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Podcast: Celebrating Sonny Rollins

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This week’s theme: Sonny Rollins. Featured artists include Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, Clifford Brown, Richie Powell, George Morrow, Miles Davis, Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke, George Cables, Bob Cranshaw, David Lee, Ray Brown, Shelley Manne, Barney Kessel, Hampton Hawes, Leroy Vinnegar, Ben Riley, Jim Hall, Ray Bryant, Red Garland, Philly Joe Jones, Paul Chambers, Wade Legge, Kenny Dorham, Tommy Flanagan.

In addition to this podcast featuring Sonny Rollins, I’ve also done several Sonny-themed podcasts in the past. Here’s a list:

April 21, 2025, Sonny and Trane, Trane and Sonny

Nov. 11, 2024, Rollins Plays Rollins

May 27, 2024, Sonny Rollins, European Tour, 1959

Jan. 29, 2024, Random Rollins

June 26, 2023, Sonny Rollins, Prestige

The one from June 26, 2023, was  the third show I ever did and the first themed show after two introductory shows.

Podcast: John Coltrane, Atlantic

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This week’s theme: Pretty simple, John Coltrane on the Atlantic label. Featured artists include John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Eric Dolphy, Don Cherry, Freddie Hubbard, Tommy Flanagan, Cedar Walton, Paul Chambers, Arthur Taylor, Steve Davis, Milt Jackson, Hank Jones, Connie Kay, Reggie Workman, Charles Haden.

Podcast: All The Things Must Pass

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This week’s theme: All the Things You Are in multiple settings. Featured artists include Art Tatum, Ben Webster, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Eddie Gomez, Tal Farlow, Dan Axelrod, Eddie Costa, Booker Ervin, Tommy Flanagan, Richard Davis, Alan Dawson, Phineas Newborn Jr., Oscar Pettiford, Kenny Clarke, Johnny Griffin, John Coltrane, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Art Blakey, Ella Fitzgerald, Horace Silver, Rosemary Clooney, Scott Hamilton, Warren Vache, Carmen McRae, Kenny Dorham, Doug Watkins, Dexter Gordon, Barry Harris, Buster Williams, Tootie Heath.

Podcast: More of the Best of ’26

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Continuing last week’s theme, celebrating the New Year with jazz vinyl featuring the number 26 in the catalog number. Featured artists include Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, Tommy Flanagan, George Morrow, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Joe Morello, Eugene Wright, Ella Fitzgerland, Nelson Riddle, Kenny Drew, Lawrence Marable, Curtis Counce, Harold Land, Jack Sheldon, Billie Holiday, Benny Carter, John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Clifford Brown, Gigi Gryce, Percy Heath, John Lewis, Art Blakey, Buddy Rich, Sweets Edison, Willie Smith, George Wiggins, Bill Evans, Zoot Sims, Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean, Duke Pearson, Doug Watkins, Lex Humphries, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, Earl Coleman, and more.

 

Podcast: The Best of ’26

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This week’s theme: Celebrating the New Year with jazz vinyl featuring the number 26 in the catalog number. Featured artists include Bud Shank, Bob Cooper, Jack Sheldon, Herb Geller, Loraine Geller, Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, Tommy Flanagan, George Morrow, Clifford Brown, Gigi Gryce, Art Blakey, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Joe Morello, Eugene Wright, Rosemary Clooney, Ella Fitzgerald, Nelson Riddle, Sonny Stitt, Kenny Drew, Lawrence Marable, Curtis Counce, Harold Land, Jack Sheldon, Billie Holiday, Benny Carter, Sweets Edison, Count Basie, Buddy DeFranco, and more.

 

Podcast: The World of Jazz

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This week’s theme: Songs that reference cities and countries around the world, i.e., St. Thomas, Barbados, Spain, Tokyo Blues. You get the hint. Featured artists include Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Horace Silver, Junior Cook, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, Tommy Flanagan, Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, Clifford Brown, Harold Land, Richie Powell, Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O’Day, Chick Correa, Stanley Clarke, Joe Farrell, Airto, Flora Purim, and many more.

 

Podcast: Standards from the Charlie Parker Songbook

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This week’s theme: Standards played by Charlie Parker and others. Featured artists include Charlie Parker, Scott Hamilton, Chris Flory, John Bunch, Phil Flanagan, Chuck Riggs, Sarah Vaughan, Clifford Brown, Roy Haynes, Paul Quinichette, Carmen McRae, Anita O’Day, Tony Aless, Max Roach, Charles Mingus, Dave Lambert, Sonny Rollins, Barney Kessel, Hampton Hawes, Leroy Vinnegar, Shelly Manne, Herbie Mann, Max Roach, Al Haig, Percy Heath, John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Steve Davis, Lou Donaldson, Blue Mitchell, Horace Silver, Art Blakey,  Booker Ervin, Richard Davis, Tommy Flanagan, Alan Dawson, Bill Evans, Eddie Gomez.

 

Podcast: Dexter Gordon, Prestige (Plus a Litte More)

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This week’s theme: Dexter Gordon on Prestige, late 1970s, early 1970s, with a little extra thrown in. Featured artists include Dexter Gordon, James Moody, Gene Ammons, Kenny Drew, Barry Harris, Buster Williams, Tootie Heath, Dizzy Reece, Slide Hampton, Neils-Henning Orsted Peterson, Arthur Taylor, Tommy Flanagan, Larry Ridley, Alan Dawson,Jodie Christian, John Young, Rufus Reid, Cleveland Eaton, Wilbur Campbell, SteveMcCall, Karin Krog, and more.

 

eBaying With Blue Train and a Rerun of Moose the Mooche

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I mentioned that my watch list runneth over and, as it happens, some of the auctions I was watching have runneth over as well. Let’s see what happened, starting with John Coltrane, Blue Train, Blue Note 1577. This was an original deep groove pressing, with side one bearing the New York 23 logo. The seller was Funkyousounds and the neglected to mention the labels. But they were clear to see for anyone looking at the pictures. The record was listed in VG++ condition and the cover was VG+. The final price was $5,100. I’ve never thought to ask this before, but have you ever wondered why they called the record Blue Train as opposed to Blue Trane? Read more