Bobby Hutcherson Tribute
From NPR Music | 53:45
A tribute to vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson. Please note there is no mention of his passing in this program.
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A tribute to vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson. Please note there is no mention of his passing in this program.
Jazz: The '59 Sound
From Joyride Media | Part of the Black History Month Specials series | 59:00
Exploration of some of the enduring jazz recordings of 1959.
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New one-hour radio special salutes the 50th anniversary of the landmark albums by Miles Davis (Kind of Blue, Sketches of Spain), Charles Mingus (Mingus Ah-Um), Dave Brubeck (Time Out) and others that helped make 1959 Jazz’s greatest year.
Spotlight: Miles Davis Vol. 1
From Howard Burchette | Part of the Jazz Time series | 01:00:02
This is a one hour special history and music of Jazz legend "Miles Davis", hosted by Howard Burchette.
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Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was a Jazz icon and a musical genius. Many considered him as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century
Miles Davis was responsible for changing the face of Jazz music three or four times, including bebop, cool Jazz, Jazz fusion and a mixture Jazz and hip-hop.
Many great Jazz musicians known today rose to prominence as members of Davis' ensembles, including saxophonists Gerry Mulligan, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, George Coleman, Wayne Shorter, Dave Liebman, Branford Marsalis and Kenny Garrett; trombonist J. J. Johnson; pianists Horace Silver, Red Garland, Wynton Kelly, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul, Chick Corea, and Keith Jarrett; guitarists John McLaughlin, John Scofield and Mike Stern; bassists Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Dave Holland, Marcus Miller and Darryl Jones; and drummers Philly Joe Jones, Jimmy Cobb, Tony Williams, Billy Cobham, Jack DeJohnette, and Al Foster.
His album Kind of Blue, released in 1959, is the greatest selling Jazz album in history.
Blue Dimensions F27: Traveling many "Miles" with the SF Jazz Collective
From Bluesnet Radio | Part of the Blue Dimensions series | 59:00
SF Jazz Collective plays the music of Miles Davis
In this hour of Blue Dimensions, we have Miles to travel, as in Miles Davis, with a new album called Music Of Miles Davis And Original Compositions from the SF Jazz Collective. The SF jazz Collective is the performing front-end of the organization SF Jazz, which has made San Francisco very jazz-friendly for over a decade now. This superb band includes Miguel Zenón on alto saxophone, David Sánchez on tenor saxophone, Sean Jones on trumpet, Robin Eubanks on trombone, Warren Wolf on vibraphone, Edward Simon on piano, Matt Penman on bass, and Obed Calvaire on drums. We'll hear several Miles Davis pieces from the SF Jazz Collective, along with music from Miles himself, both a standard and one of his fusion pieces, and a Davis composition from a West African group, The Kora Jazz Band, adapting one of Davis's classics to West African rhythms and the west African instrument known as the kora, and featuring Manu Dibango, world-renowned for his saxophone work, on marimba (where he also shines!).
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NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb Remembering Making the Kind of Blue Album
From National Endowment for the Arts | Part of the Jazz Masters Moments series | 01:30
NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb remembers being in the amazing Miles Davis Band.
NEA JAZZ MASTER JIMMY COBB IS THE LAST REMAINING MEMBER OF THE GREAT MILES DAVIS BAND THAT PRODUCED KIND OF BLUE – ONE OF THE BEST SELLING ALBUMS IN JAZZ HISTORY. COBB REMEMBERS THAT THE BAND RECORDED ALMOST EVERY TUNE IN JUST ONE TAKE, WITHOUT ANY REHEARSALS.
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #57: More Hard Bop, Vocalese and a little bit of Ballad
From Joe Bevilacqua | Part of the The Jazz-O-Rama Hour series | 58:50
An hour of classic jazz, hosted by Joe Bev
Host Joe Bev plays:
- Joe's Delight - Philly Joe Jones Septet
- Minor Mishap - Tommy Flanagan with John Coltrane and Kenny Burrell
- Sweet 'n' Sour - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
- The Two Lonely People - Bill Evans
- Prince Of Darkness - Miles Davis Quintet
- Woody'n You - Barry Harris Trio
- Farmer's Market - Art Farmer Quintet
- Farmer's Market - Lambert, Hendricks and Ross
- Dat Dere - Cannonball Adderley
- Dat Dere - Oscar Brown Jr.
- I Want to Talk About You - John Coltrane
NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb On Recording Porgy and Bess
From National Endowment for the Arts | Part of the Jazz Masters Moments series | 01:30
NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb lucked into recording Porgy and Bess.
IN 1958, NEA JAZZ MASTER JIMMY COBB LUCKED INTO A RECORDING DATE THAT HAS GONE DOWN IN THE ANNALS OF JAZZ HISTORY. IT WAS WITH A BAND HE’D FOLLOWED RELIGIOUSLY – LED BY TRUMPETER MILES DAVIS, WITH SAXOPHONIST CANNONBALL ADDERLY AND DRUMMER PHILLY JOE JONES, AMONG OTHERS.
Blues File: Story Of A Song: Afro Blue
From WXPN | Part of the Blues File series | 04:31
A look at "Afro Blue" in its many incarnations over the decades
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Cuban percussionist Mongo Santamaria's "Afro Blue" has challenged & fascinated musicians for decades. John Coltrane did a number of versions of it, including a 38-minute performance in Japan in 1966. Oscar Brown, Jr. accomplished the daunting task of writing lyrics for it that captured and enhanced its alluring quality. Distinctive vocalist Abbey Lincoln recorded Brown's version on her album "Abbey Is Blue" in 1959. With and without lyrics, Afro Blue has been covered by musicians as diverse as Tito Puente and Derek Trucks, and each new version seems to offer a fresh vision of this remarkable Afro-Cuban composition.
