This weeks some of the Funkiest, Hippest and most Modern sounds of Modern Jazz.  We hear some of the more modern sounds of jazz but rarely do we get to hear those that are pushing the formforward.  You’ll hear many new styles of Jazz including Acid Jazz, Future Jazz and Jazz Electrico from artitsts like Nicola Conte, Count Basic, Ceu, Tuatara, Bliss and many more.

The future is here and it sounds oh so sweet!!

This Week’s Playlist:

Jazz Odyssey - Jazz ODC #181 Playlist

Tunes, tunes, tunes – some you have heard many I am sure you have not. Just a little bit of the music that I have been listening o over the last month and I just have to share it with you. You’ll hear music from John McLaughlin, The Renegades, Saint Germain, Galactic, Barbara Dennerlein and so much more. Tune in, sit back, relax and enjoy the sounds of Modern Jazz mixed Chris style!!!

This Weeks Playlist:

Jazz Odyssey - Jazz ODC Playlist #180

It’s 2010 and time to look forward in the new decade, and tonight we look forward with the music of Will Bernard. Guitarist and Band Leader from San Francisco picks and twits his way through the show with some hot modern jazz sounds. We’ll hear music from his trio off his “Directions To My House” and “Party Hats” recordings as well as his work with the group TJ Kirk and John Medeski.

Kickin’ the year off right, rockin’ and rollin’ on Jazz ODC.

This Weeks Playlist:

Jazz Odyssey - Jazz ODC Playlist #179

Somewhere in my musical travels I stumbled across 3 recordings by a Chicago based Fusion band and set them aside with the idea to feature them on a show.  Many new releases and several months later I stumbled back across The Renegades and wondered “What was I waiting for?”  This is some of the hottest modern fusion I have heard and I just can’t stop listening to this group.  Check out music from Duncannon Shenanigan, Stuffed Animal Baseball and Doppler Olympics – all three – very nice recordings.  You can pick up this self published and self released band’s music at CD Baby and a few other online retailers including iTunes.

This Weeks Playlist:

Jazz Odyssey Playlist #178

Once a year as we prepare for “The Big Feast” we like to look back and give thanks for all we have and all we know. We know that the origin of this great day may not have been as we were once taught in school, happy pilgrims giving thanks to their new found friends. But we celebrate non-the-less and hope that we have a better understanding and respect for all people of this land and the world. Well, at least that what I hope for and maybe through good modern jazz I can bring us togther at least for a couple of hours.

Check out music by Herbie Hancock, Gilad Atzman, Happy Apple, Cuong Vu, Tuatara, The Bad Plus, Terra Nine and much more. Put down that turkey leg, and put your listening ears on it Jazz ODC!

This Weeks Playlist:

Jazz Odyssey - Jazz ODC Playlist #177

The newest in jazz recordings just off the proverbial press. Some of the latest recordings that have made there way through my ears and into yours! Many recordings are just released or soon to made public to the general public. Music from Avishai Cohen, Square Playa, 4 Hero, Benny Reid, Ramsey Lewis, Garage A Trois and Gary Burton.

A nice mix of tunes from classic jazz artists with new sounds and a host of groups you may never have listened to before.  Why?  Because their Brand Spankin’ New – Enjoy!!

This Weeks Playlist:

Jazz Odyssey Playlist #176

It’s time again for a monthly mix show. Something that comes around every month or two when I find a shows worth of music that I think you should hear but may not know it’s out there. This month my favorites include music by Isotope 217, Andy Summers, Four Tet, Air, Nicola Conte, No jazz and more.

This may not be music that you have listen to lately but believe me you should and I will enjoy everytime I get to play for you my, Monthly Mix. Enjoy!!

This Week’s Playlist:

Jazz Odyssey Playlist #175

A special Halloween episode of Modern Jazz on this weeks show.  All songs are about cats, witches, ghosts or things only seen on a dark and scary October evening.  Music from Vital Information, Mike Stern, Al Di Meola, Trio Da Paz Trilok Gurtu and much more.

Turn out the lights and enjoy a particularly Ghoulish episode of Jazz ODC!!

This Week’s Playlist:

Jazz Odyssey Playlist #174

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey – the name is as unique as the sounds they produce. For well over a decade this band has brought us their style of jazz through original compositions and inventive covers, running the gamut from Flaming Lips to Beethoven.  We have enjoyed it all.  The band is currently on their release tour for their new recording “One Day In Brooklyn”, this tour features pianist/leader/founder Brian Haas, drummer Josh Raymer, upright bassist Matt Hayes, and guitarist Chris Combs.  Some dates on the tour will even add Mike Gordon, bassist from Phish, as if you needed more incentive to check out a live show.

The band not only pushes the envelope in sound but is at the forefront of digital music and digital downloads.  They offer many live recordings for download on their website and a download of their recording “Winterwood” is totally free on the site, a thanks to years worth of fans, head over there now by clicking HERE.

We’ll here music from The Sameness Of Difference, Live @ Largo, Winterwood and the new release “One Day In Brooklyn”.  I also have some interview segments with Brian Hass talking about the band and composition and new projects.

Catch this show then head out to catch a live show – both worth every minute and more.

This Week’s Playlist:

Jazz Odyssey Playlist #173

To say that JFJO’s music transcends boundaries and expands minds is an understatement. Since 1994, JFJO has brought their impressionistic and improvisational vision from the Midwest’s Bible-Belt to many of the world’s finest music festivals and clubs. Music listeners are blown away by JFJO’s instrumental creativity, musical risk, and near telepathy on stage. In the past 18 months, JFJO has travelled to Europe four times and have played at major jazz festivals all over the world.

A description of JFJO’s new sound for those yet to hear the latest incarnation is in order — this is after all a band once described by Signal To Noise as having “a breadth and vision nearly untouched in modern jazz except by the likes of Wayne Shorter and Bill Frisell.” With the addition of Combs on lap steel and Hayes on acoustic bass, JFJO has perhaps invented its own genre: red dirt jazz, equal parts earthy and nimble, pastoral and sweeping, elegant and rollicking.

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey comes to Neenah, WI Oct 23 – Cranky Pats Pizzaria

See you there!!!!!!!