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New Music Monday for Sept. 16
Now entering its 35th year, the Chicago Jazz Orchestra has built a resume that ranks it among the greatest artistic institutions in the city, if not the United States. For their latest recording, “Burstin’ Out!,” director Jeff Lindberg teams the CJO with the quickly emerging vocalist Cyrille Amiee for a diverse CD of great jazz …
Special Programs for the week of Sept. 9
Short List with Bob Naujoks Mon. – Thurs. at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM B-3 Blitz Two: Big John Patton (new series) The B-3 Blitz Two series on the great Hammond B-3 organ players continues with Big John Patton who was popular on the jazz-funk scene for several decades, yet he is …
New Music Monday for September 9, 2013
Kenny Garrett—Grammy winner, winner of Germany’s prestigious Echo Award, nominee for the NAACP Image Award, member of DownBeat’s Hall of Fame, and an Honorary Doctorate of Music from the Berklee College of Music are just a few of the accolades that have been bestowed on him. Garrett’s last CD paid homage to those who inspired …
THIS WEEK’S SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Short List with Bob Naujoks Mon. – Thurs. at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: B-3 Blitz Two: Richard “Groove” Holmes (new series) The Short List extends a listen to the great Hammond B-3 players on a new series starting with Richard “Groove” Holmes. He is a most accessible and …
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Lee Konitz, now 85-years-old, began his career in the wake of Charlie Parker but after mentoring by Lennie Tristano and recording with Warne Marsh, he became arguably the only saxophonist to offer an alternative to Bird’s overwhelming influence at the time. The 1949 recording, “Intuition,” found the three men defining ‘free jazz’ a full decade …
THIS WEEK’S SPECIAL PROGRAMS
THIS WEEK’S SPECIAL PROGRAMS Short List with Bob Naujoks Mon. – Thurs. at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: Vocal Short List 11 (Al Bowlly) Al Bowlly was a little known British singer. His career was short, but his sincere style makes him a favorite to many even to …
New Music Monday for August 26, 2013
“Live Today” signals a new journey for bassist and composer Derrick Hodge as he embarks on a solo recording career. Even though Hodge has played with such jazz titans as Mulgrew Miller and Terence Blanchard, as well as R&B stars Jill Scott and Maxwell, he’s probably best known for anchoring the Grammy-winning Robert Glasper Experiment. …
This Week’s Special Programs
Short List with Bob Naujoks Mon. – Thurs. at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AMThe Short List: Vocal Short List 11 (Lola Albright)If the name Lola Albright doesn’t ring a bell, perhaps “Peter Gunn” will. “Peter Gunn” was a landmark television show from the late 1950s. Although it was done as a “film noir” …