Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Basses Loaded: Esperanza Spalding Esperanza Spalding has been a major force since her self-titled American debut CD at age 19. That album earned her a Best New Artist Grammy – the first for a jazz musician, and …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Argentine pianist and composer Guillermo Klein’s brilliant work has long focused on the implementation of his experiments with rhythm on popular song forms. He has regularly utilized elements of pop, rock and folkloric music for the emotive elements in his music. His favored vehicle for presenting his …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Brian Lynch presents one of his most ambitious works to date, “The Omni-American Book Club.” The expansive album of music for large ensemble connects Lynch’s lifelong passion for reading and the books that have shaped his life with his original music. Alongside a …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Basses Loaded: Christian McBride Encouraged by his mother and uncle, Christian McBride started playing bass in junior high school. While spending a year at Julliard, he joined up with the saxophonist Bobby Watson. He has joined the …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. “The Rhythms Continue,” saxophonist T.K. Blue’s new suite, is dedicated to the memory of T.K.’s longtime bandleader, NEA Jazz Master Dr. Randy Weston, who passed away in September of 2018. Blue performed in Weston’s African Rhythms band for thirty-eight years, for most of which he was musical …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Basses Loaded: Nicki Parrott Australian Nicki Parrott came to America on an arts grant to study with Rufus Reid, and stayed to first get a weekly gig with a Rhythm & Blues band. She would eventually spend …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Basses Loaded: LeRoy Vinnegar Bassist Leroy Vinnegar was one of the stalwarts in “West Coast Jazz.” More than that, he was the epitome of a “walking bass” player. His steady and creative 4/4 time was heard on …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. In June of 1964, John Coltrane and his classic quartet went into Van Gelder Studios and, in an unprecedented move for the saxophonist, recorded new versions of some his most famous works. Earlier that year, a year in which he recorded “A Love Supreme” and “Crescent”, Coltrane …
