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The Line-Up and Evolve for 29 & 30 October 2021

The Line-Up for 29 October 2021 Esperanza Spalding, "Formwela 1" off Songwrights' Apothecary Lab Gold Panda, "We Work Nights" off Half of Where You Live Michael Feinberg, "Nardis" off Hard Times Byron Asher & Brad Webb, "Les Printemps Perdu" off Little Bigby DJ Harrison, "Carnaval 74" off Stashboxxx Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble, "How I Love" off Dreaming in Lions Henry Threadgill Zooid, "Come And Go" off Poof Brandee Younger, the title track of Somewhere Different   Jonny Greenwood, "Proven Lands" off the There Will Be Blood Soundtrack Theo Croker, "Imperishable Star" off B LK2LIFE || A Future Past Nate Smith, "Altitude" off Kinfolk 2: See the Birds BADBADNOTGOOD, "Talk Meaning" off Talk Memory Radiohead, "Meeting in the Aisle" off Airbag/How Am I Driving EP Guma, "House Analogue" off the upcoming A List of Sightings Evol...

The Line-Up and Evolve for 22 & 23 October 2021

The Line-Up for 22 October 2021 Esperanza Spalding, "Formwela 3" off Songwrights' Apothecary Lab Teebs, "While You Doooo", off Ardour Ben Allison, "The Chase" off Moments Inside Victor Gould, "Resilience" off In Our Time Kurt Elling, "Where to Find It" off SuperBlue Flying Lotus, "Zodiac Shit" off Cosmogramma Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble, "Intruso" off Dreaming in Lions Brian Jackson, Ali Shaheed Muhammed & Adrian Younge, "Ethiopian Sunshower" off Jazz is Dead 8 Marc Cary, "Equilibrium" off Life Lessons Mndsgn , "Frugality" off Yawn Zen Theo Croker, "Soul Call/Vibrate" off BLK2LIFE/A Future Past BADBADNOTGOOD, "Unfolding (Momentum 73)" feat. Laraaji off Talk Memory MF DOOM, "Licorice" off Special Herbs Vol. 7 & 8 Terence Blanchard feat. The E-Street Collective, "Dark Horse" off Absence Evolve for 23 October 20...

The Line-Up and Evolve for 3 & 4 September 2021

The Line-Up for 3 September 2021 Aaron Janik, "Spectrum" from Spectrum Terence Blanchard & the E-Collective, "Fall" off Absence Matthew Whitaker, "Bye-Ya" feat. Jon Batiste off Connections Julian Lage, "Boo's Blues" off Squint Kurt Elling, "Endless Lawns" feat. Charlie Hunter off the upcoming album, SuperBlue Kiefer, the title track to the just dropped When There's Love Around Brian Jackson with Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge , "Young Muhammad" off JID8 William Parker, "Tabasco" off Mayan Space Station BADBADNOTGOOD, "Signal from the Noise" off the upcoming Talk Memory Evolve for 4 September 2021 Charles Owens Trio, "Continuum" off 10 Years Orrin Evans, "Mynah / The Eleventh Hour" off The Magic of Now Joey DeFrancesco, "Free" from the upcoming album, More Music Pat Metheny, "Better Days Ahead" off the upcoming live album, Side-Eye - NYC (V1- IV) ...

The Line-Up for 8 January 2021 and evölve for 9 January 2021

I have finally run through my favorite jazz albums of the last year in radio format, because nothing is normal anymore but we all keep trucking along. The Line-Up is an hour of modern jazz music that airs Friday nights at 9pm CST on 91.7 FM KRTU San Antonio. evölve is two hours of modern jazz music that airs Saturday afternoons from 3-5pm CST on 91.7 FM KRTU San Antonio. The Line-Up for 8 January 2021 Your browser does not support the audio element. Nrorah Jones - Say No More David Lord, Jeff Parker, Chad Taylor, Billy Mohler - Cloud Ear Lionel Loueke - Tell Me A Bedtime Story Chicago Underground Quartet - Good Days (For Lee Anne) Kurt Elling & Danilo Perez - Beloved (For Toni Morrison) Takuya Kuroda (feat. Corey King) - Change Makaya McCraven - Mak Attack Jeff Parker - Fusion Swirl Pat Metheny - You Are Bill Frisell - Baba Drame evölve for 9 January 2021 Your bro...

My Relationship with Music in the Pandemic Year 2020

Some time last year, I finally bit the bullet and got a streaming service. I wailed and moaned for years about how they screw over the artist by paying a pittance to them, how they commodify music, how they work you over in every possible way. Then one day, I found myself having to DJ at a gallery opening and ended up having to use Spotify for some reason and it clicked. I understood the allure, the freedom of having just about any song you need just about any time you need it. The process began and I started to break down. Of course, I knew I wouldn't go with the great grifter that is Spotify, so like with all major endeavors I take on, I researched for a while for the fairest streaming service with the best library for the best value and ended up going with Tidal, much to the chagrin of anyone who follows my Instagram stories (or to the integration with my Android operating phone, unable to use voice commands to play a song at will because I guess Jay Z didn't get the contrac...