This week's episode of Out There is about Herbie Hancock, a prolific pianist and composer who was a part of Miles Davis' second great quintet.  Hancock was instrumental in developing the "time, no changes" style that was popularized by that quintet, a style that was something of a compromise between avant garde experimentation and accessibility. 

This week's episode of WNPM is about Jaki Byard, a pianist who played in some of Charles Mingus' most creatively dense groups in the early 60s before launching his own career as a bandleader. He was an incredibly versatile and eclectic stylist, and recorded dozens of albums as a leader and sideman.

This week's episode of Out There is about the one and only Sun Ra and his variously titled Arkestra.  Sun Ra maintained throughout his life that he was from Saturn, here on earth to spread a message of peace through his music.  His music is some of the most stylistically diverse ever produced by one man, ranging from standard bebop-ish jazz to wild free jazz freakouts, to sound collage/musique concrete, to wholly new and unique experiments with electronic instruments.  Enjoy!

This week's episode of WNPM is about Philly Joe Jones, one of the most prolific drummers in jazz, best known for his time in Miles Davis first great quintet.  Featuring tracks from his work with Tadd Dameron, John Coltrane, Miles, Freddie Hubbard, and as a bandleader in his own right. 

This week's episode of Out There is about the music of Archie Shepp, whose screaming tenor tone is unmistakeable.  Shepp was a protege of John Coltrane, as well as a member of Cecil Taylor's band, and the combination of influences led him to develop a deeply moving, complex, free-sonant style. 

This week's episode of WNPM is about the music of Freddie Hubbard, a prolific trumpeter who burst on to the New York jazz scene in 1958 and recorded with some of the most innovative players on the scene, including John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Art Blakey, Bobby Hutcherson, Ornette Coleman, and dozens more. 

This week's episode of Out There is about the amazing avant garde pianist/composer Andrew Hill, who came up in the Chicago jazz scene and gained fame with a string of albums for Blue Note Records in the mid to late 60s, with groups featuring the some of the most advanced players in jazz at the time including Eric Dolphy, Roy Haynes, Woody Shaw, John Gilmore (Sun Ra's long time tenor sax player) and many more.  Enjoy! 

This weeks episode of the Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting Jazz Podcast is about an incredible trumpeter, Booker Little.  Though he only lived to be 23 years old, he left behind a body of work that it is among the finest examples of the instrument's use, recording with Max Roach, Eric Dolphy, and many more

This week's episode of Out There is about one of the most exciting innovators in fairly mainstream 1960's jazz, alto saxophonist Jackie McLean.  Features tracks from his own albums as a leader, as well as some tracks from his frequent collaborator, Grachan Moncur III. 

This week's episode of Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting is about Hampton Hawes, a pianist from Los Angeles whose early friendship with Charlie Parker led to his becoming one of the most interesting West Coast players in early bebop music