Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyComposer/saxophonist Kenny Garrett emerged as a distinctive voice on the national scene in 1978 with an undisputed aptitude for emotive melodic phrasing that led him to collaborations with Woody Shaw, Freddie Hubbard, Art Blakey and Miles Davis. With “Sounds from the Ancestors,” Garrett remembers the spirit of the …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM Charlie Parker Live Last year, through the entire month of August, host Craig Kessler celebrated the centennial anniversary of the genius of modern jazz, Charlie Parker, all month long with studio recordings from each of Bird’s main record labels – Savoy, Dial, Clef (Verve), and others, …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyVeteran bassist Leon Lee Dorsey and drummer extraordinaire Mike Clark have forged a deep simpatico together over the course of four projects. And while each outing has featured a different third guest, the rhythmic hookup between Dorsey and Clark has underscored those recordings. The special guest on their …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify “Songs from My Father” is the much-anticipated new album from renowned musical polymath Gerry Gibbs. On his thirteenth release as a leader, the drummer and bandleader presents a double-disc masterwork featuring four iterations of his acclaimed Thrasher Dream Trio. Gibbs and his band of jazz titans pay homage to …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Antonio Carlos Jobim has been one of the brightest, most influential stars in the jazz firmament since winning multiple Grammy Awards for the 1965 release of “Getz/Gilberto.’ His music has been enjoyed by millions of people around the world and recorded countless times by musicians across many …
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler Mondays at 6:00 PM Strata East Records, Show 3 Craig hauls into our KCCK studios another batch of overlooked recordings (mostly vinyl!!) from the Strata East label. We’ll hear a delicious array of wonderful music from a broad spectrum of Black artists from the 1970s, in a …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify The new album, “Mike Drop,” demonstrates the mastery of two jazz veterans—iconic jazz drumming legend Mike Clark and renowned saxophonist Michael Zilber. Between Clark’s straight-ahead post-bop drumming and Zilber’s raw and refined sax mastery, the clarity and brilliance of this release is the rewarding product of a ten …
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler Mondays at 6:00 PM A&M Horizons Records, Show 1 Don’t miss out on the fun as Craig spins some mighty hip jazz from the relatively short-lived jazz label A&M Horizons. We’ll hear music from Dave Liebman, Sonny Fortune, Dave Brubeck, Jim Hall, Mel Lewis, Don Cherry, …
