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Lee Ritenour Live in Studio 8/26/2010
Here is a great performance from Lee Ritenour live from the KPLU/Jazz 24 Studios from last Thursday. When Lee came into the KPLU/Jazz24 studios on an unseasonably cool August afternoon, he arrived with a rhythm section hot enough to raise Seattle's temperature a few degrees: drummer, Will Kennedy and bassist, Melvin Davis. Together, they laid down ...
"Now in Stores" VII
We recommend five jazz albums that were released over the past week and here ere are five more recent (or soon to be) jazz releases worth giving a listen to: 1. Tribal by Dr. John (429 Records, August 3, 2010) Iconic American musician Dr. John goes TRIBAL with the follow-up to his 2008 Grammy Award Winning ...
1,000 Jazz Albums You Should Hear Before You Die (701-710)
Here is another 10 to add to the list. Remember that there is no ranking system here, and if you don't see your favorite jazz album yet, it doesn't mean it won't show up. Hopefully these lists will inspire you to seek some of these albums out that perhaps you haven't heard before, or revisit an ...
"We Want Miles": Miles Davis vs. Jazz
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (or the Musee Des Beaux-Arts de Montreal) has a wonderful exhibit running through the end of August called“We Want Miles": Miles Davis vs. Jazz. The exhibit, which runs From April 30 to August 29, 2010, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is innovating once again with the presentation of the ...
1,000 Jazz Albums You Should Hear Before You Die (691-700)
For those of you who have been following along with the list, you know that we add twenty albums each week. We are going to tweak things a bit for the remainder of the list, adding anywhere from 5 to ten albums at a time, but posting the lists a bit more frequently. Additionally, we will ...
Keeping Jazz in the Family
Here is another great discussion between KPLU's Nick Morrison and Kirsten Kendrick. Below is video and a transcript of the interview. To hear the audio from the interview, click here. If you love jazz, then you know it's often a family affair. Here's one example: the Heath Brothers Quartet performed this weekend at Jazz Port Townsend, ...
1,000 Jazz Albums You Should Hear Before You Die (681-690)
For those of you who have been following along with the list, you know that we add twenty albums each week. We are going to tweak things a bit for the remainder of the list, adding anywhere from 5 to ten albums at a time, but posting the lists a bit more frequently. Additionally, we will ...
Now in Stores (Late May, June and July)
We recommend five jazz albums that were released over the past week and here are five new jazz albums that were released over the past month or so that are worth giving a listen to. 1. Jasmine by Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden (ECM Records, May 25, 2010) Jasmine marks Keith Jarrett's first recorded collaboration in ...
Remembering Daniel Schorr
One of my job responsibilities is to host the local end of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday for 88.5 KPLU. One of the benefits of doing that for the last several years has been the opportunity to hear Dan Schorr speak to Scott Simon every Saturday. Schorr, who covered the news for more than 60 years, from ...
Spain and the Netherlands, Jazz, and the World Cup
The World Cup is over, and I suppose the time has come for me to stop complaining. I was cheering for Holland from the beginning, and was crushed when the Netherlands lost to Spain in the final minutes of overtime in the final, in what in general was a pretty good game. These two countries are ...
