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Episode 10: Herbie Hancock (The 60s)
A young prodigy is discovered, taken under the wing, and emerges a beautiful butterfly, ready to start an incredible journey.
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Episode 9: Mr. Gone: A Tribute to Wayne Shorter
2 March 2023 saw an enigmatic man pass from this veil of tears, although, through his Buddhist spirituality, he’d ask us to take it as an opportunity to grow happier. This is an attempt to do so by exploring the music of this impressionistic composer and improviser – Mr. Gone, but never forgotten.
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Episode 8: Miles’ Children, Part 2
From smoke filled clubs to people filled festivals, the trajectory keeps climbing. The music always interesting, the company balance sheets always happy, the audience polarised. The children continue to blaze their path, unabashed.
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Episode 7: Miles’ Children, Part 1
Birds of fire shoot from the nest, tracing electric sparks, blurring the boundaries between innovative expression and mercantile jive. Making us assume they ever shared a border that could be danced with vigour.
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Episode 6: Miles Plugs In
When a man is riding an enigma, a woman feeds him from a fresh spring and the swing is electrified and turned upside down.
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Episode 5: The Christmas Special 2022
The holiday spirit swings strong if you dig the hippest corners.
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Episode 4: Charles Mingus, Part 2
Building a stack of classics, one slice of wax at a time; violence against an old friend; the death of a new friend – down time’s required before coming back with some new meditations.
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Episode 3: Charles Mingus, Part 1
A young prodigy comes out the West and heads East; exchanging words with some key players, creating joy and woe; outrages a hero and advocates for the young guns. Workshops the anger into a world of divine music.
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Episode 2: Charlie Haden, Part 2
Free jazz is born, but rehab is necessary for the new world. The New Thing’s vanguard are waiting when Charlie returns to music. Some important new friends are made; some important new music is made with them.
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