Blues File: Koko Taylor - Remembrance
From WXPN | Part of the Blues File series | 06:00
A remembrance of the late Koko Taylor. Career review includes her rare first recording.
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Koko Taylor has died at age 80. Cora Walton grew up in Shelby County TN near Memphis and was known as Koko because of her fondness for chocolate. (early in her career it was spelled "Cocoa" but morphed into "Koko" in the early 60's). She had arrived in the windy city in her late teens. She and husband Robert "Pops" Taylor had only pocket change and a box of crackers and took whatever work they could find. Her first record was recorded without her knowledge that it was being recorded in 1961. The year after she received $25 in royalties for it. Koko hit the Chicago blues clubs in the early 1960s and met Willie Dixon who worked with her on the USA label for her first real record, Honky Tonk in 1963. Koko then went with Dixon to Chess and cut "I Got What It Takes". In 1965 she recorded her biggest hit "Wang Dang Doodle" for Chess; it was the label's last major blues hit. After "Wang Dang Doodle" Chess Records slipped and Koko's career with it. She recorded in Europe for The Black & Blue label in 1973 during what might be called The Eclipse Of The Blues in the States. In 1975, Koko signed with the fledgling blues label Alligator. Her first album was called "I Got What It Takes" -- which had been her first song for Chess years before. Taylor's and Alligator's fortunes slowly rose together. Chicago blues was reviving and growing. Koko Taylor was singing it like no one else. By the mid-80's she was called "Queen Of The Blues" and no one disputed the claim. In this century she has battled severe health problems. Her last album "Old School" came out in 2007 after a seven-year absence from the studio, but it was fresh with vocal power, and a few of her own songs such as "Piece Of Man." Koko's magnitude as a blues singer is beyond measure.
UpFront Soul #2016.07 - Black History Month - February 15-21, 2016
From WERU | Part of the UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage series | 01:57:59
As we celebrate Black History Month, we feature funk, soul, and jazz designed to inspire and empower from Nina Simone, Roberta Flack, and Gil Scott-Heron, interspersed with the voices of civil rights activists Fannie Lou Hamer, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and many more.
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As we celebrate Black History Month, we feature funk, soul, and jazz designed to inspire and empower from Nina Simone, Roberta Flack, and Gil Scott-Heron, interspersed with the voices of civil rights activists Fannie Lou Hamer, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and many more. UpFront Soul #2016.07 Playlist
Hour 1
Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" on A&M
Nina Simone "To Be Young, Gifted And Black" from "The Essential Nina Simone" on RCA
Nancy Dupree "What Do I Have?" from "Ghetto Reality" on Smithsonian Folkways
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr "Where Do We Go From Here? (August 16 1967)" from "The Anthology 1957-1968" on Words of Wisdom
The Temptations "Message from a Black Man" from "Discoveries"
Roberta Flack "Go Up Moses" from "Quiet Fire" on Atlantic
Nat Turner Rebellion "Tribute to a Slave" from "Tribute to a Slave" on Delvalliant
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr "Where Do We Go From Here? (August 16 1967) Excerpt" from "The Anthology 1957-1968" on Words of Wisdom
Kim Weston "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" from "Black Power: Music of a Revolution Disc 2" on shout! factory
Ben Branch and The Operation Breadbasket Orchestra "Hard Times" from "The Last Request" on Chess
Unknown "In The Mess (excerpt)" from "Movement Soul" on ESP Disc
Unknown "Want My Freedom" from "Movement Soul" on ESP Disc
Core Freedom Singers "Get Your Rights, Jack" from "Voices of the civil rights movement: Black freedom songs 1960-1966" on Smithsonian Folkways
Oscar Brown Jr. "40 Acres and a Mule" from "Oscar Brown Jr Goes to Washington Live at the Cellar Door" on Fontana
Unknown "In The Mess (excerpt)" from "Movement Soul" on ESP Disc
Gil Scott-Heron "Black History/ The World" from "Moving Target" on Arista
Hour 2
Curtis Mayfield "Wild and Free" from "Curtis" on REPLACE? Alabama?
Freedom Singers "Freedom Medley--Freedom Chant--Oh Freedom--This Little Light of Mine" from "Voices of the Civil Rights Movement: Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1966"
Fannie Lou Hamer "The Day of Registration (Speaker)" from "Movement Soul Vol. 2"
Richard "Groove" Holmes "Soul Power" from "Soul Goes Psychedelic"
Nerukhi "Black Lives Matter" from "http://movementunes.com/NERUKHI/"
Syl Johnson "Is It Because I'm Black?" from "The Complete Twinight Singles" on Numero
Kathleen Cleaver "Change It" from "Black Power: Music of a Revolution Disc 1"
Intelligent Hoodlum "Black and Proud" from "Say It Loud: Celebrate Black History Month + Martin Luther King Jr Day"
Roy Ayers "Black Family" from "Drive"
Unknown "We Need You Here" from "Movement Soul" on ESP Disc
The Commodores "Rise Up" from "Blame It on the Dogg: A Southern Blues & Soul Compilation Vol. 2"
John Coltrane "Alabama" from "Essential Jazz Masters" on Stardust
The La Mont Zeno Theatre "Afrika's My Home" from "Black Fairy" on Athens of the North
Rasheed Ali "Black Power Revolution" from "1968: Soul Power!" on Digital Rain Factory
Mickey & The Soul Generation "Message from a Black Man" from "Iron Leg: The Complete Mickey And The Soul Generation"
Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from "Live at the Harlem Square Club" on 1985
UpFront Soul #2017.16 -Poetry Month Special - April 17-23, 2017
From WERU | Part of the UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage series | 01:57:59
We'll hear poets- many from the Harlem Renaissance and Black Arts Movements- reading their work, along with poetry set to music, and hip-hop. We'll hear from Nikki Giovanni, Touissant St. Negritude, Langston Hughes, Gil Scott-Heron, and many more!
