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jasonisaacdrums

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Jazz / funk / rock drummer of little renown in New York City with Afroskull, Dark Streets, The Wild Koba, Touque, Time Machine Appetizer, and many others. Professional radio guy with WNYC (formerly: Air America, WWOZ, WWL-AM, WHRW, WSKG). Host of the Crescent City Connection show on WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Radio. GenX'er and SAG-AFTRA member. Let's go Mets!

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jasonisaacdrums, to random
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With only two weekends left till Mardi Gras, I'm having a street parade on @WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Radio. It's the Brass Band Jam - an hour of slammin' brass bands from New Orleans! Saturday morning at 10 on the Crescent City Connection.

https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/136525

bourgwick, to jazz
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- feeling like perfect platonic at this moment, overflowing with soft bittersweetness, lester young live in DC (an appropriate place for the prez to perform) with a local combo, december 1956. part of a 4-disc warm-toned collection from these gigs: https://heads.social/@bourgwick/109536767243478682 @vinylrecords

jasonisaacdrums,
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@mrcompletely @bourgwick @vinylrecords I can't get enough of Pres's trio with Nat King Cole and Buddy Rich.

mrcompletely, to jazz
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Brandee Younger - Blue Nile (Alice Coltrane)

also featuring her husband, bassist Dezron Douglas, with whom some of y'all will be familiar

I was lucky enough to see her do this song and some other Alice material with Ravi Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders once awhile back, and folks, it was really something

I think she is magnificent


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnv6dnXifh0

jasonisaacdrums,
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@mrcompletely First time I saw her was opening for Tony Allen at LPR a few years back. It was her and Dezron, playing beautifully - and almost the entire room was ignoring them. I couldn't believe it! I made sure to watch out for both of them after that. Hopefully some of those folks now know what they missed.

And of course, the duo album they released in 2020 might be the definitive jazz album of the quarantine period. It really captures the emotion and turbulence (and hope) of those months.

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There are no words for the next episode of the Crescent City Connection - because it's an all instrumental show! This week's show features an hour of slammin' NOLA jazz, funk and blues instrumentals. We're gonna let the cats play this week on the Crescent City Connection, Saturday at 10am on Rock'n'Soul Radio from @WFMU!

https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/135358

(photo by Allen Beatty - https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/3/new-orleans-jam-session-allen-beatty.jpg)

mrcompletely, to jazz
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An Ill Considered Christmas

The most underrated group in the last decade of

if you want to like holiday music again but your taste has been sharpened to expect a little edge and fire, this is the one

https://illconsidered.bandcamp.com/album/an-ill-considered-christmas

jasonisaacdrums,
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@drummmerandy @mrcompletely Ill Considered is at the top of the top tier of UK jazz. You will dig.

jasonisaacdrums, to jazz
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Our Christmas Eve plans fell through due to sick relatives, so we're listening to jazz albums instead.

Now playing: Jimmy Smith - Organ Grinder Swing. A perfect organ trio with Kenny Burrell and Grady Tate. And in honor of the holiday, this album has one of the best versions of Greensleeves ever put to tape.

mrcompletely, to random
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Hi heads, if you see any of the spam uptick that's happening, please do report it, fuck them robots

jasonisaacdrums,
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@mrcompletely I received one in a private message and got an error message when I tried reporting it. Not sure if that was just for reporting to mastodon.social or to you too.

bourgwick, to vinylrecords
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- and while we're at it, also more bangers than "meet the beatles" & an album i jam way more often than "sgt. pepper." "ugliest part of your body" & "take your clothes off when you dance" still go so hard. peace to FZ & all hungry freaks. @vinylrecords

jasonisaacdrums,
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@bourgwick @vinylrecords the interactions between Zappa and Vinnie Colaiuta on those Shut Up And Play Your Guitar albums are otherworldly. I remember reading that Steve Vai had to invent new musical notation to transcribe some of the rhythms (later published in the Frank Zappa Guitar Book).

jasonisaacdrums, to drums
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We're set up at Keane's in the Bronx for a night of Pogues music! The cymbal on the right had a crack that was repaired recently. First time I'm using it on a gig in five or six years!

arghdos, to random
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Fun early / track from NOLA great Eddie Bo

https://youtu.be/fxVqisBaGe8?si=7MHmJvW8v9rCLj3m

jasonisaacdrums,
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@arghdos I got nothin' on Frank Bocage, but I found many references to trumpeter/violinist Peter Bocage, an older cousin of Eddie Bo who was a contemporary of Buddy Bolden and a member of several important bands starting around 1905, including the Onward Brass Band. He played with almost every major figure of early jazz, including Sidney Bechet, King Oliver, Freddie Keppard, Kid Ory and (briefly) Louis Armstrong. His interviews in the '50s were reliable first-hand accounts of Bolden's style.

jasonisaacdrums,
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@arghdos This is interesting reading, although a bit far afield from the music his younger cousin would become known for.

