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More Thanksgiving leftovers – playlist

Downtown Milwaukee circa 2015

For the holiday season, listen to the In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond show: Autumn and Thanksgiving.

You may also enjoy going through the archives of the In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond podcast:

SDTJ Jazz Fest 2026 – In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond

This episode is inspired by the San Diego Tijuana International Jazz Festival (SDTJ).  This festival, now in its third year, is the creation of jazz impresario Dan Atkinson and is has performances that cross the US/Mexico border. Much of the festival is free to attend, with the main event held in Escondido. We begin this program with an alto sax player Sarah Hanahan who performed at the festival with the Mingus Big Band. That is followed by new music from Emmet Cohen and David Borgo. The SDTJ festival is then highlighted by headliners Danilo Perez, Mingus Dynasty and Brian Bade Fellowship. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Sarah Hanahan ~ Welcome ~ Among Giants Sarah Hanahan ~ NATO ~ Among Giants Emmet Cohen ~ Budo ~ Universal Truth Emmet Cohen ~ Gingerbread Boy ~ Universal Truth David Borgo ~ Flow ~ Panta Rhei Danilo Perez & Bohuslän Big Band ~ Across the Crystal Sea ~ Lumen Mingus Dynasty ~ Goodbye Pork Pie Hat ~ Live At Village Vanguard Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band ~ Kings Highway ~ Kings Highway
  1. SDTJ Jazz Fest 2026
  2. Miles and Trane Covered
  3. Episode September 27 2026
  4. Coltrane at 100
  5. Episode September 13 2026

Thanksgiving feast leftovers – playlist

Gratitude for a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Feast

The pressure to perform and succeed at holidays stresses everyone. The lists of things to do, people to see, and places to go is overwhelming. That is the simple and delightful plot of the 1970s film A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. A favorite scene is when the Peanuts characters prepare the Thanksgiving feast: buttered toast, popcorn, pretzels, jelly beans, and an ice cream parfait.

One year, our family put together a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving feast of toast, popcorn, pretzel sticks and gummy bears (could not find jelly beans at the convenience store) to share. The snacks were placed in brown paper lunch bags and shared at gatherings. The disappointment was that most of those who received the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving snack bags had never scene the film. Or did not remember the feast items. But I am grateful for the lesson.

Are you thankful for a challenge or disappointment that turned out to be better than expected? What teaching or teacher are you grateful for this year? Name a person in your life currently who is a blessing. Who is a person in your past for whom you are grateful? What is something you learned to do that is a blessing?

There so many things and people to be thankful for that an individual might be able to fill a bare November maple tree with bright red paper thanksgiving leaves.

Thanksgiving by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thanksgiving
By Ralph Waldo Emerson

For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.