Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM The Bass Players: Charles Mingus The Short List begins a new series on outstanding jazz bass players, starting with the great Charles Mingus. Mingus was an intense, sometimes volatile performer, but he was also revered as …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. In his very productive career, Henrik Meurkens has excelled on both harmonica and vibraphone in many different settings—ranging from straight ahead jazz to Brazilian music. He’s collaborated with such notables as Herb Ellis, Mundell Lowe, Charlie Byrd, James Moody, Paquito D’Rivera and Ray Brown among many others. …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Women in Jazz: Mary Osborne Guitarist Mary Osborne started her career playing banjo in her father’s ragtime band. By chance, she caught a gig with Charlie Christian, and knew immediately that jazz guitar was what she …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. “He wasn’t just one of the guys. For me, he was beyond that,” says Miguel Zenon about Ismael Rivera, the subject of his latest project, “Sonero.” “He exemplified the highest level of artistry. He was like Bird, Mozart, Einstein, Ali—he was that guy.” Zenon and his quartet offer …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Women in Jazz: Barbara Dennerlein Organist Barbara Dennerlein, dubbed “the organ tornado from Munich,” has received critical acclaim not only for her performance, but for her collaborations with some of the most cutting edge musicians in …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. The art form commonly referred to as Latin jazz is a musical expression of the heart and soul of New York, an exciting reflection of the rhythms and spirit of the city’s merging of Latino and African-American cultures. The music of Bill O’Connell is a product of …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Women In Jazz: Barbara Carroll Pianist and vocalist Barbara Carroll was proclaimed “the first girl ever to play bebop piano” by Leonard Feather. Her longstanding trio once featured Charlie Byrd on guitar. She worked briefly with …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Ask Jimmy Cobb how it feels to have spent over seven decades as one of jazz’s pillars and he responds in typically effacing fashion, “I didn’t really expect to be alive all these years later—I’m thankful I’ve been able to be here this long.” Starting with his …
