Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Amina Figarova was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, and as a child studied to be a classical pianist. She came to the States in 1989 to complete her studies at Boston’s Berklee College of Music, where she met her husband flutist Bart Platteau. After more than …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: Jazz Clubs Live – The Blue Note Jazz Clubs Live Short List series about famous jazz clubs both past and present, continues with the Blue Note club which is probably a familiar name even to …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. With 40 years of professional recording under his belt, John Scofield is one of the most distinctive and versatile modern jazz guitarists; his capacity to play in fusion, blues, bebop, county, avant garde and pop settings while retaining his distinctive voice is peerless. In addition to …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: Jazz Clubs Live (new Series) The Short List series begins programs on the more famous jazz clubs, both past and present. The first segments are about Birdland in New York City. The neon sign said …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. “Live in Cuba” captures nine-time Grammy Award-winner Wynton Marsalis and the world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s dazzling first—and only—performances in Cuba, where they explored the profound connections between American jazz and Afro-Cuban music, from bebop to bolero and beyond. Recorded in front of …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Jazz and the Spoken Word: “Jazz Canto” / Rick Fay / Chip White “Jazz and the Spoken Word” Short List series is about a small group of writers and musicians who have worked to blend the rhythm …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Danilo Perez, John Patitucci and Brian Blade have been three quarters of the extraordinary Wayne Shorter Quartet for more than a decade. They’ve also continued their individual careers as leaders of their own projects and groups. Now, on “Children of the Light,” they step forward as …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Jazz and the Spoken Word: Robert Pinsky w Laurence Hobgood / David Gonzalez / “Jazz Canto” “Jazz and the Spoken Word” Short List series is about a small group of writers and musicians who have worked to blend …
