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In this broadcast, a conversation with Dutchess County resident, pianist and composer Aaron Parks. Parks will perform at the Hudson Jazz Festival 2023 on Sat., Feb. 25, with vocalist Samantha Rise. The festival this year is entitled, The Shape of Jazz Today. The event concludes its first weekend on February 19, then resuming from February 23 through 26. Hudson Hall is located at 327 Warren Street in Hudson, New York. This interview was recorded on February 10. Plus, new music from Astroturf Noise, pianist Brad Mehldau, and trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis.

Playlist
Artist / Song / Title / Label
Cal Tjader, Carmen McRae/Upside Down/Heatwave/Concord Jazz [4:28]
Lucy Yeghiazaryan and Vanisha Gould/Gypsy Feet/In Her Words/ Lucy Yeghiazaryan and Vanisha Gould [3:53]
Dr. Anthony Branker and Imagine/The Door of No Return/What Place Can Be For Us?: A Suite in Ten Movements/Origin [8:52]

Interview with Aaron Parks, pianist and composer
[excerpt] Aaron Parks/Professor Strangeweather/Little Big/Ropeadope [4:25]
[excerpt] Aaron Parks/Eleftheria/Volume One/Ahem [7:02]
[excerpt] Aaron Parks/The Ongoing Pulse of Isness/Little Big II: Dreams of a Mechanical Man/Ropeadope [7:16]

Jeff Denson, Romain Pilon, Brian Bland/Finding Light/Finding Light/Ridgeway [4:21]
Doug MacDonald /Rashomon/Big Band Extravaganza/Dmac Music [4:44]
No Hay Banda/The Difference is the Buildings Between Us/I Had a Dream About This Place/No Hay Discos [17:46] 
Astroturf Noise/Dying Mechanical Banjo Pt. 1/577 [5:45]
Brad Mehldau/Here, There, and Everywhere/Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays The Beatles/Nonesuch [3:58]
Loren Daniels/I’m Only Sleeping/Ticket to Ride/Loren Daniels [6:14]
Delfeayo Marsalis/Uptown Boogie/Uptown on Mardi Gras Day/Troubadour Jass [3:57]
Buck Clayton/Jazz Party Time/A Buck Clayton Jam Sessions Vol. 3: Jazz Party Time/Chiaroscuro [10:15]

The Jazz Disturbance is a show featuring jazz and other improvised music from local, regional, worldwide, and world-class artists. From Hudson, NY on WGXC (90.7-FM). "The Jazz Disturbance" playlist and news are available at jazzfluxus.com and facebook.com/ckdisturbance.