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This Week’s Shows October 24 thru October 30
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Milestone Records, Part 5 Tune in as Craig Kessler spins Joe Henderson music that can change your life. Craig spotlights the master reedman’s 12-plus records of astonishing jazz that Henderson made for Orrin Keepnews’s Milestone label. The Wednesday Night Special …
This Week’s Shows for October 17 thru October 23
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Tribute to Creed Taylor, Part 2 Craig Kessler spins more material from recently departed producer and label owner Creed Taylor. This week, Craig features important 60’s and 70’s works from Taylor’s own CTI Records. We’ll hear goodies from Freddie Hubbard, George Benson, Wes Montgomery, …
This Week’s Shows for October 10 thru October 16
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm The Art & Compositions of Mike Gibbs Craig Kessler salutes master composer Michael Gibbs. He is probably best known for his collaborations with Gary Burton, Graham Collier, Kenny Wheeler, the NDR Big Band, and many others. We’ll hear samples his work through the years. …
This Week’s Shows for October 3 thru October 9
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Miles Davis with George Coleman This week, Craig Kessler offers up some work with yet another of Miles Davis’s transitional tenors, George Coleman, who played with Miles in 1963 and early 1964. Don’t miss classic studio recordings, as well as some rather obscure live …
This Week’s Shows for September 26 thru October 2
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Mood Records, 1977 to the 2000s Host Craig Kessler begins a short series looking at some of the truly great sounds from Mood Records. Formed in Germany in the 1970s, the label helped showcase the new sounds of jazz-rock, like jazz innovators Kenny Wheeler, …
This Week’s Shows for September 19th thru September 25th
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Bossa Nova & Brazilian Jazz Craig presents an unusual and eclectic look at our long history with jazz from Brazil that promises to be great fun. Along the way, he’ll explore the bossa nova style from its early roots, right up to the present. We’ll …
This Week’s Shows for September 12 thru September 18
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm The Compositions of Carla Bley Craig Kessler pays a well-deserved tribute to singularly great and prolific composer, keyboardist, and band leader Carla Bley. He’ll alternate between her many wonderful versions of well-known compositions, as well as a variety of her own recordings. …
This Week’s Shows for September 5 thru September 11
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Tribute to Creed Taylor Craig Kessler salutes the recently departed Creed Taylor, celebrated for his pioneering work in forming Impulse Records, one of the most important labels in modern jazz. Also in the middle of the bossa nova craze, he signed artists like Astrud …