The Groove Series With Daniel Long

August 22, 2021 Groove Yard

Good Vibes Only, this week in the Groove Yard! This week you and I listen to a feature on the vibraphone! Music from Detroiter Milt Jackson, Bobby Hutcherson, and Teddy Charles, as well as Vi Redd, Ornette Coleman, and Lee Morgan. The Coltrane Pick of the week comes from the Prestige Years.

August 16, 2021 Groove Break

This week in the Groove Break, you and I listen to the new installment in the Jazz Is Dead series. This time the featured artist is long-time Gil Scott-Heron collaborator, Brian Jackson. We'll hear 3 selections from JID008: Brian Jackson, as well as music from Veronica Swift, Lionel Loueke, Dinah Washington, and Weather Report.

August 9, 2021 Groove Break

Orrin Evans has a new date out on Smoke Sessions Records. You and I listen to a few tracks off this recording, as well as some Afrobeat, and some Roots and Blues sounds.

August 8, 2021 Groove Yard

Lots of fantastic stuff in this episode of the Groove Yard. You and I listen to music from Miriam Makeba, Ron Carter with Eric Dolphy, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and Bobby Timmons, just to name a few.

August 2, 2021 Groove Break

Detroiter Dave McMurray has a new album out on Blue Note Records. The title of the effort is Grateful Deadication, and it's a tribute to the Grateful Dead. This episode of the Groove Break you and I listen to a feature on this terrific outing.