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The Major Scale – Thundercat & Erik Deutsch

November 28, 2018 By Chris

In this episode we’re featuring Thundercat and Erik Deutsch!

SONG CREDITS FOR THIS EPISODE:

THEME: Jazz Phantom by Chomsk’ (from the album “Different Beats” on Magnetic Records).

FIRST HALF: Uh Uh and A Fan’s Mail (Tron Song Suite III) by Thundercat (from the album “Drunk” on Brainfeeder).

Lone Wolf and Cub, Inferno, The Turn Down, Show You The Way, Friend Zone, and Day and Night by Thundercat (from the album “The Beyond/Where The Giants Roam” on Brainfeeder).

Curly Martin by Terrace Martin with Robert Glaspar and Thundercat (from the album “Velvet Portraits” on Rope a Dope Records).Continue Reading …

The Major Scale – Kaia Kater & a Cannonball Adderley Tribute

November 21, 2018 By Chris

In this episode we’re featuring Kaia Kater and a nod to the Brothers Adderley.

First up, the new roots and blues of Kaia Kater. She’s Canadian born, yet embodies all the musical treasures the Americas have to offer. From bluegrass, folk, and jazz, to MC’s like Rakim and Kendrick Lamar, it all comes together in this burgeoning artist’s style of songwriting. Along with Ms. Kater, music columnist Bao Le-Huu (This Little Underground/The Orlando Weekly) joins in the conversation.

Speaking of taking in all the sounds of America (and the world at large in this case), we pay tribute to the brothers Adderley: Cannonball and Nat. With a body of work that left no stone unturned, these two did it all with a sense of musical adventure and accessibility with a bit of show-biz gleen. All types of great music passed through the brothers’ horns, ranging in themes to folklore, Broadway, afrobeat, astrology, religion, and psychedelia. Along the way the left a trail of bonafide classics – Work Song, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, and Sack O’ Woe – not to mention a who’s who of talents they helped to foster, from Joe Zawinul, Charles Lloyd, George Duke, Yusef Lateef, and more.

The Major Scale – Cecil Taylor & Sam Friend

October 24, 2018 By Chris

The Major Scale pays homage to the one of the most innovative artists America has ever produced, Cecil Taylor. As a bedrock of the avant-garde, Taylor’s output never looked back, progressing ever forward with originality and tenacity. Educator Matt Gorney joins us to discuss this idiosyncratic composer and share memories of the time his group, Civic Minded 5, booked Mr. Taylor for an unforgettable concert that is still talked about today.

According to Vanity Fair a new wave of jazz is in full bloom across the globe and Sam Friend is a key part of it. Somewhere between New York and New Orleans, Friend gathered a style that puts him at a crossroads of Randy Newman, Ben Sidran, and Mose Allison. Vocal, quirky, reflective, his unique sound is best heard to be appreciated..

SONG CREDITS FOR THIS EPISODE:

THEME: Jazz Phantom by Chomsk’ (from the album “Different Beats” on Magentic Records).

FIRST HALF: Excursion On A Wobbly Rail (from the album “Looking Ahead” on Contemporary Records)

Live Improvisation 2000 Rollins College/Rogers Building by Cecil Taylor (from the Civic Minded 5 concert)

3 Phasis by Cecil Taylor (from the album “3 Phasis” on New World Records)

Mixed by Gil Evans w/ Cecil Taylor (from the album “Into the Hot” on Impulse Records)

SECOND HALF: Show Your Face, Would You Save My Life, Settle Down, Rhythm Or Rhyme, and Here We Go Again b y Sam Friend (from the album “Twins” on Sam Friend Music)

The Major Scale – Ahmad Jamal & Noah Haidu

September 26, 2018 By Chris

The Major Scale is humbled and proud to bring you one of the finest artists America ever produced, the incomparable Ahmad Jamal! He spoke with us about his latest effort, the beautiful Marseille, as well as the state of things today and American classical music – that’s what we squares call jazz.

Staying on theme, Noah Haidu is another artist who has a way with the piano. Downbeat certainly noticed, they consider his Infinite Distances among the best albums of 2017. If things keep going they way they are, Mr. Haidu will rank among the likes of the aforementioned Ahmad Jamal. One listen and you’ll know why

SONG CREDITS FOR THIS EPISODE:

THEME: Jazz Phantom by Chomsk’ (from the album “Different Beats” on Magentic Records).

FIRST HALF: Marseille (vocal), Marseille (Instrumental), Autumn Leaves, and Pots En Verre by Ahmad Jamal (from the album “Marseille” on Jazz Village).

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child by Ahmad Jamal (from the album “Alhambra” on Universal Media Group)

SECOND HALF: This Great Darkness, Momentum, The Subversive, They Who, Hanaya and Guardian of Solitude by Noah Haidu (from the album “Infinite Distances” from Cellar Live)