Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Illinois Jacquet, Zoot Sims, Ted Nash, Booker Ervin and Lou Donaldson, composer/arranger Neal Hefti, trumpeter Clifford Brown, singers Ethel Waters, Cleo Laine, Andy Bey and Carmen Lundy, bassist/singer Richard Bona and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Lou Donaldson’s 98th Birthday Although the great alto man Lou Donaldson has retired from performing, he is still with us and deserves a salute! In this birthday program, we’ll spin great material from a variety of jazz labels that Lou recorded for, such as Argo, Cadet, Timeless, …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify The Hot Club of San Francisco has never shied away from putting their own stamp on the Gypsy jazz sound created by guitar legend Django Reinhardt and violin maestro Stephane Grappelli in 1930s Paris. Guitarist Paul Mehling, a leading force in North America’s Hot Club movement since the …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Don Byas, Sonny Criss and Jimmy Heath, trumpeter/composer/bandleader Dizzy Gillespie, bassists Wendell Marshall and Hans Glawischnig, flutist Ali Ryerson, singer Dianne Reeves and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Art Blakey & James Moody (James Moody’s …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Eddie Harris Birthday Celebration Craig salutes Chicago tenorman Eddie Harris (born October 20, 1934) with an exciting array of jazz goodies from his lengthy recording career, from 1961 thru 1995. Wednesday Night Special Wednesdays at 6:00pm Jazz Under the …
Many people don’t know that in addition to being one of Iowa’s most popular jazz performers, Eddie Piccard also drives a bus for College Community Schools. One of the many students he’s struck up a friendship with is Riley Kruse, who rode Eddie’s bus from the time he was in elementary school. Riley’s mom has …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify 34-year-old Japanese-born pianist Miki Yamanaka has called New York City home since 2012 and in the past decade has wasted no time establishing herself as one of the leading personalities of her generation on the piano and beyond. Critics laud her “light, expressive touch and solidly crafted mainstream …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of Bluesman Big Joe Williams, drummers Cozy Cole, J.C. Moses and Bill Stewart, trumpeters Al Killion, Roy Hargrove and Wynton Marsalis, bassists Palle Danielsson and Reid Anderson, singers Anita O’Day and Esparanza Spalding and more. We’ll also mark the recording …
