Tony Davenport's Jazz Session

The Jazz Session No.381 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in September 2024, featuring a very cool 2023 album “Polar Waters”, from the Joshua Jaswon Octet – with shades of Return to Forever and Flora Purim. TRACK LISTING:Feel No Fret - Average White Band; The Hustler - The Crusaders; Sweet and Hot - Fletcher Henderson; Climax Rag - George Lewis and his New Orleans Stompers; Deception Island - Joshua Jaswon Octet; Seasick Part 1: Gannets - Joshua Jaswon Octet; The Things Are Here - Dizzy Gillespie; New Rhumba - Miles Davis & Gil Evans; Unknown Soldier - Weather Report; Miles Beyond - Mahavishnu Orchestra; You Don't Know What Love Is - John Coltrane; How About You - Stan Getz; Gimme Dat Harp Boy - Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band; Invocation & Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin - Frank Zappa & The Mothers; Karner Blue - Joshua Jaswon Octet; Swimming in Winter - Joshua Jaswon Octet; Floater - Carla Bley; Laugh Lines  - The Impossible Gentlemen; Newk's Fadeaway - Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet; Flying Colours - Mike Manieri.

The Jazz Session No.380 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in September 2024, a tribute to the late, great Bossa-nova jazz maestro, Sergio Mendes. TRACK LISTING: Don't Be That Way - Benny Goodman; Livery Stable Blues - Kenny Ball; Dois Dias - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66; Masquerade - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66; Borogroves - National Health; Springtime in Siberia and Adios A La Pasada - Bill Bruford; O Grande Amor - Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto; August Day Song - Bebel Gilberto; Blue Because of You - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra; Vartha - Joel Ross; Makin' Whoopee - Frank Sinatra; Comes Once In A Lifetime - Judy Garland; Constant Rain (Chove Chuva) - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66; Viramundo - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66; Le Dejeuner Sue L'herbe - The New Jazz Orchestra ; The Adventures of Manbush - John Surman; Chega de Saudade - Chick Corea/Gary Burton; Brigas Nunca Mais - Paula Morelenbaum; Norwegian Wood - Herbie Hancock; Concorde - Gil Evans.

The Jazz Session No.379 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in September 2024, featuring the tremendous 2022 album “Makram”, from vibraphone maestro Joe Locke. TRACK LISTING: Spectrum - The Tony Williams Lifetime; Chronology - Ornette Coleman; In the Still of the Night - Oscar Peterson; Empty Pockets - Herbie Hancock; Tushkin - Joe Locke; Song for Vic Juris - Joe Locke; Deep Purple - Artie Shaw, w. Helen Forrest voc.; I Ain't Got Nobody (and there's Nobody Cares for Me) - Lester Young w/Basie's Bad Boys; Part of the Dance (part one) - Matching Mole; All White - Soft Machine; La Saboteuse - Yazz Ahmed; Fiveways - arun ghosh; Stratusphunk - Gil Evans; Better Git In Your Soul - Charles Mingus; Interwoven Hues - Joe Locke; Makram - Joe Locke; Keepin' Out of Mischief Now - Dave Brubeck; Bop-Be - Keith Jarrett; Bourbon Street Parade - Wilbur de Paris; Jungle Blues - Jelly Roll Morton.

The Crossing No.67 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in September 2024, featuring the Ben Ottewell, of Gomez, and his 2011 album “Shapes & Shadows”. TRACK LISTING: Drifting - Jimi Hendrix; Terraplane Blues - Robert Johnson; Who Will Sing Me Lullabies - Kate Rusby; Polly On the Shore - Bella and Polly; All Brand New - Ben Ottewell; Take This Beach - Ben Ottewell; Betsy Baker - Bellowhead; A Pagan Place - The Waterboys; Le Poete et la Rose - Les Enfants Terribles; Naufragee De Tendre (Shipwrecked) - Kate & Anna McGarrigle; Blackbird - Ben Ottewell; Chicago - Ben Ottewell; These Are the Things - The Trials of Cato; The Hollow Trophy - Tom Blackwell.

The Jazz Session No.378 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in Aug-Sep 2024, featuring the legendary jazz-rock guitarist John McLaughlin and one of his early releases from 1969 “Extrapolation”. TRACK LISTING: Nutrition - James Taylor Quartet; Se E Tarde Me Perdoa (Forgive Me If I'm Late) - Quincy Jones & His Orchestra ; Further - Federica Michisanti Trioness; Visa Från Utanmyra - Jan Johansson; Arjen's Bag - John McLaughlin; It's Funny - John McLaughlin; I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate - Chris Barber's Jazz & Blues Band; Now You Has Jazz - Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong; Hiba - John Pope Quintet; Wail - Joel Ross; Bemsha Swing - Thelonius Monk; Am I Wasting My Time - Earl "Fatha' Hines; When Lights Are Low - Benny Carter; Day Dream - Duke Ellington; Extrapolation - John McLaughlin; Binky's Beam - John McLaughlin; Stratus [all of it] - Billy Cobham; My Latin Brother - George Benson; Alamode - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers; Blue Waltz - Clark Terry.

