Notes from the Jazz Underground

Series produced by WDCB

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Notes from the Jazz Underground is where Jazz gets a little weirder, a little louder, and a little more on the edge.

Notes from the Jazz Underground is produced by Paul Abella at WDCB in Chicago. A show that focuses on the fringes of Jazz, Notes From the Jazz Underground is where you'll hear avant-garde Jazz, Fusion, Modern Jazz and Jazz that's outside the mainstream.


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271 Pieces

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this week, we're checking out jazz classics, underground style. Dave Holland, Billy Cobham, Bob James and more!

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KRSC


  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 57:04
  • Purchases: 4
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This week, we'll hear two Jazz suites, one from Joel Ross and one from Myles Wright, plus music from John McLaughlin & Shakti, Rudresh Mahanthappa ...

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  • Added: Mar 13, 2024
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 5
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This week, we'll listen to fusion in all sorts of forms, from Weather Report to Jazz fused with hip-hop and house music, too.

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting, KRCB 104.9, RADIOLEX, KRSC, and KRPS


  • Added: Mar 06, 2024
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 5
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this week, we end up on a psychedelic trip through the halls of Jazz, with music from Pat Martino, Gary Burton, Larry Coryell, and more!

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2024
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 6
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this week, we'll check out some interesting vocals from Betty Carter, Kurt Elling, Camille Bertault and more!

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  • Added: Feb 21, 2024
  • Length: 58:34
  • Purchases: 6
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This is an odd show, even by my standards. King Crimson, a tribute to King Crimson, two Jazz arrangements of Black Sabbath songs, Pat Metheny, Carl...

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  • Added: Feb 14, 2024
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 6
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This week, it's a little bit of everything, from Anthony Braxton's free jazz to the Messthetics Jazz/Punk hybrid to the sounds of Hip Hop and Jazz ...

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2024
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 4
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this week, 1/2 of the show is grooving and full of chops, and 1/2 of the show is psychedelic trip through the vast expanses of your mind. We'll hea...

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  • Added: Jan 31, 2024
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 6
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This week, we'll listen to some country fried Jazz, amongst other things. Songs from Dolly Parton, Jimmy Webb and Willie Nelson, and performances b...

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2024
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 6
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one last encore episode before I'm back with new episodes next week...This week on Notes from the Jazz Underground, the big bands are coming back, ...

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  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
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this week, we're checking out a few intriguing versions of songs from the Great American Sonngbook from Eric Dolphy, Cecil Taylor, Dave King and ot...

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  • Added: Jan 07, 2024
  • Length: 58:10
  • Purchases: 4
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this week, we'll hear some heroes of the No Wave Movement, like James Chance, Swans, John Zorn's Naked City and John Lurie's Lounge Lizards, and th...

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  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6
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This week, the second look back at 2023, with an archival release from Fred Anderson, and recent releases from Darcy James Argue, Kris Davis, Adam ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Northwest Public Broadcasting, KRSC, and KRPS


  • Added: Dec 26, 2023
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 4
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This week, we celebrate the brilliance that is Frank Vincent Zappa.

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  • Added: Dec 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 3
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This week, we're listening to some 2023 gems from Meshell N'Degeocello, Jaimie Branch, James Brandon Lewis and more!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Northwest Public Broadcasting, KRCB 104.9, KRSC, KRPS and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2023
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 6
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This week, we're listening to some exceptional trumpet players: Miles Davis, Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw.

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  • Added: Dec 05, 2023
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 6
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this week, we'll hear some jams from Donny McCaslin, Herbie Hancock, and a number of great songs featuring Jaco Pastorius.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Northwest Public Broadcasting, RADIOLEX, KRSC, and KRPS


  • Added: Dec 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 5
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on this edition of Notes from the Jazz Underground, we pay tribute to Chicago's own Mars Williams, with music from Liquid Soul, The Vandermark 5 an...

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  • Added: Nov 22, 2023
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 5
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this week, some fantastic music from Joe McPhee, The Thing, Joshua Redman and more!

Bought by RADIOLEX, Northwest Public Broadcasting, GCR (Global Community Radio), KRSC, and KRPS


  • Added: Nov 16, 2023
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 5
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this week, NFTJU checks out music from Nigeria, Mali, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast and Morocco with some great jams from Fela Kuti, Ali Farka Toure, Tinar...

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), KRCB 104.9, KRSC and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6