"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 Roa

Jazzism 17.1 - You Go To My Head

Mar 3rd, 2024 1h 28m

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 J

Jazzism 16.8 - Lady Be Good

Dec 31st, 2023 1h 8m

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 Rage

Jazzism 16.7 - Jitterbug Waltz

Nov 10th, 2023 1h 16m

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

Jazzism 16.6 - Double Rainbow

Oct 14th, 2023 1h 28m

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 a

Jazzism 16.5 - Of A New Cool

Jun 21st, 2023 1h 18m

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

Jazzism 16.4 - Something To Consider

Apr 26th, 2023 1h 29m

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

Jazzism 16.3 - Wayne...Shorter Than GOD, Taller Than Man

Mar 19th, 2023 1h 32m

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 -

Jazzism 16.2 - Virgo Rising

Mar 5th, 2023 1h 24m

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. Way

Jazzism 16.1 - Let It Ride

Jan 8th, 2023 1h 28m

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

Jazzism 15.4 - Youthful Bliss

Dec 9th, 2022 1h 29m

" 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 i

Jazzism 15.3 - Coast To Coast

Nov 27th, 2022 1h 37m

"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

Jazzism 15.2 - Stronger Than You Think

Nov 19th, 2022 1h 20m

[Originally posted 03/37/2022] These are no doubt trying times. A relentless virus is plauging the world of humans. According to the website "Worldometer" the most recent death toll attributed to the covid 19 coronavirus is over 6 million peop

Jazzism 15.1 - Midnight Blue

Nov 19th, 2022 1h 19m

[Originally Posted 01/08/22] Happy 2022!! The start of a new year...and a new coronavirus strain, welcome to the season of Omicron. Well, I hope "All You Young Jazz" are vaccinated but if you chose not to do so, I hope you are well and are taki

Jazzism 15.1 - Midnight Blue

Jan 8th, 2022 1h 19m

Happy 2022!!The start of a new year...and a new coronavirus strain, welcome to the season of omicron. Well, I hope "All You Young Jazz Lovers" are vaccinated but if you chose not to do so, I hope you are well and are taking the necessary precau

Jazzism 14.2 - Black Villain Music

Nov 30th, 2021 1h 24m

Just as a hero has an origin story and its corresponding mythology, so does the villain. Sin cannot exist where there is no law. Yes needs no, day succumbs to night and if loving you is wrong...I don't wanna be right.The theme song of the hero

Jazzism 14.1 - Harvesting Dance

May 16th, 2021 1h 25m

Harvest time, a season of reaping what you have sown. A cause for celebrating - for it is the FAITH you possess, that has seen your HOPE realized. A farmer plants a seed never really knowing if the crop he just put in the ground will flourish.

Jazzism 13.3 - Vater Time

Nov 8th, 2020 1h 10m

I'm baaaack!Nothing but good Jazz Music, something we all could use during these stress filled days.Enjoy,Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenixfeaturing:Ravi Coltrane - Klepto (2012)Joanna Pascale - I Wanna Be Loved (2015)Wallace Roney -Vater Time (2007)An

Jazzism 13.2 - Rebirth

Apr 20th, 2020 1h 28m

Rebirth"Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. The next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn." - Mahatma Ghandi"I give you this to take with you: Nothing remains as it was. If you know this, you can begin again, with pure joy in the uprooting"

Jazzism 13.1 - Little Angel

Mar 2nd, 2020 1h 15m

OK...I must start with a bit of housekeeping. For years now I have been listing episodes in a way that I now find a tad confusing. Previously I would list a new episode as 1.12 for example. This indicated episode 1, season 12. Moving forward I

Jazzism 2.12 - No Name

Nov 24th, 2019 1h 8m

In 1986 saxophonist Branford Marsalis released an album he titled "Royal Garden Blues". The album was well recieved and reviewed and helped solidify Branford as a musician to be rekoned with, one of my favorite tracks on the album is an origina

Jazzism 1.12 - Butterfly

Mar 11th, 2019 1h 21m

Once again....it's on!The Winter solstice has passed and the Spring equinox is approaching. Time for me to emerge from my cocoon and display To All You Young Jazz Lovers a mix of beautiful colors.Spread your wings,Brian "Katzpheno" Phoenixfeatu

Jazzism 7.11 - Songs In The Key Of Roy

Nov 16th, 2018 2h 12m

On November 2nd, 2018 the Jazz world lost its Crown Prince...the one and only Roy Anthony Hargrove.I fell in love with Roy's musical approach the first time I heard him blow. I was introduced to his music by a good friend through a recording...

Jazzism 6.11 - Along Came Betty

Nov 2nd, 2018 1h 7m

Along Came Betty is a Jazz standard written by tenor saxophonist Benny Golson.Benny wrote the song as a tribute to vocalist Betty Carter and it was originally performed by Benny while he was a member of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers. The son

Jazzism 5.11 - Latin For Travelers

Sep 22nd, 2018 1h 7m

Que Pasa?National Hispanic Heritage Month has arrived!Every year from September 15th to October 15th, since 1968, Americans have celebrated the power, beauty and importance of Hispanic peoples and their cultural contributions to the world.On th