Fourth of July Specials: The United States Air Force Band Airmen of Note: Jazz Heritage Series 2016 Radio Broadcasts with guest soloists Stefon Harris, Marvin Stamm with Bill Mays and Walt Weiskopf (6:00 am – 9:00 am) The Airmen of Note is the premier jazz ensemble of the United States Air Force. Created in 1950 …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. It’s no secret that the Branford Marsalis Quartet can be as freewheeling off the bandstand as in performance. The saxophonist and his ensemble, made up of pianist Joey Calderazzo, bassist Eric Revis and drummer Justin Faulkner, are each bold personalities with strong opinions, equally intense in …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: Vocal Short List 14 (Sachal Vasandani) The Short List this week brings you a new voice—one in the making during the last decade. It is the instrument of Sachal Vasandani who can croon with the …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. At a time when jazz bandleaders from across the musical and generational spectra regularly lament the difficulty of keeping a band together, it’s all the more remarkable that a supergroup like One For All has stuck it out for twenty years. But the impeccably swinging …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: Vocal Short List 14 (Renée Yoxon) Another Canadian import is featured on the Vocal Short List 14 this week. It’s Renée Yoxon who was raised in Ottawa, but now is in Montreal, going to …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. For the past five years, 29-year-old trumpeter Marquis Hill has been invigorating the Chicago jazz scene with his sleek approach to modern jazz, which often incorporates elements of spoken word and hip-hop. JazzTimes magazine praised his trumpet playing by stating, “His articulation, precise but unlabored, calls …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: Vocal Short List 14 (Ori Dagan) Ori Dagan is a deep-voice male jazz singer who scats. Dagan who was born in Israel, but moved to Canada at a young age. He is a significant part …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. For 20 years, Guillermo Klein has been creating some of the most singular and exciting music for his highly adept 11-piece ensemble, Los Guachos. His compositional style has been evolving over the years, though always utilizing elements of jazz, folkloric music of his native Argentina, …
