Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Walter Page and Rufus Reid, reedmen Pony Poindexter and Joe Maini, drummers Joe Dodge and Walter “Baby Sweets” Perkins, pianists Sir Roland Hannna and Antonio Adolfo and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Horace Silver and …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify “Far Far Away” brings us ever so close to the genius of Jim Snidero. For this, his 25th recording as a leader, the renowned altoist joins forces with inimitable guitar hero Kurt Rosenwinkel, whose searing, innovative playing is on full display. Snidero himself demonstrates a broadsword of a …
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 …
