Jazz Bastard Podcast

Patrick Burnette
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Two strikingly handsome middle-aged men get together every other week to discuss jazz in depth. Irreverent, irascible, engaged.

  1. Jazz Bastard Podcast 336 - Four Quartets

    2D AGO

    Jazz Bastard Podcast 336 - Four Quartets

    Have no fear - the boys are not discussing just any four quartets. No, there's a couple of matching sets. An influential album from a certain "European Quartet" confronts its doppelganger from fifty years later; a recent leader date from a guitarist known for his electric work faces off with a work of his youth dating back forty-five years. And if that's not exciting enough, Pat leads Mike into the dark alleyway of Beach Boy bootlegs. Branford Marsalis – BELONGING; Keith Jarrett – BELONGING; Nels Cline, et al – QUARTET MUSIC; Nels Cline – CONSENTRIK QUARTET.

    1h 52m
  2. Jazz Bastard Podcast 335 - The Final Four

    FEB 25

    Jazz Bastard Podcast 335 - The Final Four

    It's too early for March Madness, but just in time for the bastards to wrap up their survey of the New York Times' Top Ten list of 2025 jazz albums. Some of the choices give the boys mixed emotions and some barely any emotions at all, but at the end of this journey we can all say one thing for certain- that sure was definitely ten albums of jazz. Pop matters stretches to include a discussion of a life-enhancing live set from Indianapolis mainstay Steve Allee. Billy Hart – JUST; Jacob Garchik - Ye Olde 2:  At the End of Time; Kassa Overall - CREAM; Joe Farnsworth – THE BIG ROOM.

    1h 42m
  3. Jazz Bastard Podcast 334 - Two from the Times, Two From the Bastards

    FEB 11

    Jazz Bastard Podcast 334 - Two from the Times, Two From the Bastards

    It's episode two of three covering the New York Times list of Top Ten 2025 jazz albums, and since we generally cover 4 albums a show, and the Times only picked 10 for their top 10 list, we add a couple of our own picks to this "middle" episode to make the math work. We've got a drummer led live date that sounds studio bound, a duet veering towards new age, a bizarre and challenging disc from a long running Underground ensemble, and an album of Monk covers by a quartet featuring a tenor saxophone - how original! Marcus Gilmore – JOURNEY TO THE NEW – LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD ; Chicago Underground Duo – HYPERGLYPH; Shuteen Erdenebaatar – UNDER THE SAME STARS; Dayna Stephens – MONK’D.

    1h 17m
  4. Jazz Bastard Podcast 333 - NYT Top 10 for 2025, Part 1

    JAN 28

    Jazz Bastard Podcast 333 - NYT Top 10 for 2025, Part 1

    It's sort of nearly a yearly ritual - Pat and Mike pick an outlet's top 10 list for the previous year, work their way through it, and pass FINAL JUDGMENT. Because of course these lists are anything but subjective. Mike picked the list this year: the good old New York Times, whose choices have been discussed before in these parts. He's not as grumpy as sometimes about the paper's East Coast bias, but this episode covers only 4 of the 10, so no long-term promises. Marshall Allen’s Ghost Horizons – LIVE IN PHILADELPHIA; Brandee Younger - GADABOUT SEASON; Amina Claudine Myers - SOLACE OF THE MIND; Trio of Bloom - TRIO OF BLOOM.

    1h 21m
  5. Jazz Bastard Podcast 332 - Let There Be Lightsey

    JAN 14

    Jazz Bastard Podcast 332 - Let There Be Lightsey

    Welcome to 2026! As what will certainly prove to be an interesting year kicks off, the boys dive deeply into little-discussed keyboard master Kirk Lightsey's discography, checking out a couple of leader dates, an unusual duet exploration of a single composer, and a sideman appearance in a saxophonist's band who at least one Allaboutjazz reader finds worthy of a box set. Kirk Lightsey – ISOTOPE, COLTRANE REVISITED AT BIRDSEYE; Kirk Lightsey and Harold Danko – SHORTER BY TWO; Ricky Ford – SHORTER IDEAS.

    1h 25m
  6. Jazz Bastard Podcast 331 - Taming the Rivers?

    12/31/2025

    Jazz Bastard Podcast 331 - Taming the Rivers?

    For our last podcast of 2025 we delve into two very different big band projects, check out a recording by a brass band formed to cheer a guy up on his half-centenary, and dig through crates to pull out a harmolodic gem from the early eighties, when bass knew how to be big. Pop matters is light this week, focusing mostly on an English trio who took on a nickname for residents of Indiana for no apparently reason. Odean Pope - ALMOST LIKE ME; Mark Masters – SAM RIVERS 100; John Yao - POINTS IN TIME; Wild Iris Brass Band – WAY UP.

    1h 22m
  7. Jazz Bastard Podcast 330 - Revenge of the Son of Holiday Jazz: Koz and Effect

    12/17/2025

    Jazz Bastard Podcast 330 - Revenge of the Son of Holiday Jazz: Koz and Effect

    It's that time of year again, when Mike insists on a holiday music themed episode and Pat is too worried about upsetting Santa to say "no." This year's bag o' tunes has very little coal in it, unless you are allergic to smooth jazz. Mike, anyway, thinks his choice is one of the least offensive as the genre goes. You be the judge. Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra – BIG BAND HOLIDAYS II; Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra – THE NUTCRACKER REMIX; April Varner - WINTER SONGS VOL 2; Dave Koz – DECEMBER MAKES ME FEEL THIS WAY.

    1h 32m
  8. Jazz Bastard Podcast 329 - Twin Talk Interview

    12/03/2025

    Jazz Bastard Podcast 329 - Twin Talk Interview

    Join us for a very special interview with Chicago jazz trio Twin Talk, who have made it over a decade without swapping any of the three - count 'em - musicians comprising this fascinating group. Two of those musicians - saxophonist Dustin Laurenzi and drummer Andrew Green - join the boys for a wide-ranging discussion about their formative years, goals as a group, musical heroes, and much, much more. We intersperse the talkin' with twins with selections from their releases: SIGHTLINE (released under the Laurenzi Enrst Green moniker), LIVE, TWIN TALK, and WEAVER.

    1h 38m
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Two strikingly handsome middle-aged men get together every other week to discuss jazz in depth. Irreverent, irascible, engaged.

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  • Creator
    Patrick Burnette
  • Years Active
    2012 - 2026
  • Episodes
    348
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Jazz Bastard Podcast
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