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Special Programs December 2 – December 8
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Happy 84th Birthday Billy Hart Craig celebrates another November birthday. This week, it’s a party for drummer Billy Hart. Craig spins choice goodies that feature Billy’s work from the early 70s, right up to the present! Wednesday Night Special Wednesdays …
Big Mo Pod Show 040 – “Breeze Through Town”
Dovetailing the Pod Show’s interview comes another regular installment of the series! Just like always Noah and John review a selection of five songs from the most recent Big Mo Blues Show, this time taking a peek at a mixture of new and old, as well as vocals and instrumentals. Songs featured in the episode: …
Big Mo Pod Show 039 – “The Luckiest Blues Man Alive”
This week’s Big Mo Pod Show is a special treat! Noah and John invite local legend Tom T-Bone Giblin to share his stories from when he played with Lonnie Brooks as well as how he approaches playing music as a “sideman” by profession. Tune in to hear his story! Listen to ‘da Friday Blues with …
Special Programs November 25 – December 1
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm A Coleman Hawkins Birthday Party This week, Craig throws a birthday party for Coleman Hawkins, the “Father of Jazz Tenor Sax.” Hawkins was known for contributing to each of the major changes in jazz stylings. We’ll hear a wide variety of recordings made in the mid-1920s …
This Week In Jazz November 24 thru November 30
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer Billy Strayhorn, saxophonists Paul Desmond, Gigi Gryce and Wessell “Warmdaddy” Anderson, brassmen Nat Adderley, Chuck Mangione and Terrell Stafford, singers Etta Jones and Holy Cole, pianists Jacky Terrasson and Jon Snell and and more. We’ll also mark the …
Big Mo Pod Show 038 – “Hard Workin’ Women”
In another episode of the Big Mo Pod Show John and his 20 something sidekick producer Noah discuss another smattering of songs from Friday night’s show. This time around some of the tracks spurred on conversations about women in the blues and what they’ve contributed to the art form. Song featured in the episode: Big …
Special Programs November 18 thru November 24
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm George Cables at 80 Craig celebrates George Cables’s 80th birthday by presenting an array of great jazz selections from his lengthy career, beginning in 1970 right up to the present. Some 50 years ago, Art Pepper dubbed Cables “Mr. Beautiful.” (He still is!) …