Pullin from the Stacks

Special FreePalestine! episode dedicated to all the Palestinians under siege and fighting to hold onto their homes and their loved ones while the Israeli state continues to massacre people and steal Palestinian land, as they have for many decades. I urge everyone who isn't already supporting the Boycott Divest Sanctions movement to read up on it - you can do so here bdsmovement.net/ - and support...

I noticed that the great Cal Tjader passed away around 40 years ago today (May 5th), and while I typically don't like doing death anniversaries, it did feel like a good time to revisit some of his records. The feeling of his music can't be understated - it just feels GOOD. Especially right now as spring moves toward summer, it seems perfect to break these albums out. This episode is also a bit of...

Since it's both International Jazz Day and 45Friday I figured I'd throw a mix of some jazz 45s together. This is completely rough and raw, I just grabbed a stack of 45s and did this in one take, just what felt good. Hope you enjoy!

After I finished recording this episode, I realized I'd played two records featuring Jorge Santana - one by his group Malo, and another with him as a guest with the Fania All-Stars. I looked him up and realized he had sadly passed away last spring. Rest in Power Jorge Santana! I hope everyone enjoys his guitar work on these tunes as well as the other tracks featured here. Tracklist: JAB, Malo, Reu...

I grew up listening to my mother play piano in the house every day, and it is my favorite instrument. I want to celebrate women like my mom this month - here's a selection of some well-known and lesser-known incredible women pianists/keyboardists/organists, doing mostly original compositions. Tracklist: Tania Maria, Rhoda Scott, Brenda Russell, Patrice Rushen, Mary Lou Williams, Patti Brown, Shirl...

A belated birthday dedication to the one and only Nina Simone. Admittedly it took me a little while to fully get into Nina's records, even the well-known ones, but these days I always find something new and beautiful I hadn't noticed before on each one. Her eclectic song selection and style is so unique, there is nothing like it. The selections here are just a few of my favorites. Hope you enjoy....

Piano and keyboard heavy episode this week, including two selections from the legend Chick Corea who sadly passed a few days ago. One of those artists you think will always be around, who made so many incredible records that I've been listening to since I first started collecting. Rest in Power. I have a stack of things old and new that have been landing in my post office box the last month, playi...

About a year since the last dusty-but-digi mix, here's a blend of instrumentals copped from Bandcamp and elsewhere. Hopefully a thing or two here that you might not have heard before. Dropped in a few vocal snippets from an old DOOM interview here and there as well. Enjoy! Tracklist: Gianni Brezzo, Stro Elliot, Jahari Massamba Unit, Ivan Timbo, Ojo, DJ Spinna, Tall Black Guy, J. Dilla, Zeitgeist F...

Several inspirational artists left us recently, including the great Junior Mance, whose records I've really loved since DJ Center put me onto him years ago. RIP Mr. Mance, RIP Ricky Powell, RIP Double K, RIP DOOM. Condolences to everyone who's lost loved ones and to others in the hip-hop and broader community who drew inspiration from the incredible work these folks and others put in over the year...

A special all-Stax guest set from Daniel Littlewood, who I've been digging records and sharing music with since we were in high school together. He came through with this selection of favorites from his Stax collection, and I added a couple more off the label from my crates after. Much appreciated sir!! Enjoy. Tracklist on Soundcloud and embedded on mp3.

Back with a few more upbeat but smooth covers and selections this week! Thought folks would enjoy a few drum breaks, keyboards and smooth basslines. Much appreciation to everyone tuning in! Tracklist: Scott Grooves, Bobby Paunetto, Herbie Hancock, Alex Santos Orchestra, Joe Baer Magnant and the Ready, Soullive, The City

Rounding out the year, I selected a few of my favorite 2020 aquisitions - I can't call most of these digs because I think all of them appeared in my mailbox at some point. A few I'd been after forever, along with a couple beautiful new releases. I hope everyone enjoys, and I want to again extend a huge thanks to all those who've tuned in this past year, and those who graciously put together guest...

