David Bassin hosts an eclectic two-hour mix of jazz, R&B, global grooves & abstract beats, broadcasting from San Francisco on KXSF 102.5FM/KXSF.FM, Tuesdays 10am-noon. Now in its 25th year, FreeFall is currently heard in 88 countries.
We finished off 2025 with the latest from Cosmic Slap, Dorian Slip, The Natural Yogurt Band, and VEEKO, plus deep tracks from Bennie Maupin, Freddie Hubbard, Eddie Henderson, Roy Milton, Either/Orchesrta and music of the Grateful Dead, performed by Muriel Grossmann.
Have a safe and sane New Year’s…see you in 2026!
Muriel Grossmann - The Other One - Plays The Music Of McCoy Tyner & Grateful Dead (Dreamlandrecords)
Herbie Mann - Turkish Coffee - Impressions Of The Middle East (Rhino Atlantic)
Either/Orchestra - AMHARA RUMBA - Ethiopiques 32: Nalbandian L'Ethiopien The Ethiopian (Heavenly Sweetness)
The Bennie Maupin Ensemble - Neophilia 2006 - Penumbra (Cryptogramophone)
Bennie Maupin - Water Torture - Slow Traffic To The Right (Mercury)
Eddie Henderson - Explodition - Sunburst (Blue Note)
Calibro 35 - Nautilus - Exploration (Record Kicks)
Freddie Hubbard - Son Of Sky Dive - Polar AC (CTI)
Women In Jazz - Soy La Que Soy (w/Colectiva) - Women In Jazz (New Soil x Women In Jazz)
Colectiva - Maliciosa - Colectiva (Jazz re:freshed)
Roy Milton & Solid Senders - New Year's Resolution - Blues Christmas Songs Remastered (Vol. 1) (Specialty)
Cosmic Slap - Midnight On Mars - Krautspiral (Stereo In High Fidelity)
The Natural Yogurt Band - Too Much Fun - Red Sky At Night (BMM)
Blackbuster - Shack Up - Strange Breaks & Mr Thing (BBE)
WAAN - Moto No Oto - We Want Waan (Sonar Kollektiv)
Miles Mosley - Abraham - Uprising (World Galaxy/Brainfeeder)
Dorian Slip - 6&4 Makes More - Astral Illusion (Severn Songs)
VEEKO - REGRETS - HOUSE OF BIRDS (INGOMA/DEMAIN)
Black Jesus Experience - Lullaby For A Homeless Child - Time Telling (Agogo)
Levitation Orchestra - Premeditatio Malorum - Sancturary (5dB)
Brandon Sanders - 8/4 Beat - Lasting Impression (Savant)
Gnork - Spring 25 (ft. Jazzbois) - Gnork Meets The Jazzbois (In Random Places) (Blunt Shelter)