Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyIn the grand tradition of jazz piano trio records, Lafayette Harris returns to Van Gelder Studios for his latest effort, “Swingin’ Up in Harlem,” covering a wide spectrum of tunes by composers ranging from Hoagy Carmichael to Stevie Wonder. Harris’ sympathies have always been wide-ranging, as one would …
Jazz Corner of the World Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Sonny Rollins on Milestone, Part 6 Host Craig Kessler wraps up his listen to the great recordings from Milestone with the fabulous releases by Sonny Rollins. The legendary tenorman, now 92, recorded more than 20 albums for Milestone, spanning from 1972 to 2004. …
Hey, Jazz fans. Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of reedman Pee Wee Russell, vibist Red Norvo, bassist Ike Issacs, and guitarists Remo Palmier and Grant Green and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Coleman Hawkins’ “The Hawk Flies High” (1957), Chick Corea’s “Now He Sings, Now …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify For years, the Brazilian bossa nova queen Rosa Passos has had a devoted global following, including fans who proclaim she is Brazil’s answer to Ella Fitzgerald or the female Joao Gilberto. She began playing piano at age 13, but after listening to Gilberto and Dorival Caymmi, she abandoned …
Think of the songwriters whose work comprises the cannon of jazz standards, and names like Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin and Porter immediately come to mind. On his new album, “Black, Brown, and Blue,” pianist Eric Reed argues for a revision of that canon to focus on Black and Brown composers, songwriters whose work originates …
Hey Jazz fans. Tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Vera Lynn, Dave Frishberg and King Pleasure, pianists Marian McPartland, Harold Mabern and Sir Charles Thompson, guitarists George Benson and Melvin Sparks multi-instrumentalist Paul McCandless and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Sonny Rollins Plus 4” (1956); Miles Davis’ …
Jazz Corner of the World Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Keyboard Wizard Joe Zawinul, Part 2 Host Craig Kessler presents the next period of Joe Zawinul’s career with a look at his later work with Miles Davis from 1969 through 1970, plus a few of Joe’s early 70’s Weather Report projects. …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Think of the songwriters whose work comprises the cannon of jazz standards, and names like Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin and Porter immediately come to mind. On his new album, “Black, Brown, and Blue,” pianist Eric Reed argues for a revision of that canon to focus on Black and …
