Programmers Pick - The H2 Big Band "You're It"

Check out this new swingin' big band release featuring Bobby Shew. Read the All About Jazz review and be sure to listen for select tracks from "You're It" on Jazz 89.5!

Saxophonist Frank Foster dead at 82

Frank Foster, the tenor player and composer of "Shiny Stockings" who played with the Count Basie Band has died at age 82. Read the New York times obituary here.

Featured Artist - Silvano Monasterios

Check out the review of Unconditional, the debut outing from pianist Silvero Monasterios on the Savant Jazz label.

Happy Birthday Stanley Clarke!

You can hear Stanley Clarke along with Chick Corea and Lenny White on the new  Return To Forever double album "Forever" on Concord Records.

Programmers Pick for July - Diego Barber - "The Choice"

Check out the latest release from Diego Barber on Sunnyside Records featuring:

Diego Barber: guitar; Larry Grenadier: bass (2, 4, 6); Johannes Weidenmueller: bass (1, 3, 5); Ari Hoenig: drums (1-6); Mark Turner: saxophone (2, 4, 6); Seamus Blake: saxophone (3, 5).

Happy Birthday to The Duke!

Today marks what would have been Duke Ellington's 102nd birthday. We are celebrating the music and life of this amazingly gifted jazz icon.

Visit the official Duke Ellington web page for all things "Duke"

Happy Birthday Steve Khan!

Today we are celebrating the birthday of Guitarist Steve Khan along with featuring his latest and presumably final release "Parting Shot" on Tone Center Records.

Jazz Radio's top albums for 2010

Interesting article in Jazz Times discussing jazz radio and programming trends.
Click here for the link

Happy Birthday Tito Puente!

Read the Percussive Art Society Tito Puente biography

Programmer's Pick - Jessica Williams "Freedom Trane"

 Check out the latest release from Seattle's own Jessica Williams on Origin Records. Listen to Jazz 89.5 to hear "Freedom Trane, "Just Words" and "The Seeker"
Read the review at All About Jazz

Jessica Williams - "Freedom Trane" review.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to  

Herbie Hancock (b.1940)

Lionel Hampton (b.1909)

                

and Hound Dog Taylor (b.1915)

 

Billy Bang - Free Jazz Violinist dies at 63

Free Jazz Violinist has died of lung cancer at age 63. Read the obituary in the Rochester City News

Programmer's Pick - Sean Smith Quartet - "Trust"

Check out the review of  The Sean Smith Quartet's latest project "Trust" 

Eric Clapton and Wynton Marsalis jam at Lincoln Center

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=13329541

Happy Birthday - Gerry Mulligan!

Gerry and Chet rehearsing at Carnegie Hall 1984

Today we are celebrating the birthday of the late, great Baritone Sax player Gerry Mulligan.

Peter Hum asks: Why continue to make cd's if they dont sell?

 Peter Hum poses the question to some of Canada's finest Jazz musicians.
From the Ottawa Citizen

April is Jazz Appreciation month!

Check out The Smithsonian's JAM site for all things Jazz!

Cd Pick of the Week - April 4th, 2011

Check out the latest release from Bulgarian born, San Francisco based guitarist Hristo Vitchev.

Track Listing: The Stone Passage; The Palace; The Great Hall; The Shrine Of Dionysus; The Acropolis; The Northern City; The Southern City.

Personnel: Hristo Vitchev: guitar; Joe DeRose: drums; Weber Iago: piano; Christian Tamburr: vibraphone; Dan Robbins: bass. 

Read the review at All About Jazz

Birthday Boy!

Happy 48th Birthday to Benny Green.  

Benny Green will be in Spokane On Friday April 29th!

Beginning at 4pm, Benny will be conducting a piano clinic at the Gonzaga University Music Annex Building and then performing in concert at 8pm at the Ichiban Sushi Lounge. For more information or tickets please call 509-280-5313

We're Back!

After a long hiatus, the Jazz 89.5 blog is back in business!

May is Pledge month at KEWU! Beginning the 1st through 7th we will be conducting our 2011 Spring Membership Campaign and for the remainder of the month we will be looking for new members to join the growing KEWU family. 

If you would like to volunteer to answer phones or help in another capacity, please call 359-2850 and speak to Beth