https://64parishes.org/entry/peter-bocage

jasonisaacdrums, to random
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This weekend on the Crescent City Connection, it's an hour of hits and near misses from the classic era of New Orleans rhythm and blues, including great songs from Fats Domino, Johnny Adams, Clarence Gatemouth Brown and more. The reelin' and rockin' starts Saturday at 10am eastern on Rock 'n' Soul Radio from @WFMU

https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/133921

mrcompletely, (edited ) to jazz
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Shabaka Hutchings w/Esperanza Spalding and others

Brandee Younger doing her Alice Coltrane tribute (I've seen her play Alice, it's sublime)

Impulse! At winter jazz fest - Le Poisson Rouge in January

New York City jazz red alert 🚨 🚨🚨

Shabaka is my favorite live musician performing today - this is the debut of his new album material. If you live near the city check it out

Portland gets its Shabaka date in February 🙌

https://dice.fm/event/5658y-impulse-at-nyc-winter-jazzfest-15th-jan-le-poisson-rouge-new-york-tickets

jasonisaacdrums,
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@mrcompletely Irreversible Entanglements and Messthetics + JBL also shouldn't be missed.

But I did shudder for a moment when picturing how packed LPR will be for that show. They really jam 'em in there.

jasonisaacdrums, to random
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Somebody on Reddit discovered a lost Paramount 78 by Big Bill Broonzy. The only known copy!

https://www.reddit.com/r/78rpm/comments/17pkhej/got_a_major_score_today_heres_just_a_few/

jasonisaacdrums, to baseball
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If you're missing baseball already, you should know that @internetarchive's Old Time Radio collection includes hundreds of recordings of full baseball games from 1934 to 1973. World Series, all star games and regular season, from Ruth and Gehrig to Tom Seaver and Nolan Ryan.

https://archive.org/details/classicmlbbaseballradio

jasonisaacdrums, to random
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Since we're staying two blocks away, it seemed like a good excuse to check out what was happening at the legendary Toronto venue Massey Hall. Turned out BOB DYLAN was playing tonight. Fun show! I'm not a Dylanologist so I didn't recognize much of the set, although Gotta Serve Somebody and Stella Blue were great.

Sorry, no pics. They made us put our phones in sealed pouches. LOL

jasonisaacdrums, to random
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Y'all, Stewart Copeland is gonna be on WNYC in a few minutes and I'm feeling a conflict between my professional radio guy self who always plays it cool, and my professional drummer self who wants to go all mega fanboy on him.

jasonisaacdrums, to space
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There's a comet inbound that might put on a big show next October. One model is predicting that it could be brighter than Hale-Bopp was! That'll be something to look forward to. Here's hoping.

https://www.seti.org/comet-c2023-a3-could-be-next-great-comet

jasonisaacdrums, to random
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For Singles Going Steady week, the Crescent City Connection presents a WFMU Hellraiser special: The Naomi Neville Spectacular! In the early 1960s, the great Allen Toussaint published several dozen songs under the alias Naomi Neville. We'll explore this subset of Toussaint's work, including hits from Irma Thomas, Benny Spellman and Ernie K-Doe, and some deep cuts too. Tune in Saturday at 10am eastern on Rock'n'Soul Radio, and support freeform radio from @WFMU!

https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/132763

Deglassco, to random

Born 106 years ago today, Thelonious Monk fundamentally shaped jazz with his unique piano techniques and innovative compositions. During the bebop era, Monk's distinct style, marked by dissonance, intricate rhythms, and unconventional timing, pushed the boundaries of traditional jazz. He was one of a kind.

Image: Thelonious Monk by artist Debra Hurd.

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jasonisaacdrums,
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@Deglassco marvelous thread, thank you. If you're interested in recent adaptations, you'll probably enjoy Miles Okazaki's arrangements of the complete Monk songbook for solo guitar from a few years ago.

https://okazakiwork.bandcamp.com/album/work-complete-volumes-1-6

jasonisaacdrums, to random
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From Hell Gate, this is by far the best article I have seen on the WNYC layoffs.

https://hellgatenyc.com/nypr-layoffs

jasonisaacdrums, to random
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Keith Spera's obituary for Russell Batiste: https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/keith_spera/new-orleans-funk-drummer-russell-batiste-jr-dies-at-57/article_18919cc0-607b-11ee-a976-0f3efe1702e9.html

jasonisaacdrums, to random
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Almost forgot about to mention, I'm playing with the spectacular Time Machine Appetizer band tonight! Groovy surf rock and soul jazz instrumentals. Free show at An Beal Bocht in the Riverdale neighborhood of The Bronx. Two sets from 8 to 10. Stop by if you're in the neighborhood!

jasonisaacdrums, to random
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Lots of stuff from New Orleans ain't dere no more (like the K&B drug stores), but The Crescent City Connection show is here to stay! This week we'll get a whole lotta shakin' goin' on with classics from Earl King, Fats Domino and The Wild Tchoupitoulas, plus scorchers from Larry Williams, Anders Osborne and more. Don't get put in a trick bag - tune in Saturday at 10am eastern on @rocknsoulradio from WFMU!

https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/130518

jasonisaacdrums, to drums
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Last night I had to use a bungee cord to tether a sliding bass drum to my throne, and it actually worked! I wish I had thought of it years ago.

jasonisaacdrums,
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@serpicojam weights almost never work for me. They slide too!

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