Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of hornmen Charlie Spivak, Lew Soloff and Warren Vache, singers Nina Simone, Irma Thomas, Randy Crawford and Nancy Wilson, clarinetist Buddy DeFranco, reedman Bobby Jaspar and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Wynton Kelly’s “Kelly Blue” (1959), Gene …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Dan Moretti is an acclaimed saxophonist, composer and educator with a career spanning over four decades. The new album with his band Brazilia, “Celebrating Wayne Shorter: Live at the Pump House Music Works,” captures a vibrant performance dedicated to the legendary composer and saxophonist, blending the genius of …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Sunnyside Records, Part One Craig begins a series that surveys Sunnyside Records. This wonderful jazz label was founded initially by Francois Zalacain in 1982 in order to record pianist Harold Danko. Since then, the label has grown to well over 600 top-notch titles. …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummer/bandleader Chick Webb, pianist Sir Roland Hanna, saxophonists Wardell Gray, Buck Hill, Maceo Parker and Chad Eby, singer Roberta Flack and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of John Lewis’ “Grand Encounter” (1956), Miles Davis’ “Four and More/My …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Steve Smith, who originally became well-known as the drummer with the rock band Journey, grew up playing jazz. He has led one of the world’s top fusion-oriented groups, Vital Information, for over 40 years now; they recorded their first album in 1983. Today’s version is a trio with …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Jutta Hipp Centennial Celebration Craig plays samplings from German pianist Jutta Hipp and her 1950s American Blue Note releases, as well as great material from all of her known earlier European recordings. Born in Leipzig in 1925, Hipp was brought to the U.S. by Alfred Lyon. …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Jutta Hipp Centennial Celebration Craig plays samplings from German pianist Jutta Hipp and her 1950s American Blue Note releases, as well as great material from all of her known earlier European recordings. Born in Leipzig in 1925, Hipp was brought to the U.S. by Alfred Lyon. …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Michel Petrucciani was one of the most brilliant pianists to emerge from Europe’s jazz scene in the late ‘70s. Despite his short stature due to glass bone disease, he rose to international acclaim, performing with the likes of Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, Stephane Grappelli and many other greats. …
