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Phil Schaap: A Life in Jazz
by Daniel Gould
Phil Schaap, a jazz historian, radio host, record producer, archivist, six-time Grammy Award winner, and 2020 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, called himself “a Johnny Appleseed through the transmitter." Of course, the subject of his proselytizing was jazz, and few did it as long, or through so many different media--broadcasting, teaching, audio engineering, and ...
Classic Jazz from Jimmy Smith, Dexter Gordon, and Others; Recent Releases from Chris Hazelton, Cecile McLorin Salvant, and more
by David W. Daniels
In addition to the musicians named in the title, this edition of Exploration features music from Atlanta based performers Joe Alterman, Karla Harris, and Melvin Jones. Our nod to birthdays for the week includes Theo Croker, Angelique Kidjo, Alan Dawson, and others. Playlist Charles McPherson “Explorations" from McPherson's Mood (Prestige) 00:00 Jimmy Smith “Mustard ...
The Art of Swing: A Conversation with Champian Fulton
by Mark Robbins
There are some musicians who seem completely at home in the language of jazz, and Champian Fulton is certainly one of them. As both a pianist and vocalist, she's built a career on bringing the Great American Songbook to life with elegance, swing, and an unmistakable sense of joy. Her performances feel rooted in the tradition, ...
Steve Shaiman: Swingtime Big Band bandleader, artistic director and genre ambassador extraordinaire
by Doug Hall
Our guest is Steve Shaiman, bandleader, saxophonist & artistic director of the Swingtime Big Band. Mr. Shaiman's critically acclaimed 20 piece swing big band is celebrating 50 years of performances with concert audiences, and ballroom dancers alike, with authentic recreations of timeless swing music with such iconic bandleaders as Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Glen Miller, Benny ...
Joe Webb: Neath Beat
by Kevin Poindexter
Joe Webb's Neath Beat is the work of a fascinating artist. Obsessed with both football and Britpop, Webb fuses those passions with his love for South Wales, filtering it all through the musical vocabulary of legendary piano titans like Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson and Count Basie. The result is an album that not only pays tribute ...
Babies On Airplanes: Music For A Noisy Environment
by Daniel Mège
Babies On Airplanes is Anna Ueland's trio project. The cover's suggestion of a run-of-the-mill piano/synthesiser-bass-drums trio formula is deceptive. The album deploys a bric-à-brac in the service of a jazz that navigates between synth-pop, pure improvisation (whatever that means), rock, and pretty much anything else one might want to put in it. Ueland, a physicist who turned ...
Laurie Moore Trio at Leith Jazz & Blues Festival
by Mark McKergow
Laurie Moore Trio Bowler's Rest, Leith A Tribute to the Bass Boss Edinburgh June 6, 2026 Young double bassist Laurie Moore confidently led his trio through two full sets of A Tribute to the Bass Boss, celebrating the music of bass legend Ray Brown. The musicianship was top-class, the program well ...
Paul Silbergleit, Charles Lloyd, Fred Hersch and Others
by Jerome Wilson
The eclectic mix of musicians heard on this episode include Paul Silbergleit, Charles Lloyd, Wild Bill Davis, Geof Bradfield, and Fred Hersch. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Ernst Bier-Mack Goldsbury Group “Watch for G. ...
The Birdland Big Band: Storybook—The Music Of Mark Miller
by Samuel Chell
Storybook: The Music Of Mark Miller is at one level the unfolding narrative of its 10 musical selections. At another, it is a tale about its primary author, Mark Miller, who prefaced his journey from Racine to New York City with a preliminary solo album, Mark Miller: The Return Of Slide Huxtable, before retaking the long ...
Hot House West: Joy In Rhythm, Vol. I
by Jack Bowers
The fourteen-member Hot House West Swing Orchestra, enabled by Salt Lake City, Utah's nonprofit Hot House West, makes its recorded debut with Joy in Rhythm, Vol. 1, an array of eleven danceable songs, most of which were popular during the Swing Era's golden age in the 1930s and '40s. This is an album especially ...
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