Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Wellman Braud, Curtis Counce and Eberhard Weber, guitarist Django Reinhardt, instrumentalist/composers Juan Tizol and Antonio Carlos Jobim, arranger Marty Paich, saxman/composer Benny Golson and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Duke Ellington’s first Carnegie Hall Concert …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify“LifeSongs” is the masterful new album by renowned trombonist-composer-arranger Marshall Gilkes and the heralded WDR Big Band. It represents something of a musical homecoming for Gilkes. He spent four memorable years in Cologne, making his mark within the ranks of the brass section of the band until his exit in …
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler Mondays at 6:00pm Blue Note 85th Anniversary Collection, Part 1 Craig spins more from the unusual and obscure side of the label, and includes bonus material from his curriculum for his University of Iowa Senior College class on Blue Note Records. The Wednesday …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Gene Krupa and Sid Catlett, singers Irene Kral, Eartha Kitt and Cheryl Bentyne, lyricist Irving Mills, pianists Cedar Walton, Horace Parlan, Cyrus Chestnut and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Benny Goodman’s Carnegie Hall Concert (1938), …
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler Mondays at 6:00pm A Salute to Les McCann Craig tips his hat to the 68-plus year career of this master of “soul jazz” by spinning a variety of fine releases dating back to 1960. We’ll hear great music from Pacific Jazz, Atlantic, Limelight, and other fine jazz …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyGeneration Y is a band concept that was conceived in 2019 with the goal of promoting the next generation of dynamic talent from the top conservatories in New York City and beyond. The group is led by Grammy-winning drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr., who has served in the role of Small …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyJohn Ellis, one of the most sought-after saxophonists and multi-reedists of his generation, has had ample opportunity to write for long-form compositional settings. His chamber-jazz ensemble works are quasi-operatic. But when it came time to deal with George Bizet’s opera “Carmen,” Ellis saw the task as one of scaling down. …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Kenny Clarke, Osie Johnson and Max Roach, singers Betty Roche and Ruth Brown, trombonists Wilbur de Paris and Willie Dennis, saxophonists Allen Eager and Jane Ira Bloom and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Toots Thielemans’ …
