Jazz + rock + some loudness. Power fusion was the outgoing end of the jazz-rock genre, and we had some of the best exemplars in our show.
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Fusion Power!
Imagine Jazz Fusion. Then, add a few more amps. Also, some progressive Rock. Then, turn it up to 11. That’s Power Fusion. Which will be this week’s topic. And, just to make things more interesting, remember that the DST discrepancy will be over until autumn…
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296 Tom Paxton
Tom Paxton, a man with a vast musical career, still not ended, beginning in the early Sixties Greenwich Village volk revival scene, and produceing to date 68 studio and live albums. Writing and singing his own songs, accopanied on accoustic guitar, he told arresting stories with a few well-chosen words in songs three or four minutes long.
The preshow was early examples of his work, and the postshow, beginning with The Bravest, a song about the firefighters who went up the stairs of the Two Towers on 9/11 as everybody else was coming down, ended with several more of his love songs and finished with Outward Bound, a song about a couple setting sail on the sea of marriage.
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60 Years And Ongoing
Career spanning 60 years, check. Folk songwriter, check. Songwriting teacher, check. Multiple hits as songwriter, check. Plenty of topical songs satirizing politics, check. Several albums of children’s songs—wait, did we take a wrong turn somewhere? No, it’s just Tom Paxton being Tom Paxton, who is pushing 90 and shows few signs of slowing down, or keeping his mouth shut.
See you in the Cavern,
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171R Malcolm Cecil
A show highlighting the career of Malcom Cecil, musician and engineer, who was responsible for the birth of one of the first synthesisers back in the Seventies, and who had producer and music credits on a lot of widely-varying albums, usually with some jazz connection.
17 listener connections at best, very satisfying. Do join us again 🙂
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295 Ladies of Jazz
A new show with mostly contemporary tracks from our friend Nigel for International Women’s Day 2026.
Well attended, 19 for most of the show with a peak of 21.
Preshow was from the more established ladies of jazz, and postshow was electronic ladies.
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Jazz’ Contribution to IWD
Well, actually, in a way, but not really. We will be celebrating International Women’s Day by showcasing the ladies of Jazz.
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170R Hall & Oates
A pleasantly low-key Sunday’s relaxation from the Philadephia pop-rock duo of surprising longevity, who stopped recording in 2021 and split with some acrimony. None of that in the show 🙂
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Daryl. And John.
This week we will look at a paring unfortunately only seen opposing one another in court these days: Hall and Oates.
See you in the Cavern,
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294 Boz Scaggs
A nice show about a man who does not get as much credit as he should. We covered his early success and his comeback after a long retirement from the business, and did hit all of the highlights.