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Tuesday, November 4

Map to The Treasure /Re imagining Laura Nyro - Review

Billy Childs: Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro Read the All about Jazz review of this incredible recording.

Tuesday, October 21

Happy Birthday! Dizzy Gillespie

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie

Monday, October 20

Artist of The Day - Jelly Roll Morton & Eddie harris

Jelly Roll Morton

Eddie Harris

Thursday, October 16

Monday, October 13

Happy Birthday!

Lee Konitz - alto sax
Pharoah Sanders - tenor sax
Ray Brown -bass















 
Art Tatum - piano

Thursday, October 9

Tuesday, October 7

Artist of The Day - Jo Jones

Lear more about this influential Count Basie Band drummer here.

Friday, October 3

Artists of The Day - Von Freeman & Stevie Ray Vaughan

Learn more about this Tenor powerhouse from Chicago here.



















Learn more about this phenomenal Blues and crossover guitarist here.

Thursday, October 2

Artist of The Day - Howard Roberts

Learn more about this great Jazz guitarist with a Washington connection here.

Tuesday, September 30

Artist of The Day - Buddy Rich

Learn more about Buddy Rich, the man and the drummer here.

Monday, September 29

Artist of The Day - Jean - Luc Ponty

Learn more about this influential Jazz violinist here.

Thursday, September 25

Artist of The Day - John Taylor

Learn more about the English pianist here.


Monday, September 22

Artist of The Day - Marlena Shaw

Today's artist of the day is vocalist Marlena Shaw. Read more about her here.


Friday, September 19

Passings - Kenny Wheeler

Learn more about this influential Canadian Jazz artist here


Thursday, September 18

Passings - Joe Sample and Jackie Cain

Joe Sample - NY Times obituary here
Read the Los Angeles Times obtiuary here.

Thursday, September 11

Artist of The Day - Baby Face Willette

Roosevelt "Baby Face" Willette was born on this day in 1933. Read more about this obscure Hammond B3 player here.

Wednesday, September 10

Artist of The Day - Lorraine Feather

Learn more about this interesting and eclectic vocalist here.

Tuesday, September 9

Artist of The Day - Elvin Jones

Read more about this influential and legendary Jazz drummer here.

Monday, September 8

Gerald Wilson Passes

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Gerald Wilson has passed away. Read the obituary.


Artist of The Day - Butch Warren

Read more about Butch Warren here.

Friday, September 5

New Sounds on KEWU

Read the review from All About Jazz here.

Wednesday, September 3

Artist Of The Day

Bluesman  Peter "Memphis Slim" Chatman is today's Artist Of The Day


Birth: Sep. 15, 1915
Memphis
Shelby County
Tennessee, USA
Death: Feb. 24, 1988, France

Blues Pianist. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, as a young man he frequented Beale Street, where he picked up hints from other piano players. He lived in Helena, Arkansas before moving to Chicago in 1939, where in 1940 he cut one of his trademark tunes, "Beer Drinking Woman" for Bluebird using his nickname, "Memphis Slim". Later that year he teamed up with guitarist "Big Bill" Broonzy and the two musicians played and recorded in Chicago until 1944. It was then that Chatman formed his first group, "The Houserockers" and recorded such classics as "Lend Me Your Love" and "Rockin' The House" During the 1940s and 1950s, he recorded for a number of labels, including Miracle, United, Chess, Vee-Jay, Bluesville, and Folkways. He also performed as soloist and with artists such as Willie Dixon and Sonny Boy Williamson. After an European tour in 1962, he moved to Paris where he recorded and performed regularly.  (bio by: Kim Inboden)

Thursday, August 28

Artist of the Day

Kenny Drew
Learn more about Kenny Drew here.

Wednesday, August 27

Artists of The Day

Lester Young

















Alice Coltrane


Tuesday, August 26

Happy Birthday!

Jimmy Rushing














Leon Redbone

















Branford Marsalis


Monday, August 25

Today in Jazz History

Aug 25

Tenor saxophonist Buddy Tate records Meets Dollar Brand, 1977.
Saxophonist/composer Wayne Shorter born 1933 in Newark, NJ.
Organist Jimmy Smith records The Sermon, 1957 with trumpeter Lee Morgan and guitarist Kenny Burrell.

Courtesy: Smithsonian Jazz

Happy Birthday Wayne Shorter!

To read more about this living Giant of Jazz click here.

Friday, August 22

happy Birthday John Lee Hooker!

Read more about this influential and timeless blues musician here.

Thursday, August 21

Happy Birthday Count Basie and Art Farmer!


Find out more about Bill "Count" Basie by clicking here.

Find out more about trumpeter Art Farmer by clicking here.






Tuesday, August 19

Happy Birthday to Spokane's own Jimmy Rowles!


Born: August 19, 1918 | Died: May 28, 1996

Jimmy Rowles was born in Spokane, Washington, August 19, 1918. Inspired by Andy Kirk, Dick Wilson and Jimmy Lunceford.         Jimmy began his professional career in 1935. By 1941, he was playing with Lee and Lester Young and the great Billie Holiday. Establishing himself in jazz, Rowles' career brought him recognition and respect as a master jazz pianist and a five-time Grammy nominee.

Monday, August 18

Review - Tony Kadleck Big Band

For the All About Jazz review, click here.

Friday, August 15

Happy Birthday Oscar Peterson!

Oscar Peterson
















Born: August 15, 1925 | Died: December 23, 2007  

One of the most admired pianists in jazz, Oscar Peterson has rightfully claimed the same sort of status as earlier greats such as James P. Johnson, Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, Fats Waller, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, and Bill Evans. Possibly the most successful artist produced by Canada, he appeared on well over 200 albums spanning six decades and won numerous awards, including eight Grammys. During his career he performed and recorded with, among others, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, and Charlie Parker. He was beyond doubt an authentic jazz piano virtuoso, with a remarkable and prolific legacy of recordings and performances.(Courtesy of All About Jazz)

Thursday, January 30

Happy Birthday Roy Eldridge!


Read up on this great trumpet player here.

Tuesday, January 28

Cd review - Helen Sung "Anthem For A New Day"

Helen Sung: Anthem For A New Day

Read the All About Jazz review of Helen Sung's latest release "Anthem for A New Day"

Tuesday, January 21

Today in Jazz


Happy Birthday Jason Moran!




Historical Recordings

Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool (1949)
Milt Jackson - Ballads and Blues (1956)
The Arrival of Victor Feldman (1958) 
Miles Davis - E.S.P. (1965)
William Parker - Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace (1979)
Ed Schuller - The Eleventh Hour (1991)



Wednesday, January 15

Review - George Colligan "The Endless Mysteries"



Read the All About Jazz review of George Colligan's latest release "The Endless Mysteries" and tune into Jazz 89.5 to hear it!

Friday, January 10

New York Winter Jazz Fest Celebrates Blue Note Records 75th Anniversary

Blue Note Records
Read Nate Chinen's review here.

Colville Jazz Festival February 6th and 7th, 2014

































Click here for more information.

Thursday, January 9

NPR - A Blog Supreme - Musicians We Lost in 2013

Check out A Blog Supreme to read about the musicians we lost in 2013.

Frank Wess in 1984.
Frank Wess


Mulgrew Miller
Dr. Lateef discussed his music at the Detroit Jazz Festival.
Yusef Lateef