Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter Doc Cheatham, saxophonist Lucky Thompson, pianists Erroll Garner, Jaki Byard, and Chick Corea, bassist Chuck Berghofer, singer Dominique Eade and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Gene Ammons’ “All Star Sessions w/Sonny Stitt” (1955), Jimmy Smith’s …
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Enrico Pieranunzi’s Exciting Piano Host Craig Kessler serves up some “delicious goodies” from the 50-year career of Italian piano virtuoso Enrico Pieranunzi. We’ll hear solos, duos, trios, quartets and more exciting jazz! The Wednesday Night Special Wednesdays …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify“Words From My Horn” is the debut album by trumpeter and composer Anthony Hervey, who was recently chosen as one of Grammy.com’s 10 Emerging Jazz Artists to Know in 2023. He’s been a first-call sideman for luminaries such as Christian McBride, Wynton Marsalis, Jon Batiste and Michael Buble. Thematically, the …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Specs Powell, Cassius Goens and Willie Jones III, saxophonist Tina Brooks, guitarist Taln Farlow, pianists Pete Jolly and Monty Alexander and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “‘Round About Midnight” (1956), Frank Sinatra with …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyThe music of Herbie Hancock has affected the lives of generations of jazz performers. Like many of these musicians, it was the opportunity to play with the great pianist/composer that introduced the drummer Mike Clark to the jazz world at large. Hancock initially had Harvey Mason in the drum chair …
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Miles Davis in the 1940s Host Craig Kessler celebrates Miles Davis’s birth date anniversary with an in-depth look at Davis’s early days. We’ll hear his work with Charlie Parker, Benny Carter, Billy Eckstine, Coleman Hawkins, Tadd Dameron, and others. …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Eugene Wright and Christian McBride, pianist/composer Freddie Redd, drummers Albert “Tootie” Heath, Louis Hayes and Charlie Watts, clarinetist/bandleader Benny Goodman and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Kenny Dorham’s “Round About Midnight at the Café Bohemia” …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Drummer Joe Farnsworth sets out on a bold new path in answer to the question, “In What Direction Are You Headed?” The new disc marks a turning point in his career, as he’s assembled a new quintet featuring not his renowned forebears but esteemed talents from his own generation and …
