Jazz on the Rocks with a Twist of Soul

The Zen of Jazz

The definition of Zen is: A state of calm attentiveness in which one's actions are guided by intuition rather than by conscious effort.

Jazz is Zen!

Track list - Set One

101 East Bound - George Duke

A La Verticale - David Sanborn

Morning After - Dee Lucas

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - BWB

Tomorrow - Gerald Albright

Love's Not - Conya Doss

On My Way to Harlem - Gregory Porter

I'm Waiting for You - Jackiem Joyner

Can't Find My Way Home - Nathan East

Missing You - Boney James

Set Two

When Can I See You Again - Everette Harp

May - Freddie Joachim

Love Song - JaDon Buckner

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - Laura Fygi

Distance Yebba

Fences and Barriers - Incognito

If it Takes all Night - Mike Phillips

Cure - Moonchild

Classic Cocktail - Street Life - The Crusaders f/Randy Crawford

Portraits of an Angel - Robert Glasper

Sanpaku - Michael Franks

6 - Shakatak

The Wonderment of Jazz

Jazz has this amazing ability to draw you in, and to see it being created simply leaves you in awe! Just think of some of the pioneers that gave their entire being to this passion and the reverence we pay to the legacies they left that grew the genre: Armstrong, Miles, Monk, Coltrane, Ellington, Bird, Tatum, Marsalis, Bechet, Gillespie, and hundreds of others........

Set 1 Track List

Bob Baldwin & Russ Freeman - Didn't I Blow Your Mind this Time?

Eric Essix - Caravan of Love

Chillaxing Jazz Kollecktion - Memories of Us

Michael Franks - Underneath the Apple Tree

Crusaders - Til the Sun Shines

Alina Baraz & Galimatias - Fantasy

Althea Rene - Mystic Voyage

Tom Browne f. Joyce San Mateo - Just Work

Ben Williams - If You Hear Me

Al Jarreau - Could You Believe

Ronny Jordan - At Last

Set 2 Track List

Pat Metheny - Water Colors

Meshell Ndegocello - Rush Over

Boney James f. Kenny Lattimore - Be Here

Tom Misch - Sunshine

Esperanza Spalding - Precious

Everette Harp - When Can I See You Again?

Moonchild - Wise Woman

Classic Cocktail - Kenny G - Songbird

Gregory Porter - Wolfcry

Chris Standring - Liquid Soul

Jesus Tamames - Summer Groove  

The Spirit of Jazz

I think when you listen to Jazz it taps in to your soul and does something to your inner-most being. It's like Jazz is truly alive. It can hear you. It can see you. It can sense you. And you feel its "aliveness." Let's experience now the living, breathing Jazz on the Rocks with a Twist of Soul!

Set 1 Track List

Jackiem Joyner - I'm Waiting for You

Kim Waters - Dreaming of You

Gregory Porter - No Love Dying

Najee - Air

Snakehips - On and On

Sade - Kiss of Life

Nick Colionne - Rainy Night in Georgia

Charles Earlund - More Today than Yesterday

Justin Ward - Best Part

Michael Franks - B'wana He No Home

Stanley Clark - Lost in a Thought

Set 2 Track List

Chris Standring - Liquid Soul

Norman Brown - Too High

Robert Glasper - Maiden Voyage/Everything in the Right Place

Doobie Powell & Frank McComb - Better

Althea Rene - My Summer Love

Amel Larrieux & Glenn Lewis - What's Come Over Me

Classic Cocktail - Herbie Hancock - Chameleon

Brian Culbertson - The Rise and Fall of Loving You

Jarrod Lawson - Love Isn't Always Enough

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The Boldness of Jazz

Jazz is bold in two ways; One, is the pure sound of the music that connects with every fiber of your being. It leaves an indelible impression in your spirit that lasts a lifetime. Even those who are unfamiliar sense that there is something "special" going on when they experience it. Two, is that Jazz has the audacity to have lasted so long and established itself as a true American artform that has become ubiquitous across the globe! Thank you Jazz! I salute you now on Jazz on the Rocks with a Twist of Soul!

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The Intimacy of Jazz

The good thing about Jazz is that it allows you to determine your own narrative. Jazz only provides the soundtrack but you inspire the story. However symbiotic the relationship, you are the author of your reality and Jazz music is always a willing participant. Please enjoy another episode of Jazz on the Rocks with a Twist of Soul!

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The Passion of Jazz

The word Jazz was originally a slang word, it was sometimes spelled “jas”, “jass”, “jaz”, even “jasz”. One of the most popular theories is that it was first used as a baseball term to mean verve, vim, and fighting spirit; another suggests that it was derived from the African slang word “gism” or “jism”, which had sexual connotations. Jazz evokes a passion and a spirit that seeps into your natural being and presents itself as a sonic pheromone. Get ready to have an Eargasm with Jazz on the Rocks with a Twist of Soul.

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The Sentiment of Jazz

Jazz is an idiom of sound and expression that captures and manifests an attitude toward a situation, opinion, a time in space, a feeling, or even an event. If there is a mood, Jazz can seize it, if there is joy, Jazz can grasp it, if there is sadness, Jazz can occupy it, if there is a heart, Jazz can inhabit and live there. Let Jazz on the Rocks with a Twist of Soul be the soundtrack for your every emotion. Enjoy!

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The Essence of Jazz

Essence is defined as: The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, that determines its character.

Need I say more? This is what Jazz is, and this show will explore and test the quintessence of the sound!! Please enjoy the felling of Jazz on the Rocks with a Twist of Soul.

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The Valentine's Show for Lovers

Happy Valentine's

Jazz up Your Love Life with a little Jazz on the Rocks with a Twist of Soul!

Later Tonight - Brian Culbertson

Superstar - Diana Krall

Love of My Own - Eric Benet

Perfect Love - Gerald Albright & Norman Brown

Wherever You Go - Brian Simpson & Jonathan Butler

Chez Nous - Michael Franks

Be Here - Boney James & Kenny Lattimore

Misty - Don Diego

Precious - Esperanza Spalding

Hello It's Me - Eric Essix

Since I Fell For You - Bob James, David Sanborn, & Al Jarreau

Vision of Love - Dwight Sills

I Love You - Brandon Williams, Anesha Williams, & Casey Benjamin

Wolfcry - Gregory Porter

Stay Together - Kim Waters

Is it the Way You Love Me (Live) - Jill Scott f/Mike Phillips

Wishing on a Star - Marion Meadows

Distance - Yebba

The Classic Cocktail - In a Sentimental Mood - John Coltrane & Duke Ellington

Lover Man - Chris Botti f/Gladys Knight

Always a Part of Me - Kirk Whalum

Love Isn't Always Enough - Jarrod Lawson

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The Mind of Jazz

It feels like Jazz has a mind of it's own and it definitely takes over the minds of the Jazz musician. According to a study conducted by two professors from John Hopkins University, when jazz musicians improvise, their brains turn off the dorsolateral prefrontal and lateral orbital regions linked to self-censoring, inhibition and introspection, and turn on the medial prefrontal cortex—the part of the brain that lets self-expression flow. Even if you’re not a jazz musician, listening to jazz stimulates your mind since the brain mimics the pulsating rhythms of improvisation—it’s kind of like a “monkey see, monkey do” situation. If you’re looking for new ways to spur your child’s creativity and critical thinking, jazz is one way to go. Get ready to expand your mind with Jazz on the Rocks with a Twist of Soul.

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