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Reluctant Genius Of Jazz: Artie Shaw This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
August 21, 2014

Artie Shaw was one of the top-grossing stars of the 1930s and the only serious rival Benny Goodman had to his title as “The King of Swing." To celebrate the Shaw legacy, Riverwalk's David Holt talks with Tom Nolan, the author of a new biography, Three Chords for Beauty's Sake: The Life of Artie Shaw. Nolan drew on extended interviews he conducted with Shaw in his home between 1990 and 2004. Also on our broadcast salute to Artie Shaw, clips ...

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Swinging Duos At The Landing This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
August 14, 2014

Sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. This week on Riverwalk Jazz, we're pairing up some of our favorite jazz artists in a broadcast of swinging duos. On their own, each one of these musicians lights up the stage, but together, they’re off the charts. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound. Two New ...

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Sophisticated Ladies & Red Hot Mommas This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
August 1, 2014

Heartbreakers, man-takers, vamps, tramps and the girl next door—through the decades they've all shown up in song. Songwriters are forever trying to decipher the feminine mystique, and singers never tire of crooning about the many aspects of the female spirit. In the spotlight this week on Riverwalk Jazz, New Orleans' Topsy Chapman joins The Jim Cullum Jazz Band at The Landing to separate 'sophisticated ladies' from 'red-hot mommas.' And it takes a versatile artist like Topsy to cover a range ...

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Cornet Master Bob Barnard This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
July 25, 2014

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, Australian cornet master Bob Barnard joins the Jim Cullum Jazz Band on the bandstand. Together they play classic tunes made famous by Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke and other originals by Australian composers and Bob himself. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International (check your local listings). You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound. An Appreciation By Don Mopsick Over almost ...

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Legends At The Landing This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
July 18, 2014

Jazz Appreciation Month brings out our appreciation for three legends of jazz as we welcome our first inductees into the Riverwalk Jazz Hall of Fame. Our Most Valued Players are trumpeter Doc Cheatham, bassist and composer Bob Haggart and vocalist Joe Williams. Adophus “Doc" Cheatham (1905-1997) was a walking encyclopedia of jazz history. He rubbed shoulders in Chicago with King Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton||. He played behind blues queens {{Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith and toured with Cab Calloway. ...

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Bria Skonberg, Dave Bennett In Riverwalk Jazz Jam Session This Week

Source: Don Mopsick
July 10, 2014

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, three remarkable “20-something” musicians join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band on stage at The Landing in San Antonio. All share a passion for classic pre-WWII jazz and make an important contribution to the legacy of the music through their playing. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound. Firmly rooted in the language of ...

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Summer Jazz BBQ This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
July 3, 2014

This week, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band swings their way through some of your favorite warm-weather tunes. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound. Jim and the Band light up the sky with a number Louis Armstrong recorded with his Hot Five in Chicago in 1928. “Fireworks” has multiple strains and is played in two keys, making it ...

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Class Of '29 This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
June 26, 2014

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, we follow the year 1929 in music, from Harlem cabarets to Broadway shows, to Hollywood movies and jazz recordings. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound. In 1929, jazz was making its way into mainstream America, moving from Chicago to New York, blossoming in Harlem nightclubs, on the Broadway stage and in New ...

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