Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianists Erroll Garner and Jaki Byard, guitarists Al Viola and Ernest Ranglin, songwriter Sammy Cahn, vocalists Sue Raney, Tony Adamo, saxman Jerry Jerome, drummer Billy Drummond and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversary of Charlie Parker & Chet …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Bassist Carlos Hendriquez has built his artistic life through the decades with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, joining as a teenager performing with Wynton Marsalis and becoming a full-time member, with Jazz Times praising his playing as “jet fuel” for the Orchestra. “Monk Con Clave” presents Henriquez’s big …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer Cole Porter, guitarists Les Paul, Joe “Handyman” Negri and Joao Gilberto, pianists Hazel Scott, Kenny Barron and Chick Corea, drummer Bernard “Pretty” Purdie and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversary of Frank Sinatra/Count Basie & His Orchestra’s …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Jack DeJohnette on ECM Craig spins examples of the late legendary drummer Jack DeJohnette. We’ll hear choice sides with DeJohnette as both a leader and as a sideman with other ECM artists like Keith Jarrett, Miroslav Vitous, Dave Holland, John Abercrombie, Kenny Wheeler, and many others. …
The newly appointed executive director of the African American Museum of Iowa, Anne Carter, is in the studio ahead of a few upcoming events at the museum. Anne describes the museum as a “museum for everyone” with a specific and unapologetic focus on black history in Iowa. One of the museum’s biggest events of the …
The Paul Lichty Jazz Orchestra made its Pride Fest debut last year at Des Moines Pride. This year Blake Shaw, Iowa City Pride Fest Entertainment Director, has booked them for the Iowa City Pride main stage. The festival is Saturday, June 20 in downtown Iowa City and features a range of performers during a full …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Three-time Grammy-nominated vocalist Catherine Russell presents her first live album, “Catherine Russll—Live at Jazz at Lincoln Center,” captured during a special weekend at the Appel Room with New York’s Central Park as scenic backdrop. Invited to perform for JALC’s 2023-2024 season theme “Community and Consciousness,” Russell crafted a program …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm More Miles Davis Tribute Recordings Craig plays a fresh batch of other artist’s recordings that pay homage to the late Miles Davis and his music. We’ll hear some fabulous music from the likes of Buster Williams, Gary Bartz, Cassandra Wilson, Randy Brecker, David Liebman, Humberto Ramirez, Al …
