Rio de Janeiro native Antonio Adolfo was just a teenager in the early 1960s when he became a part of the bossa nova revolution that was sweeping Brazil and the rest of the world. Not content to spend most of career backing vocalists, the pianist and many of his peers began crafting a …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of organist Bill Heid, saxman Donnie McCaslin, guitarist Pat Metheny, drummer Jo Jones, trumpeter Benny Bailey, pianist George Shearing and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Red Garland’s “Garland of Red” (1956), Shelly Manne & Friends’ “My Fair …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Women In Jazz: Fuller, Jensen, & Younger Our Women in Jazz series continues with the music of three relative newcomers – saxophonist Tia Fuller, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, and harpist Brandee Younger. All three are commanding presences …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. At just 25 years old, Veronica Swift has built a resume that even many late-career jazz singers would envy: tours as featured vocalist with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Chris Botti; a guest collaboration with Michael Feinstein; engagements at A-list clubs like …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Jeri Southern, Abbey Lincoln, Jimmy Witherspoon, Patti Austin and Cyrille Aimee, reedmen Benny Carter, Eric Alexander, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Arnett Cobb and Sonny Simmons, bassists Chuck Israels and Charlie Haden, trombonists George Bohannon and Urbie Green and more!!! …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Women In Jazz: Toshiko Akiyoshi In her long and prolific career, pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader Toshiko Akiyoshi has received 14 Grammy nominations. She was the first woman to win Best Arranger and Composer awards in …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. The reversal of the flow of the Chicago River is one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, and greatly improved the city of Chicago’s sanitation and public health while also having less positive consequences on the natural environment and cultural landscape for other parts of the …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Women In Jazz: Shirley Scott Shirley Scott built a solid career as a master of the Hammond B3 Organ. Her distinct brand of soul jazz garnered her the hit “In The Kitchen” alongside Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis. …
