Guitars - Audio Judo Does Jazz

On this episode of Audio Judo Does Jazz, Chris talks about some of the great collaborations that have taken place throughout jazz history. Click here to visit the Audio Judo Does Jazz (AJDJ) website We want to hear from you: Facebook: facebook.com/audiojudodoesjazz Twitter: @audiojudojazz Or email: jazz(at)audiojudo.com For a direct line to Chris with your questions or comments, email: chris(at)audiojudo.com We are proud members of the Pantheon Podcast Network. If you like our show check out other music related podcasts at https://www.pantheonpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Audio Judo Does Jazz, Chris talks about lesser-known but incredibly talented jazz multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Click here to visit the Audio Judo Does Jazz (AJDJ) website We want to hear from you: Facebook: facebook.com/audiojudodoesjazz Twitter: @audiojudojazz Or email: jazz(at)audiojudo.com For a direct line to Chris with your questions or comments, email: chris(at)audiojudo.com We are proud members of the Pantheon Podcast Network. If you like our show check out other music related podcasts at https://www.pantheonpodcasts.com Episode Notes: ALBUM RECOMMENDATIONS: 1) Bright Moments 2) Rip, Rig And Panic 3) Prepare Thyself To Deal With A Miracle 4) The Man Who Cried Fire 5) I Talk With The Spirits – if you’re looking for a full-on flute album 6) Volunteered Slavery – if you’d like to see how he incorporates pop music into jazz 7) Slightly Latin – if you’re looking for something...slightly Latin But basically...try most any of them KIRK AS A SIDE MAN 1) Oh Yeah! - by Charles Mingus 2) The Jaki Byard Experience – by Jaki Byard 3) Out of the Afternoon – by Roy Haynes 4) Walking In Space – by Quincy Jones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Audio Judo Does Jazz, Chris talks about the piano stylings of Art Tatum. Click here to visit the Audio Judo Does Jazz (AJDJ) website We want to hear from you: Facebook: facebook.com/audiojudodoesjazz Twitter: @audiojudojazz Or email: jazz(at)audiojudo.com For a direct line to Chris with your questions or comments, email: chris(at)audiojudo.com We are proud members of the Pantheon Podcast Network. If you like our show check out other music related podcasts at https://www.pantheonpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Audio Judo Does Jazz, **GASP** it's not Chris! This week, Matthew will be taking the lead to talk about the role guitar players have in jazz. Along the way, you might find out a little more about Matthew's musical past as well. Click here to visit the Audio Judo Does Jazz (AJDJ) website We want to hear from you: Facebook: facebook.com/audiojudodoesjazz Twitter: @audiojudojazz Or email: jazz(at)audiojudo.com For a direct line to Chris with your questions or comments, email: chris(at)audiojudo.com We are proud members of the Pantheon Podcast Network. If you like our show check out other music related podcasts at https://www.pantheonpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Audio Judo Does Jazz, Chris goes into detail about what John Coltrane was up to in 1965. Click here to visit the Audio Judo Does Jazz (AJDJ) website We want to hear from you: Facebook: facebook.com/audiojudodoesjazz Twitter: @audiojudojazz Or email: jazz(at)audiojudo.com For a direct line to Chris with your questions or comments, email: chris(at)audiojudo.com We are proud members of the Pantheon Podcast Network. If you like our show check out other music related podcasts at https://www.pantheonpodcasts.com ECOMMENDATIONS: You’ve got to start with A LOVE SUPREME – but I highly recommend doing this ONLY AFTER you’ve looked into his earlier work. From there, you’ve got to look into the following 3 albums: TRANSITION SUN SHIP FIRST MEDITATIONS If you’re able to, get a hold of that live version of A LOVE SUPREME. Fortunately, for all of us, ANOTHER live version of A LOVE SUPREME is coming out this October, recorded in October around the time of the “Live In Seattle” album. If you like what you’ve heard so far, fill in the rest of the gaps with the following: JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET PLAYS… DEAR OLD STOCKHOLM LIVING SPACE MEDITATIONS And if you’re going to go the whole hog: ASCENSION LIVE IN SEATTLE OM If you would like to hear similar spiritually-related recordings, try these artists: Alice Coltrane – Journey To Satchidananda Pharaoh Sanders - Karma Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this completely real and not bootlegged episode of Audio Judo Does Jazz, Chris circles back to talk about Charles Mingus again and what he was up to in the very special year of 1964. Click here to visit the Audio Judo Does Jazz (AJDJ) website We want to hear from you: Facebook: facebook.com/audiojudodoesjazz Twitter: @audiojudojazz Or email: jazz(at)audiojudo.com For a direct line to Chris with your questions or comments, email: chris(at)audiojudo.com We are proud members of the Pantheon Podcast Network. If you like our show check out other music related podcasts at https://www.pantheonpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of AJDJ, Chris talks about another jazz legend who passed away far too young, Eric Dolphy. Click here to visit the Audio