In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond
Ken Laster
In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond
Ken Laster
Sunday 22 November 2020 : Let's start off with Coffee and Scones from Walt Weiskopf on tenor. We've also got classic jazz from Elvin, Cyrus and Grant. Luke and Andrew...
Sunday 15 November 2020 : This episode was built around an article in Far Out Magazine and their playlist of Joni Mitchell's favorite songs. That article was based on...
Sunday 08 November 2020 : The first set in this episode features women jazz artists; Allison Neale, Artemis (group), and Champian Fulton. I'll dedicate this set and...
Saturday 31 October 2020 : This episode consists entirely of music released this year (2020). Recorded days before the election, and intended to calm the anxieties you...
Sunday 25 October 2020 : This episode starts with some slow funk, supplied via Redman's Elastic band and trumpeter Takuya Kuroda (with silky vocals from Jose James)....
Sunday 18 October 2020 : No real theme to this episode, just some music I have been listening to this week. Although I've moved cross country, I still am playing...
Sunday 11 October 2020 : This is the first podcast episode of In The Groove produced entirely on the West Coast. To celebrate, I play a set of music of "West Coast...
Sunday 04 October 2020 : Originally broadcast over the airwaves in August, this set features extended pieces by Chick, Pat, and others. PlaylistArtist ~ Track ~...
Sunday 27 September 2020 : Still posting segments from my old radio show. This from an August broadcast. Soon will be set up in my San Diego home to publish new...
Sunday 20 September 2020 : This episodes begins and ends with the late great saxophonist Michael Brecker. In between is mostly jazz artists that have honed their craft...
Sunday 13 September 2020 : This show was recorded back on July 31 during Hartford's Paul Brown concert series. Some of the cats that played in the series are featured...
Sunday 06 September 2020 : While this episode is an excerpt from my final radio show on WWUH, the podcast will continue on its weekly schedule. Ahmad Jamal shows his...
Sunday 30 August 2020 : Part one of my last radio show on WWUH features music by Charlie Bird Parker and Wayne Shorter, both of which are celebrating birth...
Sunday 23 August 2020 : This episode begins with a Hartford theme, with Jonathan Barber's Vision Ahead and a couple of Stevie D. tracks including 880 Club. Also of...
Sunday 16 August 2020 : Within this podcast there is a set dedicated to the city I will be relocating to, San Diego. Bookending that set is a Herbie classic, McCoy,...
Sunday 09 August 2020 : A variety of classic and new modern jazz music to occupy these hot summer days during a pandemic. The last few tunes highlight the final 2...
Sunday 02 August 2020 : There is some great new music in this podcast from Kurt, Joshua, Dave and Jason. Also an announcement embedded within this episode you must...
Monday 27 July 2020 : A variety of jazz styles, from the soulful sounds of Shirley Scott's Hammond B3 to the modern big band of Christian McBride to some fusion...
Sunday 19 July 2020 : Connecticut's in the house in this week's latest podcast. New music from drummer Jonathan Barber, Christian Sands, Michael Palin, Nicole Z...
Sunday 12 July 2020 : This podcast episode is all blues. We run the gamut of styles beginning with an R&B drenched Ray Charles, rockin' Hendrix, classic...
Sunday 05 July 2020 : This podcast episode starts with a preview of the Paul Brown Monday Night Jazz series, featuring Orice Jenkins, Matt DeChamplain and Leala...
Monday 29 June 2020 : We begin this episode with a smokin' Hank Mobley set. Guitarist Grant Green follows, featuring another tenor great Joe Henderson. Tenors...
Sunday 21 June 2020 : Since this is Fathers Day, we have to begin with Song For My Father, this time a funky version from Victor Wooten. From there we pay tribute...
Sunday 14 June 2020 : The first set starts with a reflection of the troubled times we are in. That tune and the next three are all covers of the great songwriting...
