{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Podcast 225: Jazz for the Dog Days of August","description":"It's summer in New England, so why not some lazy music for these lazy, hot days? Today is August 16th, the feast day of Saint Roch, the patron saint of Dogs, so why not celebrate the "Dog Days"?\nThe Romans referred to the dog days as di\u0113s canicul\u0101r\u0113s and associated the hot weather with the star Sirius. They considered Sirius to be the "Dog Star" because it is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major (Large Dog). Sirius is also the brightest star in the night sky. The term "Dog Days" was used earlier by the Greeks in Aristotle's Physics.\nThe Dog Days originally were the days when Sirius rose just before or at the same time as sunrise, which is no longer true, owing to procession of the equinoxes. The Romans sacrificed a brown dog (Sorry Angus and Hamish, my two miniature dachshunds)) at the beginning of the Dog Days to appease the rage of Sirius, believing that the star was the cause of the hot, sultry weather.\nClick here to download Podcast 225, an uninterrupted 90minute plus mixtape of music to laze away those hot days. I've gone deep into my collection for a variety of types of jazz, many with summer titles or themes, so I hope you enjoy:\nAzar Lawrence - "Keep It Hot"\nBob Baldwin - "Hot Fun the the Sun"\nSachal Vasandani – “Summer No School”\nPhil Woods Quintet – “Summertime”\nAnthony Wilson – “Elyria”\nLast Albertson & Nelson Delamotte – “Bird of Paradise”\nJoe Pass – “Summer Night”\nMichael Franks – “Dragonfly Summer”\nPhilippe Saisse Acoustique Trio – “Summer Breeze”\nKevin Karn – “Summer Daydreams”\nMadeleine Peyroux – “The Summer Wind”\nLonnie Liston Smith – “Summer Days”\nMarc Johnson – “Summer Running”\nMonty Alexander – “Is This Love?”\nFabrizio Scott – “Amancer”\nDuda Lucena Quartet – “Corcovado”\nMace Hibbard – “Always On My Mind”\nSoulive – “Golden Lady”\nRamsey Lewis – “Sun Goddess”\n","author_name":"Straight No Chaser - A Jazz Show","author_url":"http:\/\/straightnochaserjazz.libsyn.com","html":"