The Jazz Session No.377 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in August 2024, featuring the stunning solo piano album “Your Mother Should Know” by Brad Mehldau, and his take on the Beatles classics. TRACK LISTING: The Crane and the Crow - Fat-Suit; Do The Jangle - Esbjorn Svensson Trio; I Know, Don't Know How - Gerry Mulligan; Soul Eyes - John Coltrane; Maxwell's Silver Hammer - Brad Mehldau; Here, There and Everywhere - Brad Mehldau; Galaxy - Alfa Mist; Anemone - Wayne Krantz; Spiral - The Crusaders; Can You Dig It? - Grover Washington Jr.; Chega de Saudade - Chick Corea and Gary Burton; Canopy & Stars - Matthew Halsall; Dr. Jackle - Miles Davis; Johnny Come Lately - Dizzy Gillespie; Baby's In Black - Brad Mehldau; I Am the Walrus - Brad Mehldau; Swingtime in the Springtime - Djano Reinhardt; Loris - Joe Puma; Nightlife - Maynard Ferguson and His Orchestra; I Love Paris - Marty Paich.

The Jazz Session No.376 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in August 2024, featuring the excellent 2022 contemporary album “Dreamers”, from Mark Lockheart. TRACK LISTING: Lover Come Back to Me - Ben Webster; Dick's Boogie - Vic Lewis/Jack Parnell Jazzmen; Pick Up The Pieces - Average White Band; Guerilla - Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson; Marmalade Skies - Mark Lockheart; Fluorescences - Mark Lockheart; You're Sensational - Frank Sinatra; I've Grown Accustomed to her Face - Tony Bennett with the Count Basie Orchestra; The Stolen Moment - Eddie Lockjaw Davis Big Band; The Lydiot - George Russell and his Orchestra; Virginia Avenue - Tom Waits; New York State of Mind - Billy Joel; Landfill - Joshua Jaswon Octet; Hiba - John Pope Quintet; Nature v Nurture - Mark Lockheart; Dreamers - Mark Lockheart; Livery Stable Blues - Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen; Nobody's Sweetheart - Eddie Condon; Jordu - Stan Getz & Chet Baker; When Your Lover Has Gone - Sonny Rollins.

The Jazz Session No.375 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in August 2024, featuring the highly accomplished and stylish 2022 album “Jazz is Dead 14”, from Henry Franklin, with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad. TRACK LISTING: You'll Know When You Get There - Herbie Hancock; Third Floor Richard - Charles Lloyd Quartet; Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart - Judy Garland; They Can't Take That Away From Me - Billie Holliday, w. Count Basie & His Orchestra; The Griot - Henry Franklin, w. Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad; People's Revolution - Henry Franklin, w. Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad; New St. Louis Blues - Ottilie Patterson, w. Chris Barber's Jazz Band; Too Busy - Ken Colyer's Jazzmen; Fables of Faubus - Charles Mingus; Las Vegas Tango - Michael Gibbs ; Dance: Lucy's Story - Lalo; Home - Joel Ross; Life Goes On: Life Goes On - Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard & Steve Swallow; Azure - Cecil Taylor; African Sun - Henry Franklin, w. Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad; Karibu - Henry Franklin, w. Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad; Blues for H.G. - Oscar Peterson; Why Do I Love You - Dave Brubeck; Cerebral Folds - Flightless Birds; Wonderful Slippery Thing - Guthrie Govan.

The Jazz Session No.374 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in August 2024, featuring the late, great jazz/blues musician and band-leader John Mayall, along with tracks from famous and lesser-known collaborators. TRACK LISTING: It Doesn't Matter - Spyro Gyra; Being With You - George Benson; What'd I Say - John Mayall; You Can't Take It With You - Keef Hartley, w. Miller Anderson [gtr/voc]; 500 Miles High - Chick Corea and Return to Forever, w. Flora Purim; Don't Know Why - Norah Jones; I'm A Stranger - John Mayall; Goin' Away Baby - Eric Clapton; Robot Portrait - Quincy Jones & His Orchestra ; Roses are Red - Michael Gibbs Band; Unknown Soldier - Weather Report; Easy Did It - Dave Holland Quintet; Killing Time - John Mayall; Dusk Fire - The New Jazz Orchestra [Jon Hiseman]; Marram - Matt Carmichael; On Pink Lane - Abbie Finn Trio; Have You Heard - John Mayall; Love That Burns - Fleetwood Mac [Peter Green, John McVie]; Why Can't You Behave - Oscar Peterson; Alexander's Ragtime Band - Yorkshire Jazz Band.

The Crossing No.65 from RaidersBroadcast.com as aired in August 2024, featuring the superb 1999 folk-rock album “Happy Accident” from The Albion Band. TRACK LISTING: Hanging on a Star - Nick Drake; My Man On Love - Judee Sill; Wayfaring Stranger - Johnny Cash; Snakes on Everything - Little Feat; Wings - The Albion Band; The Landslide - The Albion Band; The Well Below the Valley - Planxty; The Old Wagon Way - Sam Sweeney; Drove - Robbie Cavanagh; Squares and Circles - john smith; Hearts of Coal - The Albion Band; Pear Tree - The Albion Band; Easy Ladder - Dave Ellis & Book Howard; Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell.