Go Dodo With Freedom Jazz Dance This Sunday

Hear the great Dodo Marmarosa and more on Freedom Jazz Dance---modern jazz from bebop to freebop and beyond---on 90.1 FM WDCE and live stream at www.wdce.org. Show time is 5-7 PM. This week I'll also be featuring selections from seminal bebop pianist Dodo Marmarosa, pianist Poul Reiman, alto saxist Steve Coleman and his Five Elements, Sonny Clark and a little tribute to the late, great Jay McShann who passed away recently at the age of 90.

Call in at 804-289-UR90 to give your trash-or-treasure vote during my notorious Records From Aunt Ruth segment and compare jazz compositions during the FJD exclusive Two Of A Kind segment.

Last week's FJD show is uploaded for your listening pleasure.

Missed last week's show? Visit the Freedom Jazz Dance web site at www.freedomjazzdance.net! Playlists are posted following each show and you can even listen to the most recent FJD show in its entirety. Feel free to log on, talk jazz and post your new gig or release.

FJD Holiday Notes

Want the perfect holiday gift for your fellow jazz fan? Look for the Jazzy Santa doll at your local Walgreens. Blows a decent rendition of “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" with piano accompaniment, though you don't know who is playing the piano. My guess is Herbie the dentist elf. Anyway, the holiday Freedom Jazz Dance will take place Christmas Eve from 5-7, so I'm saving up all my yule tunes for then.

A couple of years ago, I wrote a little thing for All About Jazz entitled The Top Ten Christmas Jazz Recordings Of All Time. I guess I did a decent job because people still click on it like crazy. Then again, maybe they click on it because it's lousy. Check it out at http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=949.

Dig.

Ken Hohman
Freedom Jazz Dance Host