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Graham Dechter

Guitarist and Los Angeles native Graham Dechter is one of the most promising young jazz musicians on the scene today. Born into a family of musicians, Graham's musical journey began at the age of 5 when he started taking violin lessons and composing various orchestral pieces. His talents as both a violinist and a composer led him to the Idyllwild Arts Academy in Idyllwild, CA, one of three prestigious residential arts high schools in the country. It was there that Graham discovered his passion for guitar and began pursuing his life's calling: jazz. At Idyllwild Arts, Graham studied improvisation with legendary jazz bassist Marshall Hawkins, an experience that profoundly affected his musical development

Mike Jones With Strings

By Mike Jones

Label: Capri Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Lady Be Good; Gone With The Wind; Autumn Leaves; Kelly's Blues; Destination Moon; Deed I Do; The Very Thought of You; Exactly Like You.

Lady Be Good

November 30, 2026

Album: Mike Jones With Strings
By Mike Jones
Label: Capri Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 7:17

Mike Jones: Mike Jones With Strings

by Jack Bowers
September 1, 2026

Pianist Mike Jones' With Strings does not denote a sizable orchestral design but a piano-jazz trio in which a guitar replaces the drums, a format introduced in the 1930s by Nat King Cole's peerless trio and favored for years by the legendary Canadian pianist Oscar Peterson with Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel or Joe Pass on guitar. ...

Mike Jones: Mike Jones With Strings

by Pierre Giroux
August 21, 2026

There is something refreshingly honest about a drummerless trio. Without the cushion of cymbals and snare to drive the pulse, every note matters a little more. This format dates back to the Nat King Cole Trio in the 1930s and to the Oscar Peterson-celebrated groups of the 1950s, in which the guitar and bass took responsibility ...

Alex Frank: Jeff Goldblum's Bassist on Swing and the Ray Brown Tradition

by Mike Jones
August 18, 2026

Alex Frank grew up in the room while the music was being made. The son of an LA film composer, he was a kid at recording sessions who traded the clarinet for an upright the moment he heard Ray Brown . Now he's the musical director of Jeff Goldblum's jazz band and one of the most ...

Betty Bryant, Lisa Hilton, Carolyn Trowbridge, Kris Davis With The Lutoslawski Quartet & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
January 12, 2026

Happy New Year! This broadcast welcomes 2026 with new music from Betty Bryant, Lisa Hilton, Carolyn Trowbridge, Kris Davis, Part 1 of a look back at some notable releases of the past year, birthday shoutouts to Una Mae Carlisle, Naama Gheber, Nancy LaMott, Emma Dayhuff, Susannah McCorkle, Joe Lovano, Sullivan Fortner and yours truly Mary Foster ...

Jack Jones Featuring Joey DeFrancesco: ArtWork

by Nicholas F. Mondello
October 9, 2023

"Those who know, know" happens to be a soon-to-be-overused phrase to describe the hip, the “In," and “the very elite of aware." Now in his Mid-80s, Jack Jones has maintained a stellar, cross-media career, all on a foundation of a once-in-a-lifetime voice. Mel Torme, one not easily prone to hyperbole, called Jones, “the best pure singer ...

A Posthumous Recording Of Trumpeter Jaimie Branch Plus New Vocal Releases By Alyssa Giammaria, Jonathan Karrant, Maci Miller & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
September 11, 2023

This broadcast includes a posthumous recording from trumpeter Jaimie Branch, plus new vocal releases from Alyssa Giammaria, Jonathan Karrant and Maci Miller, with birthday shoutouts to Dinah Washington, Linda Purl, lyricist Carolyn Leigh, Sinne Eeg, Akiko Tsuruga, Rosana Eckert, Sherrie Maricle, Cecile McLorin Salvant and poet Sara Teasdale, among others. Thanks for listening and please support ...

New Releases Plus Remembering Monnette Sudler and Jaimie Branch

by Mary Foster Conklin
September 12, 2022

Today's broadcast presents new releases from The Baylor Project, Roberta Piket, Harvie S & Billy Mintz, Brooke Alford, Bob Baldwin, Jennifer Hartswick and Dafnis Prieto with birthday shoutouts to Pete McGuinness, Akiko Tsuruga, Sherrie Maricle, Gabrielle Stravelli, Sinne Eeg, Mark Winkler and Tomoko Omura, among others. Remembering guitarist Monnette Sudler and trumpeter Jaimie Branch in the ...