Jazz Corner of the World Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Tribute to Ahmad Jamal Craig salutes the life and career of recently departed pianist Ahmad Jamal. We’ll hear some recordings that caused the great Miles Davis to name Jamal one of the trumpeter’s main influences in modern jazz. Jamal, who passed away at age 92, …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composers Irving Berlin and Burt Bacharach, trombonist J.C. Higginbotham, drummer Mel Lewis, bassist Gary Peacock, pianist/composer Carla Bley, bassist Blake Shaw, pianist/composer Jarrett Purdy and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “Miles Ahead” (1956), Dexter …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyBuilding on a long track record of scholarship and interpretive artistry focused on the great Mary Lou Williams, vibraphonist and composer Cecilia Smith unveils “The Mary Lou Williams Resurgence Project Volume One: Small Ensemble Repertoire.” Through countless hours of immersion in the Williams archive at the Institute for Jazz Studies, …
Jazz Corner of the World Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Herbie Hancock on Blue Note, Part 1 The 85th anniversary celebration of Blue Note Records continues, as host Craig Kessler spins the first of two shows featuring Herbie Hancock. We’ll hear classic material that showcases Hancock as a leader, like My Point Of View, Inventions …
Hey, Jazz fans. Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of lyricist Lorenz Hart, singers Bing Crosby and Shirley Horn, pianist/composer John Lewis, organist Richard “Groove” Holmes, trumpeter Maynard Ferguson, and bassist Jymie Merritt, and May 1st is “Leroy Vinnegar Day”. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Charles Mingus’ …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyWorld-renowned guitarist and vocalist John Pizzarelli has dedicated many of his albums to the great songwriters and performers who have helped to establish the Great American Songbook and the pop music canon: Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Paul McCartney, Richard Rodgers, and Duke Ellington, to name a few. With his …
Jazz Corner of the World Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Grant Green as a Leader, Part 2 In this second of two shows featuring guitarist Grant Green as a leader for Blue Note Records, host Craig Kessler presents more prime examples of his fabulous work, including Idle Moments, Matador, Solid, Talkin’ About, Green Is Beautiful, …
Hey, Jazz fans. Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer/bandleader Duke Ellington, singers Ella Fitzgerald and Blossom Dearie, trumpeter Mario Bauza, drummers Denzil Best and Connie Kay, saxmen Johnny Griffin, and Joe Henderson, guitarist Steve Khan more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Lee w/ George Shearing …
