FreeFall w/David Bassin

FreeFall w/David Bassin

David Bassin hosts an eclectic two-hour mix of jazz, R&B, global grooves & abstract beats, broadcasting from San Francisco, Tuesdays 10am-noon . Now in its 24th year, FreeFall is currently heard in 88 countries.

Episodes

June 25, 2025 119 mins

It’s a wrap - our last show before summer vacation is in the books and available for your listening enjoyment. On today’s program we broadcast the sounds of The Blue Nile, GoGo Penguin, WITCH, Skinny Hightower, Frank Sinatra, Littlefingers, Roxy Music, David Bowie, Kez YM and more. Have a great July - see you back on the 22nd!

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Today’s program featured the latest sounds from Flutienastiness, Terri Lyne Carrington, Brandee Younger, Miles Davis, The Beach Boys, two Theos, two Brians and Sun Ra!

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June 10, 2025 120 mins

Today’s program features music from Rabbath Electric Orchestra, Josef Leimberg, Alfa Mist and Eric Hilton, plus two mini-sets from Sly Stone and Bobby Bland!

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June 3, 2025 120 mins

Today’s show features music from The Budos Band, Quantic, IKE, Joe Armon-Jones, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, Charles Kynard, Traffic and many more!

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May 27, 2025 120 mins

Organic Pulse Ensemble - Formative Stages - Formative Stages (RR Gems)

Yazz Ahmed - So What - Finding My Way Home (Suntara)

Quincy Jones - Manteca - You've Got It Bad Girl (A&M)

The Jazzinvaders - Nelson (feat. Dr. Lonnie Smith) - Live At LantarenVenster (Social Beats)

The Diasonics - Oriole - Ornithology (Record Kicks)

Jimi Tenor - Release Me! (Special Guest Remix) (Fluid Ounce)

Gerardo Frisina - Uzuri - In Sight Vol. 2 (Schema)

If - Wha...

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May 20, 2025 119 mins

Classics ruled on today’s program: Oliver Nelson, Massive Attack, Beady Belle, Bennie Maupin and Thievery Corporation, plus a whole lot of music you’ll really want to hear!

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May 13, 2025 120 mins

Classics from Jeremy Steig, Ella Fitzgerald and Lonnie Smith juxtaposed with the latest from Amanda Whiting, Cenk Esen, and Daylight Robbery!

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May 6, 2025 119 mins

Music featured this week includes, Brandee Younger, Emma-Jean Thackray, Femi Kuti, Theo Croker, Sault and many more! See the playlist at: https://spinitron.com/m/playlist/view/20615738

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April 22, 2025 120 mins

Kraftwerk - Kometenmelodie 1 - Autobahn (Parlophone UK)

Aarhus Jazz Orchestra - Green Rain - Shapeshifter (Jaeger Community)

Elegant People/Lo Greco Bros/Soulstance - Atlantis - Atlantis (Irma)

Zach Wilson - Esque (Live at Studio 806) - The Studio 806 Sessions (WKEYZ PRODUCTIONS)

Web Web - Bird's Lament - Plexus Plexus (Compost)

Photay - Low Pressure System - Windswept: Expansions (Mexican Summer)

Gregory Uhlmann - Marvis - Uhlmann Johns...

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April 15, 2025 120 mins

Brian Auger - Autoroute - Language Of The Heart (Teajuana)

Donny Hathaway - Valdez In The Country - Extensions Of A Man (Atlantic)

Branford Marsalis Quartet - Spiral Dance - Belonging (Blue Note)

Butcher Brown - Dinorah Dinorah - Letter From The Atlantic (Concord Jazz)

Lawne - Mamasong - Live At Audio Gold (Wah Wah 45s)

Rebecca Vasmant - Sun Song (feat. Emilie Boyd) - Who We Are, Becoming (Women in Jazz x New Soil)

corto.alto - 31. Bleep...

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April 1, 2025 120 mins

Today’s program was seven years in the making. We kicked off our new “Rock Of The ’70s” format…You’re going to love it!

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March 25, 2025 120 mins

It was a jazzalicious show featuring the sounds of Web Web, Jason Miles, David Murray, Theo Croker, and a set of classic Blue Note albums!

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March 18, 2025 120 mins

Features music from 44th Move, Daggerboard & Erik Jekebson Orchestra, Poppy Daniels, Duke Ellington, Lady Blackbird and more!

