Johnny D's Jazz Journal

About The Program

John D'Agostino likes to add color, dimension, and fun to the listening experience by sharing the illuminating anecdotes and trivia scribbled in the margins of jazz history. He also enjoys programming shows around unifying themes- instrumentation, subject matter, special events, the seasons, great songwriters. On "Johnny D's Jazz Journal", he does all that and more.

Latest Blog by John D'Agostino

The Low Down

Perhaps I started feeling empathy for bass players many years ago when I realized that low-noters were replacing drummers in the jokes that musicians like to tell. As a drummer, I was relieved when an old joke such as, "How do you know when a stage is perfectly level? — the drummer is drooling from both corners of his mouth," was changed to make bass players the objects of ridicule. But it also occurred to me that it was a positive development for people to be thinking about bassists at all.

Here's what John D'Agostino is talking about:

Here are a few CD selections featured most recently:

Here are the 30 most recent tracks played on this show:

May 19th at 4 PM Hour
	4:56 PM	Count Basie & His Orchestra	“Corner Pocket” — April In Paris
	4:49 PM	Esperanza Spalding	“Ponta De Areia” — Esperanza
	4:45 PM	Joshua Redman	“Last Glimpse of Gotham” — Walking Shadows
	4:37 PM	Avishai Cohen	“Feediop” — At Home
	4:33 PM	Ira Nepus and Steve Moore	“Indigroove” — Together
	4:25 PM	Christian McBride	“Listen to the Heroes Cry” — People Music
	4:21 PM	Jack Bruce	“Things We Like” — Things We Like
	4:15 PM	Charlie Haden and Quartet West with Shirley Horn	“Lonely Town” — Best of Quartet West
	4:10 PM	Lars Danielsson and Leszek Mozdzer	“Praying” — Pasodoble
	4:06 PM	David Arnay	“11/12/11” — 8
	4:01 PM	Charles Mingus/Gunther Schuller	“Peggy's Blue Skylight” — Epitaph [Disc 2]

May 19th at 3 PM Hour
	3:56 PM	Victor Bailey	“Do You Know Who/Continuum” — Low Blow
	3:49 PM	Stanley Clarke Trio	“Global Tweak” — Jazz In The Garden
	3:44 PM	Jeff Berlin	“Esp” — Low Standards
	3:35 PM	Brian Blomberg	“If Ray Brown Was a Cowboy?” — Compared to That
	3:32 PM	Michael Blanco	“Postcard (for Solo Bass)” — No Time Like the Present
	3:26 PM	John Patitucci	“The Well” — Imprint
	3:23 PM	Bob Moses	“Jaco” — Time Stood Still
	3:18 PM	Ray Brown	“Gumbo Hump” — Concord Jazz Heritage Series
	3:13 PM	Brandi Disterheft	“Le Regarder La Recontrer Encore” — Gratitude
	3:09 PM	Ben Williams	“Mr. Dynamite” — State of Art
	3:00 PM	Blake Meister	“The Grind” — Septagon

May 12th at 4 PM Hour
	4:55 PM	Duke Ellington	“Satin Doll” — Hot Summer Dance
	4:49 PM	Frank Sinatra	“I'll Remember April” — Point Of No Return
	4:40 PM	Jane Monheit	“A Gente Merece Ser Feliz” — The Heart Of The Matter
	4:35 PM	Stefano Battaglia Trio	“Ismaro” — Songways
	4:25 PM	Thelonious Monk	“Bright Mississippi [Live]” — Live At The It Club [Disc 2]
	4:20 PM	Eldar Djangirov	“Sweet Georgia Brown” — Eldar
	4:15 PM	Max Roach	“The Casbah” — Jazz In 3/4 Time / Rich Verse's Roach
	4:12 PM	Duke Ellington	“Caravan [Album Version]” — The Duke's Men: Small Groups Volume I

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