"What better way to celebrate Independence Day than with an hour of jazz, America’s true art form that we all love so much! Today’s episode of The Jazz Hole features music by NYC-based Serbian-born guitarist and composer Rale Micic, Brooklyn-based composer and pianist Noah Haidu and his new trio album with Maestros Buster Williams and Billy Hart, the Berlin Mallet Group founded by the Japanese marimbist, vibraphonist and composer Taiko Saito, who is also featured on a duo track with the Japanese pianist and composer Satoko Fujii, as well as music from Serendipity by the Massachusetts-based, Kansas City-born composer and guitarist John Stein, and from Branches, Vol. 2 by the NYC-based Japanese violinist and composer Tomoko Omura.

Rale Micic - “Only Love Will Stay” & “Savas”

Album: Only Love Will Stay

Rale Micic (g), Jared Gold (org) and Geoff Clapp (d)

Noah Haidu, Buster Williams, Billy Hart - “Slowly” & “Keith Jarrett”

Album: Slowly: Song For Keith Jarrett

Noah Haidu (p), Buster Williams (b) and Billy Hart (d)

Berlin Mallet Group, Taiko Saito - Komodo no kodomo

Album: Sogni d’oro

Taiko Saito (marimba, comp, arr), David Friedman (vib), Julius Heise, Raphael Meinhart and Hauke Renken (marimba)

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Satoko Fujii & Taiko Saito (Futari) - Ame No Ato

Album: Beyond

Satoko Fujii (p, comp) and Taiko Saito (vib)

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John Stein - “Labor of Love” & “Elvin!”

Album: Serendipity

John Stein (g), Ed Lucie (b-g) and Mike Connors (d)

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Tomoko Omura - “Tomie’s Blues” & “Urashima Suite”

Album: Branches, Vol. 2

Tomoko Omura (violin, comp, arr), Jeff Miles (g), Glenn Zaleski (p), Pablo Menares (b) and Jay Sawyer (d)

00:00 - The Jazz Hole with Linus

02:49 - Only Love Will Stay - Rale Micic

08:30 - Savas - Rale Micic

13:40 - Slowly - Noah Haidu, Buster Williams, Billy Hart

19:08 - The Jazz Hole with Linus

21:55 - Keith Jarrett - Noah Haidu, Buster Williams, Billy Hart

26:21 - Komodo no kodomo - Berlin Mallet Group, Taiko Saito

32:24 - Ame No Ato - Satoko Fujii, Taiko Saito, Futari

36:55 - The Jazz Hole with Linus

41:12 - Labor of Love - John Stein

46:01 - Elvin! - John Stein

51:25 - Tomie’s Blues - Tomoko Omura

56:58 - The Jazz Hole with Linus

59:38 - Urashima Suite - Tomoko Omura

66:18 - Finish

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