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We'll hear poets- many from the Harlem Renaissance and Black Arts Movements- reading their work, along with poetry set to music, and hip-hop. We'll hear from Nikki Giovanni, Touissant St. Negritude, Langston Hughes, Gil Scott-Heron, and many more!
UpFront Soul #2017.16 Playlist
Hour 1
Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" on A&M
Blackalicious "Ego Tripping by Nikki Giovanni" from "Nia" on Quannum Projects
Margaret Walker "For My People" from "Anthology of Negro Poets" on Folkways
Reuben Wilson "Inner City Blues" from "Groove Merchant Super Funk Collection - Return of Jazz Funk"
The Last Poets with Bernard Purdie "Blessed Are Those Who Struggle" from "Delights of the Garden" on Douglas
Jerry Moore "Ballad Of Birmingham" from "Ballad Of Birmingham" on ESP
Claude McKay "If We Must Die" from "Anthology of Negro Poets" on Folkways
Yusef Lateef "Russell And Eliot" from "Yusef Lateef's Detroit"
Arrested Development "Freedom" from "Strong"
Cassandra Wilson "Strange Fruit" from "New Moon Daughter" on Blue Note
Countee Cullen "Heritage" from "Anthology of Negro Poets" on Folkways
Miles Davis "Once Upon A Summertime" from "Quiet Nights"
Maya Angelou "Africa" from "Caged Bird Songs"
Kim Weston "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" from "Black Power: Music of a Revolution Disc 2" on shout! factory
Langston Hughes "I Too" from "Anthology of Negro Poets" on Folkways
Eddie Harris "1974 Blues" from "The Artist's Choice: The Eddie Harris Anthology Disc 1"
Peabody & Sherman "They've Always Known" from "James Baldwin EP" on Super Bro
Gil Scott-Heron "Whitey On The Moon" from "The Revolution Begins: The Flying Dutchman Masters" on Ace Records
Nina Simone "Backlash Blues" from "Forever Young, Gifted And Black: Songs Of Freedom And Spirit" on BMG
Nikki Giovanni "Beautiful Black Men" from "Legacies: The Poetry of Nikki Giovanni"
Harlem Underground Band "Fed Up (Instrumental)" from "Harlem Underground Band" on Paul Winley Records
Hour 2
Sweet Honey In the Rock "On Children" from "LIFT EVERY VOICE! Honoring the African American Musical Legacy" on Cooking Vinyl Records
Nikki Giovanni & The New York Community Choir "Like a Ripple on a Pond" from "Like a Ripple on a Pond" on Collectibles
Touissant St. Negritude "All Green Lights" from "All Green Lights"
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five "I Am Somebody" from "Ba Dop Boom Bang" on Elektra
Oscar Brown Jr "40 Acres and a Mule" from "Oscar Brown Jr Goes To Washington"
Rita Dove "Parsley" from "100 Great Poems - Classic Poets & Beatnik Freaks"
Horace Silver "Doodlin'" from "Best Of Horace Silver" on Blue Note
Jessica Care Moore feat. Roy Ayers "You Want Poems" from "Black Tea: The Legend of Jessi James"
A Tribe Called Quest "After Hours" from "People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm" on Jive
Intelligent Hoodlum "Black and Proud" from "Say It Loud: Celebrate Black History Month + Martin Luther King Jr Day"
Jasmine Mans "Birmingham" from "Striver's Row Presents Selected Poems from the Dean's List Showcases and the Classics"
Nikki Giovanni "The Rose That Grew From Concrete" from "The Rose That Grew From Concrete"
Lecrae "Welcome to America" from "Anomaly" on Reach Records
Sonia Sanchez "When Ure Heart Turns Cold" from "The Rose That Grew From Concrete"
Brand Nubian "Love Vs. Hate" from "Foundation" on Arista
Lauryn Hill "Final Hour" from "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" on Sony
Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from "Live at the Harlem Square Club" on 1985
Vocalese: The Sound of the Jive Jazz Poets
From Howard Burchette | Part of the Jazz Time series | 51:53
This one hour program concentrates on the Jazz style of singing refereed to as Vocalese. Many of the artists are also scat singers and Jazz poets. These Jazz classics will be heard by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, King Pleasure, Eddie Jefferson, Babs Gonzales, Bob Dorough, Slim Gaillard, Joe Carroll and others.
Vocalese: The Sound of the Jive Jazz Poets is a one hour program divided into three sets leaving room for PSAs, the news, announcements, station IDs etc.
Martin Luther King, Jr (A Musical Remembrance)
From Howard Burchette | Part of the Jazz Time series | 01:05:59
This one hour musical program commemorates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The play-list consists of some of the world's greatest Jazz musicians who composed and performed compositions to this great legend. Some of the music is rare and this would a splendid program to air on your radio station during the week of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.s birthday.
Martin Luther King, Jr (A Musical Remembrance) contains performances buy some of the greatest Jazz legends of all time who honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr . The program includes Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Cecil Payne, Max Roach and others.
This will be a musical treat – air Martin Luther King, Jr (A Musical Remembrance)
An Hour of Jazz (Latin Jazz Percussion)
From Howard Burchette | Part of the Jazz Time series | 59:12
An Hour of Jazz (Latin Jazz Percussion) is an enjoyable program for all listeners of all ages. It will keep your toes tapping.
