Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Mood Records, 1977 to the 2000s Host Craig Kessler begins a short series looking at some of the truly great sounds from Mood Records. Formed in Germany in the 1970s, the label helped showcase the new sounds of jazz-rock, like jazz innovators Kenny Wheeler, …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyDrummer, activist and educator Terri Lyne Carrington has published a groundbreaking new lead sheet book of 101 jazz compositions written exclusively by women, from Mary Lou Williams and Alice Coltrane to Esperanza Spalding and Maria Schneider and beyond. A companion album, “New Standards Vol. 1,” is the …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers, Irene Reid, Les McCann and Ray Charles, saxophonists John Coltrane, Frank Foster and Damani Phillips, guitarist Eric Gale, bassist Red Mitchell and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Erroll Garner’s classic “Concert By The Sea” (1955), …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Bossa Nova & Brazilian Jazz Craig presents an unusual and eclectic look at our long history with jazz from Brazil that promises to be great fun. Along the way, he’ll explore the bossa nova style from its early roots, right up to the present. We’ll …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifySince arriving in the U.S. from Cuba in 1999, Dafnis Prieto has honed his forward-looking musical vision across a range of styles and formats. In the process, he has become equally known for his composing and arranging brilliance and electrifying drumming, comfortably exploring a wide spectrum of …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter Cat Anderson, violinist Joe Venuti, organist Papa John DeFrancesco, saxmen Cannonball Adderley and Steve Slagle, singers Mel Torme, Maria Muldaur, Giacomo Gates and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Count Basie & His Orchestra “At the …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm The Compositions of Carla Bley Craig Kessler pays a well-deserved tribute to singularly great and prolific composer, keyboardist, and band leader Carla Bley. He’ll alternate between her many wonderful versions of well-known compositions, as well as a variety of her own recordings. …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Chris Cortez is a busy man. The number of jobs he performs suggests the presence of more people. Guitarist, composer, vocalist, bandleader, arranger, producer, engineer, label head, entrepreneur, and community leader, to name a few. In 2015 he paused his Houston-based Blue Bamboo record label to return …
