One Hundred and Thirty Six

This week, we'll look at the great American art form as it finds its way into the 21st century. Jazz continues to evolve in ways that are both striking and familiar. Just as Charlie Parker and Charlie Christian took popular music and stripped it to its core before radically making it their own, today's musicians are taking the cut and paste technology of hip hop and using it to disassemble, rearrange and rethink the process of improvistion. As Frank Zappa famously said "Jazz is not dead...it just smells funny"

We'll start off with Bernd Burnson from his CD The Jazz Massacre and a 'Brave New World'

Hear the rest at www.last.fm/music/Bernd+Burnson

Kristin Mainhart and Khromozomes return the program with a track from their 'Stranger Things' CD called 'Turn the other Cheek'

Look to myspace.com/khromozomes for more

Up next is French duo Kesakoo and 'Bazouria'

Check out more at myspace.com/kesakooelectra

This is Skipless from his Rooftops CD It's 'Alter'

Find more at dustedwax.org

We'll close the episode of Idyllic Music with a bit of the 60's, the 90's and alot of the 21st century. This is Beatropolis and '3 Dope Boys and an Opium Sack'

Listen up at www.beatropolis.net

You can also find the complete archive of show notes, links to all the artists featured on the podcast over the years and lots of free streaming audio at idyllicmusic.com. And visit musicpodcasting.org to hear other great podcasts

Thanks for listening. I'm Jim Nye.