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An Hour of Jazz (Latin Jazz Percussion) is a one hour music program highlighting some of the best Latin Jazz Percussionists in music history. You will enjoy rhythms by Machito , Tito Puente , Dizzy Gillespie , Mongo Santamaria , Willie Bobo , Candido Camero with Dr. Billy Taylor , Jack Costanzo , Cal Tjader , Eddie Palmieri and others. This is true Latin Jazz Percussion.
Timing and Cues
Billboard 1:03 (optional)
News Cast: 5:01 (optional)
Segment A: 14:26
Segment B: 18:45
Segment C: 19:57
An Hour of Jazz (John Coltrane)
From Howard Burchette | Part of the Jazz Time series | 59:20
An Hour of Jazz (John Coltrane) is exactly what the title suggests. It is one hour of classic Jazz recordings by the legendary John Coltrane. This is a show that the radio Jazz listener and station supporters will enjoy.
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An Hour of Jazz (John Coltrane) contains several choice selections of recordings by John Coltrane coming from a variety of albums. The mood is spiritual, sensitive, personal, romantic and appealing. These tracks are a special introduction to the legacy of John Coltrane and satisfaction to the loyal fan.
Timing and Cues
Billboard 1:00 (optional)
News Cast: 5:47 (optional)
Segment A: 12:33
Segment B: 20:00
Segment C: 20:00
An Hour of Jazz (John Coltrane & Friends)
From Howard Burchette | Part of the Jazz Time series | 59:49
"An Hour of Jazz (John Coltrane & Friends)" is a musical program featuring saxophonist JOHN COLTRANE collaborating with other legendary JAZZ musicians.
This program “An Hour of Jazz (John Coltrane & Friends) contains musical collaboration with the legendary John Coltrane and other famous Jazz musicians like the swinging hard-bop featuring Cannonball Adderley , a classic Jazz set with John Coltrane and Kenny Burrell supported by an all-star cast, a session featuring Coltrane playing the compositions of Ornette Coleman accompanied by the members of Coleman's quartet including Don Cherry , collaboration with the great Duke Ellington outside of the big band sound in a jazz quartet setting, plus sessions with Thelonious Monk and others.
Timing and Cues
Billboard 1:02 (optional)
News Cast: 5:06 (optional)
Segment A: 14:34
Segment B: 19:16
Segment C: 19:01
Secret Agents, Spies, and Private Eyes
From Howard Burchette | Part of the Jazz Time series | 58:35
SPY MUSIC for the music lover. That is what this show is all about. It is a one hour program containing three segments. Your mission is to listen to Secret Agents, Spies, and Private Eyes.
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Spies, Secret Agents, and Private Eyes you can’t get much cooler than that. Who does not love the James Bond movies or the Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Mission Impossible television programs. Not only were the movies and programs good, but the theme music was just as cool. Most of these themes are based on a cool jazz beat much like the 007 movies, the Peter Gunn themes and the like. This program contains Jazz and some R&B interpretations of these popular themes that you will like.
So, get ready for 007, Our Man Flint, Peter Gunn, Mission Impossible, I-Spy, Dirty Harry, Shaft and others. This will be a fun hour with Shelly Mann, Shirley Bassey, Jimmy Smith, Art Blakey, Count Basie, Issac Hayes and others.
Jazz on Broadway and Television
From Howard Burchette | Part of the Jazz Time series | 54:47
"Jazz on Broadway and Television" is a one hour program containing Jazz interpretations of on Broadway and off Broadway show tunes plus Television themes. This program is presented in three segments leaving room for radio station breaks.
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Jazz has been a part of Broadway and became a common element within it beginning in the 1920s. Many compositions written for Broadway have become Jazz standards today like: Alexander’s Ragtime Band, I Got Rhythm, Ol’Man River, Stormy Weather, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Anything Goes and many more. Today, on this show we will sample Jazz covers of show tunes from West Side Story, The Wizard of Oz, The Connection, and My Fair Lady. Scores for television shows over the years have been composed as a Jazz delivery. A few have been Peter Gunn, Sanford and Son, Ironside , the various Bill Cosby TV specials and syndicated TV shows .
The music presented on today’s show will be performed by Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Mundell Lowe, Oscar Peterson, Dave Brubeck, Abbey Lincoln, Jimmy Smith, Ella Fitzgerald and others.
Listen and enjoy: Jazz on Broadway and Television
KUT's Views and Brews: Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn and The Art of Invisibility
From KUT | Part of the KUT's Views and Brews Remix series | 59:00
Rabbi Neil Blumofe joins KUT host Rebecca McInroy along with a live jazz sextet for an evening of discussion and live music to explore the unique relationship of jazz legends Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.
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Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn and The Art of Invisibility
Billy Strayhorn, a long time muse and collaborator for the great bandleader Duke Ellington, brought depth and a languid power to the already sophisticated sound of Ellington’s orchestra. Aching for love and significance, Strayhorn was openly gay in a time of repression and bias, composing ballads filled with longing and disarming vulnerability, which demanded the full attention of both the listener and the performer.
How do we strive when circumstances are stacked against us? How do we make the best of our situation as we continue to dream? How do we continue to hold out hope for consequential love, as we smolder? Sometimes what we need most, is hidden, right in front of us, in plain sight.
During this evening, we engaged in both a spirited discussion about Strayhorn and his relationships to Ellington -- discussing his music, and his legacy — and we enjoyed superlative live music with Ephraim Owens (trumpet), Brannen Temple (drums), Red Young (piano), Chris Maresh (bass), Andre Hayward (trombone) and Sam Lipman (Saxaphone).
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Rabbi Neil Blumofe in discussion with KUT’s Rebecca McInroy
KUT's Views and Brews: Art Blakey and The Art of Revolution
From KUT | Part of the KUT's Views and Brews Remix series | 59:01
Both playing drums and out in the world, Art Blakey produced a powerfully important original sound, the influence of which has lasted for generations. Blakey was a mentor to many musicians and is considered to be a developer of much of the jazz landscape for the past 50 years, as he consistently led his Jazz Messengers. With a steady and unwavering practice, he produced a revolution.
