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  • 29 Tributes to Monk, Part 1

    Feb 23rd, 2021 | By Russell Perry
    Tags: Billy Drummond, Bobby Broom, Eddie Henderson, Eric Reed, Frank Kimbrough, Joey Alexander, Leon Lee Dorsey, Miles Okazaki, Orrin Evans, Rufus Reid, Scott Colley, Scott Robinson, Tim Warfield, Willie Jones III

    Frank Kimbrough Although he has been gone now 39 years, and it has been much longer since he stopped writing, no composer of modern jazz has garnered more attention from his fellow musicians than Thelonious Monk, whose work is the subject of a continuous stream of tribute recordings. Groups as diverse as the Bobby Broom […]

  • Beleza at The Stage, February 19 (8-9 pm)

    Feb 13th, 2021 | By WTJU
    Tags: Beleza, Beleza Music, live music, Madeline Sales, The Stage at WTJU, Umberto Sales, WTJU, WTJU Folk Marathon

    No strangers to WTJU listeners, Berto and Madeline Sales bring their wonderful talents to the Stage at WTJU as part of this year’s Folk Marathon. Get those pledges in at 434-924-3959, or online at wtju.net as you catch them this Friday night, February 19, from 8-9 (est). Because of the pandemic, this will be a […]

  • 28 Tenor Titans – Branford Marsalis

    Feb 9th, 2021 | By Russell Perry
    Tags: Akira Tana, Branford Marsalis, Chucho Valdez, Eric Revis, Joey Calderazzo, Justin Faulkner

    Branford Marsalis Branford Marsalis, tenor and soprano saxophone maestro and member of the important musical clan, emerged forty years ago in Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and as a sideman in his brother Wynton’s early endeavors. For thirty years, the primary vehicle for his own releases has been predominantly the sax – piano – bass – […]

  • 27 Tenor Titans – More Fabulous Playing From Joe Lovano

    Feb 3rd, 2021 | By Russell Perry
    Tags: Aliane Elias, Brian Blade, Dave Douglas, Enrico Rava, Joe Lovano, John Abercrombie, John Patitucci, John Scofield, Marc Johnson, Marilyn Crispell

    Joe Lovano For almost forty years, as Joe Lovano has been growing as an artist, he has produced a series of discs as a leader in a wide range of formats from duos and trios to nonets, dectets and large ensembles. Always in demand, his guest appearances on other leaders’ dates have produced some of […]

  • Hour 26 Saluting Harold Arlen

    Jan 26th, 2021 | By Russell Perry
    Tags: Bobby McFerrin, Cassandra Wilson, Catherine Russell, Chick Corea, Dianne Reeves, Harold Arlen, Houston Person, Jane Ira Bloom, Joey Alexander, Johnny Mercer, Mary Stallings, Ted Koehler, Tierney Sutton, Truman Capote

    Cassandra Wilson Born Hyman Arluck on February 15, 1905, Harold Arlen was one of the most important composers of the Great American songbook. Arlen’s first collaboration with lyricist Ted Koehler, Get Happy, became his first hit in 1930 and ever since his tunes have been covered by jazz artists. In 2000, his collaboration with Yip […]

  • Stephane Wrembel goes track by track through The Django Experiment VI, Feb 5

    Jan 25th, 2021 | By WTJU
    Tags: Django Experiment VI, Django Reinhardt, Gypsy Jazz, Stephane Wrembel, Sunset Road, Track By Track, WTJU, WTJU Folk, wtju jazz

    Guitarist Stephane Wrembel will drop by WTJU Friday afternoon, February 5, at 4 (est) to do a track by track of his new album, The Django Experiment VI. Tune in at 91.1 FM, streaming at wtju.net, or by asking your smart speaker to “Play WTJU.”

  • Hour 24 Tenor Titans – The Many Sides of Chris Potter

    Jan 12th, 2021 | By Russell Perry
    Tags: Aziza, Benjamin Boone, Chris Potter, Craig Taborn, Dave Holland, David Virelles, Eric Harland, Larry Grenadier, Lionel Loueke, Paul Motian, Philip Levine, Renee Rosnes

    Chris Potter Chris Potter came on the scene in the early 1990s and proceeded to collaborate with a “Who’s Who” of modern jazz including Paul Motian, Patricia Barber, Renee Rosnes, Billy Hart, Dave Douglas, Dave Holland, Kenny Wheeler, and Pat Metheny. While his work as a leader is highly celebrated earning him standing among the […]

  • Hour 23 The Legacy of Wayne Shorter

    Jan 5th, 2021 | By Russell Perry
    Tags: Bryan Lynch, Chick Corea, Conrad Herwig, Donald Harrison Jr, Eddie Palmieri, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Michael Musilami, Ralph Peterson, Rich Syracuse, Roxy Coss, Steve Turre, Wayne Shorter, Wynton Marsalis

    Roxy Coss Wayne Shorter began composing for the Jazz Messengers in 1959 and over the past 60 years has amassed perhaps the most significant catalog of jazz compositions of his time. Many of his, roughly, one hundred compositions are standards of the current repertoire. In this hour of Jazz at 100 Today!, we’ll explore recent […]

  • Andrew Green & Craig Akin Go Track By Track Through Two Steps Back, January 14

    Jan 5th, 2021 | By WTJU
    Tags: Andrew Green, Banjo, bass, Craig Akin, Folk Beyond, Track By Track, Two Steps Back, WTJU, WTJU Folk

    wtju · Track by Track of “Two Steps Back” with Andrew Green & Craig Akin Andrew Green and Craig Akin will do a Track by Track of their new EP, Two Steps Back, Six Songs For Banjo & Upright Bass, on Thursday afternoon, January 14, starting around 4:30 (eastern) with Folk & Beyond host Peter […]

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