Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. One of the great American jazz pianists and composers of the 20th century, Erroll Garner, was among the most popular, successful and influential jazz artists of his era. He popularized jazz for millions all over the world with record breaking concert tours, and at the height …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Imbued with immense talent and a genuine love for music and people, Tierney Sutton has a voice that transcends stylistic boundaries, touching the hearts of all who hear it. “The Sting Variations” is a logical follow-up to the seven-time Grammy nominee’s recent solo album, in which …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: Cats On The Keys 3 (JoAnne Brackeen) JoAnne Brackeen is revered as a phenomenal instrumentalist, a “visionary,” and a performer who is quite unpredictable, but swings effortlessly. Brackeen was mostly self-taught and had stints with …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: Cats On The Keys 3 (Roger Kellaway) The versatile Roger Kellaway began his career playing bass for the traditionalist trumpeter Jimmy McPartland, but soon began backing up such jazz luminaries as Phil Woods, Sonny Rollins …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. “Great political speeches inspire us to believe we are capable of achieving great things together,” say Grammy-nominated composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist Ted Nash. “I can’t think of a better time to release “Presidential Suite” than during this election season.” Subtitled “Eight Variations on Freedom,” the eight …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: Cats On The Keys 3 (Dick Hyman) On the Short List this week it’s the encyclopedic Dick Hyman. Hyman has been on the scene for over six decades, and has played all of the styles …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Even for a successful composer and arranger in Hollywood, Gordon Goodwin’s numbers are impressive: a 2006 Grammy Award for his work on the Pixar film “The Incredibles,” three Emmy Awards, thirteen Grammy nominations. Another impressive number: eighteen, as in the number of players in Goodwin’s …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: Cats On The Keys 3 (Art Hodes) Art Hodes was well known in jazz circles though most of his career was based in Chicago. Like fellow Chicagoans Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa and the Austin …
