Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Jazz legend George Cables celebrates his 80th birthday with a stunning new recording, “I Hear Echoes,” showcasing the timeless artistry that has defined his illustrious career. Known for his flawless technique and unparalleled musicianship, he has established himself as a towering figure in the jazz world. With icons …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm A Coleman Hawkins Birthday Party This week, Craig throws a birthday party for Coleman Hawkins, the “Father of Jazz Tenor Sax.” Hawkins was known for contributing to each of the major changes in jazz stylings. We’ll hear a wide variety of recordings made in the mid-1920s …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer Billy Strayhorn, saxophonists Paul Desmond, Gigi Gryce and Wessell “Warmdaddy” Anderson, brassmen Nat Adderley, Chuck Mangione and Terrell Stafford, singers Etta Jones and Holy Cole, pianists Jacky Terrasson and Jon Snell and and more. We’ll also mark the …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, composer Johnny Mercer, singers June Christy and Sheila Jordan, trombonists Tommy Dorey and Jimmy Knepper, pianists Dr. John and Geoffrey Keezer and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “Sketches of Spain” (1959), …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm George Cables at 80 Craig celebrates George Cables’s 80th birthday by presenting an array of great jazz selections from his lengthy career, beginning in 1970 right up to the present. Some 50 years ago, Art Pepper dubbed Cables “Mr. Beautiful.” (He still is!) …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Multi-Grammy Award winner Brian Lynch’s new album, “7x7By7,” can justifiably be called septology: seven pieces performed by seven musicians with each tune clocking in at seven minutes flat of music. The trumpeter and composer designed the project in a novel and distinctive modular format, allowing for the interchange of …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Steeplechase Records, Show 5 Craig presents another of jazz from the remarkable Steeplechase label from Copenhagen. Founder Nils Winther, has created over a thousand top-notch releases from great jazz artists like Dexter Gordon, Stanley Cowell, Eddie Henderson, George Cables, Tete Montoliu, John Abercrombie, and many others. …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianists Benny Moten, Art Hodes, Hampton Hawes, George Cables and Ellis Marsalis, trumpeters Buck Clayton and Willie Cook, trombonist Helen Jones Woods, singers Jo Stafford, Ernestine Anderson and Mose Allison, bassists Sam Jones and Neil Swainsson and more. We’ll …
