Starting from the crosshairs of 60’s hard bop, Jazz Advance moves through time and location covering off everything from contemporary Northern European Avant Guard to Brazilian Bossa Nova, Rare Groove and Cake Walks of the early 1900’s. This program draws from personal record collecting to in studio performances of local and international players. Each show finds a unique look at this ever evolving and always influential form called Jazz.

Jeffery Plansker is a commercial film director and native of Detroit. He runs the “occasional” online radio station pocketradio.org and the concept store thebloke.com. Additionally he maintains a record & DVD label called geodesic.com where the project “Beneath Detroit” is currently under way.

Lonnell Dantzler: Searching For Soul (MET)

Mary Lou Williams: Credo (Mary)

Eddie Fisher Quintet: Third Cup (Cadet)
Jimmy Heath: Smilin Billy (Muse)
Lyman Woodard Organization: Belle Isle Daze (Part 1) (Strata)
Stanley Cowell: Travelin Man (Strata-East)
Gap Mangione: Diana In the Autumn Wind (GRC)
Bobby Timmons : This Guys In Love With You
Ramsey Lewis : Why Am I Treated So Bad
Dizzy Gillespie – The Fly Fox
Rusty Bryant – Cold Duck Time
Jimmy Smith : Sassy Mae
Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers : Sunny
Jimmy Heath – Dat Dere

Quintessence: Cotati Funk (Quintessence)
Nathan Davis: Tragic Magic (Tomorrow Int’l)
Odell Brown and the Organizers: Think About It (Cadet)
Rusty Bryant: Fire Eater (Prestige)
Severine: Je Suis Bien La Meme (Philips)
Blossom Dearie: I Like London in the Rain (Fontana)
Larry T and the Family: Patty (LET)
Weldon Irvine: Mr. Clean (Nodlew)
The Steel Vibrations & Sounds of Steel: Suite Judy Blue Eyes (Custom Fidelity)
Les James Trio: Joe’s Thing (Century)