In this episode, we talk to ELEW, the great pianist, composer, and DJ known for pioneering Rockjazz.

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Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):

1. What's Goin' On (feat. Valerie Simpson) - Quincy Jones - Smackwater Jack
2. Sister Annie (feat. Bill Frisell, Burniss Travis, Nate Smith, Rane Moore, Zekkereya El-Magharbel & Sara Caswell) - Alive With Ghosts Today (feat. Bill Frisell, Burniss Travis, Nate Smith, Rane Moore, Zekkereya El-Magharbel & Sara Caswell)
3. Fortress Around Your Heart (feat. Sting) - ELEW - Fortress Around Your Heart (feat. Sting) - Single
4. Spartacus - Branford Marsalis Quartet - Crazy People Music
5. One Finger Snap - Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (Expanded Edition)
6. Gratitude - The Great Big Joy Machine - The Great Big Joy Machine

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This episode from the NJL Archive was in collaboration with the Embassy of Barbados in the US during the weekend celebrating the country's 57th year of independence in Dec 2023, and our guest was the amazing Bajan singer Ch'An.

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Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):

1. Simple Things (Hinterlude I) - Ch'An - Lost.
2. Song of the New Moon - Chuck Mangione - Chase the Clouds Away
3. Perdido - Sarah Vaughan - Orchestral Jazz Classics
4. Five Pound Box Of Money - Pearl Bailey - Jingle Bells Cha Cha Cha - Single
5. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - 20th Century Masters / The Millennium Collection: The Best of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
6. Paranoid Android I - Brad Mehldau - Mon chien Stupide (Bande originale du film)

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In this episode, we talk to a bona fide jazz aficionado from France, the president of the Hot Club of Lyon Jazz club, and a member of the French "Académie du Jazz", Mr. Ludwig Laisné.

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Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):

1. Stronger Than You Think - René Marie - Sound of Red
2. Rude Crude Lude - Chassol - Rude Crude Lude - Single
3. Klamath - Christophe Lincontang Trio - Klamath
4. Michel Graillier - Keep on Kicking - Dream Drops
5. Joel Forrester - Patience - *Private Recording from Ludwig's Own Studio*
6. My Flaming Heart (1992 Remaster) - Nat "King" Cole - At the Movies

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In this episode, we talk to the award winning author, critic, and poet, Carole Boston Weatherford.

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Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):

1. Circus (Live at the Bern Jazz Festival 2000) - Roy Hargrove - Circus (Live at the Bern Jazz Festival 2000) - Single
2. Danse des horloges sans aiguilles - Ryan Keberle, Frank Woeste & Vincent Courtois - Reverso - Between Two Silences
3. Prayer To the Saint of the Brokenhearted - Somi - If The Rains Come First
4. Mister Magic - Grover Washington, Jr. - Mister Magic
5. Spreadin' Rhythm Around - Billie Holiday - Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944, Vol. 1
6. Dilo - Cochemea - Dilo - Single

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This episode from the NJL archive was our 3rd anniversary celebration room in 2023. Our guests were the esteemed Jazz trumpet player, Jon Faddis, and Thelonious Monk IV, the grandson of one of the greatest jazz musicians in history.

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Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):

1. Big Yellow Taxi - Tierney Sutton - After Blue
2. Xoxoxo - corto.alto - Bad with Names
3. Azalea - Duke Ellington & Louis Armstrong - The Great Summit: The Master Tapes (Remastered)
4. Stuffy Turkey - Greg Lewis - Organ Monk: Uwo in the Black
5. I Can't Get Started - Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie - Roy and Diz
6. Breathe - Alfa Mist - Antiphon
7. Keep a Twinkle In Your Eye - The Nicholas Brothers - The Very Best of Rhythm & Blues

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Welcome to Season 2 of the NJL Podcast!

Today, we celebrate International Jazz Day with DJ and NJL Community member Bad Carlotta!

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Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):

1. The Offering - Thandi Ntuli - The Offering
2. Smooth Criminal (Live) - SFJAZZ Collective - The Music of Michael Jackson and Original Compositions Live: Sfjazz Center October 22 Through 25, 2015
3. Who Does She Hope to Be? - Sonny Sharrock - Ask the Ages
4. Space Train - Ronald Langestraat - Apollo
5. TEMESGEN - ZENA - TEMESGEN - EP
6. Tan Jou Mab - Roland Brival - Créole Gypsy

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In this final episode of season 1 of the NJL podcast, we talk to Nadeen, an Egyptian physician and a member of our beloved community, who brings us some Arabic Jazz.

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Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):

1. 14th Street Bounce - Corcoran Holt - The Mecca
2. Flying Pachydermes - Daniel Zimmermann - Bone Machine
3. Lameen - Fairouz - Bebalee
4. Yamma Muwail El Hawa (feat. Frankly Jazz) - Hamza Namira - Yamma Muwail El Hawa (feat. Frankly Jazz) - Single
5. Ya Habibi Ta'ala - Mohammed Rashid - Middle Eastern Gypsy Jazz, Vol. 1 - EP
6. Parade of Sadness - Monika Herzig's Sheroes - All In Good Time

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In this episode, we talk to bassist, father and grandfather Jameel Harris, a member of our beloved NJL community.

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Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):

1. Miss Celie's Blues - Molly Johnson - Another Day
2. Afro-Disiac - Charles Kynard - Afro-Disiac
3. Equinox - Bobby Hutcherson - Wise One
4. Western Sunrise - Charenee Wade - Offering - The Music of Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson
5. Lady Love - Jon Lucien - Rashida
6. Jumpin' At the Woodside - Count Basie & Oscar Peterson - Satch and Josh (Remastered)

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