Thursday, September 21, 2006

Listen to Lieb, The Hawk and more this Sunday on
Freedom Jazz Dance.

5 – 7 PM Sunday
WDCE 90.1 FM
Listen via streamcast at http://www.wdce.org/
804-289-UR90 Studio

Join me this Sunday for Freedom Jazz Dance--- modern jazz from bebop to freebop and beyond---on 90.1 FM WDCE http://www.wdce.org/, live from the beautiful campus of the University of Richmond. This week I’ll be featuring selections from Dave Liebman, Pete LaRoca, Steve Slagle, Coleman Hawkins and Rahsaan Roland Kirk, just to name a few.

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.

Freedom Jazz Blog Question of the Week:

Smooth Jazz…Good or Evil?

Blog away! I’d love to hear from you. Virginia artists, please send me your latest gig dates so that I can post them.

Thanks to the Richmond Jazz Society for sponsoring a great guest educator’s show with Donald Harrison. Man, what a hot show that was! Visit them at http://www.vajazz.org/ today and git involved!

Playlist for the show will be posted following the broadcast and new audio features will be added soon.

Dig.

Ken Hohman
Freedom Jazz Dance Host

Sunday, September 10, 2006

FJD Playlist for September 10, 2006

Malachi Thompson—Black Metropolis—Blue Jazz—Delmark—2003

Malachi Thompson—It Is Not True Simply Because You Cannot Believe It—47th Street—Delmark—1993

Malachi Thompson—Blues For A Saint Called Louis—Blue Jazz—Delmark—2003

Steve Slagle—New New York—Omni Tone—2006

Eric Alexander—Where Is The Love—High Note—2006

Slim Gaillard & His Orchestra—Santa Monica Jump—Majestic 78

Andrew Hill—For Emilio—Time Lines—Blue Note—2006

Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis—My Blue Heaven—Royal Roost 78

Pete LaRoca—Bliss—Turkish Women at the Bath—Douglas/Fresh Sound—1967

Jimmy Wisner Trio—Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child—Apperception—Chancellor—1962

Thelonious Monk—Bright Mississippi—Monk In Paris at the Olympia—1965

Clifford Jordan—Laconia—Blue Note—1957

Louis Armstrong & His Orch—Coal Cart Blues—Decca 78

Red Rodney—Yard’s Pad—Sonet—1976


Records From Aunt Ruth Entry

Chris Barber’s Jazz Band
“Petite Fleur”
Petite Fleur
Laurie Records 1959


Two-Of-A-Kind Entry

The Vernon Duke composition “Autumn In New York”

Version 1:
Billie Holiday, Verve Records 1952 w/ Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown and Alvin Stoller

Version 2:
Dexter Gordon from Daddy Plays The Horn, Bethlehem Records 1955
Dex, ts; Kenny Drew, piano; Leroy Vinnegar, bass; Larry Marable, drums.

Thursday, September 07, 2006


Dig music from the late, great Malachi Thompson.
This Sunday on Freedom Jazz Dance from 5-7 on 90.1 FM http://www.wdce.org/
804-289-UR90 Studio

Join me this Sunday for Freedom Jazz Dance--- modern jazz from bebop to freebop and beyond. This week I’ll be featuring a few cuts from the brilliant freebop trumpeter, innovator and educator Malachi Thompson, who unfortunately passed away this summer. I’ll also be spinning superior selections from Thelonious Monk, NYC saxophonist Steve Slagle and tenor titan Eric Alexander. I’ll also be cueing up a few choice 78s I recently acquired….forward to the past!

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.

Freedom Jazz Blog Question of the Week:

Who’s the best trumpeter out there today?

Blog away! I’d love to hear from you. Virginia artists, please send me your latest gig dates so that I can post them.

Playlists for each show will be posted following the broadcast and new audio features will be added soon.

Dig.

Ken Hohman
Freedom Jazz Dance Host