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Back to SearchJazz Bastard Podcast 142 - Pat's Happy Place
Season 6 Episode 142
We're back from our extended look at Cecil Taylor's challenging music and ready for more accessible - if equally rewarding - work by various artists …
8 years, 4 months ago
Jazz Bastard Podcast 141 - The Big Difficult
Season 6 Episode 141
Cecil Taylor has always stood somewhat uneasily outside the jazz tradition - at least from the point of view of jazz traditionalists. This episode, …
8 years, 5 months ago
Jazz Bastard Podcast 140 - Hide the Samosa
Season 6 Episode 140
After a serious discussion of where and where not a samosa should be put, the boys launch into examinations of two classic jazz releases and two much…
8 years, 5 months ago
Jazz Bastard Podcast 139 - Party On, Bastards
Season 6 Episode 139
Rump-shakin' is the order of the day when the boys check out four examples of the "party jazz" genre, with influences from New Orleans to India. Sta…
8 years, 6 months ago
Jazz Bastard Podcast 138 - New(ish) Sounds
Season 6 Episode 138
More cherry pickin' from polls, as the boys discuss four 2017 releases that got good notices in the jazz press. All four of these releases give the f…
8 years, 6 months ago
Jazz Bastard Podcast 137 - Dial "S" for "Sultry"
Season 6 Episode 137
It's all female vocalists this time, and the conversations about sultriness get pretty deep - when they aren't painfully shallow. Rene Marie – VERTI…
8 years, 7 months ago
Jazz Bastard Podcast 136 - Mandatory Charleston
Season 6 Episode 136
To put Louis Armstrong into context, Mike leads Pat kicking and screaming through recordings by five of Louis' contemporaries. Who can redeem the pe…
8 years, 7 months ago
Jazz Bastard Podcast 135 - Louie Louie
Season 6 Episode 135
It's a whole episode dedicated to the great Louis Armstrong's 1930's Decca tracks in all their glory and strangeness. Skeletons in the closest will …
8 years, 7 months ago
Jazz Bastard Podcast 134 - For Your Consideration
Season 6 Episode 134
Sometimes we get review copies - sometimes we talk about them. Four youngish artists with quite recentish releases go under the microscope. Then, p…
8 years, 8 months ago
Jazz Bastard Podcast 133 - Back At It
Season 6 Episode 133
Together at last, the boys talk a random assortment of jazz releases and then get to the nitty-gritty: what did Mike think of Hamilton and what is go…
8 years, 8 months ago