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This Week’s Shows April 13 – April 19
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Prestige’s New Jazz Label Craig explores some fine examples from Prestige’s New Jazz subsidiary. From 1956 through 1963, Prestige founder Bob Weinstock created New Jazz to spotlight unestablished artists. A great many of these artists, like Benny Golson, Jackie McLean, and Dorothy Ashby, became a very …
This Week’s Shows April 6 – April 12
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Saturdays at 6:00pm Randy Weston Centennial Show Craig celebrates the 100th birth date anniversary of pianist and composer Randy Weston, who passed away in 2018 at age 92. We’ll hear a diverse program spanning his earliest recordings from the early 1950s into the 2000s. …
This Week’s Shows March 29 – April 5
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Saturdays at 6:00pm Pittsburgh Pianist Horace Parlan Craig presents a tasty variety from Horace Parlan’s many releases on Blue Note and Steeplechase Records, as well as his work with Mingus, Lou Donaldson, Frank Foster, Dexter Gordon, and many others. Wednesday Night Special Wednesdays …
This Week’s Shows March 23 – March 29
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Saturdays at 6:00pm A First Look at Criss Cross Jazz Founded by professional jazz drummer Gerry Teekens in the Netherlands, there have been well over 400 albums produced so far by the Criss Cross Jazz label. Craig will spin wonderful jazz records by major artists Kirk Lightsey, Doug Raney, …
This Week’s Shows March 16 – March 22
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Saturdays at 6:00pm Sam Rivers & His Blue Note Work Multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers recorded four outstanding records for Blue Note between 1964 and 1967, and appears as a sideman (also from ’64 to ’67) on other Blue Note Records with drummer Tony Williams, pianist Andrew Hill, organist Larry Young, …
This Week’s Shows March 9 – March 15
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Saturdays at 6:00pm Miroslav Vitous on ECM Craig presents a fine sampling of brilliantly recorded material from the 78-year-old bassist Miroslav Vitous’s work on ECM. Miroslav recorded nine records for ECM between 1979 and 2011. He also worked five times as a sideman for the label, on records by …
This Week’s Shows March 2 thru March 8
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Sampling Enja Records Craig serves up a choice sampling from the wonderful ENJA record label. Founded in 1971 by Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber, ENJA recorded and released classic sides from Elvin Jones, Abbey Lincoln, Mal Waldron, John Scofield, Bennie Wallace, and Max Roach. …
This Week’s Shows February 23 thru March 1
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Blue Mitchell as a Session Leader Craig spotlights a stack of records led by trumpeter and composer Richard Allen “Blue” Mitchell from his work at Blue Note, Riverside, and Mainstream Records. We’ll enjoy some fine discs led by one of the all-time greats! …