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Left of Average

By Patrick Burnette | Jazz Bastard
August 26, 2021
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The Bastards look at four albums taking paths less travelled, approaches rarely attempted, and pianos (in the case of

Sun Ra

piano
1914 - 1993

" data-original-title="" title="">Sun Ra at least) untuned. Three 2021 releases are featured and we go way back to 1966 for a movie tie-in album that went right for jazz fans and terribly wrong the MGM employee writing the liner notes. Pop matters this time isn't pop at all but Mike's in-depth discussion of

Charles McPherson

saxophone, alto
b.1939

" data-original-title="" title="">Charles McPherson's birthday concert, so stay tuned.

Playlist

Mike discusses the podcast's philosophy 0:40
Discussion of
Adi Meyerson
bass
b.1991
" data-original-title="" title="">Adi Meyerson's album I Want to Sing My Heart Out in Praise of Life (Self Produced) 7:15
Discussion of Alotoizm's album Altoizm (AFAR) 26:20
Discussion of
Rachel Eckroth
piano and vocals
b.1976
" data-original-title="" title="">Rachel Eckroth's album The Garden (Rainy Day Records) 41:40
Discussion of
Walt Dickerson
vibraphone
1928 - 2008
" data-original-title="" title="">Walt Dickerson's album Impressions of a Patch of Blue (MGM Records) 56:45
Mike discusses Charles McPherson's birthday concert. 1:09:06

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