Jazzism (a katzpheno mix)

MPH means miles per hour, and in this instance on Jazzism (a katzpheno mix) Podcast , MPH references the man with the horn Miles Dewey Davis. @026 marks the centennial of Miles Davis star falling to earth, what a star he was. A gifted musician with the uncanny ability to be where he needed to be in Jazz Culture, a man who embodied and in many ways influenced the ziegiest during his lifetime. This...

APRIL IS JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH! This April, we not only celebrate all things Jazz... but we celebrate specifically the centennial of not one but two Icons of Jazz Culture, Miles Davis and John Coltrane. Miles and Coltrane was a combination that just couldn't miss.. I mean they went together like peanut butter and jelly or tickle on a belly, like cheese on grits and like The Beatles had hits. All...

Back again with the good news from on high... The Country Preacher has spread the gospel, a gospel of liberation, and gospel of power, econmoic power, red, black and green... know what I mean! He preached a gospel born of exclusion demanding a seat at the table not for just him and his but for all regardless of gender, race or creed. Shouting let freedom ring!! The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson transce...

Welcome to the final episode of Jazzism (a katzpheno mix) for 2025. On this episode we celebrate life, the beauty, the struggle, and the joy of it all. Though a year is full of change we reflect on those aspects of change in our lives that were positive. We focus now on those aspects of change that helped us to grow, that gave us deeper knowledge of ourselves and the world around us, that taught u...

Greetings All You Young Jazz Lovers! It is time for another expertly curated Jazz music podcast, and on this episode we take a closer look at the career of the incomparable drummer, pianist and composer Jack DeJohnette. As All Young Jazz Lovers know Jack DeJohnette transitioned from this earthly plane October 26th, 2025. He blessed us with 6 decades of artistry and left an indelible mark upon Jazz...

Greetings All You Young Jazz Lovers! Jazzism (a katzpheno mix) has returned with yet another installment of the "best damn Jazz Music podcast on the internet." So glad you have found the time and place to enjoy my humble offering. This episode features "Nothing But The Best That The World Has To Offer In Jazz Music" so let the sounds take on a magical journey and "Expand Your Jazz-Like Mind, One T...

Greetings All You Young Jazz Lovers! Another episode of the best damn Jazz music podcast on the internet has dropped, and this episode has drawn its inspiration from the world of film. A cinema masterpiece entitled "Sinners" hit theaters back in April of this year and ever since I can't seem to quench my desire for the blues (I also avoid the sunlight...strange). It's as if I have been seduced and...

Greetings All You Young Jazz lovers! Brian Phoenix back again with another installement of Jazzism (a katzpheno mix).... one I am certain you are gonna dig the most! I entitled this episode "Work" for two reasons, one it is the title of a composition written by Thelonious Monk and included here on the podcast (performed by Chick Corea Trio), and because work is essential to life. Work gives us pur...

Greetings All You Young Jazz Lovers, February 14th in the USA is officially Valentines Day, a day created by a small entrepenuer ages ago to... well, quite frankly sell more product. The origins seem to begin around 1850 in Massachusetts with a woman regarded as the mother of the American valentine - Esther Howland, the daughter of a stationer. She started making small Valentine cards made of laye...

Welcome to the first podcast of 2025!! I apologize for the long wait but sometimes life as we all know... be lifin' and before ya know it 3 months whiz by and you find yourself in a new calendar year. 2025 is setting up to be a "doozy" so a musical escape may just be the thing to get us through. Besides, one of the many taglines of Jazzism (a katzpheno mix) is "Keep Jazz In Your Life, Not Strife a...

Welcome once more to an exploration into Jazz Culture! This episode, naturally brings you nothing but the best that the world has to offer in Jazz music and a little bit more! With Jazzism 17.5 we begin a new segment I am calling Jazz Music Matters.  For that past few months now I have been developing traction on the hashtag #jazzmusicmatters via Facebook and Instagram and now I take the next step...

Pass it on, Pass on the good vibes, pass on the love, pass on the joy, that is what I do with my humble podcast, I pass on all the good stuff I have to you... my loyal listeners. All I ask in return is that you share the podcast, the good vibe, the love and the joy to the people you know. Enjoy the mix, Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Tony Williams - Takin' My Time (1985) Billy Childs - Leime...

Greetings once again, all you young Jazz lovers! Another installment of the best damn Jazz music podcast on internet has arrived! Just in time to save Jazz radio from the blahs!! This episode encourages fanatics of this culture to actively participate in showing their fantacism by getting out to a favorite Jazz venue and enjoy this true american artform as it was intended... live and in living col...

