The Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List this week spotlights Yoshi’s jazz club in Oakland, California. Originally a Japanese restaurant opened by Yoshi Akiba, the club has moved several times, gone through ups and downs, but today remains one …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. “Wobbly Dance Flower” is the newest project by the versatile, multi-talented John Daversa, the internationally respected trumpeter, composer, arranger, producer, bandleader, and educator. Daversa is one of the leading forces of large ensemble jazz today but is adept at writing and arranging for bands of any size. For …
The Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List this week takes us to both coasts: Smalls in Greenwich Village and the Keystone Korner in San Francisco. Smalls is a unique place that records each performance and issues downloads and CDs …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Critically acclaimed and one of the top flute players on the modern jazz scene, Gerald Beckett is a skilled and versatile improviser within the jazz tradition. He’s travelled the world, with a focus on the U.S. coasts, playing some of the hottest jazz clubs. It wasn’t until …
The Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The legendary Village Vanguard is the oldest jazz club in New York City. It started out as a place for poets and folk singers, but soon jam sessions could be heard with the greatest swing …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. On July 3, 2016, the world changed forever for Mike Stern. The guitarist was hailing a cab outside his apartment in Manhattan when he tripped over some hidden construction debris, breaking both of his arms in the fall. Not only did Stern fracture both humerus bones, he was …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Two jazz venues are featured this week on The Short List. The posh Rainbow Room atop the RCA building, and the long-passed Basin Street East. Each had their heyday. The Rainbow Room flourished …
