Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Remembering Lou Donaldson We celebrated Lou Donaldson’s 98th birthday just a few weeks ago, but now it’s time to note the passing of Lou Donaldson – one of the genre’s great alto saxophonists and one of the most positive spirits in jazz. Craig will spin choice …
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New Music Monday for December 23, 2024
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Zacc Harris has been one of Minnesota’s most celebrated guitarists since moving to Minneapolis in 2005, being named Twin Cities Best Jazz Artist in 2017. He is a founding member of the collective group Atlantis Quartet, and has toured throughout the U.S. and U.K. On his fourth album …
This Week In Jazz December 22 thru December 28
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the holidays and the birthdays of songwriter Harry Warren, singer/bandleader Cab Calloway, trumpeter/singer Chet Baker, composer/pianist Steve Allen, pianist Ray Bryant, multi-instrumentalist Bill Crow, guitarist John Scofield and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Art Blakey & James Moody’s (James …
This Week’s Shows December 23 – December 29
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Lenny White III at 75 Craig celebrates the 75th birthday of underrated drummer Leonard “Lenny” White III. We’ll hear some hot examples of Lenny’s great work as a leader, as well as a variety of sideman projects with the likes of Chick Corea, Jaco Pastorius, Miles …
New Music Monday for December 16th, 2024
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify “Tomorrowsville” is the latest collection of high energy modern jazz compositions by pianist Randy Hoexter, who is on the faculty at Georgia State University where he teaches jazz composition and arranging. His keyboard talents have been sought out by artists as diverse as Jimmy Herring, Shane Theriot, Sonny …
This Week In Jazz December 15 thru December 21
Hey, jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of reedmen Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson and Harold Land, organist Johnny “Hammond” Smith, bassists Walter Booker and John Ore, guitarists Barry Galbraith, Cornell Dupree and John Abercrombie and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Buck Clayton’s “Jam Sessions from …
This Week’s Show December 16 – 22
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm John Abercrombie’s Birthday Salute On the occasion of guitarist John Abercrombie’s birth date anniversary, Craig spins the cream of the crop from more than 160 recordings. We’ll hear Abercrombie as both a leader and as a sideman between the years 1969 to 2017. …
New Music Monday for December 9, 2024
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify What if you were to create a big band—the same richness of orchestration, bravado, and emotion—but with only three players? “The Role of the Rhythm Section Volume II” continues a prolific stretch for Grammy Award-winner Steven Feifke, marking his seventh album in the past three and a half …