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Culture Crawl “I Just Happen to have a Bangelo” 821
Iowa playwright Mary Swander’s new work “Squatters on Red Earth” tells the story of the unique relationship between the Mesqwaki nation and the Inspirationists, the original settlers in the Amana Colonies. The two groups mingled and supported each other, so much so that years later, when the Mesqwaki wanted to return to their homeland in …
This Week In Jazz May 28 thru June 3
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Eugene Wright and Christian McBride, pianist/composer Freddie Redd, drummers Albert “Tootie” Heath, Louis Hayes and Charlie Watts, clarinetist/bandleader Benny Goodman and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Kenny Dorham’s “Round About Midnight at the Café Bohemia” …
This Week In Jazz May21 thru May 27
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of clarinetist/bandleader Artie Shaw, pianist/bandleader Sun Ra, singers Rosemary Clooney and Peggy Lee, trumpeter Miles Davis, bassist Max Bennett, organist Charles Earland, reedman Ken Peplowski and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Sonny Rollins’ “Tenor Madness” (1956), Stan …
This Week In Jazz May 14 thru May 20
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bandleader Woody Herman, vibist Joe Roland, Blues shouter Big Joe Turner, singer Betty Carter, saxmen Dewey Redman and Jackie McLean, drummers Redd Holt and Billy Cobham and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Kenny Burrell’s “Blue Lights” …
This Week In Jazz May 7 thru May 13
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composers Irving Berlin and Burt Bacharach, trombonist J.C. Higginbotham, drummer Mel Lewis, bassist Gary Peacock, pianist/composer Carla Bley, bassist Blake Shaw, pianist/composer Jarrett Purdy and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “Miles Ahead” (1956), Dexter …
This Week In Jazz April 30 thru May 6
Hey, Jazz fans. Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of lyricist Lorenz Hart, singers Bing Crosby and Shirley Horn, pianist/composer John Lewis, organist Richard “Groove” Holmes, trumpeter Maynard Ferguson, and bassist Jymie Merritt, and May 1st is “Leroy Vinnegar Day”. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Charles Mingus’ …
This Week In Jazz April 23 thru April 29
Hey, Jazz fans. Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer/bandleader Duke Ellington, singers Ella Fitzgerald and Blossom Dearie, trumpeter Mario Bauza, drummers Denzil Best and Connie Kay, saxmen Johnny Griffin, and Joe Henderson, guitarist Steve Khan more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Lee w/ George Shearing …
This Week In Jazz April 17 thru April 22
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of Blue Note Records founder Alfred Lion, vibist Lionel Hampton, percussionist/bandleader Tito Puente, bassist Charles Mingus, guitarist Mundell Lowe, vocalist Madeleine Peyroux and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Lester Young’s “Blue Lester” (1944), Miles Davis’ “Kind of …