Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Fifteen years after the release of his first album as a leader, keyboardist, composer and arranger Martin Bejerano still insists his is not a great Latin piano player. “I’m not someone who is satisfied with doing just one kind of music,” he readily admits, pointing to the broad stylistic diversity …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyCarol Sloane is not a household name, but it should be. Legions of ardent jazz fans are more than acquainted with her smooth yet agile vocal stylings and the ease with which she delivers the most challenging standards. Jazz greats such as Oscar Peterson, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald …
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter Doc Cheatham, pianists Erroll Garner and Jaki Byard, saxman Lucky Thompson and bassists Chuck Rainey, Chuck Berghofer and Marcus Miller and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Charlie Parker & Chet Baker’s “Inglewood Jam” (1952), Jimmy …
Jazz Corner of the World Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Third Stream Music, Part 3 Don’t miss the Jazz Corner of the World as host Craig Kessler dives deeper into “Third Stream Music” – a relatively new genre that combines characteristics of improvised jazz and European classical music. We’ll hear interesting offerings from Joe Lovano, …
Jazz Corner of the World (June 6) Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Early Works of Oregon Host Craig Kessler takes a chronological look at this stylish and sophisticated group that was founded in 1970 by Paul McCandless, Ralph Towner, Collin Walcott, and Glen Moore. In this first of several shows, we’ll hear choice works of art (both studio …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer Cole Porter, bandleader Jimmie Lunceford, trombonists Dicky Wells, Al Grey and Bill Watrous, guitarists Tal Farlow and Grant Green and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie’s “Bird & Diz” (1950), John …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Born in Yaroslavl, Russia, trumpeter Alex Sipiagin won top honors at the 1990 International Louis Armstrong Competition. After relocating to New York City, he’s been a favored player for various bands including the Gil Evans Orchestra, the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band, the Mingus Big Band, Dynasty and …
This week we celebrate the birthdays of clarinetist/bandleader Benny Goodman, arranger Nelson Riddle, drummers Albert “Tootie” Heath, Louis Hayes and Charlie Watts, saxmen Red Nolloway and Greg Abate, singers Ann Hampton Callaway and Ian Shaw and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Kenny Dorham’s “‘Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia” (1956), Dexter …
