Dream Girl Radio / EXT SRC presents:
EXT SRC 21 / Frisson / 08.14.24
I’ve spent the past few weeks in a rabbit hole of 70’s-era jazz. When I came back to modern music I missed that warm, organic feel that older music has. This playlist is partly inspired by my search for that energy in modern jazz, primarily focusing on music out of California and the UK. I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening!
Tedikuma Dream Girl Radio / EXT SRC August 14th, 2024
Posted In: Music, Music Shows
Tags: jazz, jazz fusion
Dream Girl Radio / EXT SRC presents:
EXT SRC 18 / The Dollar Bin / 06.26.24
Today I’m lugging in some of my favorite jazz fusion records from my collection. I recently did a set including some of these tracks at Plan 9 Records, recorded onto my 404mkii. But today I’m pulling directly from the source! I haven’t DJed with vinyl since high school, so we’ll see how it goes.
Fusion (especially 70’s-era fusion) has been one of my favorite genres of music since I began collecting vinyl. I was hooked on the trifecta of The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever and Weather Report (along with having my parents’ Headhunters record on repeat). I spread out from that starting point and discovered a lot of great music. A lot of these records were either very cheap or straight out of the dollar bin, hence the title. In 2009 I made a similar set that you can listen to on my Mixcloud. I hope you enjoy this new crash course.
Tedikuma Dream Girl Radio / EXT SRC June 26th, 2024
Posted In: Music, Music Shows
Tags: jazz, jazz fusion, jazz rock, Vinyl
Dream Girl Radio / EXT SRC presents:
EXT SRC 16 / Valley View / 05.22.24
My mom requested that I play Jeff Lorber for Mother’s Day, so I built a deep dive into my history with smooth jazz and jazz from the late 70’s to the late 90’s in general. As a teenager, developing my own taste in music, that era of jazz was a blind spot for me. I preferred the organic feel of jazz in the 60’s, or energy of fusion and free jazz in the 70’s. After that I wasn’t very interested in the incorporation of so many synths and electronic drums in the 80’s. Even Miles Davis lost me. But at some point I began digging through my parents record and CD collections and realized I had a nostalgia for this sound.
My dad was a jazz guitarist and my mom was a pianist, so this music was always around. George Benson and Earl Klugh are stuck in the depths of childhood memories, listening while riding through Mill Mountain in a Datsun 300ZX with the windows down, humming the melodies to myself. I also realized that the pipeline from fusion to smooth jazz was common. While I wouldn’t say they were smooth, 80’s offerings by some of my favorites like Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock reached a more radio-friendly state but still clicked with me. So while some smooth jazz is still a bit too clean for me, this set of tracks is me on a mission to find a middle ground between what I enjoy and what my mom enjoys. Maybe this will bring back memories for other people as well.
Tedikuma Dream Girl Radio / EXT SRC May 22nd, 2024
Posted In: Music, Music Shows
Tags: fusion, jazz, jazz fusion, jazz-funk, smooth jazz