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Full Moon Hacksaw

New voic­es Joel Frahm and Kurt Rosen­win­kle play from their New York gig, and you’ll hear a cou­ple good bal­lads pro­vid­ed this episode, first from trum­peter Joe Gor­don. Anoth­er trum­pet, Fred­die Hub­bard, fol­lows that and Nnen­na Freelon sings a Tale of Four Women. The next bal­lad comes from vet­er­ans Milt Jack­son and Wes Mont­gomery, a clas­sic is played by the Bill Evans Trio. Cana­di­an Rob McConnoll brings his Boss Brass and Ella Fitzger­ald lays into a chart with quite the chau­vin­is­tic lyrics, a few things have changed for the bet­ter. In act two Bob­by Tim­mons plays soul­ful piano, Jose Risos Mon­go­ra­ma has a new all-cha­ranga album out. For a short fea­ture on drum­mer Philly Joe Jones, hear an ear­ly record­ing of his with Miles and Bird, and one thir­ty some years lat­er with Bob­by Hutch­er­son and Bran­ford Marsalis. Remem­ber the words of organ­ist Broth­er Jack McDuff, as he shared with us once upon a time, Peo­ple wan­na be AROUSED, they wan­na be STIRRED UP, they want their body SHOOK, man, they want their mind WIPED OUT, you know. This is impor­tant. Either its there or its not. Lester Young knew all about this one mid­night at Carnegie hall. For a blues trib­ute we turn to Sap­phire the Uppi­ty Blues Women fol­lowed by a region­al late great, Di Anne Price from Mem­phis exclu­sive­ly. Also gone for a few years now, but final­ly giv­en front-cov­er recog­ni­tion on a new release, is bassist Den­nis Irwin with sax­o­phon­ist Mark Hynes. Unknown is the new nor­mal, Hack­saw Jazz.