Judo Does Jazz (AJDJ) website We want to hear from you: Facebook: facebook.com/audiojudodoesjazz Twitter: @audiojudojazz Or email: jazz(at)audiojudo.com For a direct line to Chris with your questions or comments, email: chris(at)audiojudo.com We are proud members of the Pantheon Podcast Network. If you like our show check out other music related podcasts at https://www.pantheonpodcasts.com If you want to hear more of Eric Dolphy's music, Chris recommends these albums where he was a band leader: Outward Bound Out There Far Cry Live At The Five Spot Eric Dolphy In Europe Volume 1 Musical Prophet: The Iron Man Sessions And as a side man: Charles Mingus - Mingus At Antibes John Coltrane - Ole Coletrane Max Roach - Percussion Bittersweet George Russell - Ezz-thetics Other Notes One Way Of Building An Eric Dolphy Collection - https://www.reddit.com/r/Jazz/comments/72m4e3/one_way_of_building_an_eric_dolphy_collection/ Charles Mingus "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting" footage Live at Antibes 1960 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=vFpuizHSkjY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Audio Judo Does Jazz, Chris lights a lantern to show you the way to discover everything you ever wanted to know about Ornette Coleman Click here to visit the Audio Judo Does Jazz (AJDJ) website We want to hear from you: Facebook: facebook.com/audiojudodoesjazz Twitter: @audiojudojazz Or email: jazz(at)audiojudo.com For a direct line to Chris with your questions or comments, email: chris(at)audiojudo.com We are proud members of the Pantheon Podcast Network. If you like our show check out other music related podcasts at https://www.pantheonpodcasts.com Chris recommends listening to: Ornette Coleman – The Shape of Jazz To Come If you like that, then try: Ornette Coleman – Change of the Century Ornette Coleman – This Is Our Music Ornette Coleman – Town Hall Concert Ornette Coleman – Science Fiction (and that’s just for starters…ALL of his albums on Atlantic Records are worthy) Other artists to try listening to if you like Ornette Coleman: Charles Mingus – Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (that's a lot of Mingus) Grachan Moncur III – Evolution Sun Ra – Jazz In Silhouette (not really an avant garde album, but an incredible record that’s a gateway to more Sun Ra, whose music definitely goes out there) Cecil Taylor – Jazz Advance Some other artists if you want to go way, way, way out there: Peter Brotzman – Machine Gun John Zorn – Spy Vs. Spy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Audio Judo Does Jazz, Chris delves in to the life and times of Sonny Rollins, an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians of the 20th century. Click here to visit the Audio Judo Does Jazz (AJDJ) website We want to hear from you: Facebook: facebook.com/audiojudodoesjazz Twitter: @audiojudojazz Or email: jazz(at)audiojudo.com For a direct line to Chris with your questions or comments, email: chris(at)audiojudo.com We are proud members of the Pantheon Podcast Network. If you like our show check out other music related podcasts at https://www.pantheonpodcasts.com Chris' First Tier Sonny Rollins' Albums: Saxophone Colossus Tour De Force Moving Out Chris' Second Tier: The Sound of Sonny Sonny Rollins, Volume 2 (on Blue Note) Live At The Village Vanguard The Bridge Chris' Third Tier: Everything else he recorded in the 1950’s (including Newk’s Time and Freedom Suite) Albums He played with Others That Are Worth A Listen: Dig – w/Miles Davis Bag’s Groove – w/ Miles Davis Monk – w/ Thelonious Monk Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins – w/Thelonious Monk Clifford Brown & Max Roach At Basin Street – w/Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Audio Judo Does Jazz, Chris talks about legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie “Yard Bird” Parker, a hugely influential figure in the development of bebop jazz. He’s noted for his incredibly fast solos and for bringing ideas like rapidly passing chords, variations of altered chords, and chord substitutions to jazz. Click here to visit the Audio Judo Does Jazz (AJDJ) website We want to hear from you: Facebook: facebook.com/audiojudodoesjazz Twitter: @audiojudojazz Or email: jazz(at)audiojudo.com For a direct line to Chris with your questions or comments, email: chris(at)audiojudo.com We are proud members of the Pantheon Podcast Network. If you like our show check out other music related podcasts at https://www.pantheonpodcasts.com Charlie Parker Listening Recommendations: The Complete Savoy Master Takes AND The Complete Dial Master Takes Swedish Schnapps (The Genius Of Charlie Parker #8, 1951) Bird And Diz (The Genius Of Charlie Parker #4, 1950) Chris would be remiss if he didn’t mention: Charlie Parker With Strings (1949) Charlie Parker All Stars Live At The Royal Roost (Volumes 1 thru 4) (1949) Diz N’ Bird At Carnegie Hall (1947) One Night In Birdland (1950) Chris also wants to add that if you would like to hear Bird’s music in a more modern context try: Sonny Stitt – Endgame Brilliance, a two-fer album, try his disc 1 recordings of “Tune Up!” and “Constellation.” Anthony Braxton – The Charlie Parker Project Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices