Jazzism 18.4 - Wang, Dang, Doodle
Jazzism (a katzpheno mix)
Greetings All You Young Jazz Lovers! Another episode of the best damn Jazz music podcast on the internet has dropped, and this episode has drawn its inspiration from the world of film. A cinema masterpiece entitled "Sinners" hit theaters back in April of this year and ever since I can't seem to quench my desire for the blues (I also avoid the sunlight...strange). It's as if I have been seduced and placed under a spell! I wonder, is there such a thing as a Blues Vampire? If so...one must have bit me when I attended the Keb' Mo - Taj Mahal concert in June. Well, in any case... here it is y'all a...
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Jazzism 18.3 - Work
Jazzism (a katzpheno mix)
Greetings All You Young Jazz lovers! Brian Phoenix back again with another installement of Jazzism (a katzpheno mix).... one I am certain you are gonna dig the most! I entitled this episode "Work" for two reasons, one it is the title of a composition written by Thelonious Monk and included here on the podcast (performed by Chick Corea Trio), and because work is essential to life. Work gives us purpose and it sustains us. There is an inherient nobility in all forms of work. Work loses it's meaning only when the work being done is not done to the best ability of the worker. It loses its value...
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Jazzism 18.2 - My Funny Valentine
Jazzism (a katzpheno mix)
Greetings All You Young Jazz Lovers, February 14th in the USA is officially Valentines Day, a day created by a small entrepenuer ages ago to... well, quite frankly sell more product. The origins seem to begin around 1850 in Massachusetts with a woman regarded as the mother of the American valentine - Esther Howland, the daughter of a stationer. She started making small Valentine cards made of layers of lace with printed images on them. She hired a bunch of local girls to create them at home in her parlor and sent them out with her brothers who were traveling salesmen and thus the Valentines...
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Jazzism 18.1 - Rice and Beans
Jazzism (a katzpheno mix)
Welcome to the first podcast of 2025!! I apologize for the long wait but sometimes life as we all know... be lifin' and before ya know it 3 months whiz by and you find yourself in a new calendar year. 2025 is setting up to be a "doozy" so a musical escape may just be the thing to get us through. Besides, one of the many taglines of Jazzism (a katzpheno mix) is "Keep Jazz In Your Life, Not Strife and Everything Will Be Alright!" So, with that in mind.... enjoy the mix! Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band - "Along Came Betty" (2005) Steve Khan - "Change...
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Jazzism 17.5 - Very Special
Jazzism (a katzpheno mix)
Welcome once more to an exploration into Jazz Culture! This episode, naturally brings you nothing but the best that the world has to offer in Jazz music and a little bit more! With Jazzism 17.5 we begin a new segment I am calling Jazz Music Matters. For that past few months now I have been developing traction on the hashtag #jazzmusicmatters via Facebook and Instagram and now I take the next step by posing the question to young jazz lovers as I go out and about enjoying this music at live events. On this episode I spoke with audiences at The DC Jazzfest and the responses I got were...
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Jazzism 17.4 - Pass It On
Jazzism (a katzpheno mix)
Pass it on, Pass on the good vibes, pass on the love, pass on the joy, that is what I do with my humble podcast, I pass on all the good stuff I have to you... my loyal listeners. All I ask in return is that you share the podcast, the good vibe, the love and the joy to the people you know. Enjoy the mix, Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Tony Williams - Takin' My Time (1985) Billy Childs - Leimert Park (2020) The Cookers - Priestess (2010) Benito Gonzalez - Father (2021) Joanna Pascale - I'm Confessin' That I Love You (2015) Medeski, Martin & Wood - Your Lady (2000) George Benson - No...
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Jazzism 17.3 - You And The Night And The Music
Jazzism (a katzpheno mix)
Greetings once again, all you young Jazz lovers! Another installment of the best damn Jazz music podcast on internet has arrived! Just in time to save Jazz radio from the blahs!! This episode encourages fanatics of this culture to actively participate in showing their fantacism by getting out to a favorite Jazz venue and enjoy this true american artform as it was intended... live and in living color! Now as much as I love the fact that you choose to spend an hour or so of your precious time enjoying my specially curated playlist, I also recognize that man and woman cannot live by podcast...
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Jazzism 17.2 - Jazz Is A 4 Letter Word
Jazzism (a katzpheno mix)
"The words love and like both have 4 letters, but they're two different things all together" - Whodini (from One Love - 1986) "Funk used to be a bad word" - Funkadelic (from Let's Take It To The Stage - 1975) "Jazz is a 4 letter word" - Max Roach, Nicholas Payton and anyone else who can read, write and count. The word jazz is a controversial term. It might be the new "N" word. It's meaning has gone through various changes, in the early 1900's jazz meant fornication. In an interview with The Harvard Crimson (2001) Max Roach, the legendary drummer, composer and activist, pointed out his distaste...
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Jazzism 17.1 - You Go To My Head
Jazzism (a katzpheno mix)
Welcome to Season 17 of Jazzism (a katzpheno mix).... as always there is more Jazz music love here than you know what to do with, as I continue my quest to bring All You Young Jazz Lovers - Nothing But The Best That The World Has To Offer In Jazz Music. Those of course are my trademark slogans. In any event this is the maiden voyage of 2024 so, all aboard the seas are calm and we have a steady wind blowing to take us anywhere we choose to go. Sail On, Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Billy Childs - The Starry Night (2017) Ahmad Jamal - Invitation (2012) Terri Lyne Carrington...
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Jazzism 16.8 - Lady Be Good
Jazzism (a katzpheno mix)
The Final Episode of 2023 Fellas break out the tux, Ladies don your favorite ballroom attire...we going out Big Band Style! Happy New Year!!! Enjoy, Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Roy Hargrove Big Band - Mambo For Roy (2009) The Chad Rager Modern Big Band - Straight, No Chaser (2008) Deborah Cox - I Don't Hurt Anymore (2007) Dizzy Gillespie & His orchestra - Birk's Works (1950) Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Tea For Two (1956) Tito Puente & His Orchestra - Cha Cha Cha Mambo (1999) Nat King Cole - Unforgettable (1951) Mack Avenue Superband - Decisive Steps (2016) Patti...
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These are no doubt trying times.
A relentless virus is plauging the world of humans. According to the website "Worldometer" the most recent death toll attributed to the covid 19 coronavirus is over 6 million people.
Truckers obviously despise being healthy and to prove it, jammed up traffic across the US/Canadian border in protest to mandates requiring citizens place a small piece of protective cloth across their nose and mouth (aka masks) that will help reduce the spread of covid 19 while keeping themselves and their loved ones healthy. Nope.
Extreme weather caused by global climate changes is causing wildfires, earthquakes and floods all over the planet. In related news, no one has seen or heard from Waldo.
Russia is reeking havoc, killing thousands of people and creating a new refugee crisis via an unprovoked war on their nieghbor, the sovereign nation of Ukraine. To combat this terrible aggression the United States and other countries have imposed strict government sanctions and have also frozen the assets of Russian oligarchs who sadly can no longer party like rock stars on their billion dollar yachts. That'll teach those Russkies!!
Worst of all - I haven't posted a Jazzism podcast since January. WTF!!!
Today that last bit changes. Here my friends, because we all need it - is your moment of Zen!
Enjoy,
Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix
featuring:
Bobby Hutcherson - Teddy (2014)
Rene Marie - Stronger Than You Think (2016)
Kurt Rosenwinkel - Chromatic B (2017)
Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band - Along Came Betty (2005)
Kenny Garrett - Gwoka (2006)
Wallace Roney - Inflorescent (2007)
Bill Evans - Gary's Theme (1977)
Terence Blanchard - Him Or Me (2009)
Elijah Jamal Balbed - From The Streets To The Mansion (2015)
David Murray featuring Gregory Porter - About The Children (2013)
Chris Greene Quartet - The Missing Part (2014)