Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify To observers of the jazz scene in the late 1940s, Dodo Marmarosa would have seemed a safe bet to join the pantheon of bebop pianists alongside the likes of Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk. He had worked in bands led by most of the major swing-era bandleaders, …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Charlie Parker, Art Pepper and Jerry Dodgion, pianists Horace Silver and Gene Harris, trumpeter Kenny Dorham, vocalists Vela Middleton, Dinah Washington, Teri Thornton, Van Morrison and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Max Roach & Clifford …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm The Artistry of Ron Carter Join host Craig Kessler as he takes a loving listen to bassist Ron Carter’s 62-year recording career. Carter is still going strong at 85 years old. He has played in many styles, and with the absolute best in jazz. …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Approaching 80 years of age is occasion enough for anyone to take a moment and look back on a life well lived. For legendary drummer Al Foster, those eight decades have been more memorable than most, filled with exhilarating sounds and encounters with some of …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Milestone Records, Part 4 Craig Kessler spins choice selections from Flora Purim’s days at Milestone Records. We’ll hear the “Queen of Brazilian Jazz” with George Duke, McCoy Tyner, husband Airto Moreira, Stanley Clarke, Joe Henderson, Ron Carter, Milton Nascimento, and a host of other …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify As fans of Ranky Tanky well know, drummer-producer-composer Quentin Baxter thrives on having one foot in tradition and the other in the future. The Grammy-winning ensemble, which he co-founded in South Carolina in 2016, takes an exuberant approach to Gullah, the music created by descendants of the …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm A Look at IAI Records Craig Kessler looks at the short-lived IAI (Improvising Artists Incorporated) jazz label, owned and operated by pianist and composer Paul Bley. It was founded in 1974 to record improvised music and video art. We’ll hear true obscurities culled from …
Hey, Jazz fans. Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianists Oscar Peterson, Mal Waldron, Carl Perkins and Bill Evans, drummers Stix Hooper and Ginger Baker, bassist George Duvivier, singer Mary Stallings and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jo Jones’ “The Essential Jo Jones” (1955), Herbie …
