Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of cornetist Muggsy Spanier, saxophonist Houston Person, singers Ernestine Anderson and Samara Joy, trumpeter Buck Clayton, pianists Bennie Moten and Ellis Marsallis, drummer Gus Johnson, guitarist Kevin Eubanks and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Stan Getz “At …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Joe Elefante is a pianist, saxophonist, vocalist, composer, arranger and bandleader who has traveled over four continents playing and conducting jazz and musical theater. He founded a big band in 2001, which was the house band at Cecil’s Jazz Club for three years. He was named a jazz ambassador …
Prestige Records – the Early Years Craig spins selections from the very earliest Prestige recordings of 1949, and ventures into the early 1950s. We’ll hear groundbreaking examples of modern jazz from greats like J.J. Johnson, Terry Gibbs, Stan Getz, Wardell Gray, Don Lanphere, Gene Ammons, Teddy Charles, Sonny Stitt, Al Haig, Sonny Rollins, and many …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of lyricist Gus Kahn, singers Chris Connor, Kitty Margolis, Rene Marie and Gregory Porter, trumpeters Al Hirt and Arturo Sandoval, bassists Howard Rumsey and Reginald Veal, pianist Ralph Sutton, clarinetist Alvin Batiste, percussionist Carlos “Potato” Valdes and more. We’ll also …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify There is no shortage of remarkable trios in the musical landscape, but few, besides the pathbreaking trumpet player, keyboardist and composer Nicholas Payton, could bring together three true visionaries and synergize them into one singular creative voice. “Triune” reconvenes a rhythm section that Payton originally assembled in 2010. Drummer …
John Handy III, Show #1 Craig presents an enticing menu of recordings from saxophonist John Richard Handy III, going back to 1959 through 1995. We’ll also hear some Charles Mingus recordings featuring Handy from 1959 and 1960. Handy will turn 93 on Feb 3, 2026. Wednesday Night …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter Clifford Brown, singers Ethel Waters, Cleo Laine and Andy Bey, bassist/singer Richard Bona, composer/arranger Neal Hefti, saxmen Ted Nash, Zoot Sims, Illinois Jacquet, Booker Ervin and Joel Frahm, guitarist Philip Catherine, percussionist Poncho Sanchez and more. We’ll also …
A Tribute to Roy Haynes (1925 – 2024) Craig throws the spotlight once again on the drum work of the late Roy Haynes with another batch of recordings that feature Haynes from between 1949 and 2006. We’ll hear Roy with Chick Corea, Eric Dolphy, Gary Burton, Zoot Sims, Stan Getz, Jaki Byard, and a …
