Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Brittany Anjou has explored everything from Ahmad Jamal to Bikini Kill at the piano on three continents, between roiling original compositions inspired by Bartok, Stravinsky, Red Garland and McCoy Tyner. It makes great artistic sense that the title of her first major piano trio album and the …
As a part of April Jazz Appreciation Month, KCCK welcomed students from area high schools to be guest DJs, to play some of their favorite tunes from jazz band, talk about music and their future plans. Listen to the Wednesday Special re-broadcasts, each week at 6pm: May 8 – Kennedy & Prairie May 15 – …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Buddy Bolden ranks among the most influential yet obscure figures in the pantheon of American music and is widely credited by musicians of the era as being the first jazz musician and bandleader in history. A forthcoming film imagines the compelling, powerful, and tragic journey of the …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. When pianist Bill Charlap featured Tom Harrell at a recent gig with his trio at New York’s Jazz Standard, he summarized the trumpeter’s genius as concisely as anyone could. “It is our honor and privilege,” he announced, “to share the bandstand with a man who is a …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. The long-running debate over what defines a jazz singer simply dissolves when Betty Carter’s name comes up. She transcended the entire category and took her place in the music pantheon as one of jazz’s most profound and game-changing innovators. Her impact was pervasive: not only did she …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. The quartet that saxophonist Branford Marsalis has led for the past three decades has always been a model of daring, no-apologies artistry, of ever-widening horizons and deepening collective identity. With like-minded support from pianist Joey Calderazzo and bassist Eric Revis (each with 20 years of service to …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. One of the most acclaimed trombonists of his generation, Steve Davis has been a member of some of jazz’s premiere ensembles: Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Chick Corea’s Origins, the Jackie McLean Sextet, Benny Golson’s New Jazztet, the Christian McBride Big Band, and the all-star collective One …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Drummer Jack Kilby formed his band the Front Line in 2014 in New York City. It includes members from New York, Washington, D.C. and Virginia. Kilby and bassist Kris Monson both grew up in northern Virginia and attended the University of Virginia where they met veteran trumpeter …
