Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxman Joe Thomas, reedman Eric Dolphy, bassist Jamil Nasser, songwriter Sammy Kahn, pianist/composer Lalo Schifrin, guitarist Ernest Ranglin, pianist Eric Reed and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis Cookbook, vol. 1” (1958), Hank …
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler Mondays at 6:00pm Italy’s Horo Records Craig introduces us to Horo Records, the highly-respected Italian jazz label. We’ll hear a variety of spins from the 1970s, from Gil Evans, Sun Ra, Sam Rivers, Ran Blake, Lee Konitz, Martial Solal, Billy Harper, and others. …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Saxophonist, composer, arranger and bandleader Kamasi Washington calls his new disc, “Fearless Movement,” his dance album. “Dancing is movement and expression,” he explains, “and in its way it’s the same thing as music—expressing your spirit through your body.” Dance as an embodied form of expression signals a …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify When the 18-time Grammy Award-winning banjoist Bela Fleck speaks of his years-long collaboration with the late pianist Chick Corea, he can sound like a bashful student musician, still obviously in awe of the jazz titan whose impact transformed him as a teenager in the ‘70s. “Remembrance” is a new …
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler Mondays at 6:00pm Master Flautist Jeremy Steig Craig takes a loving listen back to the 50-plus years of artistry from the overlooked and underappreciated Jeremy Steig. We’ll travel through Steig’s career, beginning with a 1963 recording he made for Columbia Records. We’ll also hear gems from …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Al Harewood, Specs Powell, Peter Erskine and Cassius Goens, bandleader Jimmie Lunceford, guitarists Grant Green, Tal Farlow, Royce Campbell and Paul Bollenback, saxophonists Tina Brooks, pianist Monty Alexander and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Charlie …
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler Mondays at 6:00pm The Many Contributions of Sonny Clark Craig presents great recordings featuring pianist Sonny Clark as a leader for Blue Note, as well as his work as a sideman with the likes of Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley, Grant Green, and many others. …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Bud Shank, Red Holloway and Greg Abate, pianists Ramsey Lewis, Freddie Redd and Lynne Arriale, bassists Niels Henning Orsted-Pedersen, Eric Revis and Christian McBride, trombonist Tricky Lofton, singer Ann Hampton Callaway and more. We’ll also mark the recording …
