E08 Jazz Comeback Stories

A celebration of the best of jazz’s great comeback stories including Duke Ellington’s legendary 1956 Newport Jazz Festival performance, and an exclusive interview with guitarist Pat Martino who survived a brain aneurysm and retook his place as one of the music’s great voices on jazz guitar. We’ll talk with jazz historian Phil Schaap about the epic saxophone solo that single-handedly propelled Duke Ellington back into jazz relevance, chat with a Chicago cabaret artist who’s committed to giving long-forgotten tunes from the Golden Age of American Song a new lease on life, and hear the triumphant story of guitarist Pat Martino.

 

Episode Transcript

 

Content warnings: discussion of aneurysm and recovery.

 

Host: Jeff Haas

Guests: Phil Schaap, Justin Hayford, Bill Milkowski, Pat Martino 

 

Music

• Duke Ellington “Blues for New Orleans”
• Duke Ellington “The Swingers Get the Blues, Too”
• Tony Bennett “The Best Is Yet To Come”
• Duke Ellington and John Coltrane “In a Sentimental Mood”
• Duke Ellington “Blues in Blueprint”
• Duke Ellington “Diminuendo in Blue”
• Duke Ellington “Diminuendo In Blue And Crescendo In Blue”
• Duke Ellington “Blues in Orbit”
• Duke Ellington “Thanks for the Beautiful Land on the Delta”
• Frank Morgan and Kenny Baron “You’ve Changed”
• Justin Hayford “You’re Awful”
• Django Reinhardt “Honeysuckle Rose”
• Django Reinhardt “Billets Doux”
• Willis “Gator Tail” Jackson and Pat Martino “A Lot of Livin to Do”
• Pat Martino “El Hombre”
• Pat Martino “East”
• Pat Martino “Footprints”
• Pat Martino “Alone Together”
• Pat Martino “Ellipsis”
• Pat Martino Quartet “Round Midnight”
• Pat Martino and Les Paul “I'm Confessin’ That I Love You”
• Pat Martino “Two of a Kind”

 

Original Air Date: March 23, 2012

 

Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas

Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon

Podcast produced by Sam Boase-Miller and Erik Saras

Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller

Transcripts and show notes by Erik Saras

 

Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In”

 

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