Jazz Bastard Podcast

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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