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 …
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. …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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. …