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March 11, 2025 120 mins

Jimi Tenor & Freestyle Man - Sinus Amoris - Sinus Amoris (Songs From The Bay Of Love) (Timmion)

Jazzanova - Another New Day (Little Big Beat Studio Live Session) - In Between Revisited: Jazzanova Live (Sonar Kollektiv)

Bill Laurance - Do What You Want - Rhodes Mk8 Sessions (Flint)

Muriel Grossmann - Clarity - MGQ Live Im King Georg, Köln (Muriel Grossmann)

Albert Mangelsdorff Quartet - Never Let It End - Spiritual Jazz 17: SABA/MPS (Sp...

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March 4, 2025 119 mins

Oner Karacuha - Mario - A New Era Begins (Mukos)

Yazz Ahmed - Though My Eyes Go To Sleep, My Heart Does Not Forget You - A Paradise In The Hold (Night Time Stories)

Takuya Kuroda - Bad Bye - EVERYDAY (PPK)

NIJI - Mata - Oríkì (AERONXUTICS)

Florence Adooni - A.O.E.I.U. - A.O.E.I.U. (An Ordinary Exercise In Unity) (Philophon)

Joe Armon-Jones - Kingfisher (feat. Asheber) - All The Quiet (Part 1) (Aquarii)

Side Step - Walk Spirit, Talk Spiri...

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February 25, 2025 120 mins

Charles Tolliver & Stanley Cowell - On The Nile - Strata-East: The Legacy Begins (Strata-East/Mack Ave)

Mama Terra - Watermelon Man - Chameleons (Live Interpretations Of Herbie Hancock) (Acid Jazz UK)

Herbie Hancock - Hang Up Your Hang Ups - Man-Child (Columbia/Legacy)

Herbie Hancock - Spank-A-Lee - Flood (Columbia/Legacy)

Polyrhythmics - Chophouse - Life From Below (Polyrhythmics)

Emma-Jean Thackray - It’s Okay (feat. Kassa Overall) - ...

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February 12, 2025 119 mins

Moses Yoofee Trio - Push - MYT (Leiter)

Ludivine issambourg - Fever - Above The Laws (Heavenly Sweetness)

Anthony Joseph - Tony - Rowing Upriver To Get Our Names Back (Heavenly Sweetness)

Tony Allen - Ale - La Boa Meets Tony Allen (Comet)

Four Disturbed Civilians - Grizzly Funk - Metamorphosis (FDC)

Cymande - Carry The Word - Renascence (BMG)

Richard Spaven - Find Peace Within - Sole Subject (Fine Line)

Yusef Lateef - See Line Woman - The...

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February 4, 2025 120 mins

Black Flower - Kinetic - Kinetic (SDBAN ULTRA)

Yazz Ahmed - Waiting For The Dawn - A Paradise In The Hold (Night Time Stories)

ANAN - Naif (Space Echo)

Hiromi - Balloon Pop - Out There (Concord Jazz)

Stanley Wilson - M Squad Theme - The Music From "M Squad" (Little Starlight)

Stanley Wilson - The Chase - The Music From "M Squad" (Little Starlight)

Lo Greco Bros, Soulstance & Hot Latin Spirits - In A Dream Of You - Hot California (Irma)

Ma...

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January 28, 2025 119 mins

Ari Joshua - The Clinic (Music Factory)

Nick Marks - Champs-Élysées - Cinematic Chromatics Vol. 3 (Nick Marks)

The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble - Las Olas (Colemine)

The Crusaders - That's How I Feel - Crusaders 1 (Blue Thumb)

The Crusaders - Stomp & Buck Dance - Southern Comfort (GRP)

Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest - Atchafalaya - Sylva (GroundUP)

McCoy Mrubata - Fula - Live - Mccoy Mrubata Live At The Market Theatre (Kokoko)

Sarah Hanahan -...

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January 22, 2025 120 mins

Lee Morgan - A Night In Tunisia - The Cooker (Blue Note)

Traffic - Tragic Magic - Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory (Island)

Ronald Snijders - Kaseko Sisters - Penta (Night Dreamer)

Butcher Brown - Ibiza (Concord Jazz)

PS5 - Caldera - Echologia (Hyperjazz)

Deblon Jackson - Hypnotic - FLUTOPIA (Dae Tyme)

Weather Report - A Remark You Made - Heavy Weather (Columbia/Legacy)

Meshell Ndegeocello - Trouble - No More Water: The Gospel Of James Ba...

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