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Special Programs for the Week of November 11 – 17
Short List with Bob Naujoks Mon. – Thurs. at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: B-3 Blitz Two: Ron Levy Ron Levy is a Boston B-3 marvel. While in high school he was playing on the local jazz scene, and not even graduated, would tour with blues singer Albert King. …
Special Programs for the Week of November 4
Short List with Bob Naujoks Mon. – Thurs. at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: B-3 Blitz Two: Chris Foreman Chris Foreman, of the Chicago-based Deep Blue Organ Trio, has been blind since birth, but that seems to be no handicap. Foreman started out in the late 1970s at music bars …
New Music Monday for November 4, 2013
Pianist Marc Cary has spent close to a decade honing a distinctive sound and improvisational approach with his enduring and much acclaimed Focus Trio. Despite a few shifts in the bass chair, and an ever-transforming array of acoustic and electronic instrumentation, the band’s original mission remains the same: “to bring indigenous rhythms together …
Special Programs for the Week of October 28
Short List with Bob Naujoks Mon. – Thurs. at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: B-3 Blitz Two: “Baby Face” Willette The B-3 Blitz Two series on the great Hammond B-3 organ players continues with a survey of the small but interesting discography of “Baby Face” Willette. His career was short—less …
New Music Monday for October 28, 2013
Joey DeFrancesco fondly remembers his work with legendary record producer Rudy Van Gelder ever since the keyboardist’s second release as a leader in 1990. “I could not resist the sound he would get on those Blue Note records and Prestige records,” the organist recalls. “And we hit it off. Everything was cool, man.” …
New Music Monday for October 21, 2013
Five-time Grammy Award winner and NEA Jazz Master Phil Woods returns with the long-awaited follow-up to his 1997 Grammy nominated “Celebration” CD, “New Celebration.” The disc features many of the same players along with a number of other world-class musicians from Woods’ Poconos home region comprising the 18-piece Festival Orchestra. All but two …
Special Programs for the Week of October 21
Short List with Bob Naujoks Mon. – Thurs. at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: B-3 Blitz Two: Johnny “Hammond” Smith The B-3 Blitz Two series on the great Hammond B-3 organ players continues with Johnny “Hammond” Smith whose middle name …
New Music Monday for October 14, 2013
Praising a previous incarnation of Steve Swallow’s quintet, The Times of London described the band “as near a perfect display of small-group jazz—robust yet exquisitely poised.” The description holds true for the latest edition of the bassist’s quintet and its album, “Into the Woodwork.” Swallow leads the group—including his longtime partner in music …