Anthony Dean-Harris

I'm still sort of coming down from lists and I've really gotten into being on vacation, so this week's show has a vibe where I felt like I took it easy with longer tracks. I think it worked out. The Line-Up for 21 December 2012 Medeski Martin & Wood - End of the World Party Obvious joke is obvious. James Pants - I Told You Man, I Carry a Gun José James - Trouble Did you catch James on Conan the other night? Those dudes got too cool. Takuya Kuroda Sextet - Six Aces I swear every Takuya Kuroda album is better than the last. You should really check out Six Aces . Neneh Cherry and The Thing - Cashback One of the highlights of this year was being doorman for a The Thing show back in May when they swung through San Antonio and then hanging out with them all throughout that night. Those dudes ruckus. They're pretty awesome. Gonjasufi - Blaksuit The Cookers - Ebony Moonbeams A couple weeks ago, Josh Jackson's The Checkout Live at WBGO put on a double ...

There was too much show this week. I just had to squeeze a 13-minute Dr. Lonnie Smith song into the hour and things overflowed but I consider it a bounty of riches. Brad Mehldau - Wonderwall When Beady Eye played "Wonderwall" with the wonky vocals during the Olympics closing ceremony, did it leave a bad taste in your mouth? It did for me, so I used this week's 1 spot to fix that. Apple Juice Kid - Bitches Christian Scott - Who They Wish I Was I considered this week's show excuse to have a Jamire Williams set, which gave me another excuse to play from Christian aTunde Adjuah again. Dr. Lonnie Smith - Backtrack The Healer is a great album, period. You should get it, seriously. ERIMAJ - Conflict of a Man I wanted to play a new track from Conflict of a Man this week but I didn't get the album in time for the show. Anticipation continues to grow. Teebs - Yellow More New Steve Lehman Trio - Pure Imagination I am more than impressed with Lehman's Dialec...

This is one of those shows that came together in an odd way. I had an idea for what I wanted to do when I headed to the station, scrapped much of it while putting the show together, and now I'm oddly proud of this mix. Hopefully you'll feel the same. Also, someone let me know if the descriptions I add for each track is really necessary. I think I may cut them out completely after a while. The intros are a must, but the whole "why I picked this track at this spot" thing may not be necessary, unless I'm linking something important or something. I'm still mulling it over. The Bad Plus - Super America Dr. Lonnie Smith - Mellow Mood Kneebody - Never Remember Apple Juice Kid - Bitches Astrud Gilberto - Bim Bom (Psapp Remix) Jason Lindner - Seven Ways St. Germain - Sure Thing Donald Byrd - Stepping Into Tomorrow Fela Kuti - Gentleman Dizzy Gillespie - Manteca (DJ Funky Lowlives Remix)

I didn't really have anything planned for this week. I'm amazed a show came out of this at all, but I think it all came together well. Still, since I don't have a lot to say about the selections this week, I hope you won't begrudge me for not discussing all the song selections this time. Hey, you're still getting new shows on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve so a shorter blogpost of only lists shouldn't be too much of a hassle. Jacky Terrasson - O Cafe, O Soleil Taylor Eigsti - Magnolia feat. Becca Stevens Portico Quartet- Dawn Patrol Anthony Branker & Ascent - Dance Music Dr. Lonnie Smith - People Make The World Go Round Gerry Gibbs and the Thrasher Band - Patrice Rushen aka The 70's Song Nujabes - Counting Stars Grand Pianoramax - Clairvoyance

The KRTU fall pledge drive has reached its end but that doesn't mean we're still not accepting new members . Make sure to head there and become a member of the station. All the cool people are doing it. Also, no breakdown for each track this week. I hope you'll pardon me that, just listen to the music. Jeb Patton - Cloak and Dagger Dr. Lonnie Smith - Mellow Mood Freddie Hubbard - A Night in Tunisia Gerry Gibbs Sextet feat. Ravi Coltrane - Impressions Gretchen Parlato - Weak Rahsaan Rolank Kirk - Blacknuss Jaspects - Uppity Negro Tom Harrell - Paz The Bad Plus - Never Stop

This week, I don't really have anything special to say here other than I suggest you go read my latest column over at Nextbop . Other than that, let's get to the playlist... Medeski, Martin & Wood - Junkyard I feel a little trepidation sometimes if I start the hour with MMW. I don't want to put a lot of people off, but MMW so clearly defines what The Line-Up is about that sometimes I just run with it and will play them up top. Brad Mehldau - Knives Out I was totally listening to this on the bus yesterday and had so much fun listening to it (as I usually do) that it made its way to tonight. Anat Cohen - Jitterbug Waltz The other day, I said to myself, "Retro, you don't play any Anat Cohen on the show." You saw her in Icons Among Us , you know she's learned and has a great background in jazz. You should totally play her on the show. Besides, you don't play enough talented women in general. You should get on that." Ravi Coltrane - Ginger ...

Yet again, I have three hours of programming here and boundless opportunity. Oh, I have a new post up over at Nextbop that folks are liking. Give it a read. Otherwise, let's see if this week is any good, shall we? Dr. Lonnie Smith - Mellow Mood I got his last album and thought it was pretty good. It was sort of shocking to see another one so soon but the man is a professional. Terence Blanchard - Byus feat. Dr. Cornel West From time to time, I'll come up to the station and JJ will somehow mention Blanchard's Choices album. Then I think about how much I like what I hear. It happened again today. Etienne Charles - Lala Who? This is another one of those tracks the computer picks but I keep it because it sounds sort of funky. Jason Moran - Blue Blocks Moran's new album, Ten , is proving itself to be quite impressive. The Bad Plus - Comfortably Numb feat. Wendy Lewis If there's anyone I should be playing on this show more often, it's The Bad Plus. Their ...

Hey, jazz lovers. I'm back after missing a week due to station maintenance. Did you miss me? This week's show is a sort of showcase for last week's Winter Jazz Fest in New York. You may have heard a bunch about it from folks like Nate Chinen , Ben Ratliff , Alex Rodriguez and others. Peter Hum also put together a few videos from the event in case you want that whole visual aspect. I wish I could have been there for a jazz festival with that kind of energy but clearly, that's not the case. So, I figure I'll bring that kind of energy to The Line-Up this week. Rudresh Mahanthappa & the Indo-Pak Coalition - Apti Vijay Iyer - Mystic Brew Darcy James Argue's Secret Society - Phobos Dr. Lonnie Smith - Pilgrimage Lionel Loueke - Seven Teens Ben Allison & Man Size Safe - Man Size Safe Jason Moran - Gangsterism on Stages Gretchen Parlato - In a Dream Oh, and one more thing. If you didn't know by now, I've started writing for the upstart jaz...