Dan Alford

Stormy Mondays: So, What’s New?

The weather’s yet to turn cold and it’s not December, but this week’s Stormy Monday is a glimpse at some of the more interesting new releases from 2007. This week’s

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Stormy Mondays: Jazz Hands For All

This week we’re featuring a single hour-long track from Groundtruther, the name of guitar maestro Charlie Hunter and avant-garde jazz drummer Bobby Previte’s on-again, off-again collaboration. The pair has released

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Stormy Mondays: The Defense Is Wrong

1964 was a killer year for jazz (and for metallic green Buick Skylarks), and we’ve prepared a short list of highlights to kick off your work week. Thelonious Monk’s Stuffy

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Stormy Mondays: Segue Madness

It’s mid-summer, and that means the world needs a little Grateful Dead to help the sun shine a little brighter and the twilight last a little longer. And why have one when

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Stormy Mondays: Revolution!

The pyrotechnics this Fourth of July week come courtesy of Mr. Warren Haynes as he, like America, conquers the British [songbook]. Elton John’s Madman Across the Water comes from The

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Stormy Mondays: Yonder Suite

For a change of pace, this week we have a single suite from Yonder Mountain String Band, which played a surprise late-night show celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Fox Theater back in

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Stormy Mondays Revisited: S’More Jazz

Just this past Stormy Monday, we listened to some great jazz compositions, most stemming from a variety of locales in the late ’90s. Now it’s mid-week, and a scorching set

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Stormy Mondays: The Jazz Music

This week we’re storming in with some serious jazz, focusing on great compositions from some the best and brightest band leaders and sidemen around. Leading off, the title track from

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Stormy Mondays: The Perfect Mix

Good Monday morning, folks. For this week’s stormy soundtrack, we’re revisiting my best mix tape. I ran the first half of this a few weeks ago for the Friday Mix

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