Jazz Articles about Blanche Calloway

About Blanche Calloway

Radio & Podcasts

Mark Christian Miller, Nicole McCabe, Audrey Ochoa, Bellbird, Sivan Arbel & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
February 16, 2026

This broadcast includes fundraising for the station with new music from Mark Christian Miller, Nicole McCabe, Audrey Ochoa, Bellbird and Sivan Arbel, plus birthday shoutouts to Blanche Calloway, Bette LaVette, Carole King, Eugenie Jones, Katie Thiroux, Janice Jarrett and Honorable Man Ed Reed , among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman's Place is in the Groove. ...

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Birthday Shoutouts To Foremothers Jutta Hipp, Blanche Calloway Plus Carole King & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
February 17, 2025

This broadcast includes new releases from Nicole Zuraitis, Dave Potter and Monique Chao, with birthday shoutouts to foremothers Jutta Hipp (100!) Blanche Calloway (older sister of Cab Calloway) plus Carole King and Carmen Staaf. Happy listening and please support the station and the artists you hear. See them live, purchase their music so they can continue to distract, comfort, provoke, inspire and remind the world that A Woman's Place Is In the Groove.Playlist Jutta Hipp “Horacio" from Live ...

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New Releases, Grammy Winners, Birthday Celebrations For Blanche Calloway, Carole King & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
February 19, 2024

This broadcast includes new releases from Ed Johnson & Novo Tempo, Alliance (led by Sharel Cassity and Coleen Clark), Tierney Sutton and Nubya Garcia, with nods to several Grammy winners and birthday shoutouts to Blanche Calloway, Chick Webb, Carmen Staaf, Jen Allen, and Carole King, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by seeing them live and online. Purchase their music so they can continue to distract, comfort, provoke and inspire. Playlist Audrey ...

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Freedom Suite, Blanche Calloway, Jazz at the Philharmonic

by David Brown
February 16, 2024

This week we'll celebrate the recording milestone of Sonny Rollins' Freedom Suite, recorded 66 years ago this weekend on February 11, 1958; then a birthday tribute to singer, bandleader Blanche Calloway born this weened in 1902 who was a first woman to lean an all-male jazz band; and we'll tour with Jazz at the Philharmonic for a trumpet battle between Roy Eldridge and Charlie Shavers followed by an all-star Ballad Melody. Along the way, we will showcase some new releases ...

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New Releases, Valentines Day, Plus Birthday Celebrations for Blanche Calloway, Carole King & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
February 20, 2023

This broadcast celebrates Valentines Day, Juno nominees and more, with new releases from Rachel Therrien, Simone Kopmajer and the Tony Kadleck Big Band, plus birthday shoutouts to Blanche Calloway, Carole King, Marsha Heydt, Jen Allen, Sharel Cassity and Carmen Staff, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by seeing them live and online. Purchase their music so they can continue to distract, comfort, provoke and inspire.Playlist Marsha Heydt and the Project of Love ...

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Songs of the Heart Plus Birthday Celebrations for Carole King and Blanche Calloway

by Mary Foster Conklin
February 21, 2022

This broadcast presents songs of the heart for Valentines Day, new releases from vocalists Eugenie Jones and Hinda Hoffman plus birthday shoutouts to Carole King (80 years young) and Blanche Calloway, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music during this time of pandemic so they can continue to distract, comfort and inspire. Playlist Altoizm (Greg Ward, Sharel Cassity, Rajiv Halim) “Cedar Groove" from Altoizm (AFAR Music) 00:00 Cynthia Scott ...