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Listeners’ Favorites

This week (drum roll....), it's listeners' favorites from shows 431 to 440. From classic jazz to today's music, our listeners have discerning and eclectic tastenever forgetting the blues and funk. Enjoy the show! Playlist Don Braden, Karl Latham Grover Miles" from Big Funk Live (Creative Perspective) 00:00 Grant Green Let The Music Take ...
Your Brain on Frets and More

Lots of guitar this week: John Scofield with Bill Frisell, Jim Hall, Pat Martino, Tiny Grimes, Kevin Eubanks with Dave Holland, Bill Jennings (an influence on B.B. King), and Paul Bollenback with Jim Snidero. We also have a couple of tracks from the currently unavailable Fred HerschEsperanza Spalding duo set live at the Village Vanguard (a ...
Prestige Records: An Alternative Top 20 Albums

Along with Alfred Lion's Blue Note and Orrin Keepnews' Riverside, Bob Weinstock's Prestige was at the top table of independent New York City-based jazz labels from the early 1950s until the mid 1960s. Like those other two labels, Prestige built up a profuse catalogue packed with enduring treasures. Originally a record retailer, Weinstock ...
Bill Jennings and Leo Parker

In the early 1950s, before modern jazz giants emerged with the rise of the 12-inch LP and the prestigious signing of Miles Davis to Columbia Records, R&B was all the rage. Independent radio saw to that, since many small stations in African-American communities played R&B records. They attracted larger listening audiences than jazz singles. Back then, ...
Bill Jennings: 'Enough Said'

Like many musicians who weren't pure jazz players but had to earn a living in the 1950s, guitarist Bill Jennings spent much of his all-too brief career in R&B bands. When he did drift into jazz, it was often with groove crossover artists like organist Brother" Jack McDuff and tenor saxophonist Willis Gator" Jackson. Guitarists like ...
Glide On
Label: Prestige Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Enough Said/ Tough Gain/ Volare (aka Nel Blu, Dipinto Di Blu)/ Dark Eyes/ It Could Happen To You/ Blue Jams/ Dig Uncle Will/ Glide On/ Alexandria, Virginia/ Billin
Bill Jennings/Jack McDuff: Glide On

To most readers Brother Jack is probably the more recognizable name on this double billing disc. Jennings was something of an obscurity even when these sessions were originally released, but not because of a lack of talent. His easy, blues-based style and clean touch on the strings contrast his anonymity and describe a musician who really ...