What Is Jazz? Vol.1 with Jimmy Mac

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What is Jazz? Is it freedom, is it tradition, is it alive, does it continue to evolve and thrive or is it an art form stuck in time? I cannot answer any of these questions or even really tell you what Jazz is. I can tell you how it makes me feel, where it takes me and what it means to me, but best I leave that to the music which does it much more eloquently.

This is the first installment of a series in which I invite my favourite Jazz selectors to curate 45 minutes of tracks that define (albeit briefly) their visions of Jazz and what it means to them. I then attempt to provide my own 45 minutes inspired by their selections. This is a powerful challenge for all involved and will be a deep and transporting journey for the listener as well.

First up we have my good friend and one of the best Jazz selectors around, DJ Jimmy Mac.

Playlist

• J.A.M. "Age of No Quality" 0:00
• Soul Scratchers "Scratch My Back Pt. 1" 1:49
• Gregory Porter "Real Good Hands" 4:10
• Harmonic 313 "Exotica" 8:40
• McDonald & Giles Birdman "Birdman Flies!" 12:38
• Jorge Dalto "Sky" 15:57
• Funky DL "Intermission" 21:00
• Shag "Glass" 21:25
• [AUG] "Can I Kick It Bonita?" 25:00
• Art Blakey "A Chant For Bu" 28:35
• Bjorn Alke Quartet "Blues Upp Och Ner" 32:33
• Azymuth "Diz No Pé" 35:55
• CHRISTIAN PROMMER "Strings of Life" 38:11
• Gil Scott-Heron "Sharing" 42:34
• Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys "Gettin' Down" 48:10
• Bahama Soul Club "Malago ft. Danay Suarez" 52:06
• Gap Mangione "The XIth Commandment" 55:39
• Miles Davis "Mr.Freedom X" 58:55
• Jose James "Park Bench People" 1:00:46
• Hal Singer & Jef Gilson "Garvey's Strut" 1:06:38
• Brian Auger "Love for Sale" 1:12:36
• Terrace Martin "Valdez Off Crenshaw" 1:16:27
• Thievery Corporation "A Gentle Dissolve (Shawn Lee Ping Pong Orchestra Remix)" 1:20:47
• Medeski Martin & Wood "Strance of the Spirit Red Gator" 1:24:31
• Blackbyrds "Wilford's Gone" 1:30:09
• The Herbaliser "A Mother (For Your Mind)" 1:32:29

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