Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) (June 30) Mondays at 6:00pm Soul Jazz & the Hammond B-3 Prepare to get your groove on as Craig presents jazz organ works from some relatively obscure artists like Freddie McCoy, Roosevelt Willette, and Freddie Roach, plus well-known organists Jimmy Smith, Don Patterson, Jack McDuff, and others. …
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New Music Monday for July 14, 2025
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyCelebrated pianist, composer, arranger, conductor and two-time Grammy Award winner Alan Broadbent unveils his fourth release for Savant Records, “Threads of Time.” Known for his many collaborations with luminaries such as Pat Metheny, Sheila Jordan and Michael Buble, Broadbent brings all that impressive experience to this deeply personal project. The …
New Music Monday for July 7, 2025
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyTrombonist Ryan Keberle and Collectiv do Brasil explore the music of one of the world’s greatest living musical masters with “Choro das Aguas.” The album—Keberle’s third with the Sao Paulo pianist/arranger Felipe Silveira, bassist Felipe Brisola, and drummer Paulinho Vicente—features the compositions by Brazilian jazz and popular tunesmith Ivan Lins, …
This Week In Jazz July 6 thru July 12
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Ivie Anderson, Billy Eckstine, Francine Reed and Mavis Staples, saxmen Hank Mobley, George Young and Kirk Whalum, trumpeters Lee Morgan and Carol Morgan and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Duke Ellington at New Port (1956), …
This Week’s Shows – June 30 thru July 6
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) (June 30) Mondays at 6:00pm Farewell Tribute to Al Foster Craig spins a wide variety of recordings featuring Aloysius Tyrone “Al” Foster. We’ll hear Foster leading his own groups, as well as fabulous recordings with Joe Henderson, David Liebman, Duke Jordan, Art Pepper, Blue Mitchell, and most particularly, Miles Davis. …
New Music Monday for June 30, 2025
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyDrummer Alyn Cosker has long been one of the most in-demand musicians on the Scottish jazz scene. A regular with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and top U.K. artists such as saxophonist Tommy Smith, he is also frequently called to back up international touring acts like Joe Lovano, John Scofield, …
This Week In Jazz June 29 thru July 5
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Lena Horne, Johnny Hartman, and Melissa Walker, pianists Richard Wyands, Ahmad Jamal and Andrew Hill, organist Dr. Lonnie Smith, bassist Stanley Clarke and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis & Thelonious Monk at Newport …
This Week’s Shows June 23 thru June 28
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) (June 2) Mondays at 6:00pm Birthday Salute to Eric Dolphy Although multi-reed instrumentalist Eric Dolphy’s career was relatively short, only spanning late 1958 to mid-1964, he left behind a rich cornucopia of essential, cutting edge jazz. Craig samples Eric’s brilliant career with material from Dolphy’s own recordings, as well …