May 8, 2010 - MC Mic Control Reigns Supreme

Doc was away this weekend, and as you know when the Doctor is away, the MC will play! He's got such great taste and jazz sensibility that the show never skips a beat with MC Mic Control at the helm.


RAY BROWN - SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE…THE TRUMPET PLAYERS - ORIGINAL JONES
KENNY BARRON - LEMURIA-SEASCAPE - FUNGI MAMA
CHRIS DAVIS - BAILE BONITA - YOU DIG?
BILL COON & OLIVER GANNON - TWO MUCH GUITAR - HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES
BRIANNE DE VERTEUIL & HER SAVVY 6 - DO YOU SAVVY? - ST. LOUIS BLUES
THE IAN MCDOUGALL SEXTET - NIGHTS IN VANCOUVER - POLKA DOTS AND MOONBEAMS
BRUNO HEBERT - ROCKY MOUNTAIN JAZZ COMPLIATION - SWEET AND SOUR
HUGH MASEKELA - INTRODUCING HEDZOLEH SOUNDZ - KA YE OYA
MAYNARD FERGUSO - CHAMELEON - SUPERBONE MEETS THE BADMAN
ARTURO SANDOVAL - HOT HOUSE - FUNKY CHA-CHA
STAN GETZ AND GERRY MULLIGAN - GETZ MEETS MULLIGAN IN HI-FI - SCRAPPLE FROM THE APPLE
CHRISTINE JENSEN JAZZ ORCHESTRA - TREELINES - DANCING SUNLIGHT
ERNESTO CERVINI QUARTET - LITTLE BLACK BIRD - COCONUT BILL
MICHAEL BLAKE SEXTET - AMOR DE COSMOS - TEMPORARY CONSTELLATION
CHET BAKER - JAZZ 'ROUND MIDNIGHT - YOU GO TO MY HEAD

May 1, 2010 - FunDrive

We just held our semi-annual FunDrive...ol' Doc like the emphasis on "fun", because that's what it is! We rely on community listener support, otherwise our sounds will never make the airwaves. Boy, did our listeners ever step up...we not only met, but we exceeded our $20,000 goal! It was a fun day on Vitamin J as well...MC Mic Control came in to work the phones and also brought in his keyboard. Doc had his Yamaha midi sax with him, and when you phoned in with a pledge, you also got to request a jazz standard. You ask for it, and we play it!

Thanks again for supporting community-based and campus-based radio where you live...it really is the lifeblood of many communities!

April 24, 2010 - Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band

One of the more exciting big bands on the scene today is Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band. Goodwin himself is an accomplished composer/arranger with a rather prodigous output, and community big bands across the world are thankful for that! Many of the charts played by the GGBPB have been published and are being played by high school, college, and community bands...it is good to see such great music being produced, and keeping big bands alive! Don't ever act your age...but do have a listen to the album of the same name...


CHARLES MINGUS - MINGUS AH UM - BETTER GET IT IN YOUR SOUL
GREAT UNCLES OF THE REVOLUTION - STAND UP - STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY
FREDERIC ALARIE - TAP BASS - WATER IS WIDE
MICHAEL BLAKE SEXTET - AMOR DE COSMOS - INFIRMARY
DIZZY GILLESPIE - NEW FACES - BIRKS WORKS
GREG BUSH QUINTET - CAUSE AND EFFECT - PUSHIN' AND PULLIN'
ROSS TAGGART QUARTET - THANKFULLY - LAURIER LUXURY WALK
THE CHAD MAKELA QUINTET - FLICKER - FLICKER
DAVE FRISHBERG - CLASSICS - MY ATTORNEY BERNIE
DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS - JUSTIN TIME RECORDS 25TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION - SPINNING WHEEL
MAYNARD FERGUSON - THE LOST TAPES VOLUME ONE - DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME
GORDON GOODWIN'S BIG PHAT BAND - ACT YOUR AGE - WATERMELON MAN
GORDON GOODWIN'S BIG PHAT BAND - ACT YOUR AGE - HIT THE GROUND RUNNING
VEJI - V - SCREEAB-BOP!
WOODY HERMAN HERD AT MONTREUX CROSSWIND
PETER HERBOLZHEIMER RHYTHM CONNECTION - MOJO CLUB PRESENTS DANCEFLOOR - MR. CLEAN
THE HUGH FRASER QUINTET - RED & BLUE - THANK YOU VERY MUCH
JACO PASTORIUS - PUNK JAZZ - THE CHICKEN

April 17, 2010 - M.F. Horn 4 & 5 Live at Jimmy's

M.F., of course, stands for Maynard Ferguson...though on this album he plays like the other connotation of M.F.! "Live at Jimmy's", a wonderful double album, is arguably Maynard's best live recording. It was a bit of a transitional band...up to this point in the mid-'70's he'd been fronting a group of primarily British musicians but this band was a blend of British and American musicians, with the odd (some might say very odd, since he played baritone sax) New Zealander tossed in. The band is on fire, responding well to the assembled audience, with Maynard soaring above the fray. Check out the work on the bari by Bruce Johnstone on both "MacArthur Park" and "Stay Loose With Bruce".


CHARLES MINGUS - MINGUS AH UM - BETTER GET IT IN YOUR SOUL
CHARLES MCPHERSON - LIVE AT THE CELLAR - SPRING IS HERE
STEVE JONES - CHESTER'S WALTZ - LAMENT FOR HUNTER S. THOMPSON
STEVE KALDESTAD - BLOW-UP - SIESTA
SANDRO DOMINELLI - THE ALVO SESSIONS - WICKED GAME
THE AMANDA TOSOFF QUARTET - STILL LIFE - WANDERING
P.J. PERRY - NOTA BENE - GEORGIA ON MY MIND
JOHN COLTRANE - ONE DOWN, ONE UP: LIVE AT THE HALF NOTE - AFRO BLUE
SONNY ROLLINS AND JOHN COLTRANE - THE VERY BEST OF PRESTIGE RECORDS - TENOR MADNESS
THE CANNONBALL ADDERLEY QUINTET - MERCY, MERCY, MERCY - STICKS
THE HUGH FRASER QUINTET - RED & BLUE - THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MAYNARD FERGUSON - M.F. HORN 4 & 5 LIVE AT JIMMY'S - GOT THE SPIRIT
MAYNARD FERGUSON - M.F. HORN 4 & 5 LIVE AT JIMMY'S - MACARTHUR PARK