Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify “Kinda Out West” is Edmonton bassist Aretha Tillotson’s second album as a leader, an ode to the musicians of her native Alberta and the neighboring province of British Columbia—artists whose work is fueled by the prairies and grasslands; by the ocean and the mountains. Tillotson’s quartet follows in the …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Prestige In The 60s & 70s Craig continues his deep dive into Prestige Records’s legendary catalog with more choice samplings from Cedar Walton, Eric Kloss, Pat Martino, Billy Butler, Dexter Gordon, Gene Ammons, Hampton Hawes, Sonny Stitt, and many, many others. …
Hey, Jazz fans. Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer Scott Joplin, keyboardists Wild Bill Davis, Richard Tee and Lyle Mays, saxophonist/composers Paul Desmond and Al Cohn, cornetist Nat Adderley, singers Etta Jones and Holly Cole and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Lester Young w/ …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Noam Lemish’s new album, “There’s Beauty Enough in Being Here,” offers a gently ravishing program inspired by a Fernando Pessoa poem about experiencing the numinous nature of even the most everyday occurrences. It’s the latest project from the Juno Award-nominated pianist/composer, who’s created an enthralling body of work exploring …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Prestige & Its Subsidiaries Craig presents another listen to treasures from Prestige Records, including a look at their subsidiary labels, Swingville, Moodville, and Bluesville. We’ll hear from Coleman Hawkins, Ken McIntyre, Red Garland, Lonnie Johnson, Tampa Red, and many others!! Wednesday Night Special …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singer/composer Johnny Mercer, saxophonists Coleman Hawkins, Vincent Herring and Don Braden, guitarists Skeeter Best and Sal Salvador, singers June Christy and Sheila Jordan and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Lester Young/Flip Phillips/Roy Eldridge/Hank Jones/Ray Brown/Max Roach …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Best known for his work with the Jazz Passengers and Groove Collective, Bill Ware has been an asset in collaborations across multiple genres, featuring in the work of well-known musicians and bands like Steely Dan and Elvin Costello. Ware has maintained his own ensembles for just as long. The …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Trane, Miles, Monk & Mose – Prestige in the 1950s Craig continues the Prestige story with a deeper look at more of the dazzling gems of modern jazz. We’ll hear from Jackie McLean, Art Farmer, Modern Jazz Quartet, Mose Allison, Annie Ross, “Moondog” (Louis Thomas Hardin Jr.), …
