Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. It’s been 30 years since bassist extraordinaire Charnett Moffett burst onto the scene with his recording debut. Barely 20 years old but already drawing attention for his virtuosic, soulful contributions to seminal recordings by Wynton Marsalis and Stanley Jordon, Moffett immediately staked out his position as …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Short List: Jazz Women – The Instrumentalists (International Sweethearts of Rhythm) Even though they never quite got the respect they deserved, the all-female big band International Sweethearts of Rhythm continued to delighted …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. A hundred years after her birth, the ever-eloquent Ella Fitzgerald continues to teach us lessons. Regina Carter has chosen this moment to celebrate the First Lady of Song’s infectious and inclusive artistry with unabashed joy. On “Ella: Accentuate the Positive,” the virtuoso violinist reveals the many …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Short List: Jazz Women – The Instrumentalists (Vi Redd) This week The Short List presents an overlooked and under-recorded jazz …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Steve Nelson made a big splash as a newcomer in the jazz polls at the end of the ‘80s just as the vibraphone began to reemerge as one of jazz’s favorite instruments. The cool, drifty, slight detached sound of the vibes will forever be associated …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Jazz Women – The Instrumentalists (Mary Osborne) Guitarist Mary Osborne grew up in North Dakota, but was mentored by the great Charlie Christian as he was on the road with a territory band. The meeting cemented the …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. The brilliant pianist Benny Green grew up in 1970s Berkeley, California, where he devoured all the jazz he could. He listened to 1950s and ‘60s Blue Note recordings relentlessly, imprinting the sound and feel of his heroes into his psyche. In the early ‘80s Green was …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Short List: Jazz Women – The Instrumentalists (Alice Coltrane) Multi-instrumentalist Alice Coltrane was Alice McLeod growing up in a musical …
