This week's episode is about the guitarist Wes Montgomery, a self-taught virtuoso who developed a unique, all thumb approach to the instrument.  I hadn't given Montgomery much of a chance after initially being turned off after hearing some of his later work, so I would like to thank the listeners who requested this episode for getting me to give his music another chance and helping me to discover the wonderful music he made.  

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This week's episode is about the music of Curtis Fuller, a phenomenal trombonist who was one of the earliest in the hard bop idiom of jazz.  It features music from his time playing with John Coltrane, the Jazz Messengers, and others, as well as from his own albums as a leader.  

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This week's episode is about pianist Bobby Timmons.  Timmons' style is sharp, danceable, catchy, and soulful.  He spent time playing in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers before striking out to make a string of fantastic albums as a leader.  

It features music from his time as a Messenger and more from his time as a leader.  

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Announcement: I'll be moving this weekend, so will probably be taking a few weeks off from making the podcast, but will be back soon.  Thanks for listening!

This week's episode is about the amazing, underrated trumpeter Kenny Dorham, and features music from throughout his career.  Great mostly straight-ahead jazz! 

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This week's episode is about the music of bassist Richard Davis.  Davis came up in the Chicago jazz scene, and studied classical music intensively, and went on to play on some of the most interesting, progressive albums of the post bebop era in the 1960's.  it features phenomenal performances from his time playing with Eric Dolphy, Andrew Hill, Jaki Byard and others.

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This week's episode is about the music of drummer Elvin Jones, best known for his time playing with John Coltrane, during the tenor saxophonist's transition into the most prominent figure in the music's avant garde.

It features music by Coltrane's Quartet, and from groups that Jones led and participated in before and after his time with Trane

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I took the last few weeks off to deal with some family stuff. I should be back to a regular schedule beginning next week with an episode about drummer Elvin Jones.  In the meantime, enjoy a preview: Elvin Jones at the peak of his powers with John Coltrane's quartet

Last Saturday, August 29th was the 100 year anniversary of the great Charlie Yardbird Parker's birth, and this happens to be the 100th episode of Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting! Join me to celebrate both with an hour of Bird's music!

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This week's episode is about bassist Jimmy Garrison.  It features music from his early days playing in some fantastic hard bop groups like those of Kenny Dorham, Ted Curson, and Jackie McLean, a track from his time in John Coltrane's Classic Quartet, and some exciting free jazz oriented tracks from later in his career.  Enjoy!

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This week's episode is about the music of bassist Charlie Haden, and features music from the very beginning of his career playing with Paul Bley and Ornette Coleman to the last recordings he made with his own Liberation Music Orchestra. Enjoy! 

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