"The words love and like both have 4 letters, but they're two different things all together" - Whodini (from One Love - 1986) "Funk used to be a bad word" - Funkadelic (from Let's Take It To The Stage - 1975) "Jazz is a 4 letter word" - Max Roach, Nicholas Payton and anyone else who can read, write and count. The word jazz is a controversial term. It might be the new "N" word. It's meaning has gon...

Welcome to Season 17 of Jazzism (a katzpheno mix).... as always there is more Jazz music love here than you know what to do with, as I continue my quest to bring All You Young Jazz Lovers   - Nothing But The Best That The World Has To Offer In Jazz Music.  Those of course are my trademark slogans. In any event this is the maiden voyage of 2024 so, all aboard the seas are calm and we have a steady...

The Final Episode of 2023 Fellas break out the tux, Ladies don your favorite ballroom attire...we going out Big Band Style! Happy New Year!!! Enjoy, Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Roy Hargrove Big Band - Mambo For Roy (2009) The Chad Rager Modern Big Band - Straight, No Chaser (2008) Deborah Cox - I Don't Hurt Anymore (2007) Dizzy Gillespie & His orchestra - Birk's Works (1950) Duke Ellingto...

As you may know by now... I use the title of one of the tunes from the episodes playlist, as the title of the episode. It's my attempt to tie the songs to the show and keep it all about the music, the thing I love. It is also, in most cases, a nod to a great composer or performer, in this instance it is both. The title of the episode is "Jitterbug Waltz" penned by a truly remarkable and prolific c...

Fall is in the air, the leaves are changing into their vibrant hues of brown, orange, yellow and red. Pumpkin spice has been sprinkled on everything edible and infused in aroma candles and therapy. Raincoats and sweater come out of the closet and a new covid 19 booster is available at the druggist. You gotta love it!! One of my favorite traditions is also taking place this fall.... HOMECOMING. I w...

There is PAST cool... you know flat tops, shell toe adidas, standing on the corner in a b-boy stance. There is CURRENT cool... guys rockin' twin braids with a fade...everyone keeping their drip right...girls with the bantu knots...and food that is bussin' Then there is NEW cool.... what is it?? JAZZIM (a katzpheno mix) that's what it is, that's what this episode represents, all of it - cool of the...

This is the fourth episode of 2023 and this one is designed to give you Something To Consider. Consider how to keep your like In The Flow. What is meant by... "in the flow"? Listen and learn young grasshopper, listen and learn. Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Next Collective - Africa (2013) Chick Corea Trio - Alice In Wonderland (2014) Elijah Jamal Balbed - What Matters Most - In Life (2015)...

Wayne Shorter Lives! Space traveller....the space between the notes. He was The Phantom Navigator aka Emanon aka Mr. Gone aka Mr. Weird. The celebration continues..... into the cosmos! Enjoy, Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Wayne Shorter - Adam's Apple (1966) Weather Report - Elegant People (1975) Weather Report - Lusitanos (1976) Weather Report - Palladium (1977) Wayne Shorter - Maya (1994)...

Yet another installment of the best damn Jazz Music podcast on the internet! On this episode...more good music and my reflections on the passing of the most unique composer in modern Jazz history, and a damn strong saxophonist to boot - Mr. Wayne Shorter.   Enjoy, Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: Cyrus Chestnut - Two Heartbeats (2014) Dave Douglas - The View From Blue Mountain (2009) Harold Lo...

Slide, slide, slippitty slide, forget about your troubles and your your 9 to 5, let's all get together, listen to Jazzism and let it ride. Come along on another fantastic voyage. Enjoy, Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenix featuring: John McLaughlin - 1 4 U (2008) Hiromi's Sonicbloom - Time Out (2007) Harvey Mason - Either Way (2014) Esperanza Spalding - Noble Nobles (2016) Nicholas Payton - Let It Ride (200...

" I think being in love with life is a key to eternal youth" - Doug Hutchinson "What though youth gave love and roses, age still leaves us friends and wine" - Thomas Moore   I once heard a young man say.... "A bell's not a bell until you ring it, a song's not a song until you sing it. Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, love's not love until you give it away" - Oscar Hammerstein II Enjoy...

"All around the city and from coast to coast, I'm slicker than most, slicker than most" - Guru (from "Slicker Than Most", Jazzamatazz Vol. 1 1993) Yep, yep... It's your boy Brian "katzpheno" Phoenix once again puttin' the Jazz in your ear! Have no fear this episode of Jazzism (a katzpheno mix) is chock full of gooey, chewy,  jazz filled knuggets to excite and delight and here and there I also drop...