Esperanza Spalding This is the 98th of 100 programs in the Jazz at 100 series. The programs have chronologically followed the history of recorded jazz and, as we approach the present, the question of historical perspective becomes relevant. Just how well can we predict what will endure? What will have lasting importance? We are in […]
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Folk Marathon: Buzzard Hollow Boys at Studio IX, Feb 8
The Buzzard Hollow Boys will perform on the fifth evening of LIVE music as part of the 2019 Folk Marathon (Feb 4-10). Come on out and be part of the studio audience for this talented band as they help keep WTJU on the air. Call in those pledges at 434-924-3959, or on-line at wtju.net/donate. The […]
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Folk Marathon: Duo Boheme at Studio IX, Feb 5
Anna Elizabeth and Dave Hennessy, known collectively as Duo Boheme, perform the second evening of LIVE music as part of the 2019 Folk Marathon (Feb 4-10). Come on out and be part of the studio audience for this talented duo as they help keep WTJU on the air. Call in those pledges at 434-924-3959, or […]
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John D’earth delves into Jazz Exploration, Jan 31
John D’earth will stop by WTJU this Thursday evening, January 31, at 5:30 (eastern) to chat about the One-Day UVA – Jazz: Exploring the History and Music program. The event will take place on Saturday, February 23, at UVA’s Pavilion Vii (Colonnade Club), and feature both D’earth and Scott Deveaux helping us to “hear as […]
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Renaissance School Music Ensemble on Lambeth Live, Feb 15
Members of the Renaissance School Music Ensemble will put on the February 15 edition of Lambeth Live (heard each Friday night from 8-9 on WTJU), and you are invited to be part of the studio audience for this FREE concert broadcast! You can of course listen to the concert (91.1 FM around Charlottesville, on-line at […]
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Jazz at 100 Hour 96: Highlights of Jazz in the Late 1990s
David S. Ware This is the 96th of 100 programs in the Jazz at 100 series. As we present more recent music, we face the historian’s dilemma – what performances will have lasting value? What players will be remembered for their contributions to advancing the music? What trends will turn into dominant themes? We are […]
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Jazz at 100 Hour 95: Highlights of Jazz in the Early 1990s
Cassandra Wilson This is the 95th of 100 programs in the Jazz at 100 series. For 94 programs have moved on a roughly chronological path through the history of 100 years of jazz recordings, following trends, introducing major players and stylistic evolutions. As we approach the present, we face the historian’s dilemma – in more […]
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Jazz at 100 Hour 94: John Zorn and The Downtown Scene
Dave Douglas – John Zorn Never far from the pulse of jazz innovation, New York in the 1980s incubated what has become known as the “downtown scene.” Radically multi-stylistic, the resulting music was unabashedly eclectic, celebrating influences from bebop to punk rock to cartoon music and eventually klezmer and Balkan music. John Zorn and the “downtown […]
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Jack Kilby Drums Along to the Jazz Messenger, Jan 11
Drummer and band leader Jack Kilby will stop by WTJU this Friday morning, January 11, at 11 to chat about his new CD and his band’s concert that night at Miller’s in downtown Charlottesville.