Jazz Mountain

Jazz Mountain

Jazz Mountain is a free jazz, jam, and psychedelic rock podcast. Featuring 2 sets and an encore, just like a jam band show, we take you on a magical improv journey and rage!

Episodes

December 31, 2025 149 mins

Happy New Year, everybody! It's time, once again, to hop in our famous Hot Springs Time Machine and venture back to a year of our choice, and rock. This time, it's 1970, and it rules. There's a wealth of amazing material to choose from, so what will DJ BenZen pick? And how will he pull off the flow through different genres, styles, and vibes? Tune in to find out, and tune in to rage. It's New Year's, ya'll, let's do this thing. Pop...

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We're still in flight here on the show, jamming out to our dream Goose setlist. Tune in to see what DJ BenZen and DJ TheNeuberger have in store for set 2 of their wildest Goose Fantasy. Pretty sure they're gonna rage! Check it out, y'all.

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December 9, 2025 109 mins

You guys ready for some jams? Join DJ BenZen and special guest DJ TheNeuberger as they take you on a journey into the wonderful world of Goose. For this episode, our DJs write a setlist to make their own Goose show and rage it big! Hear about the band, the jams, and enjoy some other fun banter as you rock out and live a true Jazz Mountain fantasy.

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November 23, 2025 144 mins

Welcome back to Jazz Mountain's Ghost Story, Act 2! We continue our terrifying tale with Brett running for his life from hungry ghost army, in hot pursuit. Tune in, if you dare, and keep raining to PHISH, our house band for this unholy rock saga. Prepare to be scared shitless, and to jam! Here we go....

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November 4, 2025 128 mins

Happy Halloween!! Welcome back...to the Jazz Mountain Haunted House. This year, in our second chapter, we tell the unholy tale of the Jazz Mountain Ghost Story. It's all PHISH for our music this time, so not only will we jam out, but we'll also tell you a terrifying tale that will shake you to the core. So, listen at your own risk, and may you once again escape the curse...

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We rage it hard in this show, in search of best prog rock of all time. Join DJ Benzen and DJ Greg as they spin tracks by some of the most quintessential artists in the genre, while trying to define exactly what the hell prog rock is anyway. This show is also setup for our next installment of this special, as the definitions and aspects of prog discussed in this set will be used as evidence in the Great Jazz Mountain Prog Rock Trial...

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September 12, 2025 116 mins

Welcome ,everybody, to the mystical Acoustic Forest, deep inside the heart of the Jazz Mountain! In this show, we take you on a journey to a place where no electric instruments are allowed. So, prepare your ears for some good old fashioned acoustic sounds, as we jam out unplugged style. Our trip will meander through various styles and genres, with the basic theme of rocking out. So, come get lost with us in the Acoustic Forest as w...

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We lied...there's more! Join us for the third set of our King Gizzard special, and prepare to rock! We get pretty heavy on this one, and weave together a setlist that will satisfy your deep urge to rage. DJ Benzen is your King Gizz Spirt guide, so prepare to go on another magical journey into the Gizzverse and have one hell of a time.

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Happy America Day, everybody! We have the perfect music for your 4th of July BBQ, Jazz Mountain style. Only artists from the good old USA on this one, and we survey the landscape of American music with your picks for this set. Get ready to rock! So, crack a beer, grill some meat, blow some stuff up, and take a little journey with us on this special day!

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July 31, 2025 99 mins

Let's spin some vinyl and jam some weird jazz! This show starts another new series here on the show where we play all vinyl, all night long, from the Mountain Archive here in the Jam Cave Studio. Tonight we take a journey into some deep jazz. So join in to swing with us and also take a trip to the outer reaches of the musical universe. Let's goooo!

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June 24, 2025 116 mins
Hope you guys are hungry for some more jams...cuz we got some delicious ones being served up here yet again on the show! It's round 3 of this series now, so return with us to the Jam Cave Studio with your hosts DJ Benzen and DJ Id as they take you on another rockin, exploratory journey into the wonderful world of jam bands. Hear from some of the best artists in the genre, join in on some fun studio banter, and most of all, get read...
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Come and join the party, y'all! In this show, we celebrate the release of DJ Greg's new album, Scale, with a little roundtable discussion that takes some wild turns. We delve deep inside the mind of the artist and hear about his inspiration, recording process, and journey in making the album, and much more fun stuff too...just wait. Scale is Greg Goldman's 11th studio album, and it's defiantly one of his best. So, some amazing tu...
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Happy Father's Day everybody! We have a special episode here on the show for y'all. This one's dedicated to my amazing dad, and we showcase some deep cuts from his favorite artists along with some other stuff that I think he'd like based on his tastes. So, head to the back porch, crack a beer, and jam with us on this beautiful Sunday evening. Cheers!
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Let's finish 'er up and jam big in this final chapter of our Jackie McLean special. Join DJ BenZen and special guest DJ Greg as they explore Jackie's "step beyond", as he begins to play in a more complex and experimental style. We'll finish up Jackie's story, playing clips from interviews with the artist and his bandmates, while weaving together a wild and rockin musical ride. Join in the fun studio banter and hear tracks from some...

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Let's continue our journey into the life and music of our first Jazz Mountain "Giant", saxophonist Jackie McLean. Join us for Set 2 of this series, as we tell the second part of the epic story of one of jazz's greatest personalties and most underrated players. Join along and jam with us as we check out some of Jackie's best tracks, and even hear from the artist himself. These are the years when Jackie began to fly beyond Bird to de...

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Join DJ BenZen as he takes you on an epic journey into the life of jazz sax great Jackie McLean. This is our first ever "music documentary", so expect not only to jam, but also to delve deep into the life, music, and legacy of the artist. Jackie McLean was raised in Harlem and came up under the wings of Bird, Bud Powell, and Miles Davis, and this fist episode chronicles his early formative years in the scene. He has a really intere...

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April 20, 2025 123 mins

This is it! We finally reveal "the river" and see who's the lucky winner of our Jazz Mountain poker game. Let's party for this one- lots of epic jams from the mind of DJ Benzen comin your way. Time to rock!

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March 27, 2025 110 mins
We're back at the Jazz Mountain casino! It's time for the "turn" as our collective poker game continues. And, of course, the jams continue as well. So get ready to delve deep into the mind of your host, DJ Benzen, as he picks em how he feels em and goes deep in another epic Jazz Mountain journey!
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March 8, 2025 120 mins
We're back in the top secret, underground Jazz Cat Speakeasy, deep inside the heart of the Jazz Mountain. The password to to enter is the link, so just click here and you're in! Join DJ Benzen and our resident music expert DJ Greg as they turn up the heat on some hot jazz jams to get the dance floor moving. Rock out with some of the best jazz cats of all time, and get ready to swing!
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Hope you guys had a nice set break. Hope you're rested, hydrated, and ready to rock some more. We got a couple hours of more great music for ya coming, just like at a real Phish show. And you knoooow your boys DJ Benzen and DJ TheNeuberger are gonna bring it home for you here in the second frame. So, grab your spot, get pumped, and get set to rage to some epic jams!
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