The Musik Lounge

Hitting you with more heat for these winter time chills! Lots of fresh sounds, slid back towards the jazz sound this week but kept it funky with an assortment of beats and grooves, strictly for your ears delight. As always, thank you for listening and catch me live every Sunday from 1 - 3 PM PST @ KTQA.org! And don't miss out on the holiday spectacular edition next week, featuring Christmas sounds you'd expect from The Musik Lounge. UPDATE: This episode is no longer available to stream, if you'd like to listen back, holler at me! Sarah Hennies, Katie Porter & Madison Greenstone “Standing Water” Sault “I Surrender” Count Basie “That Warm Feeling” Resavoir “Life Before” Samiyam “Italy/Stuff” High Pulp ft. Theo Croker “You’ve Got To Pull It Up From The Ground” Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers “Jimerick” Joona Toivanen Trio “Gravity” Stanley Cowell “Round About Midnight” Oaagaada “Speeds” DJ Premier “Dat Sound Good (Instrumental)” Killer Mike ft. Ty Dolla Sign “High ...

“Suspense In The Grip of Suspense” is a tune off the new Damon Locks & Rob Mazurek album New Future City Radio and it’s a phrase that captures my feelings about the burgeoning modern Jazz scene blossoming around the world currently. The music is filled with excitement and suspense. You never know what’s going to happen next. Much like many styles of music that go through ebbs and flows of change and promising talent, right now is an amazing time to be a listener of these sounds as we hang on to the edge of our seat and listen intently to all the glorious sounds being produced. Earlier this year at the Yesler Community Center in the Central District of Seattle, Washington Kassa Overall held open rehearsal sessions with his band. Preparing to unleash his Warp Records debut and grind out the rest of the year on the road, it was a beautiful way to give back to the town that raised him and simultaneously add to the rich music history of the neighborhood. Kassa has been cultivating a fr...

Episode 48! You know what that means, another straight jazz jam session between Mizo & I live and direct from the lounge. Of course we can’t keep anything simple and our sonic adventurousness keeps us pushing the boundaries of what a new Jazz fusion frequency may be. That means there are elements of hiphop, rock, soul and electronic grooves present but always rooted in the free form expression that is the beautiful and singular american social music. Turn it up, vibe out and get in the groove with us on this journey through time and space as we keep on inching towards the one year anniversary! Thanks for walking with us.  Sault “U Know It Ain’t” Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge & Doug Carn “Down Deep” Sarah Webster Fabio “Still, Red Hot Axe” Jackie McLean & The Cosmic Brotherhood “Some Other Time” Masahiko Sato “Serenity” Placebo “Balek” Joe Farrell “Spoken Silence” Herbie Mann “Hold On I’m Comin” Sun Ra & His Astro Infinity Arkestra “Pathways To The Unknown” Ed...