Much appreciation to everyone who's tuned in the last six years! We made it to 150 episodes, way farther than I ever anticipated. Couldn't have gotten here without so many folks tuning in. Special shouts to Pipomixes and everyone else who's reposted episodes on the internets! Also big thanks to all the guest selectors the last fifty - DadBodRapPod, J. Rawls, Bruce Phillips, Evolve-One, DO77 and Wa...

Back at it, direct from the crates to your ears! Eclectic sounds from vinyl new and old. Many thanks for listening! Tracklist: Sylvia Telles, Nucleus, Mekbuda, Paul Bley Quartet, Greg Foat, Freddie Hubbard, El Chicano

Was selecting these tracks as people went to the polls...was feeling a range of emotions and wanted to play tracks that felt serious, hopeful, powerful, and spoke to the need for urgent social change (not that I personally believe presidential elections impact much social change, but this election seems more of a moment than simply an election). Recorded the mix the next day, with votes still bein...

A selection of new jazz joints I've mostly found on Bandcamp recently - some digital-only, some not. Also something new from J. Rawls Liquid Crystal Project! Enjoy. Tracklist: Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge, Dougie Stu, Katalyst, Camarão Orkestra, HUMMUCIDE, Sunny Park, Liquid Crystal Project

Went into the crates to pull a few selections from the great jazz label Muse. Tried to stay away from some of the sample-favorites (no Walt Barr or Catalyst this time around). Instead, it's a journey into the a variety of styles and flavors, some creative and beautiful music made by a wide range of musicians in the 70s and early 80s. There's definitely another stack of records I wasn't able to inc...

After Breonna Taylor again saw no justice this past week, I felt compelled to break from Pullin from the Stacks and put together something about abolition - abolition of the police, of prisons, of the systems of repression operating throughout this country. Took a few days but here is a mix in the vein of my "Zinnstrumentals" tapes, featuring some interview excerpts of brilliant people talking abo...

Another musical adventure for your week, a mix of recent finds and some old favorites. Tracklist: Brethren, Jayson Lindh, Sven Wunder, Jack Wilson, Woody Shaw, Ramsey Lewis

Trying to do some more thematic episodes and tributes, and so this week I put together a little tribute to the great Brother Jack McDuff (RIP), who was born September 17th, 1926. I tried to mix different styles of his from my little collection, but keep it funky. So many of these records I bought many years ago, it was good to go back and re-listen. Hope you enjoy!

Back at you with a new episode. Mostly a bunch of stuff from deep in my own crates that I haven't broken out in some time, and needed a re-listening. Tracklist: Asterud Gilberto, George Duke, Ahmad Jamal, Moonquake, CTI All Stars, Atlantis Jazz Ensemble, Gil Scott Heron and Brian Jackson

Going through all my 45s to cleanse some of the filler, I found a few I'd forgotten about or hadn't played in awhile. So here's a short late summer mix of things. Will try to keep things on schedule in the coming weeks, so stay tuned in! Tracklist: Antonio Carlos Jobim, War, Liquid Smoke, Smoke Rise, Quincy Jones, Ramsey Lewis, Bob Dylan, Liquid Crystal Project, Monk Montgomery

Still a bit off-schedule coming off the move but here's a new episode featuring the recent mail-drops and a couple classics, as well as a short interview snippet from Angela Davis. RIP Steve Grossman and Peter Green, might try and do a Grossman tribute in the future. Hope everyone is good. Tracklist: Greg Foat, Peter Green, Jimmy Ponder, Phi-Psonics, Angela Davis, Steve Grossman, Bob Dylan

My podcast schedule has been a bit off with the upcoming move, but here's a new episode - this time around it's all digital jazz selections, some newish things found on Bandcamp recently. So much good new music out there, you just gotta do a little searching for it. Perusing Bandcamp and other platforms isn't the same things as digging up old records, but it is a whole new universe of music to nav...

Purging some records as I prepare to move. No track list, just some random funky hip-hop joints from deep in the crates.