Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Sonny Stitt, Stan Getz and Sadao Watanabe, trumpeters Roy Eldridge and Snooky Young, trombonists Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Benny Morton and Garnett Brown, pianist/vibist Buddy Montgomery and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries Kenny Dorham’s “Afro-Cuban” (1955), …
Jazz Corner of the World Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm A Listen to PM Records Tune in as host Craig Kessler spins choice cuts from Canadian label, PM Records, founded by bassist Gene Perla. PM Records released some 46 titles between 1973 until the early 1980s, featuring interesting sides by Elvin Jones, Steve Grossman, Dave Liebman …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify During the course of a career spanning over four decades, bass luminary Ben Wolfe had earned his stature as one of the forefront composers of our time. Ben Ratliff of the New York Times describes his work as “Mingus and Miles meet Bartok and Bernard Hermann.” Wolfe’s tenth …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify In the spring of 2020, Dave Stryker’s long-standing trio of organist Jared Gold and drummer McClenty Hunter was booked to play a concert out of town. Due to the pandemic, in lieu of traveling they were given the opportunity to tape a show that could be streamed by …
Jazz Corner of the World Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm The Artistry of Jimmy Giuffre, Part 2 Host Craig Kessler features reedman Jimmy Giuffre’s truly groundbreaking music from 1955 through 1959. Giuffre’s work continues to inspire both new and up-and-coming musicians today. The Wednesday Night Special Wednesdays at 6:00pm The Airmen …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of songwriter Jerome Kern, guitarist Django Reinhardt, violinist Stefan Grappelli, saxmen Jimmy Forrest, Benny Golson and Bob Mintzer, singer Anita O’Day, trumpeter Marcus Printup and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Hampton Hawes’ “Four!” (1958), Nat Adderley’s “Work …
Jazz Corner of the World Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Wayne Shorter on Blue Note The Jazz classics of Wayne Shorter continue to inspire artists old and new. Join host Craig Kessler as he plays a variety of Wayne Shorter’s appearances with other Blue Note artists, plus all of his Blue Note sessions as a …
“My America 2: Destinations,” the newest album by Jim Self, is an homage to the many places across America where the well-traveled jazz tuba maestro has lived and worked. It’s a sequel to a disc he put out twenty years ago. Like that disc, this is a collaboration between Self and arranger …
