Jazz Bastard Podcast

Tonight the bastard is in the hands of fate, handing itself over on a . . . well you get the idea. The ladies are in charge, and the boys are all over the road. Nicholas Vines – TORRID NATURE SCENES; Gil Scott Heron – SPIRITS; Charlie Parker – SOUTH OF THE BORDER; Anat Cohen – NOTES FROM THE VILLAGE.

Mike and Pat dip their toes into the career of boy wizard and honorary Canadian Chris Potter. Marian McPartland – IN MY LIFE; Joanne Brackeen – PINK ELEPHANT MAGIC; Steely Dan – TWO AGAINST NATURE; Chris Potter – FOLLOW THE RED LINE, THE SIRENS.

The other white Evans in Miles Davis' life, Gil's solo career apart from the prince of darkness is a mixed bag, which Mike and Pat stick their hands into with the usual sticky results. Does the Bastard like Gil better than Stanley Crouch does? Tune in to find out. Gil Evans – GREAT JAZZ STANDARDS; NEW BOTTLES, OLD WINE; WHERE FLAMINGOS FLY; PLAYS THE MUSIC OF JIMI HENDRIX; Ryan Truesdell – CENTENNIAL- NEWLY DISCOVERED WORKS OF GIL EVANS

The Bastard welcomes Indianapolis native, tenor sax player and raconteur Sophie Faught as its first guest. Sophie share her formative influences, favorite albums, and thoughts about the Tenor Players of Today. Mike demonstrates his skills as "Pat Whisperer." Hank Mobley – SOUL STATION; John Coltrane – CRESCENT; Joe Henderson – DOUBLE RAINBOW. Oh yeah- it is ON, Mark Turner!

The boys discuss one classic and three contemporary artists in an all vocal, all male, all scattin' installment of the 'cast. Mel Torme – LULU'S BACK IN TOWN; Kurt Elling – THE MESSENGER; Kevin Mahogany – ANOTHER TIME ANOTHER PLACE; Gregory Porter – BE GOOD. Mike says disparaging things about Sinatra's sex appeal but Pat is too afraid of the mob to go on record . . .

Covers are the order of the day as the bastard looks at three albums that hew closely to earlier inspirations, with a special focus on Coltrane. John Coltrane – INTERSTELLAR SPACE; Greg Bendian – INTERSTELLAR SPACE REVISITED; Don Cherry – COMPLETE COMMUNION; Tom Varner – SECOND COMMUNION; John Coltrane – A LOVE SUPREME; Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra – A LOVE SUPREME.

It's a mixed bag as the bastard discusses Bryan Ferry Orchestra – THE JAZZ AGE; Gerald Clayton – PARIS: THE BOND SESSIONS; Henry Threadgill – TOMORROW SUNNY/THE REVELRY, SPP; Betty Carter – LOOK WHAT I GOT. Which one to buy? Mike gets vaguely pornographic telling you.

The Incredible Jimmy Smith? The Amazing Bud Powell? How about Bobby "No-Brainer" Hutcherson? Pat and Mike discuss one of the all-time great leaders/side-men/utility players in jazz, whose career stretches over five decades and whose discography is a stairway to the stars. Bobby Hutcherson – DIALOGUE, THE VIEW FROM THE INSIDE, FAREWELL TO KEYSTONE, MIRAGE, SF JAZZ COLLECTIVE (SEASON ONE).

Three alto players rose to prominence in the nineties - but which one was baby bear? Greg Osby - ART FORUM, ST. LOUIS SHOES; Steve Coleman - THE TAO OF MAD PHAT, RESISTANCE IS FUTILE; Kenny Garrett - PURSUANCE, SONGBOOK.

Pat and Mike tangle over seventies super-group Weather Report in this very special episode. WEATHER REPORT, I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC, SWEETNIGHTER, MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER, TALE SPINNIN', BLACK MARKET, HEAVY WEATHER, MR. GONE, NIGHT PASSAGE, WEATHER REPORT 82.

Mike and Pat discuss 8 Bold Souls – LAST OPTION, Enrico Rava – ON THE DANCE FLOOR, Donald Fagen – SUNKEN CONDOS, and Joanne Brackeen – KEYED IN. Bastardy ensues.

After Pat resists Mike's attempt to turn the podcast organic, the boys settle in to discuss a couple of recently released three-LP sets: Sun Ra - THE MYSTERY OF BEING, and Bill Evans - LIVE AT ART D'LUGOFF'S TOP OF THE GATE.

Mike explores the wonderful world of Andrew Durkin's left coast ensemble The Industrial Jazz Group. Meanwhile, Pat grumbles in the corner. What a bastard. Industrial Jazz Group - HARDCORE, CITY OF ANGLES, STAR CHAMBER, INDUSTRIAL JAZZ A GO-GO, LEEF.

What's sexier than a picture of Herbie Mann naked? 90 minutes of the Bastard discussing some favorite albums by jazz flautists! Sam Most and Joe Farrell - FLUTE TALK; Lew Tabackin - RITES OF PAN; James Newton - AXUM, THE AFRICAN FLOWER.

To celebrate Dave Brubeck's prolific and influential career, Mike and Pat get all Benjamin Buttony. Dave Brubeck – PARK AVENUE SOUTH, CLASSICAL BRUBECK, BROTHER, THE GREAT SPIRIT MADE US ALL, TIME OUT, COUNTDOWN – TIME IN OUTER SPACE, TIME IN . . .

Did Blue Note in the late sixties took a page from Mitch Miller in the fifties? Does Jon Brion know how to mike a piano? Just how much wine is required to make Jeff Tweedy's voice palatable? These questions and more answered in this installment of the bastard. Enjoy the flow! Duke Pearson - THE PHANTOM, MERRY OLE SOUL, HOW INSENSITIVE, IT COULD ONLY HAPPEN WITH YOU, I DON'T CARE WHO KNOWS IT; Bad Plus - FOR ALL I CARE; Brad Mehldau - HIGHWAY RIDER, METHENY/MEHLDAU, LARGO.

Mike makes it personal in his discussion of Charles McPherson; Pat pretends to have a super-ego. Charles McPherson - FIRST FLIGHT OUT, Erin McKeown - SING YOU SINNERS, Dave Brubeck Quartet - JAZZ IMPRESSIONS OF THE USA, Robert Glasper - BLACK RADIO.

Pat whispers sweet nothings about neglected alto player Strozier while Mike risks a big Mac attack in this not quite maiden voyage of the bastard. Frank Strozier - REMEMBER ME, David S. Ware - FREEDOM SUITE and SURRENDERED, Nellie McKay - NORMAL AS BLUEBERRY PIE.

The bastard debuts with discussions of Ronald Shannon Jackson - NASTY, Ambrose Akinmusire, WHEN THE HEART EMERGES GLISTENING, and Kat Edmodson - WAY DOWN LOW.