Tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Johnny Hodges, Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca, Junior Cook, Steve Lacy and Mario Rivera, pianists Sonny Clark, Billy Taylor and James Weidman, singers Helen Merrill, Annie Ross and Janis Siegel, bassists Keter Betts and Charles Ables and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyPianist, vocalist and composer Dawn Clement has proven to be a joyful and formidable force in modern creative music through her work with Jane Ira Bloom, Matt Wilson, Ron Miles, Julian Priester and many others over the last two decades. As Mr. Priester describes her, “In all this world of …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Guitarist Gabor Szabo Craig takes the first of several listens to the underrated Hungarian guitarist Gabor Szabo’s work between 1958 thru 1982. We’ll hear Szabo in the company of Ron Carter, Charles Lloyd, Chico Hamilton, Gary McFarland, Richard Davis, and many others. …
Tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of lyricist Dorothy Fields, guitarist Mary Osborne, singers Little Jimmy Scott, Ruben Blades and Angelique Kidjo, drummers Philly Joe Jones, Alan Dawson and Joe Morello, pianist Larry Fuller, vibist Cal Tjader and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy” (1954), …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) (June 30) Mondays at 6:00pm Impulse! Records, Show 2 (Live) On a special live Monday evening presentation, Craig digs up some more choice material from Impulse! Records. We’ll hear interesting recordings from Sonny Rollins, Shirley Scott, Max Roach, Michael White, Gil Evans, and many others. …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) (June 30) Mondays at 6:00pm Soul Jazz & the Hammond B-3 Prepare to get your groove on as Craig presents jazz organ works from some relatively obscure artists like Freddie McCoy, Roosevelt Willette, and Freddie Roach, plus well-known organists Jimmy Smith, Don Patterson, Jack McDuff, and others. …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyCelebrated pianist, composer, arranger, conductor and two-time Grammy Award winner Alan Broadbent unveils his fourth release for Savant Records, “Threads of Time.” Known for his many collaborations with luminaries such as Pat Metheny, Sheila Jordan and Michael Buble, Broadbent brings all that impressive experience to this deeply personal project. The …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyTrombonist Ryan Keberle and Collectiv do Brasil explore the music of one of the world’s greatest living musical masters with “Choro das Aguas.” The album—Keberle’s third with the Sao Paulo pianist/arranger Felipe Silveira, bassist Felipe Brisola, and drummer Paulinho Vicente—features the compositions by Brazilian jazz and popular tunesmith Ivan Lins, …
