Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter Blue Mitchell, trumpeter/composer/arranger Quincy Jones, organist Shirley Scott, pianist Tommy Flanagan, singer/pianist Nat King Cole and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Coleman Hawkins’ “The Hawk Flies High” (1957), Chick Corea’s “Now He Sings, Now He …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Vince Mendoza, who has won seven Grammy Awards and been nominated 36 times, reunited with his longtime collaborator Metropole Orkest to record “Olympians,” a select collection of the composer/conductor’s works written for the orchestra over their 28-year collaboration. Born out of the ashes of World War II, the …
Jazz Corner of the World Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Grant Green as a Sideman, Part 2 The Blue Note anniversary celebration continues with this second show featuring guitarist Grant Green as a Blue Note sideman. We’ll hear more classic jazz records with Green and Horace Parlan, Harold Vick, Lee Morgan, Larry Young, John Patton, …
Jazz Corner of the World Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Wayne Shorter as a Sideman Host Craig Kessler continues his celebration of 85 Years Of Blue Note Records with a look at some classic “Blue Notes” featuring saxophonist Wayne Shorter as a sideman. We’ll hear Shorter’s sessions with Freddie Hubbard, Art Blakey, Donald …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify By now the international jazz community knows the story that Maqueque came out of a jam session at the Cohiba Hotel in Havana that introduced renowned jazz musician Jane Bunnett with young women musicians and composers who had recently graduated from the Cuban conservatory. Over ten years …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify “Makram” is the latest album from vibraphonist Joe Locke. Featuring a selection of new compositions and a return to his celebrated quartet (pianist Jim Ridl, bassist Lorin Cohen and drummer Samvel Sarkisyan), the disc is the latest addition to Locke’s extensive leader discography, an album the incorporates …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm The Artistry of Jimmy Giuffre, Part 3 Host Craig Kessler invites you to join him for his final special look at the genius of Jimmy Giuffre, whose legacy continues to draw attention. Craig spins Jimmy’s recordings from Columbia, Candid, Owl, Soul Note, Verve, and …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bandleaders Glenn Miller and Jimmy Dorsey, singers Dinah Shore and Roseanna Vitro, saxmen Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis and Richie Cole, bassists Jimmy Garrison and Pierre Michelot, guitarists Ralph Towner and Larry Coryell and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries …