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What is in a sound? What qualities are necessary to lead a band for many decades? What passions helped to make Blakey’s music distinctive and propel it forward, representing a particular activism and identity? Listen back to our discussion about Blakey, his music, and his legacy and enjoy the superlative performances from some incredible musicians.
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Rabbi Neil Blumofe in discussion with KUT’s Rebecca McInroy along with musicians Brannen Temple, drums; Ephraim Owens, trumpet; Sam Lipman, saxophone; Freddie Mendoza, Trombone; Dr. James Polk, Piano; Roscoe Beck, Bass.
KUT's Views and Brews: Thelonious Monk and The Art of Hesitation
From KUT | Part of the KUT's Views and Brews Remix series | 59:04
Thelonious Monk is an original and unique voice in the shaping and the sound of American music. Both his compositions and his inimitable piano playing continue to confound and resound decades after their inception.
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Thelonious Monk is an original and unique voice in the shaping and the sound of American music. Both his compositions and his inimitable piano playing continue to confound and resound decades after their inception, bringing us to ask questions — how far can one go when listening to your own muse? Does the artist have a responsibility to instruct while creating? Can art just be enjoyed or does it have to vex to be effective? When looking to swing, how important is rhythm? What is said in the silences? These are the questions we set out to explore during what proved to be an inspirational night of ideas and music at the Cactus Cafe.
Listen to some of the highlights from the event with KUT's Views and Brews Remix featuring Rabbi Neil Blumofe in discussion with KUT’s Rebecca McInroy along with musicians Rich Harney (piano) Roscoe Beck (bass) Brannen Temple (drums) and Sam Lipman (Saxophone) and special guest Ephraim Owens (trumpet).
KUT's Views and Brews: Charles Mingus and The Art of Enigma
From KUT | Part of the KUT's Views and Brews Remix series | 59:01
Join us for lively discussion and great live music as KUT's Rebecca McInroy and rabbi Neil Blumofe take a look back at the life and artistry of the late jazz legend Charles Mingus with a remix of KUT's Views and Brews on Charles Mingus and the Art of Enigma.
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Charles Mingus is considered one of the most creative and original voices in American jazz. Uniquely sensitive to the plight of the dispossessed, he challenged his musical ensembles to be improvisatory acts of collective inspiration — responding to the matters of the moment.
The music that Mingus wrote was rooted in standard musical forms and grounded in the blues. At KUT’s Views and Brews Rabbi Neil Blumofe and KUT’s Rebecca McInroy looked at how interpretation of these forms in performance might bring about the transformation of a musician, a listener, and potentially, the world.
The Cactus was packed (standing room only) and the music performed by our all-star quintet was hot! We discussed Mingus, his music, his relationships with his musicians and audience, as well as the agony and the ecstasy he expended in communicating his vision.
Musical Guests
Roscoe Beck , bass
Brannen Temple, drums
Sam Lipman, saxophone
Freddie Mendoza, trombone
Rich Harney, piano
KUT's Views and Brews: Billie Holiday and The Art of Persona
From KUT | Part of the KUT's Views and Brews Remix series | 59:01
Billie Holiday once said, "No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music." In a recent Views and Brews from KUT radio recorded live at the Cactus Cafe in Austin, Texas we explored just that with Billie Holiday and the Art of Persona.
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Billie Holiday once said, "No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music." In a recent Views and Brews from KUT radio recorded live at the Cactus Cafe in Austin, Texas we explored just that with Billie Holiday and the Art of Persona.
Listen in as KUT's Rebecca McInroy hosts Rabbi Neil Blumofe along with a live band including, Brannen Temple on drums, Sam Lipman with Saxophone, Daniel Durham on bass, Ephraim Owens on trumpet, Wiliam Menefield on piano and the vocal talents of Austin's own Pamela Hart, for an hour of conversation, exploration and great music!
KUT's Views and Brews: Miles Davis and the Making of Kind of Blue
From KUT | Part of the KUT's Views and Brews Remix series | 01:58:04
As part of KUT’s Views and Brews series we engaged in a spirited discussion about Miles, his music, his relationships with his musicians, and the good and evil expended in the art of creation — and we enjoyed the incredible live music inspired by his work. Listen back to our two part series on Miles Davis and the Making of Kind of Blue.
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It was an amazing evening at the Cactus Cafe September 20th, when KUT’s Views and Brews discussed Miles Davis and the Making of Kind of Blue: Jazz and the Art of Indirection.
Miles Davis was known as the master of understatement. In his seminal work, Kind of Blue (1959), he helped to define a concept of cool that remains relevant. What lurks behind an image? What music is expressed in the notes that are not played?
As part of KUT’s Views and Brews series we engaged in a spirited discussion about Miles, his music, his relationships with his musicians, and the good and evil expended in the art of creation — and we enjoyed the incredible live music inspired by his work.
John Coltrane
From KUT | Part of the KUTX Liner Notes series | 02:34
Jazz legend John Coltrane offered a spiritual dimension to the jazz conversation and continues to inspire innovation amongst musicians today. In this short segment rabbi Neil Blumofe highlights some of Coltrane's most transformational works and adds a spiritual perspective to the importance of his music in our lives today.
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Jazz legend John Coltrane offered a spiritual dimension to the jazz conversation and continues to inspire innovation amongst musicians today. In this short segment rabbi Neil Blumofe highlights some of Coltrane's most transformational works and adds a spiritual perspective to the importance of his music in our lives today.
Check out KUT's Views and Brews conversation on John Coltrane and Jazz and The Spiritual Journey recorded live at the Cactus Cafe in Austin, Texas.
http://kut.org/2011/06/views-and-brews-conversations-at-the-cactus-cafe-4/
Our Father Who: Art Blakey & the Jazz Messangers (An Introduction)
From Howard Burchette | Part of the Jazz Time series | 52:24
ART BLAKEY known later as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina was a Jazz drummer and a pioneer of Be-bop and modern Jazz. This one hour program is an introduction to his music. Six of his classic recordings are included.
Art Blakey was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and began playing the piano as a teenager. He began playing the drums in the early 1940’s and worked with some of the most popular Jazz orchestras. The concept of the Jazz Messengers began in 1947; however the first recording of the group was not until 1954 with Horace Silver as its leader. By 1956 Blakey took over the name and recorded as Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers until the end of his career. The roster of the Jazz messengers is a who’s who in modern Jazz history. Many of the popular Jazz icons of today were disciples and students of Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers . He has received many awards during his long career including three from the Grammy organization. This program is a short introduction into the musical life of Art Blakley .
Our Father Who: Art Blakey & the Jazz Messangers is a one hour program divided into three sets leaving room for PSAs, the news, announcements, station IDs etc.
Jazz-O-Rama #29: "The Hard Bop & Vocalese of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross & Art Blakey"
From Joe Bevilacqua | Part of the The Jazz-O-Rama Hour series | 58:58
The sounds of classic remastered early LP cuts fill the air when the music of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross & Art Blakey is presented on the 29th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama Hour.
Joe Bev presents LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "The Hard Bop & Vocalese of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross & Art Blakey", including:
- Farmer's Market - Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross (1960)
- Down Under - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Mosaic (1961)
- Cottontail - Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross
- Sweet 'n' Sour - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Caravan (1962)
- Lil Niles - Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross
- Blues March - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Moanin' (1958)
- Twisted - Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross
- Crisis - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Mosaic (1961)
- Moanin' - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1958)
- Moanin' - Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross (1960)
- David Alden Lambert's birthday (June 19)
- Jon Hendricks' birthday (September 16)
- Annie Ross's birthday (July 25)
- Art Blakey's birthday (October 11)
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross were a vocalese trio formed by jazz vocalists Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks and Annie Ross. The group formed in 1957 and recorded their first album Sing a Song of Basie for Paramount Records.
Beginning in 1959, the trio recorded three LPs with Columbia Records. They recorded a version of Ross' 1952 song "Twisted", featuring her lyrics set to a Wardell Gray melody. Their High Flying won a Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group in 1962. Lambert, Hendricks & Ross were voted Best Vocal Group in the Down Beat Readers Poll from 1959 to 1963.
Arthur "Art" Blakey, known later as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer and bandleader. Along with Kenny Clarke and Max Roach, he was one of the inventors of the modern bebop style of drumming. He is known as a powerful musician and a vital groover; his brand of bluesy, funky hard bop was and continues to be profoundly influential on mainstream jazz. For more than 30 years his band, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, included many young musicians who went on to become prominent names in jazz.
Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) has been producing radio in many genres since 1971 when he was 12. At 19 in 1980, Bev became the youngest person to produce a radio show for public radio. He co-hosted The Jazz Show with Garret Gega in the early 80s, a four hour a week mix classic jazz and comedy. Bev also worked for WBGO, Jazz 88 in Newark, NJ and produced documentaries for WNYC New York Public Radio on jazz legends including Louis Armstrong, Wynton Marsalis, Count Basie, Woody Herman, Cab Calloway, and Lionel Hampton.
Bev also produces, directs, writes and voices half of The Comedy-O-Rama Hour, which is has been highest rated radio show on Cult Radio A-Go-Go! for many weeks. Joe Bev's other weekly radio show, The Jazz-O-Rama Hour debuted at #2.
Last year, the veteran voice actor added his third hour for Cult Radio, called The Joe Bev Experience which airs right after The Jazz-O-Rama Hour.
More about Waterlogg Productions at http://www.waterlogg.com.
Benny Golson: a Jazz legend in his own words
From David Schulman | Part of the Musicians in their own words series | 05:46
The man who wrote some of the best known standards in jazz reflects on a career that included writing "Killer Joe," talking his way into the great Art Blakey band, quitting the saxophone, writing for Hollywood, and eventually being widely recognized as a giant of American music.
The man who wrote some of the best known standards in jazz reflects on a career that included writing "Killer Joe," talking his way into the great Art Blakey band, quitting the saxophone, writing for Hollywood, and eventually being widely recognized as a giant of American music.
Jazz Time Vol. 8 - Latin & Afro Cuban Jazz
From Howard Burchette | Part of the Jazz Time series | 56:14
We have Latin Jazz and Afro Cuban Jazz! One hour of some of the greatest masters from MONGO to the BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB. JAZZ TIME with HOWARD BURCHETTE.
Today on JAZZ TIME its Afro Cuban Jazz rhythms from Kenny Durham and Eddie Lockjaw Davis. Plus authentic Latin Jazz from Eddie Palmeri and Afro Cuban sounds from Machito, Ruben Gonzales & the Buena Vista Social Club, Mario Bauza, Mongo Santamaria, La Lupe, John Santos and more. This is a show that you will love. Today on JAZZ TIME.
The Afro Cuban Messenger: Mongo Santamaria
From Howard Burchette | Part of the Jazz Time series | 55:55
Mongo Santamaria was best known for "Watermelon Man" and "Afro Blue". He was a percussionist and Cuban. He will most likely be remembered as the best Afro Cuban drummer of all time. He was the Afro Cuban Messenger.
He was probably the most popular percussionist in history. Mongo Santamaria was born in Cuba and began performing at an early age. He began to tour prior to 1950 with the Perez Prado Orchestra and immigrated to the United States with the band. He soon joined the Tito Puente Orchestra and then joined the Cal Tjader Sextet when he became an important sideman. While with Tjader he began to record and performed as a solo artist and bandleader. Some of his early solo recordings featured the musicians from the Cal Tjader Sextet.
On today’s show we will examine some of the early records of Mongo Santamaria , plus music from his booagloo period, Latin Jazz, rumba / folklore rhythms and of course his classics.
He was the Afro Cuban Messenger ; the music of Mongo Santamaria !
Two Stars: Big Maybelle / Andy and the Bey Sisters
From Howard Burchette | Part of the Jazz Time series | 59:32
Two Stars, two acts, one Blues and the other Jazz. Both at the opposite ends of a thin line. This show highlights Blues stouter Big Maybelle and the Chicago Jazz family act Andy and the Bey Sisters.
This program is presented in three statements leaving room for radio drops, station IDs and the like.
Big Maybelle was an R&B, blues, gospel singer. Her early career began with Dave Clark's Memphis Band, the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Christine Chatman's and Tiny Bradshaw's Orchestra. She recorded for King, Okeh, Savoy, Brunswick, and Rojac. Her signature tune was titled “Candy ” and this program also includes some of her rare live recordings.
Andy & the Bey Sisters was a trio that consisted of Andy Bey and his sisters Geraldine and Salome. They performed together for 11 years producing three albums. Their sound was a much bluesy Gospel delivery. This is a brief introduction to their sound and their music.
An Hour of Jazz (Duke Ellington)
From Howard Burchette | Part of the Jazz Time series | 59:54
An Hour of Jazz (Duke Ellington) is a short history and a musical dedication to Jazz legend Duke Ellington.
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- An Hour of Jazz (Duke Ellington)
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- Howard Burchette
An Hour of Jazz (Duke Ellington) contains several choice selections of recordings by Duke Ellington coming from a variety of albums. The mood is spiritual, sensitive, personal, romantic and appealing. These tracks are a special introduction to the legacy of Duke Ellington and satisfaction to the loyal fan. 
Timing and Cues
Billboard 1:01 (optional)
News Cast: 3:29 (optional)
Segment A: 15:34
Segment B: 19:53
Segment C: 19:57
Jazz & the Civil Rights Movement
From Howard Burchette | Part of the Jazz Time series | 49:56
"Jazz & the Civil Rights Movement" is an important one hour program that features Jazz music as the background with comments concerning the Civil Rights Movement timeline as a narration.
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- Jazz & the Civil Rights Movement
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- Howard Burchette
Jazz & the Civil Rights Movement is a one hour program devoted to seven classic Jazz recordings which focuses on the Civil Rights Movement. The subject matter pays attention to the sit in movement, the National Guard intervention to prevent integration at Little Rock Central High School, the Freedom Riders, the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Alabama, Rosa Parks and the Selma Marches.
The music is performed by Charles Mingus, Max Roach, John Coltrane, Clark Terry, Grant Green, Blue Mitchell and Art Blakey.
This one hour program is divided into three sets with room for the News, PSA's and announcements.
I've Got the Blues and I've Got Soul! The Incredible Jimmy Smith
From Howard Burchette | Part of the Jazz Time series | 50:05
Jimmy Smith was instrumental in shifting the Hammond organ into the spotlight in the jazz genre and his many Blue Note albums of the 50s and 60s, including The Champ (1956) and The Sermon! (1958) are considered to be classics.
Jimmy Smith was also known as The Incredible Jimmy Smith was a Jazz musician who became popular by playing the Hammond B-3 electric organ. He recorded around 40 albums for Blue Note Records in just eight years beginning in 1956. He switched to Verve Records in 1962 and was accompanied by a big band on many of the sessions. He also recorded with other artists like Michael Jackson on his successful album “Bad”. This program is an introduction to the great Jimmy Smith and gives examples of how his style incorporates the Blues and Soul.
I've Got the Blues and I've Got Soul! The Incredible Jimmy Smith is a one hour program divided into three sets leaving room for PSAs, the news, announcements, station IDs etc.
A Jazz Time Christmas
From Howard Burchette | Part of the Holiday Classics series | 56:51
Have a happy and Jazzy holiday this season with A JAZZ TIME CHRISTMAS. This show includes only the best Christmastime Jazz classics and recordings that you expect. Try "A Jazz Time Christmas".
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- A Jazz Time Christmas
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- Howard Burchette
Enjoy classic mainstream Jazz with Christmas holiday flair. This is a program that all music lovers will like. It’s called A JAZZ TIME CHRISTMAS. The playlist includes music from Nicholas Payton, Stephen Scott, Diana Krall, The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, The Swingle Singers, Abbey Lincoln, Christian McBride, Monte Croft, Terence Blanchard, Dexter Gordon, Ruth Brown, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Wynton Marsalis, Vince Guaraldi Trio, Monte Croft, Roy Hargrove and others. This is a Jazz Time Christmas!
Be My Valentine!
From Howard Burchette | Part of the Holiday Classics series | 50:54
This show is a VALENTINES DAY variety music special featuring romantic Jazz, R&B & Blues classics.
This will be a wonderful addition to your special VALENTINES DAY holiday programming.
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- Be My Valentine!
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- Howard Burchette
Be My Valentine! Love is in the air, and Cupid is busy spreading love. On this Valentines Day as you and your true love sit down to a candle light romantic dinner, listen to these romantic melodies by Miles Davis, Norman Connors, John Coltrane, Chet Baker, Chaka Khan, Etta James, Sam Cooke and others.
-Anonymous
UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage (Series)
Produced by WERU
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UpFront Soul #2024.14-April 16-22, 2024- Poetry Month Special
From WERU | Part of the UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage series | 01:57:59
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- UpFront Soul #2024.14-April 16-22, 2024- Poetry ...
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Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" on A&M
Blackalicious "Ego Tripping by Nikki Giovanni" from "Nia" on Quannum Projects
Margaret Walker "For My People" from "Anthology of Negro Poets" on Folkways
Reuben Wilson "Inner City Blues" from "Groove Merchant Super Funk Collection - Return of Jazz Funk"
The Last Poets with Bernard Purdie "Blessed Are Those Who Struggle" from "Delights of the Garden" on Douglas
Jerry Moore "Ballad Of Birmingham" from "Ballad Of Birmingham" on ESP
Claude McKay "If We Must Die" from "Anthology of Negro Poets" on Folkways
Yusef Lateef "Russell And Eliot" from "Yusef Lateef's Detroit"
Arrested Development "Freedom" from "Strong"
Cassandra Wilson "Strange Fruit" from "New Moon Daughter" on Blue Note
Countee Cullen "Heritage" from "Anthology of Negro Poets" on Folkways
Miles Davis "Once Upon A Summertime" from "Quiet Nights"
Maya Angelou "Africa" from "Caged Bird Songs"
Kim Weston "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" from "Black Power: Music of a Revolution Disc 2" on shout! factory
Langston Hughes "I Too" from "Anthology of Negro Poets" on Folkways
Eddie Harris "1974 Blues" from "The Artist's Choice: The Eddie Harris Anthology Disc 1"
Peabody & Sherman "They've Always Known" from "James Baldwin EP" on Super Bro
Gil Scott-Heron "Whitey On The Moon" from "The Revolution Begins: The Flying Dutchman Masters" on Ace Records
Nina Simone "Backlash Blues" from "Forever Young, Gifted And Black: Songs Of Freedom And Spirit" on BMG
Nikki Giovanni "Beautiful Black Men" from "Legacies: The Poetry of Nikki Giovanni"
Harlem Underground Band "Fed Up (Instrumental)" from "Harlem Underground Band" on Paul Winley Records
Hour 2
Sweet Honey In the Rock "On Children" from "LIFT EVERY VOICE! Honoring the African American Musical Legacy" on Cooking Vinyl Records
Nikki Giovanni & The New York Community Choir "Like a Ripple on a Pond" from "Like a Ripple on a Pond" on Collectibles
Touissant St. Negritude "All Green Lights" from "All Green Lights"
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five "I Am Somebody" from "Ba Dop Boom Bang" on Elektra
Oscar Brown Jr "40 Acres and a Mule" from "Oscar Brown Jr Goes To Washington"
Rita Dove "Parsley" from "100 Great Poems - Classic Poets & Beatnik Freaks"
Horace Silver "Doodlin'" from "Best Of Horace Silver" on Blue Note
Jessica Care Moore feat. Roy Ayers "You Want Poems" from "Black Tea: The Legend of Jessi James"
A Tribe Called Quest "After Hours" from "People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm" on Jive
Intelligent Hoodlum "Black and Proud" from "Say It Loud: Celebrate Black History Month + Martin Luther King Jr Day"
Jasmine Mans "Birmingham" from "Striver's Row Presents Selected Poems from the Dean's List Showcases and the Classics"
Nikki Giovanni "The Rose That Grew From Concrete" from "The Rose That Grew From Concrete"
Lecrae "Welcome to America" from "Anomaly" on Reach Records
Sonia Sanchez "When Ure Heart Turns Cold" from "The Rose That Grew From Concrete"
Brand Nubian "Love Vs. Hate" from "Foundation" on Arista
Lauryn Hill "Final Hour" from "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" on Sony
Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from "Live at the Harlem Square Club" on 1985
Miles Davis: Bitches Brew
From Joyride Media | Part of the Black History Month Specials series | 59:00
One hour special follows the creation and influence of Miles Davis' heaviest album.
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- Miles Davis: Bitches Brew
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- Joyride Media
Interviews include Bitches Brew band members Lenny White, Benny Maupin, John McLaughlin, Harvey Brooks and more. Music also features the rare live recordings from the deluxe editions. Produced by Joyride Media.
Miles Ahead
From Joyride Media | Part of the Black History Month Specials series | 59:00
Biopic? Don Cheadle just exploded that.
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- Miles Ahead
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Gunfights. Car chases. A shady journalist. An artist on the edge. These are not the things you’d expect from a film about a jazz musician.
But with Miles Ahead, director and star Don Cheadle created a portrait of Miles Davis that the legendary trumpeter would have loved to be a part of.
Josh Jackson hosts an hour of conversation with Don Cheadle, Miles' son Erin Davis, nephew Vince Wilburn, Jr. and film score composer Robert Glasper.
An Hour of Jazz (Miles Davis)
From Howard Burchette | Part of the Jazz Time series | 57:42
This show contains one hour of Miles Davis music. This is some of the best of Miles Davis with some of the greatest sidemen in history John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb, Red Garland, Philly Joe Jones, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams and others.
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- An Hour of Jazz (Miles Davis)
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- Howard Burchette
During this series "An Hour of Jazz" The artists that we are highlighting, have names that make up the foundation of Jazz. Miles Davis is one of them. To have a conversation about the history of Jazz and not mention Miles Davis is like not having a complete conversation. Miles Davis was bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, modal jazz, post-bop, jazz fusion and what today is known as Jazz rap. During this broadcast we will explore just one hour of the genius of this man, Miles Davis.
Timing and Cues
Billboard 1:00 (optional)
News Cast: 5:06 (optional)
Segment A: 12:30
Segment B: 19:35
Segment C: 19:30