Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler Mondays at 6:00pm Bassist Ron Carter in the 1960’s Join host Craig Kessler as he explores the music of Ron Carter. We’ll hear Carter with Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy, Jaki Byard and Don Ellis and many others. The Wednesday Night …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of a BEVY of trumpeters including Howard McGhee, Palle Mikkelborg, Charles Tolliver, Bobby Shew, Ralph Alessi and Orbert Davis, saxophonists George Coleman and Ricky Ford, guitarist Wes Montgomery, singers Flora Purim and Carol Sloane, pianist Lou Levy and more. We’ll …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyIn recent years, pianist Lynne Arriale’s compositions and albums have reflected current social issues, highlighting the worldwide immigration crises and the life-changing events wrought by Covid-19. On “Being Human,” her 17th album as a leader, Ms. Arriale presents a suite of 10 original compositions celebrating the ways that our lives …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Flip Phillips, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Dexter Gordon and Richie Cole, singers Mildred Bailey Dinah Shore and Roseanna Vitro, bandleaders Glenn Miller and Jimmy Dorsey, bassist Nilsson Matta and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Duke Ellington’s …
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler Mondays at 6:00pm The Compositions of Charles Mingus Craig surveys some of the more remarkable compositions of the great Charles Mingus, focusing mostly on his work from the 1950s into the 1970s! The Wednesday Night Special Wednesdays at 6:00pm Goose …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyTrumpeter Jim Rotondi has been a major figure in the world of jazz for over thirty years, both in New York and on the international scene. His sound, soul, and sense of swing have been in demand as a leader and sideman all over the world. For his new album, …
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler Mondays at 6:00pm The Flute in Jazz Craig explores some of the uses of the flute within the world of jazz. We’ll hear from Jaime Baum, Herbie Mann, Ali Ryerson, Frank Wess, Nicole Mitchell, Hubert Laws, and many others. The Wednesday …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer Tadd Dameron, singers Nancy Wilson and Nina Simone, brassmen Joe Wilder, Lew Soloff and Warren Vache, flutist/saxophonist Bobby Jasper, drummers Harvey Mason, Sr., Joe La Barbera and Dave Bailey, saxman Buddy Tate, bassist Rodney Whitaker and more. We’ll …
