Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler Mondays at 6:00 PM Chick Corea, Part 7 The plot thickens as Craig continues his march through Chick’s music in the 1980s and moving onward. We’ll hear tunes from a variety of records, including Trio Music, In Concert, Tap Step, Lyric Suite for Sextet, Touchstone, and a stack of …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify “My Grateful Dead experience began a few years ago when I was lucky enough to play a show with the Wolf Bros.,” says saxophonist Dave McMurray of the band led by Grateful Dead cofounder Bob Weir. “The long-form, odd measures and complex chords of the …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify “In Harmony” is the first previously unissued recording of the late Roy Hargrove since his passing in 2018. Captured live at Merkin Hall in New York City in 2006 and Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, in 2007 with the late piano great Mulgrew Miller, the set is an …
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler Mondays at 6:00 PM Strata-East Records, Part 2 Craig spins another batch of delights from the great, oft-overlooked jazz label Strata-East. We’ll hear goodies from a broad spectrum of Black artists from the early and mid 1970s, such as bassist Larry Ridley, sax man Cecil Payne, altoist Shamek …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyLike many serious musicians, John Stein was trying to find a way to reach his audience during the Covid-19 shutdown. The guitarist had just released a career-defining recording to mark his planned retirement from Berklee College of Music where he was an acclaimed educator. When the tour in …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyWhen pianist Kevin Hays, bassist Ben Street and drummer Billy Hart, three of the most admired and respected musicians in jazz, assembled on one of the darkest, coldest nights at the end of a difficult year of despair, they were merely together to perform for Smoke Jazz Club’s …
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler Mondays at 6:00 PM Tribute To Chick Corea, Part 6 Tune in for some essential Chick Corea listening as Craig spins some favorite selections that span the mid through late 70s and early 80s. There’s more from Chick’s group Return To Forever, material from the My Spanish …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyThe Joel Frahm Trio is a new band featuring Joel on reeds, Dan Loomis on bass and Ernesto Cervini on drums. “The Bright Side” is their debut recording and is the culmination of a musical partnership that has developed over the course of many tours and recording sessions …
