Jazz Bastard Podcast 253 - A Tribute to Someone

Sometimes "tribute "can be a dirty word in jazz - a sign a project's only justification is a well-known name - a warning that reverence may have trumped inspiration on a record.  But it doesn't have to be that way.  This episode, the bastards look at four 2022 releases that each celebrate a towering figure from jazz's past without getting tangled up in its shadow.   With dedicatees as varied as Johnny Hodges, Charles Mingus, Yusef Lateef, and Wes Montgomery, things never get in a rut.  Bennie Maupin - SYMPHONIC TONE POEM FOR BROTHER LATEEF;  Ethan Philion – MEDITATIONS ON MINGUS; Owen Broder:  HODGES FRONT AND CENTER; Tim Fitzgerald – FULL HOUSE.