-1pm

Post bop drummer, Joe Chambers (b.1942) talks music (video), Kenny Burrell plays 'Sunup to Sundown' (11:02), Gordon Lee fancies 'Cornbread' (11:21), McCoy Tyner tenders 'The Greeting' (11:41), Miles & Gil go 'Springsville' (12:09), PJ DeFrancesco owns 'I Got a Woman' (12:13), and Bill Frisell dwells 'On The Street Where You Live' (12:26) via PB Ave. HARD CHOICES Saturdays 11am-1pm


source, all about jazz:
Born: June 25, 1942 Instrument: Drums
Born and raised near Philadelphia to a musical family, Joe Chambers heard not only the rock and roll of Louis Jordan and Slim Gaillard, but the classical of Vivaldi, Wagner, Beethoven and Mahler. Drums came early. “I think an instrument picks you.

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Sachal Vasandani (live interview @ 12:00) Wynton (video @ Marciac) and Ellis Marsalis differently savoring 'Sweet Georgia Brown' (11:21), Chick & Gary are Monks's 'Four in One' (11:28), Horace Sliver 'Doin the Thing' (11:41), Post bop drummer Carola Grey with her 'Attitudes' (12:41) on HARD CHOICES Saturdays 11am-1pm PST

Sachal Vasandani (live interview @ 12:00) Wynton (video @ Marciac) and Ellis Marsalis differently savoring 'Sweet Georgia Brown' (11:21), Chick & Gary are Monks's 'Four in One' (11:28), Horace Sliver 'Doin the Thing' (11:41), Post bop drummer Carola Grey with her 'Attitudes' (12:41) on HARD CHOICES Saturdays 11am-1pm http://hardchoicesblog.blogspot.com -Shawn K

MACK AVENUE: www.mackavenue.com/artists/detail/sachal_vasandani
SACHAL VASANDANI PAGE: www.sachalvasandani.com
PDX Jazz: www.pdxjazz.com
TONY STARLIGHTS: www.tonystarlight.com


Sachal Vasandani - Hi Fly - EPK from Mack Avenue on Vimeo.





Saturday, June 11, 2011

Nat Adderley is 'On the Move' (1982) Coltrane and Cecil Taylor claim 'Just Friends' (1959), Red Garland calls 'Hey Now' (1957), Antonio Hart honors Adderley's 'Sack o Woe' (1993), Art Farmer senses 'Cold Breeze' (1958) and Milt Jackson joins Bobby Hutcherson (Video) on HARD CHOICES Saturdays 11am-1pm -Shawn K

Nat Adderley is 'On the Move' (1982) Coltrane and Cecil Taylor claim 'Just Friends' (1959), Red Garland calls 'Hey Now' (1957), Antonio Hart honors Adderley's 'Sack o Woe' (1993), Art Farmer senses 'Cold Breeze' (1958) and Milt Jackson joins Bobby Hutcherson (Video) on HARD CHOICES Saturdays 11am-1pm -Shawn K



Wednesday, June 8, 2011

HARD CHOICES 2010/11/13

This is what the program sounds like... "Bom Gia," hosted by Krishna is the first 12 minutes, then HC begins.



12:55PM LETS FALL IN LOVE / AHMAD JAMAL (AHMAD'S BLUES)
12:46PM FROM THIS MOMENT ON / JOHN JENKINS (JOHN JENKINS WITH KENNY BURRELL)
12:41PM IF I WERE A BELL / WOODY SHAW (IMAGINATION)
12:34PM RECORDA ME / JOE HENDERSON (PAGE ONE)
12:28PM MARVIN'S SONG / STANLEY TURRENTINE (IF I COULD)
12:21PM THE BLUE ROOM / THAD JONES (DETROIT / NEW YORK JUNCTION)
12:08PM SOFTLY AS IN A MORNING SUNRISE / EDDIE HARRIS (EDDIE WHO)
12:02 PM 1000 RAINBOWS / BUDDY MONTGOMERY (HERE AGAIN)
11:48AM SUNFLOWERS / WYNTON MARSALIS (THE MARCIAC SUITE)
11:41AM YES AND NO / BRANFORD MARSALIS (RANDOM ABSRACT)
11:28AM OLEO / DONALD HARRISON (FOR ART'S SAKE)
11:21AM SPY / BEN ALLISON (MEDICINE WHEEL)
11:08AM THE WORK SONG / MONTY ALEXANDER (LIVE AT THE IRIDIUM)
11:02AM I REMEMBER YOU / CANNONBALL ADDERLEY (CANNONBALL TAKES CHARGE)

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Birthdays (4): Anthony Braxton 1948 (video- on Shaw), Oliver Nelson (1932) engaged 'Soul Battle,' Paquito D'Rivera (1948) abides 'Havana Cafe' and Winard Harper (1962) sails 'How Deep Is The Ocean.' Then 'Strollin' with Karrin Allyson & Jon Hendricks on HARD CHOICES Saturdays 11am-1pm

12:33pm PST at 89.1FM KMHD

Birthdays (4): Anthony Braxton 1948 (video- on Shaw), Oliver Nelson (1932) engaged 'Soul Battle', Paquito D'Rivera (1948) abides 'Havana Cafe' and Winard Harper (1962) sails 'How Deep Is The Ocean'. Then 'Strollin' with Karrin Allyson & Jon Hendricks on HARD CHOICES Saturdays 11am-1pm http://hardchoicesblog.blogspot.com/ -Shawn K