PODCAST #4

Volume 1, No. 4    February 24, 2014

Download whole show here

PART 1

(College radio at Amherst opens the ears of the young Rooney)

Modern jazz  – Miles, Monk, Mulligan – phrasing, tone, and timing – and the engineering of Rudy Van Gelder

davis_bags_B00HZW1W62

 

 

 

 

PART 2

Birth of the Cool: music with more than 3 chords

monkmulligan_midnight_B000000YGU

 

davis_kindof_B000002ADT

 

 

 

 

PART 3

(While at Amherst Jim meets Bill Keith, whereupon they discover a mutual admiration for the 5-string banjo, and as they say in CASABLANCA, “I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship”)

Kings of Bluegrass – Martin, Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs

Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt

scruggs_foggy_B0012GMWSE

 

 

 

 

Jimmy Martin and Sunny Mt Boys:

martin_freeborn_B00008NGEA

 

 

 

 

Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass

monroe_anthology_B00008WI8K

 

 

 

 

 PLAYLIST #4