Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Known for his charismatic performances, Israeli saxophonist-composer-bandleader Eli Degibri has recorded and performed extensively since the mid-1990s. He has been called “an exceptionally melodic improviser with a big, bold tenor tone” by Jazz Times, and “a bewitching fellow who shows impressive chops, as both a …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: Vocal Short List 14 (Gail Marten) Baltimore area singer Gail Marten is little known in the Midwest, but she is a steady performer in the East and has a quartet of albums …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: Vocal Short List 14 (Gregory Porter) If you are in the mood for a modern-day male jazz singer, look no further than Gregory Porter who won the 2014 Grammy for the best jazz vocal album, Liquid …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Ever since Joe Chambers made his recording debut on Freddie Hubbard’s classic LP, “Breaking Point,” he’s remained a nearly peerless jazz figure in terms of consummate musicianship. His career throughout the 1960s established Chambers as both a noteworthy hard-bop and avant-garde jazz drummer and as an …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: Vocal Short List 14 (Barbara Morrison) Barbara Morrison is one of busiest entertainers in the jazz and blues world. She has been around the world several times and a headliner across the country. She has over …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. When Freddy Cole is asked why he is finally releasing a tribute to his legendary older brother, who left this world 50 years ago, his answer is hardly surprising. “Because I felt the time was right.” Anytime is the right time for a new Freddy Cole …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: Vocal Short List 14 (Marlene Ver Planck) New Series Marlene Ver Planck is not a household name, even in jazz circles, but she has been a steady singing force since the 1950s, and has fully two …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Singer Jane Monheit has had plenty of milestone moments in establishing herself as one of today’s best and most important vocalist-musicians. With her new CD, “The Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald”—the first to be released on her own Emerald City Records—the Long Island native has surprised …
