Full Moon Hacksaw

Series produced by KRDP

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Full Moon Hacksaw is a weekly two-hour radio series spotlighting an eclectic mix of classic and modern Jazz and Blues music, hosted by Arizona radio veteran Tom "Hacksaw" Coulson.

The program is free and stations have the option of carrying it in one of three formats:
(a) 2 consecutive hours weekly,
(b) Two non-consecutive one hour programs weekly, or
(c) As a one hour program weekly (either hour 1 or hour 2)

Full Moon Hacksaw features great stories, rare and emerging recordings, as well as conversations with musicians and aficionados.

Produced by Radio Phoenix in Phoenix, Arizona, the program is available nationally to college, community, and public radio stations from Pacifica Radio and the Public Radio Exchange (PRX).


Additional Files

515 Pieces

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Real bebop bookends the swing and free eras for starters, without playing either. Monk is composer way before he was was known, Illinois Jacquet no...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP, WKAR, WYAP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 6
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Friend, pianist and collector John "Brazilian Gringo" Mueller is again guest for the first hour, our semi-regular ritual. We start like a bat out o...

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  • Added: Apr 12, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 6
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Directed intensity from Buddy Rich sounds more like a lift than a jolt, but Horace Silver's loping tempo tells the truth. Mongo Santamaria's Afro-C...

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  • Added: Apr 06, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 5
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Mellifluous Memphis piano and classy not classroom big band sounds abound, Phineas Newborn and NAU respectively. Mellow into British Bill Bruford, ...

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2016
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 6
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Two very different sides of Los Angeles saxophone kick off this journey, Dale Fielder and Little Helen Rose. Reliable Bob Dorough gets wired, Stan ...

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  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 5
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Bassist Jack Radavich is featured artist, a new recording of Harry Warren material, later in the broadcast playing Neil Hefti. Chicago's young blue...

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  • Added: Mar 15, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 5
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Drummer/leader/composer Tony Williams graces us with his presence, the timeless Charles Brown sings, unorthodox Sonny Rollins plays. A most prolifi...

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  • Added: Mar 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 5
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John Mueller, pianist and record collector, is guest. And 1961 is quite the year here. After the introductory testament from Tito Puente we'll hear...

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:55
  • Purchases: 6
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Professional drummer Lewis Nash, who was born in the desert southwest, begins our program from New York with a world-wide recipe. Likewise our flav...

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  • Added: Feb 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:55
  • Purchases: 6
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Let's start with the jazz workaholic, Milt Jackson in a contemporary recording by early '70s standards. Maynard brings his big band dynamics. Blues...

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  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 5
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Veteran saxophonist Jimmy Heath musically connects us to a past master then cues newer name saxophonist Vincent Herring, respecting composition and...

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  • Added: Feb 11, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Trumpet time, Eddie Henderson interprets Wayne Shorter. Then to usher in the topic of the hour, former employees Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Ji...

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  • Added: Feb 02, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:56
  • Purchases: 6
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How do you do, we have over 40 years associated with jazz radio here in the desert southwest. In hour one of this week's national broadcast, guest ...

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  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:56
  • Purchases: 5
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When a true fan is engaged, he or she knows who the original is and who the imitators are. When Wardell Gray produced his masterpiece "Twisted" in ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP, KRZA, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WOUB


  • Added: Jan 20, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:55
  • Purchases: 5
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Germinating in the workshop & in the Grooveyard at my age means Charlie Parker is still the standard: Supersax plays bird. Continuing thru Clark Te...

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:55
  • Purchases: 6
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Radio, neckties and drums, the party continues with jazz and blues. In one case Philip and Wynard Harper on trumpet and traps respectively, a more ...

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  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 5
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Really happening Columbus Ohio organ trio Tony Monaco smokes into vintage Goodman, the peculiar Bob Dorough waxes poetic end Elvin Jones and Sun Ra...

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  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 5
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Jumpin' Jay McShann qualifies the call to order in swing, Henry Townsend lends his off-color slant on luck of the draw and Coleman Hawkins bundles ...

Bought by KRZA, WVBI-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 5
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Binary bop begins the journey of spins and needles, drummer Stockton Helbing sounds pristine alongside veterans Benny Carter and Dizzy Gillespie. D...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB, and WYAP


  • Added: Dec 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:59:55
  • Purchases: 5
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Straight ahead sounds start right out of the gate, the great Sarah Vaughan makes a timely statement. Roland Kirk flute goes well in the dead of ju...

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  • Added: Dec 09, 2015
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 4