Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Alcide “Slow Drag” Pavageau, Red Callender, Pierre Michelot, Jimmy Garrison and Rocco Prestia, reedmen Barney Bigard and Ricky Ford, trumpeters Howard McGhee and Bobby Shew, guitarist Wes Montgomery, singer Carol Sloane and more. We’ll also mark the recording …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Lillian “Lil” Hardin Armstrong is a name most jazz aficionados recognize. She was the second wife of jazz icon Louis Armstrong and is often credited with spurring him forward to greatness. But not only did Lil’s music become the staple foundation of her husband’s career, but she went …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Sunnyside Records, Part Two Craig continues his series of presentations that explore the top-notch Sunnyside record label founded in 1982 and operated by Francois Zalacain. We’ll hear a variety of diverse selections from premier artists, such as Dan Tepfer, Deidre Rodman, Happy Apple, Roswell Rudd, Sal …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify In his prolific career, Benjie Porecki has played keyboards in wide variety of genres. A professional since the age of 15, the keyboardist has worked with such notables as Tom Scott, Kirk Whalum, Nnenna Freelon, Buddy Guy, and Carlos Santana among many others. He’s also led his own …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Listening to “Lucky” Craig spins fabulous material from legendary saxophonist Eli “Lucky” Thompson’s lengthy career that spanned the early 1940s well into the 1970s. We’ll hear superb work from Thompson, on both soprano sax and tenor sax. Wednesday Night Special …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of arranger/composer Michel Legrand, saxmen Dexter Gordon, Tommy Newsom, Dave Pell, David “Fathead” Newman and Richie Cole, singers Dinah Shore and Roseanna Vitro, baritone saxophonist Claire Daly and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jimmy Smith’s “The Sermon!/House …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt’s latest project, “Woven,” is a fascinating album that fuses more traditional aspects of 21st-century jazz with the myriad possibilities of electronic synthesized sound. The full range of contemporary jazz can be found here, from neo-bop, hard-driving rhythms to touching intimate ballad utterances. But Pelt’s trumpet …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Mose Allison, Part Two Craig continues his four-part chronological series of presentations of this unparalleled, legendary singer, pianist, and composer. In this week’s show, we’ll get into his famous Atlantic Records releases. Wednesday Night Special Wednesdays at 6:00pm Betsy Hickok …
