Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays pianists Earl “Fatha” Hines, Walter Norris and T.S. Monk, reedmen Joe Lovano and Ted Nash, drummers Ed Thigpen and Lewis Nash and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jean “Toots” Thielemans’ “Man Bites Harmonica!” (1957), Ray Charles’ …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify For Canadians, the arrival of spring is momentous: the scent of the air is fresh and full of possibility. It’s an apt theme for a musical collaboration named after Ostara, the Germanic goddess of the spring equinox. “The Ostara Project” is the brainchild of co-leaders Amanda …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of vocalists Frank Sinatra, Joe Williams, Bob Dorough, Abbey Lane and Tim Hauser, pianist/bandleader Stan Kenton, hornman Clark Terry, bassist Ben Tucker, pianist Phineas Newborn, Jr. and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Horace Silver and the Jazz …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Soul Jazz in the 1960s Soul jazz frequently revolved around the Hammond B-3 organ, guitars, and soulful rhythms. Host Craig Kessler invites you in on the fun as he gives us a listen to this popular sub-genre of jazz that thrived in the 60s. …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify The eerie stillness of New York City during the Covid-19 pandemic led many residents to a state of contemplation and inner exploration. Saxophonist and composer Marc Mommaas found himself drawn to sounds that he grew up with but had eschewed for his own musical path in jazz, namely …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Herbie Hancock’s V.S.O.P. Projects When Miles Davis retired in 1975, Herbie Hancock assembled Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, and many others from Miles’s 1960’s bands. These new units created high art and original compositions, but still in the spirit of Miles’s work. The …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of vocalists Frank Sinatra, Joe Williams, Bob Dorough, Abbey Lane and Tim Hauser, pianist/bandleader Stan Kenton, hornman Clark Terry, bassist Ben Tucker, pianist Phineas Newborn, Jr. and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Horace Silver and the Jazz …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Music has the power to heal, a fact that has never been as relevant as it has over the challenging last few years. On his new album, “The Couch Sessions,” the brilliant multi-instrumentalist and composer Nicholas Payton provides a session of musical therapy that draws on …
