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Full Moon Hacksaw

The ques­tion of this pro­grams age: Are there any tur­bo tem­pos today? As we get thru this incred­i­ble col­lec­tion of record­ings, mar­vel at the smok­ing of Tal Far­low’s gui­tar, its har­mon­ics alone make anoth­er solo. And for John Coltrane on the thresh­old of his cli­mac­tic career, lis­ten to his under­stat­ed sopra­no sax over a mes­mer­iz­ing rhythm with guest Eric Dol­phy on flute. Harold Lopez-Nus­sa plays elec­tric piano, and the Claire Daly Band counts out a bari­tone sax num­ber with Sly Stone over­tones in mem­o­ry of Rah­saan Roland Kirk. To keep the tem­po tur­bo, Steve Hobbs plays Char­lie Park­er on vibes and new sax­o­phon­ist Matt DeMer­ritt takes a Fools Jour­ney right off the ledge. In act two the inten­si­ty tight­ens more with Zen Zadravec host­ing a few of todays hot­ter play­ers and Juan DeMar­co’s Afro Cuban All Stars con­tin­ue their upward tra­jec­to­ry. For our blues we vis­it Mag­ic Slim and the Teardrops as well as Per­cy May­field. To bring one sec­tion to a close, John Beasleys MONKestra plays the lead­ers orig­i­nal music. Then all of a sud­den we are in a mel­low mood this day first with Diana Kral­l’s new release fol­lowed by Sarah Vaugh­an, then Duke Elling­ton brings back John Coltrane for a defin­i­tive read­ing of one of the for­mer’s most beau­ti­ful melodies. Trum­peter Der­rick Gard­ner pays homage to Count Basie and the desert south­west­’s Den­nis Row­land croons us out with more Elling­ton. Not only is our music the lens thru which we view the world, but the fil­ter thru which we strain the BS — Hack­saw Jazz.