Key of G Dennis Green Sometimes (usually around pledge drive times), we’ll talk about the fact that music has become something of a scarce commodity at the public radio end of the dial, and jazz music in particular. By one count, there are only fifteen full-time jazz stations in the country. And now there are …
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Wendell Marshall and Richard Bona, singers Cleo Laine, Andy Bey and Milton Nascimento, pianist Jacques Loussier, trumpeter Eddie Jefferson and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “‘Round About Midnight” (1955), Horace Silver’s “Song For …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Milestone Records, Part 5 Tune in as Craig Kessler spins Joe Henderson music that can change your life. Craig spotlights the master reedman’s 12-plus records of astonishing jazz that Henderson made for Orrin Keepnews’s Milestone label. The Wednesday Night Special …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify While Kurt Vonnegut undoubtedly found his true calling as an author, he once speculated about another potential career. “What I would really like to have been, given a perfect world, is a jazz pianist.” On the occasion of the great satirist’s 100th birthday, the pianist and composer …
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Cozy Cole, J.C. Moses and Ronnie Burrage, guitarist Barney Kessel, trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Wynton Marsalis, singer Sathima Bea Benjamin and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Benny Golson’s New York Scene” (1957), Jimmy Forrest’s “Most …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Tribute to Creed Taylor, Part 2 Craig Kessler spins more material from recently departed producer and label owner Creed Taylor. This week, Craig features important 60’s and 70’s works from Taylor’s own CTI Records. We’ll hear goodies from Freddie Hubbard, George Benson, Wes Montgomery, …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Saxophonist/composer Bobby Watson draws inspiration from the rich jazz heritage of his Kansas City hometown on his spirited new album, “Back Home in Kansas City.” Watson grew up in K.C., leaving to study at the University of Miami and then spending a quarter century making his name …
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