Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeters Doc Cheatham, Marcus Belgrave and Alex Sipiagin, guitarists Joe Negri, Joao Gilberto, Jonathan Kreisberg, bassists Charnett Moffett and Chuck Berghofer, pianists Chick Corea, Geri Allen and Harold Danko and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries ofBennie Green’s …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Critically acclaimed pianist, composer band bandleader Emmet Cohen has traveled the world with his sold-out performances, created and hosted one of the most highly watched regular online jazz shows in the world, and has earned a reputation for cultivating an atmosphere with his musicality for generations of …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of cornetist Buddy Bolden, bassists Trigger Alpert, Lonnie Plaxico and Larry Ridley, pianists Horace Silver and Water Davis, Jr., saxmen Ernie Henry and Clifford Jordan, drummers Mickey Roker, Otis “Candy” Finch and Sherrie Mericle, singer Claire Martin and more. We’ll …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Enrico Rava on ECM Craig features the brilliance and artistry of one of the true trumpet and flugelhorn greats. We’ll hear delicious samplings from Enrico Rava – the “Godfather of Italian Jazz” – from his many releases on ECM Records, from the early 1970s to the …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Internationally renowned pianist and composer Michael Wolff is well known for playing with a who’s who of jazz legends, from Cal Tjader, Cannonball Adderly and Sonny Rollins to Nancy Wilson, Christian McBride and so many more. In pop culture, he’s best known for his five-year run as the …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Lester Young, Charlie Parker, and Bradford Marsalis, singers Jimmy Rushing and Dinah Washington, pianist Kenny Drew and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Barney Kessel/Shelly Manne and Ray Brown’s “The Poll Winners” (1960), Joe Pass’ “Virtuoso” (1973), …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Pat Martino on Prestige, Part One Craig gives us a listen to the guitar genius of Pat Martino. We’ll hear a number of outstanding recordings that feature Martino as a leader and as a sideman, all on classic dates from Prestige Records. …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Steeplechase Records, Show #2 Craig spins another delightful sampling of the prestigious Steeplechase label from Denmark. Nils Winther founded the label in 1972, and since then has created well over 1,000 choice releases by great jazz artists like Jackie McLean, Teddy Edwards, Dexter Gordon, Shirley Horn, …
