Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm The Bari Sax (Special Live Show) In a special Monday evening live broadcast, host Craig Kessler features the baritone sax players. We’ll hear goodies from Gerry Mulligan, Cecil Payne, Gil Melle, Sahib Shihad, Ronnie Cuber, and a number of others. …
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This Week in Jazz June 30 thru July 6
Hey, jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Lena Horne, Johnny Hartman and Melissa Walker, pianists Richard Wyands, Ahmad Jamal and Michael Abene, organist Dr. Lonnie Smith, saxman Teodross Avery and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Duke Ellington’s “Ellington Uptown” (1952), Lee Morgan’s …
New Music Monday for July 1, 2024
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Antonio Adolfo is recognized internationally as a Brazilian jazz master. With a discography that stretches back over 60 years, he has released 25 albums as a leader. The prolific recording artist, pianist and composer has been nominated for several Latin Grammy and Grammy awards. But Adolfo is not …
This Week’s Shows July 1 thru July 7
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm The Easy Going Side of Black & Blue Craig spins some laid back fare from the French jazz and blues label Black & Blue. We’ll hear from great musicians like Arnett Cobb, Lockjaw Davis, Lloyd Glenn, Illinois Jacquet, Don Byas, Milt Buckner, and many others. …
This Week In Jazz June 23 thru June 29
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer Richard Rodgers, guitarist Johnny Smith, pianist/composer Dave Grusin, drummers Joe Chambers and Marvin “Smitty” Smith, pianists Elmo Hope and Alan Pasqua, singers Georgie Fame, Tierney Sutton and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of The Modern Jazz …
New Music Monday for June 24, 2024
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Guitar great Bobby Broom knows exactly when he first fell in love with the jazz organ. At age ten he put on one of his father’s albums, Charles Earland’s “Black Talk!” “I was just into music,” he says. But after playing Earland’s now-classic 1969 album, he was sold. …
This Week’s Shows June 24 thru June 30
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Prestige’s ‘Soul Jazz Years’ Craig continues his commemoration of Prestige Records’ 75th anniversary with classic soul jazz from Gene Ammons, Charles Earland, Don Patterson, Jack McDuff, and George Benson. The Wednesday Night Special Wednesdays at 6:00pm Cory Wong on the Main Stage …
New Music Monday for June 17, 2024
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Azerbaijani-born, New York-based pianist and composer Amina Figarova was inspired to write her new “Suite for Africa” by her experience traveling to meet students in South Africa. A travel mishap placed her on the same flight as the Matsiko World Orphan Choir, an ensemble of orphaned and at-risk …