Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Bassist, composer and recording engineer Mike Pope taps into the music and musicians who represent several pivotal life phases over his striking 30-year career, as well as from broad positions in the great timeline of jazz, on his new disc, “The Parts You Keep.” From trumpeter Randy Brecker, a …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Jazz Corner of the World Saturdays from 12:00 noon to 4:00pm Jazz in Motion Picture Soundtracks Craig presents some wonderful movie music, as performed by a variety of great jazz artists, such as Miles Davis, Andre Previn, Duke Ellington, Stan Getz, Leith Stevens, Sonny Rollins, and …
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Jo Jones, Alvin Stoller and Art Blakey, pianist/composers Thelonious Monk, Junior Mance and Abdullah (Dollar Brand) Ibrahim, trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison, bassist Monk Montgomery, Singer Oscar Brown, Jr. and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Stan …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Renowned for her creative imagination and finesse, celebrated Montreal-based pianist and composer Kate Wyatt has earned a reputation as one of Canada’s most compelling voices. For her second release as a leader, she’s joined by Montreal jazz heavyweights Adrian Vedady on bass and Louis-Vincent Hamel on drums. The concept …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of lyricist Johnny Burke, drummers Buddy Rich and Mike Clark, bassists Oscar Pettiford, Dave Holland, Lincoln Goines and Curtis Lundy, saxmen Von Freeman, Ronnie Laws and Antonio Hart, trumpeters Jon Eardley and John Daversa and more. We’ll also mark the …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Gary Bartz is 85 Join Craig as he celebrates the 85th birthday of Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Gary Bartz. Craig spins tunes featuring the outstanding reedman, born in 1940, from his career that spans the 60s to the present. Wednesday …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify George Coleman’s resume is the stuff of legend. The reedman cut his jazz teeth alongside some giants of the art form, joining Max Roach’s ensemble in the 1950s, the Miles Davis Quintet, along with the bands of Herbie Hancock, Chet Baker and Elvin Jones. His work as a leader …
Hey, Jazz fans. Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer George Gershwin, singers Herb Jeffires, Ray Charles, Les McCann and Rebecca Kilgore, saxophonists John Coltrane and Frank Foster, drummers Shadow Wilson, Dottie Dodgion, bassist Jimmy Woode and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Leroy Vinnegar’s “Leroy …
