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Jazz Bastard Podcast

Two strikingly handsome middle-aged men get together every other week to discuss jazz in depth. Irreverent, irascible, engaged.

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Jazz Bastard Podcast 10 - Fusion Fury

Jazz Bastard Podcast 10 - Fusion Fury

Pat and Mike tangle over seventies super-group Weather Report in this very special episode. WEATHER REPORT, I SING THE ... Read more

10 Apr 2013

1hr 39mins

Ranked #2

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Jazz Bastard Podcast 119 - Sonnymoon for Four

Jazz Bastard Podcast 119 - Sonnymoon for Four

The forecast for this cast is . . . well, we're doing a show about four alto sax players named Sonny. Make your own met... Read more

12 Jul 2017

1hr 24mins

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Ranked #3

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Jazz Bastard Podcast 07 - Let's Get Industrial

Jazz Bastard Podcast 07 - Let's Get Industrial

Mike explores the wonderful world of Andrew Durkin's left coast ensemble The Industrial Jazz Group. Meanwhile, Pat grum... Read more

27 Feb 2013

1hr 10mins

Ranked #4

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Jazz Bastard Podcast 31 - Hard Bop Heaven

Jazz Bastard Podcast 31 - Hard Bop Heaven

Mike and Pat dive feet first into the dead center of the jazz tradition, with mixed results, at least if you happen to b... Read more

29 Jan 2014

1hr 28mins

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Jazz Bastard Podcast 118 - Mean Mr. Bastard

Jazz Bastard Podcast 118 - Mean Mr. Bastard

What do John Pizzarelli, Sun Ra, Jack DeJohnette and Brandford Marsalis have in common? You tell us. We spread the joy... Read more

28 Jun 2017

1hr 19mins

Ranked #6

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Jazz Bastard Podcast 161 - Both of These Guys are Not Like the Other

Jazz Bastard Podcast 161 - Both of These Guys are Not Like the Other

Cue the "Odd Couple" theme.  This episode, the bastards take a listener's request to heart and discuss two musicians of ... Read more

6 Mar 2019

1hr 38mins

Ranked #7

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Jazz Bastard Podcast 130 - Say it With Wood

Jazz Bastard Podcast 130 - Say it With Wood

It's the podcasts' fifth anniversary so the albums discussed feature quintets. Laughs, insights, and just a few sentime... Read more

13 Dec 2017

1hr 33mins

Ranked #8

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Jazz Bastard Podcast 141 - The Big Difficult

Jazz Bastard Podcast 141 - The Big Difficult

Cecil Taylor has always stood somewhat uneasily outside the jazz tradition - at least from the point of view of jazz tra... Read more

30 May 2018

1hr 35mins

Ranked #9

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Jazz Bastard Podcast 96 - Pluckers

Jazz Bastard Podcast 96 - Pluckers

Back to the origins of jazz guitar we go, checking out some acoustic luminaries and an electric pathfinder. The introdu... Read more

10 Aug 2016

1hr 32mins

Ranked #10

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Jazz Bastard Podcast 127 - Geri Allen

Jazz Bastard Podcast 127 - Geri Allen

In this banger, Ethan Iverson's "Do the Math" blog inspires Mike and Pat to explore the early years of pianist Geri Alle... Read more

1 Nov 2017

1hr 30mins

Ranked #11

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Jazz Bastard Podcast 95 - Bad Mutha Hubbard

Jazz Bastard Podcast 95 - Bad Mutha Hubbard

Shut yo mouth! We're just talking about Freddie . . . Hubbard that is, whose career stretches from Blue Note hard bop t... Read more

27 Jul 2016

1hr 31mins

Ranked #12

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Jazz Bastard Podcast 133 - Back At It

Jazz Bastard Podcast 133 - Back At It

Together at last, the boys talk a random assortment of jazz releases and then get to the nitty-gritty: what did Mike thi... Read more

7 Feb 2018

1hr 20mins

Ranked #13

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Jazz Bastard Podcast 146 - A French Connection

Jazz Bastard Podcast 146 - A French Connection

From chaos order as the boys realize that a couple of Pat's random LP haul both have a connection with the sexiest count... Read more

8 Aug 2018

1hr 41mins

Ranked #14

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Jazz Bastard Podcast 136 - Mandatory Charleston

Jazz Bastard Podcast 136 - Mandatory Charleston

To put Louis Armstrong into context, Mike leads Pat kicking and screaming through recordings by five of Louis' contempor... Read more

21 Mar 2018

1hr 39mins

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Jazz Bastard Podcast 83 - Be-Bop Rollerskates

Jazz Bastard Podcast 83 - Be-Bop Rollerskates

In the mystic land of the seventies, Don Schlitten did a stately pleasure dome decree - well, at least a label for recor... Read more

10 Feb 2016

1hr 18mins

Ranked #16

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Jazz Bastard Podcast 90 - Wynton, Wynton, Wynton, Wynton, Wynton - The Early Years

Jazz Bastard Podcast 90 - Wynton, Wynton, Wynton, Wynton, Wynton - The Early Years

"Tell me about your jazz childhood," the nice man by the couch says, and Mike and Pat reply "It all started with an upti... Read more

18 May 2016

1hr 46mins

Ranked #17

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Jazz Bastard Podcast 101 - Forgotten Fusion

Jazz Bastard Podcast 101 - Forgotten Fusion

Mike and Pat explore albums from a recent Jazz Times list of forgotten fusion gems. Unfortunately a bad sign influences... Read more

19 Oct 2016

1hr 18mins

Ranked #18

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Jazz Bastard Podcast 180 - We Got the Skillz to Play the Billz

Jazz Bastard Podcast 180 - We Got the Skillz to Play the Billz

William, oh William, it was really nothing - but an all-Bill all the time podcast!  At Mike's suggestion, this round's m... Read more

27 Nov 2019

1hr 16mins

Ranked #19

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Jazz Bastard Podcast 16 - Sophie's Choices

Jazz Bastard Podcast 16 - Sophie's Choices

The Bastard welcomes Indianapolis native, tenor sax player and raconteur Sophie Faught as its first guest. Sophie share... Read more

3 Jul 2013

2hr

Ranked #20

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Jazz Bastard Podcast 170 - Pop Goes the Jazz 'Cast

Jazz Bastard Podcast 170 - Pop Goes the Jazz 'Cast

After discussing their rare "pop" episodes during their allaboutjazz interview, the boys decided, what the heck, let's d... Read more

10 Jul 2019

1hr 20mins

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