Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify NYO Jazz’s first full-length studio album, “We’re Still Here,” features artistic director, bandleader, and trumpeter Sean Jones and special guest Melissa Aldana on tenor sax, plus an appearance by trombonist Wycliffe Gordon. One of Carnegie Hall’s three acclaimed national youth ensembles, NYO Jazz—comprising outstanding young musicians ages 16-19 from …
Jazz Corner of the World Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Piano Artistry of Richie Beirach, Part 2 Craig Kessler takes another detailed look at the prolific career of Richie Beirach, who has made hundreds of recordings since 1974. We’ll hear the 74-year-old pianist in a variety of solo settings, examples of his work with guitarist …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify In 1962, two of the most influential and talented instrumentalists that Cuba ever produced were brought together. Reedman Paquito D’Rivera was invited to hear pianist Chucho Valdes at a local club in South Havana. The two soon became a musical partnership that helped shape jazz in Cuba. Their …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Milt Hinton and Jamil Nasser, singer Helen Humes, guitarist Chet Atkins, composer/pianists Lalo Schifrin and Eric Reed, reedman Eric Dolphy and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 1” (1958), Les …
Jazz Corner of the World Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Milestone Records, Part 2 Host Craig Kessler continues his listen to the Milestone record label, created by Orrin Keepnews following the demise of Riverside Records. Instead of an overview, Craig focuses on the extraordinary pianist McCoy Tyner and the exquisite, powerful music he recorded for …
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 …
