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Peter Erskine: Up Front, In Time, and On Call, Part 1

by Jim Worsley
Part 1 | Part 2Peter Erskine is affable, engaging, and humorous. He, of course, is also one of the finest drummers of his generation. He has left his mark on the jazz and fusion world for nearly fifty years now. An icon, whose name is mentioned with the greats of all time, Erskine continues ...
January Birthday Salutes

by Marc Cohn
Our January Birthdays show is always dedicated to our mentor, WRVR broadcasting hero Ed Beach, born on January 16, 1923; we play his two show themes by Wes Montgomery. We celebrate the Herbie Nichols centennial with his very first recordings for Savoy. Our very special birthday greetings go out to living legends, Benny Golson and Jimmy ...
Odean Pope Quartet at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

by Victor L. Schermer
Odean Pope Quartet Friday Nights" Music Series Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia, PA January 11, 2019 The great tenor saxophonist Odean Pope came up in Philadelphia and still calls it home. He obtained his sea legs together with pianist Ray Bryant, John Coltrane and other young ...
Meet Jeff Evans

by Tessa Souter and Andrea Wolper
Our first Super Fan of 2019 is such a jazz head that he and his wife of 42 years got engaged at a jazz club. These days, Jeff frequently can be seen in the New York clubs indulging several of his passions at once. Living in a city he describes as richly blessed" with venues, he ...
Charlie Parker: Now's The Time

by Karl Ackermann
In the pantheon of jazz saxophonists, Charlie Parker has been among the most transformational of artists, despite not living nearly long enough to fulfill his potential. Parker's lifetime, as a principal architect of bebop, and a self-destructive force, has been documented ad nauseam but his music continues to significantly influence new generations. Since Parker's death in ...
Library of Congress Acquires Archive of Jazz Great Billy Strayhorn

The Library of Congress announced today that it has acquired the original manuscripts documenting the work of composer, arranger and pianist Billy Strayhorn. An important star in the jazz firmament, Strayhorn was the source of much of the sound of the Duke Ellington Orchestra. He worked with Ellington for nearly 30 years, writing or collaborating on ...
Maria Borghi: Passione e Insistenza!

by Vincenzo Roggero
La nascita di una nuova etichetta è sempre un evento da salutare con enorme entusiasmo e interesse, in particolar modo se dedicata, come testimoniano le prime uscite (Pipeline degli Us e St()ma di Cristiano Calcagnile), alla musica più avventurosa e creativa. La scelta, poi, di pubblicare in vinile preziosi cofanetti, ricchi di foto, immagini video e ...
Terri Lyne Carrington: A Bi-Coastal Weekend

By Cristofer Gross On Friday evening, November 9, drummer-composer-educator Terri Lyne Carrington will headline a special concert in UCLA's Royce Hall. Two days later she will be at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark for her half of another special concert entitled Jazz Vinyl Revisited." In addition to having Carrington on the bills, there ...
Meet Nora Sheehan Schaaf

by Tessa Souter and Andrea Wolper
Before we jump into November's column, we'd like to know: Are YOU a jazz super fan? If you are and you'd like to be featured in an upcoming column, click here and send us a message! Nora Sheehan Schaaf, along with her husband, Homer, has been going out to hear live jazz ...
Javon Jackson, Jonathan Finlayson & More

by Joe Dimino
This week's episode begins with the exceptional saxophonist Javon Jackson and music off his latest CD For You. The show revolves around Javon's long jazz journey as we play cuts from legends like Sonny Stitt and Art Blakey. The show goes on to highlight new music from Stefon Harris, Javier Santiago and Freckle Legend.