Jazz…a uniquely American art form…America’s classical music. I dig it in pretty much all of its forms: avant-garde, bebop, trad, swing, third stream, vocal, ska, post-bop, latin, fusion, blues, hard-bop, free, cool & dixieland…to name a few.

And so here I present a new elements with some “old”, marquee names, incorporating Jazz, Funk . . . & funky Jazz.

As this is our final mix posting for 2018, I wish everyone a

Merry Christmas! (& a prosperous + healthy 2019)

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01 Stephan Micus – Words Of Truth
02 Bill Frisell – Sundust
03 Eberhard Weber – Street Scenes
04 Pat Metheny Group – Baracole
05 John Blake – Genesis
06 Wynton Marsalis – Black Codes from the Underground
07 Dexter Gordon/Johnny Griffin – Cake (live)
08 Andy Summers – The Last Dance of Mr. X
09 Dizzy Gillespie/Bradford Marsalis – Birk’s Works
10 Miles Davis/John Scofield – Speak
11 Medeski, Martin & Wood – Anonymous Skulls
12 Chick Corea – Dance of Chance
13 Jeff Beck – Head for Backstage Pass
14 Herbie Hancock – Hardrock (extended beats remix)

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