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There are many sub-genres within the Jazz universe, and it is the rare cat that enthusiastically embraces all of them. For most, there are a few preferred stylings with the others often met with a resistant, if not hostile response. Unfortunately, this orthodox approach limits the listener's ability to discover new sounds and grooves that can broaden one's pallet. In this hour, we will exercise our listening minds by diggin' some sounds that you may or may not have heard before.
Artist | Track | Album |
Sonny Rollins | Shadrack | Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet |
Shorty Rogers & His Giants | Not Really the Blues | The Complete Atlantic & EMI Jazz Recordings of Shorty Rogers |
Pepper Adams | Punjab | Encounter! |
Horace Silver | Bonita | The Cape Verdean Blues |
Joel Ross | Evidence | Nublues |
George Russell & Bill Evans | The Lydiot | Jazz in the Space Age |
Mingus Big Band | Duke Ellington's Sound of Love | Nostalgia in Times Square |
Bobby Shew | Dark Moments | Shewhorn |