March 31, 2025

Modcast #578: Get Mod Jazzed


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Good luck trying to get a definitive answer to what mod jazz is. It's like the famous comment by US Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart when asked to define what obscenity is: "I know it when I see it." Well thats me with mod jazz folks, I know it when I hear it. Maybe soul jazz is a better shorthand term, this music certainly has a lot of soul to it. All I can do is play the music for you and let you be swept away by it.

Parlor Greens -- The Ripper (2025)
The Lewis Express - Sliced, Diced And Fried Twice (2025)
Lance Ferguson's Rare Groove Spectrum -- Egg Roll (2019)
Dani Nello Organ Trio -- Bric-à-Brac (2024)
The Bongolian -- Soul Drums on 110th Street (2020)
Big Boss Man -- Cuban Heel Blues (2024)
Organ Freeman - You Said You Quit Drinkin' (2017)

Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Love Land (2023)
True Loves -- Good Weed & Red Wine (2025)
Abramo & Néstor - Dig It! (2025)
Tee See Connection - Skyline Chili Churner (2024)
Melvin Craig -- Grits N Gravy (2023)
The New Mastersounds - Scrappy Doo (2024)
The Jazz Defenders - Meanderthal (2024)

Bonus Third Set

Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)


Rolling on a High - The Jazz Defenders & Doc Brown (Official Video)


The Big Man (Live in Paris) - The Jazz Defenders


True Loves - Full Performance (Live on KEXP at Home)


Menagerie - Free Thing


Nick Hempton & Cory Weeds - Conn Men


Nina Simone- Work Song Live (Merv Griffin Show 1966)


Roy Hargrove Quintet 'Top Of My Head' | Live Studio Session


The Mastersounds - Minnie The Kicker


What Is This Thing Called Love?


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