Will WBEZ tune back in to jazz?

Reich: Will WBEZ tune back in to jazz?

Review - Bob James & David Sanborn: Quartette Humaine

Read the review at All About Jazz

Diane Schuur to play Arborcrest Winery Wednesday July 24th

July 24: Diane Schuur  7:00–8:30 pm
This Grammy® Award-winning vocalist and pianist will be performing Wednesday July 24th at 7pm. Tickets available starting April 15 at both Arbor Crest Tasting Rooms or through ticketswest.com

Tune into KEWU for your chance to win a pair of tickets to see Grammy Award Winner Diane Schuur.

Today in Jazz

June 20th

Eric Dolphy b. 1928 Los Angeles, CA d. 1964 Berlin, Germany

 

To find out more about Erc Dolphy click here.

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Ernest Ranglin  (born 19 June 1932, Manchester, Jamaica) is a Jamaican guitarist and composer who established his career while working as a session guitarist and music director for various Jamaican record labels including Studio One and Island Records. Ranglin played guitar on many early ska recordings and helped create the rhythmic guitar style that defined the form. Ranglin has worked with Theophilus Beckford, Jimmy Cliff, Monty Alexander, Prince Buster, The Skatalites, Bob Marley and the Eric Deans Orchestra. He is noted for a chordal and rhythmic approach that blends jazz, mento and reggae with percussive guitar solos incorporating rhythm 'n' blues and jazz inflections. 

Today in Jazz

June 18

Recordings

Metronome All Stars record, including bassist Charles Mingus, trumpeter Thad Jones, alto saxophonist Lee Konitz and drummer Art Blakey.1956

Tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath records A New Face with pianist Tommy Flanagan, 1985


Birthdays
Drummer/bandleader Ray McKinley born 1910 in Fort Worth, TX.
 

Today in Jazz

Jun 17
 
Recordings

Soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet records When a Soprano Meets a Piano with Martial Solal, 1957. The Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra records Central Park North, 1969. Birthdays Clarinetist Tony Scott born 1921 in Morristown, NJ.

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Artist Of The Day Drummer Shelly Manne born 1920 in New York, NY. Recordings Pianist Fats Waller records I Ain't Got Nobody piano solo 1937 Lennie Tristano (1955) The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album (1975) Bill Dixon in Italy Vol. 1 & 2 (1980) Billy Bang Quintet - Rainbow Gladiator (1981) Django Bates - Summer Fruits (and Unrest) (1993) Pianists George Shearing, John Lewis and Dave McKenna record A Tribute to Bill Evans, 1981

Today in Jazz and Blues

Jun 10

Birthdays

Howlin' Wolf  (Chester Arthur Burnett)  b.June 10, 1910 – d.January 10, 1976

Bassist Charnett Moffett born 1967 in New York, NY. Trombonist Dicky Wells born 1907 in Centerville, TN. Recordings Erroll Garner records Frankie and Johnny 1947, with Red Callender and Hal "Doc" West. John Coltrane - Transition / Kulu Se Mama (1965) Jacques Coursil - Black Suite (1969) The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album (1975) Billy Bang Quintet - Rainbow Gladiator (1981) Django Bates - Summer Fruits (and Unrest) (1993) Artist of the Day Howlin' Wolf - to learn more about this amazing Bluesman click here.

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Jun 3

Birthday's Trombonist/composer Grachan Moncur III born 1937 in New York. Trumpeter Ted Curson born 1935 in Philadelphia, PA. Recordings The Modern Jazz Quartet and Orchestra (1960) Johnny Griffin Orchestra - The Big Soul-Band (1960) Joe Henderson records Page One (1963) Sunny Murray Trio - Live at Moers-Festival (1979)

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May 30


Artist of The Day  - Benny Goodman

Birthdays 

Frank Trumbauer born 1901 in Carbondale, IL.   Benny Goodman born 1909 in Chicago, IL.   Sidney DeParis born 1905 in Crawfordsville, IN. Recordings George Benson - Bad Benson (1974) Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre & The Light - South Eastern (2001) Hamid Drake & Assif Tsahar - Soul Bodies, Vol. 1 (2001)

Mulgrew Miller passes away

The Jazz world has suffered another loss.

Jazz pianist Mulgrew Miller has passed away unexpectedly due to a stroke....read the New York Times obituary here.

Artist of The Day

May 20


 Recordings

Woody Herman's Woodchoppers record Pam featuring trumpeter Sonny Berman, 1946. Mills Blue Rhythm Band records St. Louis Wiggle Rhythm with trumpeter Henry "Red" Allen, 1935. Milt Jackson Quartet (1955) Grant Green - Matador (1964) Antonio Carlos Jobim - Stone Flower (1970) Steve Lacy - Momentum (1987) Artist of the Day

 Louis Smith b. 1931

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May 16

 Birthdays

Reedman/bandleader Woody Herman born 1913 in Milwaukee, WI. Vocalist Betty Carter born 1930 in Flint, MI. Recordings Jimmie Noone records Four or Five Times (1928) with/ Earl Hines. Charlie Parker - One Night in Birdland (1950) Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop (1960) Roy Haynes - Out of the Afternoon (1962) The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Sheriff (1963) Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman (1969) Freddie Hubbard - The Black Angel (1969) Andrew Hill - Lift Every Voice (1969) Oscar Peterson/Joe Pass/Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - The Trio (1973) Yusef Lateef - Part of the Search (1973)

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May 15

 Birthdays

Pianist Ellis Larkins born 1923 in Baltimore, MD. Multi-instrumentalist  Rahsaan Roland Kirk born 1936 in Columbus, OH. Recordings Charlie Parker - One Night in Birdland (1950) The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop (1960) Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Rahsaan Rahsaan (1970) Philip Wilson Quartet - Live at Moers Festival (1978) Marilyn Crispell - Spirit Music (1981)

Review - Joe Locke Lay Down My Heart: Blues & Ballads

Read the review at allaboutjazz.com and listen to KEWU to hear tracks form this great new release.

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May 13

BIRTHDAYS

Red Garland born 1923 in Dallas, TX. Gil Evans born 1912 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and records Priestess, 1977 Maxine Sullivan b. 1911

RECORDINGS
Louis Armstrong records S.O.L. Blues, 1927.
Herbie Nichols - The Third World (1955)
Curtis Counce - You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce! (1957)
Chick Corea - Is (1969)

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May 8

Birthdays 

Pianist Keith Jarrett born 1945 in Allentown, PA. Pianist/composer Mary Lou Williams born 1910 in Atlanta, GA. Recordings Fats Waller records I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter, 1936. Charlie Parker - Bird/The Savoy Recordings Vol. 1 (1947) Horace Silver Quintet - Silver's Serenade (1963) The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (1968) Antonio Carlos Jobim - Stone Flower (1970)

Michael Dease: Coming Home

Michael Dease: Coming Home

Today in Jazz

May 1


Birthdays
 

Vocalist/pianist Shirley Horn born 1934 in Washington, D.C. Shirley Horn Recordings  Bud Powell - Night in Tunisia (1951)

 Portrait of Art Farmer (1958)
Albert Ayler - Bells (1965)
Ran Blake Plays Solo Piano (1965)
Albert Ayler Quintet at Slugs' Saloon (1966)
Music Inc. - Live at Slugs' Vol. 1 & 2 (1970)
Charles Mingus - Cumbia and Jazz Fusion (1977)
David Liebman - Trio + One (1988)