Sunday 07 June 2020 : This podcast is dedicated to those jazz musicians who have struggled through this pandemic, but still managed to create and present their...
In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond
Ken Laster
Thanksgiving 2020
Let's start off with Coffee and Scones from Walt Weiskopf on tenor. We've also got classic jazz from Elvin, Cyrus and Grant. Luke and Andrew...
Joni's Favs
This episode was built around an article in Far Out Magazine and their playlist of Joni Mitchell's favorite songs. That article was based on...
Dedicated to Kamala
The first set in this episode features women jazz artists; Allison Neale, Artemis (group), and Champian Fulton. I'll dedicate this set and...
All New 2020 - VOTE!
This episode consists entirely of music released this year (2020). Recorded days before the election, and intended to calm the anxieties you...
In The Pocket 2020
This episode starts with some slow funk, supplied via Redman's Elastic band and trumpeter Takuya Kuroda (with silky vocals from Jose James)....
Oct 18 2020 episode
No real theme to this episode, just some music I have been listening to this week. Although I've moved cross country, I still am playing...
West Coast Jazzy
This is the first podcast episode of In The Groove produced entirely on the West Coast. To celebrate, I play a set of music of "West Coast...
Oct 4 Episode
Originally broadcast over the airwaves in August, this set features extended pieces by Chick, Pat, and others. PlaylistArtist ~ Track ~...
Sep 27 podcast
Still posting segments from my old radio show. This from an August broadcast. Soon will be set up in my San Diego home to publish new...
Brecker Bookends Hartford
This episodes begins and ends with the late great saxophonist Michael Brecker. In between is mostly jazz artists that have honed their craft...
Recorded Jul 31
This show was recorded back on July 31 during Hartford's Paul Brown concert series. Some of the cats that played in the series are featured...
Final Radio Show pt2
While this episode is an excerpt from my final radio show on WWUH, the podcast will continue on its weekly schedule. Ahmad Jamal shows his...
Bird and Wayne
Part one of my last radio show on WWUH features music by Charlie Bird Parker and Wayne Shorter, both of which are celebrating birth...
Mo' Hartford
This episode begins with a Hartford theme, with Jonathan Barber's Vision Ahead and a couple of Stevie D. tracks including 880 Club. Also of...
San Diego Way
Within this podcast there is a set dedicated to the city I will be relocating to, San Diego. Bookending that set is a Herbie classic, McCoy,...
Aug 7 2020 Broadcast
A variety of classic and new modern jazz music to occupy these hot summer days during a pandemic. The last few tunes highlight the final 2...
New Music and announcement
There is some great new music in this podcast from Kurt, Joshua, Dave and Jason. Also an announcement embedded within this episode you must...
The World Needs Love
A variety of jazz styles, from the soulful sounds of Shirley Scott's Hammond B3 to the modern big band of Christian McBride to some fusion...
July 17 '20 Broadcast
Connecticut's in the house in this week's latest podcast. New music from drummer Jonathan Barber, Christian Sands, Michael Palin, Nicole Z...
A Bluezy jazz podcast
This podcast episode is all blues. We run the gamut of styles beginning with an R&B drenched Ray Charles, rockin' Hendrix, classic...
PB Mon Night Jazz 2020 Preview
This podcast episode starts with a preview of the Paul Brown Monday Night Jazz series, featuring Orice Jenkins, Matt DeChamplain and Leala...
Mobley Set
We begin this episode with a smokin' Hank Mobley set. Guitarist Grant Green follows, featuring another tenor great Joe Henderson. Tenors...
I Can't Breathe 2020
Since this is Fathers Day, we have to begin with Song For My Father, this time a funky version from Victor Wooten. From there we pay tribute...
Troubled Waters
The first set starts with a reflection of the troubled times we are in. That tune and the next three are all covers of the great songwriting...
Streamers
This podcast is dedicated to those jazz musicians who have struggled through this pandemic, but still managed to create and present their...
