Jazz Articles about Carol Kaye

About Carol Kaye

Album Review

Duke Ellington, Brian Wilson and Friends: Shimmering Prologue: The Lost Sandbox Sessions

Read "Shimmering Prologue: The Lost Sandbox Sessions" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
April 1, 2026

Picture this: LA: Tuesday, early September, '66. A few months after Pet Sounds (Capitol, 1966) reshaped the landscape. The weather (pre-climate change) breaks around the mid 70's with a slight breeze sliding in from the east. Mired in an un-stately creative slump, Duke Ellington finds himself being ushered into 6000 Sunset Boulevard (Western Studio 3 for all you folklorists out there) where Beach Boy Brian Wilson (a man who believed his every whim was a twenty-four track master) ...

Radio & Podcasts

New Releases, Birthday Shoutouts Plus Oscar Winning Songs Written By Women

by Mary Foster Conklin
April 4, 2022

This broadcast presents new releases from Sean Nelson's New London Big Band, violinist Leonor Falcón, The DIVA Jazz Orchestra and vocalists Jesse Palter, Jeanie Perkins, Sally Terrell, with birthday shoutouts to bassists Carol Kaye and Mimi Jones, pianists Renee Rosnes, Jessica Williams and Hiromi plus vocalists Sarah Vaughan and Virginia Schenck, among others, with a set of award winning movie songs penned by women to celebrate the Oscars in the first hour. Thanks for listening and please support the artists ...