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This Week In Jazz October 26 thru November 1

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter Clifford Brown, singers Ethel Waters, Cleo Laine and Andy Bey, bassist/singer Richard Bona, composer/arranger Neal Hefti, saxmen Ted Nash, Zoot Sims, Illinois Jacquet, Booker Ervin and Joel Frahm, guitarist Philip Catherine, percussionist Poncho Sanchez and more. We’ll also …

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This Week’s Shows October 20 thru October 26

A Tribute to Roy Haynes (1925 – 2024)    Craig throws the spotlight once again on the drum work of the late Roy Haynes with another batch of recordings that feature Haynes from between 1949 and 2006. We’ll hear Roy with Chick Corea, Eric Dolphy, Gary Burton, Zoot Sims, Stan Getz, Jaki Byard, and a …

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This Week In Jazz October 19 thru October 25

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer Jelly Roll Morton, trumpeters Johnny Best, Ray Linn, Don Rader and trumpeter/composer/bandleader Dizzy Gillespie, saxmen Sonny Criss, Eddie Harris, Ernie Watts and Jerry Bergonzi, flutist Ali Ryerson, singer Dianne Reeves and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries …

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New Music Monday for October 20, 2025

Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Celebrating more than twenty-five years together as jazz’s preeminent organ group, Mike LeDonne’s Groover Quartet’s broad repertoire choice, swinging ethos, and dynamic performance style has helped establish them as peerless in their standard bearing of this classic jazz style. Featuring LeDonne on Hammond B3 organ, Eric Alexander on tenor …

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This Week’s Shows October 13 thru October 19

Thelonious Monk is 108!    In this delightful presentation, Craig celebrates the 108th birth date anniversary of legendary pianist Thelonious Monk, born October 10, 1917. Tune in for selections from many of Monk’s Columbia recordings from 1962 thru 1968. will spin selections from Monk’s many Columbia recordings from 1962 thru 1968.         …

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This Week In Jazz October 12 thru October 18

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianists Spencer Williams, Art Tatum, and Bill Charlap, vibist Terry Gibbs, bassists Ray Brown and Palle Danielsson, saxophonists Lee Konitz and Pharoah Sanders, singers Big Joe Williams, Nellie Lutcher, Freddie Cole and Paul Simon and more. We’ll also mark …

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New Music Monday for October 13, 2025

Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Bassist, composer and recording engineer Mike Pope taps into the music and musicians who represent several pivotal life phases over his striking 30-year career, as well as from broad positions in the great timeline of jazz, on his new disc, “The Parts You Keep.” From trumpeter Randy Brecker, a …

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This Week’s Shows October 6 thru October 12

Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Jazz Corner of the World Saturdays from 12:00 noon to 4:00pm Jazz in Motion Picture Soundtracks  Craig presents some wonderful movie music, as performed by a variety of great jazz artists, such as Miles Davis, Andre Previn, Duke Ellington, Stan Getz, Leith Stevens, Sonny Rollins, and …

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