Short List with Bob Naujoks Mon. – Thurs. at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Vocal Short List 13: Boz Scaggs The former pop-rock artist Boz Scaggs has in recent years turned his attention to the Great American Songbook, and to good effect. Scaggs is a veteran of the early Steve Miller Blues …
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New Music Monday for January 20, 2014
Award-winning soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom has always had a special feeling for ballad performances. Her love for melody comes directly from her earliest exposure to American standards. A few years ago, she noticed that the two or three ballads she would regularly include in live settings attracted special attention from the audience. This …
New Music Monday for January 13, 2014
Any recording made by the legendary pianist Randy Weston is cause for celebration. His legacy with jazz music has spanned over six decades and has put him in contact with the lion’s share of progenitors and innovators of the music. Tenor sax great Billy Harper comes from an equally diverse musical background with …
Special Programs for the Week of January 13 – 19
Short List with Bob Naujoks Mon. – Thurs. at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Vocal Short List 13: Lisa Kelly The Vocal Short List program this week is an expansion of a couple of segments of the earlier New Face of Jazz series. The singer is Floridian Lisa Kelly, and with her …
Special Programs for the Week of January 6 – 12
Short List with Bob Naujoks Mon. – Thurs. at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Vocal Short List 13: John Pizzarelli Guitarist-singer John Pizzarelli has been on the scene for three decades with his swing-influenced jazz. He is well recorded and a mainstream mainstay. His vocalizing reflects his early influence by Nat King …
New Music Monday for January 6, 2014
A saxophonist, composer and educator from Toronto, Canada, Shirantha Beddage is emerging as a fresh and powerful voice on the baritone saxophone. Drawing inspiration from John Coltrane, Pepper Adams, Thelonious Monk and other jazz masters, Beddage won the Galaxie Rising Star Award at the 2013 Montreal Jazz Festival for his work as a …
New Music Monday for December 30, 2013
Guitarist John Abercrombie and pianist Marc Copland are old allies, with an association stretching back forty years when both were members of Chico Hamilton’s quartet. At the dawn of fusion, both played with the pioneering jazz-rock band Dreams. Since the late ‘90s, they’ve revived their partnership in diverse contexts and have toured in …
Special Programs for the Week of December 30 – January 5
Toast of the Nation: Ring in the New Year in style with KCCK and NPR – Live! Tuesday at 8:00 PM – Wednesday at 4:15 AM Toast of the Nation 2013-14 will make New Year’s Eve stops in Boston, Washington DC, New York, Chicago, Denver and the Monterey Jazz Festival! An NPR tradition …