High Dive Bham

05/30/2026

05/27/2026

“A Night at the Village Vanguard”
Sonny Rollins, 1957

Join us today at 3pm for our daily listening session, when we play a full-length album at full volume.

Monday, we lost Sonny Rollins at 95 years old. Absolute legend. Iconoclast. Individual. Free thinker. Saxophone Colossus.

60 years ago, Sonny Rollins stepped into the Vanguard accompanied only by Wilbur Ware on bass and Pete La Roca on drums. That night, the trio captured live jazz improvisation in its highest form. A Night at the Village Vanguard is a masterclass in pure musical freedom, wit, and conversational genius.

May the legendary Sonny Rollins rest in peace. Join us as we pay our respects.

05/25/2026

Got requests?

Please join us (the day after) Miles Davis’ 100th birthday. A few local collectors and Miles aficionados will carry us through Miles’ legendary career, roughly chronologically. This will be one of our more intentional listening sessions, with louder volumes and quieter conversation. Free. No reservations.

05/23/2026

Cure for Pain
Morphine, 1993

Join us today at 3pm for our daily listening session, when we play a full length album at full volume.

One of the best alternative albums of the 1990’s. Truly alternative. A timeless classic from a unique, Boston based band. Blending groove and Waits-like, beatnik tales of hustlers and clandestine lovers, this album sort of fell into the down beat, acid jazz moment as an odd cousin to Portishead and Morcheeba. But, these guys were doing it all live, with real instruments. No guitars. Just drums, sax, and singer/songwriter Mark Sandman’s bizarre 2-string slide bass. Sax master Dana Colley brought west coast jazz vibes with his doubling of baritone and tenor sax. Drummers Jerome Deupree and Billy Conway both play on the album and anchor the low-rock groove with tasteful feel.

“Cure for Pain” is Morphine’s most accessible album and has no skips. Killer straight through to the final cut,… “Miles Davis’ Funeral,” an apt track to prepare us for Miles’ 100th Birthday this week.

Guest selector today is our own David Bransky, a cousin of Sandman’s. Check out David’s own band: Squeeze the Squid