Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Vocal Short List: Kenny Rankin While not strictly a jazz singer, Kenny Rankin’s music has been embraced by the jazz audience over the years. He grew up in New York City and absorbed multiple influences – …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. The inspiration for the DIVA Jazz Orchestra came from Stanley Kay, one-time manager and relief drummer for Buddy Rich. In 1990, he was conducting a band in which Sherrie Maricle was playing the drums. He immediately picked up on her extraordinary talent and began to wonder if there were …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Vocal Short List: Amanda Randolph This week, The Short List profiles singer-actress Amanda Randolph, whose recorded output is slim, but is an accomplished performer nonetheless. She was the first African-American to have a daytime television program, …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Referred to by the media as one of the newest and most innovative voices in modern jazz guitar, Bulgarian-born, Bay Area-based Hristo Vitchev has been captivating audiences across the globe. At only 37, he has already released nine critically acclaimed albums as a leader plus four more as …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Vocal Short List: Hadda Brooks This week, the Vocal Short List Fifteen spotlights the lesser-known West Coast artist Hadda Brooks. She followed in the footsteps of Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson and even had a hit …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. The youngest member of and NEA Jazz Master with his musical family, Jason Marsalis has proven his genius and dedication to the art form of jazz by first establishing himself as a world class drummer, and then completely reinventing himself as a master on the vibes and other …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Vocal Short List: Bobby Scott Singer-pianist-composer Bobby Scott was playing in Louis Prima’s group when he was fifteen, and as a teen made the scene with Gene Krupa, Lester Young and Tony Scott. He had a …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. “The subject tonight is love,” wrote the Persian poet and mystic Hafiz back in the 14th century. Countless poets, philosophers, musicians, writers and dreamers have taken up that same subject since Hafiz’s day. On “The Subject Tonight is Love,” their first album as a trio, vocalist Kate McGarry, …
