Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify With his career at the highest levels of the music industry spanning a half-century, Grammy nominated composer/arranger John La Barbera doesn’t have much left to prove. Thanks to his early career in helping to define the sounds of the Buddy Rich Band, Woody Herman, Bill Watrous, and so many …
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Lennie Tristano Piano Rarities Host Craig Kessler presents an array of Lennie Tristano’s private recordings, live sets, and some obscure studio work from the archives of the master jazz pianist. We’ll hear solo piano recordings, up to sextet recordings from the late …
Hey Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter Cat Anderson, bassist Cachao and Arvell Shaw, composer/critic Leonard Feather, organist Papa John DeFrancesco, singer Mel Torme, trombonist Steve Turre, saxmen Cannonball Adderley and Scott Hamilton and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Count Basie and …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify For his first larger ensemble recording, New York vibraphonist Ted Piltzecker made a trip to Denver and rekindled relationships developed years ago during his tenure as director of the Aspen Music Festival. Originally a trumpet player, Piltzecker continually seeks the organic connection between breath and musical expression as it …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of Buddy Bolden, Joe Newman, Wilbur Ware, Richie Powell, Sonny Rollins, Lonnie Plaxico and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Billy Taylor Trio with Candido” (1954), Oliver Nelson’s “Sound Pieces” (1966), Mary Lou Williams’ “Mary Lou’s Mass” …
Did you know the work of Jackson Pollock as a young kid? Phil Ochs, son of late Iowa City artist, Jim Ochs, sure did. Phil describes growing up surrounded by his father’s art and the “total factory” of his studio in promotion of The Gilded Pear’s posthumous solo exhibit, Jim Ochs: 45 Years of Work. …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Renowned for giving his big band a break during concerts by shifting to a three-man jam session in the midst of a show, jazz icon Buddy Rich would let the piano and bass shine through during these performances. Although these three-man interludes were staples during many shows, there has …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Art Pepper, and Jerry Dodgion, singers Velma Middleton, Dinah Washington, Van Morrison and Rachel Price, pianists Kenny Drew and Gene Harris, trumpeter Kenny Dorham and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Clifford …
