The Sam Jones Centennial Broadcast

The Sam Jones Centennial Broadcast will be a historical survey of the music of the great bassist, Sam Jones from his earliest jump blues recordings in the early 1950s until the end of his life in 1981.  His 30-year career provides a great way to hear the transitions in modern jazz and his music is marked by several long collaborations with some of the masters of American jazz: Cannonball Adderley, Oscar Peterson, Cedar Walton, and Billy Higgins.  We will listen to at least one track from each of his approximately 300 recording sessions which include some of the most important albums in history, paying attention to both his bass playing and how he interacts with the other musicians around him, especially drummers.  Tune in for a deep dive into the classic jazz period and some in-depth analysis of this great music!

Past Episodes

  • Sam Jones Centennial Broadcast - Episode 11 Aired: Monday, January 29, 2024
    • Jimmy Junebug Jackson - Unit 7 @ 0:00
    • Red Garland - Halleloo-Y'all @ 5:22
    • Dizzy Reece - Comin' On @ 15:19
    • Nat Adderley - Tadd @ 26:45
    • Bobby Timmons - The Touch of Your Lips @ 31:04
    • Blue Mitchell - Avars @ 41:33
    • King Curtis - Do You Have Soul Now? @ 45:40
    • Roosevelt Wardell - Lazrus @ 55:27
  • Sam Jones Centennial Broadcast - Episode 10 Aired: Monday, January 22, 2024
    • Dusko Goykovich - Unit 7 @ 0:00
    • Sam Jones - Del Sasser @ 6:30
    • Cannonball Adderley - Jeannine @ 11:09
    • James Clay - Some Kinda Mean @ 21:40
    • Louis Hayes - Teef @ 30:42
    • Barry Harris - Is You Is, or Is You Ain't My Baby? @ 44:04
    • Harold Land - West Coast Blues @ 52:58
  • Sam Jones Centennial Broadcast - Episode 9 Aired: Monday, January 15, 2024

    Slightly abbreviated version of Episode 9

    • Mike Smith - Unit 7 @ 0:00
    • Lou Donaldson - Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise @ 6:43
    • John Lee Hooker - I Need Some Money @ 15:59
    • Arnett Cobb - Sometimes I'm Happy @ 22:32
    • Horace Parlan - There is no Greater Love @ 30:39
    • Sam Jones - Some Kinda Mean @ 41:34
    • Bobby Timmons - So Tired @ 47:28
  • Sam Jones Centennial Broadcast - Episode 8 Aired: Monday, January 8, 2024
    • Don Miller - Unit 7 @ 0:00
    • Cannonball Adderley - Spontaneous Combustion @ 6:19
    • Lou Donaldson - The Nearness of You @ 21:55
    • Sonny Red - Bluesville @ 29:30
    • Red Garland - The Red Blues @ 35:19
    • Julian Priester - The End @ 38:25
    • Bobby Timmons - Dat Dere @ 48:33
    • Nat Adderley - Scrambled Eggs @ 56:50
  • Sam Jones Centennial Broadcast - Episode 7 Aired: Monday, January 1, 2024
    • Bobby Watson - Unit 7 @ 0:00
    • Thelonious Monk - In Walked Bud @ 4:52
    • Walter Davis Jr. - S'make It @ 38:02
    • Johnny Griffin - Playmates @ 45:45
    • Blue Mitchell - Blue Soul @ 55:02
  • Sam Jones Centennial Broadcast - Episode 6 Aired: Monday, December 25, 2023
    • Bobby Broom - Unit 7 @ 0:00
    • Nat Adderley - Blue Concept @ 6:55
    • Abbey Lincoln - Lonely House @ 16:56
    • Red Garland - He's a Real Gone Guy @ 20:37
    • Philly Joe Jones - Stablemates @ 33:07
    • Donald Byrd - Here Am I @ 42:03
    • Art Taylor - Straight, No Chaser @ 54:08
  • Sam Jones Centennial Broadcast - Episode 5 Aired: Monday, December 18, 2023

    1959, Dizzy Gillespie's working band, first Riverside session, first recording with Thelonious Monk.

    • Chris Aycrigg - Unit 7 @ 0:00
    • Donald Byrd - Down Tempo @ 3:57
    • Blue Mitchell - Blues On My Mind @ 13:40
    • Dizzy Gillespie - St. Louis Blues @ 27:26
    • Johnny Hodges - St. Louis Blues @ 33:14
    • Clark Terry - The Swinging Chemise @ 42:19
    • Thelonious Monk - Off Minor @ 52:05
  • Sam Jones Centennial Broadcast - Episode 4 Aired: Monday, December 11, 2023
    • Nat Adderley - Unit 7 @ 0:00
    • Cannonball Adderley - Autumn Leaves @ 7:39
    • Kenny Dorham - Autumn Leaves @ 34:51
    • Chet Baker - The More I See You @ 37:52
    • Abbey Lincoln - I Am In Love @ 40:36
    • Bill Evans - Night and Day @ 52:23
  • Sam Jones Centennial Broadcast - Episode 3 Aired: Monday, December 4, 2023

    1957 - 1958

    • Jimmy Bruno - Unit 7 @ 0:00
    • Cannonball Adderley - Edie McLin @ 3:29
    • Betty Carter - You're Getting to be a Habit With Me @ 19:06
    • Clark Terry - Let's Cool One @ 30:15
    • Kenny Burrell - The Man I Love @ 34:43
    • Tony Scott - Scrapple from the Apple @ 42:01
    • Bud Powell - Sub City @ 52:50
  • Sam Jones Centennial Broadcast - Episode 2 Aired: Monday, November 27, 2023

    Episode 2

    • Wes Montgomery - Unit 7 @ 0:01
    • Paul Williams - Blowin' the Boogie @ 6:43
    • Tiny Bradshaw - Light @ 18:32
    • Cannonball Adderley - Sam's Tune @ 31:50
    • Nat Adderley - Sermonette @ 48:00
    • Cannonball Adderley - Spectacular @ 56:27

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