Xavier Jazz Band One members Killian, Ben, Peter and Mia have had a big week! Along with several dozen members of the Cedar Rapids Metro schools, they marched in the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin. They spent a week touring the Emerald Isle, but then got caught in long lines and cancelled flights on their return, finally arriving back home at 2:30 the morning of their show!
They told us about their trip, played some great music, and of course, gave us an update on the official JBO mascot, the pineapple.
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A distinctive voice among a new breed of Hammond B-3 organ players on the jazz scene, Sam Yahel has earned the top spot in Downbeat’s International Critics Poll as a Talent Deserving of Recognition for many years in a row. Since moving to New York City in 1990, Yahel has worked with a string of notable jazz artists including Joshua Redman, Maceo Parker, Peter Bernstein, Bill Frisell, Norah Jones and Madeleine Peyroux, among others. As a solo artist, his work has garnered critical praise for its unique perspective in combining both his voice on piano and organ into one seamless thread. On his new work, “Quiet Flow,” he is joined by the potent rhythm section of drummer Bian Blade and bassist Larry Grenadier.
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Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers King Pleasure, Sarah Vaughan and Stacey Kent, vibists Dave Pike and Stefon Harris, saxophonists James Moody, Bobby Militello, Lew Tabackin and Tia Fuller, pianist/singer/songwriter Dave Frishberg and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Duke Ellington’s “The 1952 Seattle Concert” (1952), Hank Mobley’s “Workout” (1961), The New York Jazz Quartet “In Concert in Japan, Vol. 1” (1975), The Charlie Watts Orchestra “Live Fullham Townhall” (1986), Al Grey’s “Centerpiece: Live at the Blue Note” (1995), Kait Dunton’s “trioKait Casual” (2016) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays and at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.