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  • Jazz at 100 Hour 38: Stan Kenton and West Coast Jazz (1950 – 1958)

    Nov 17th, 2017 | By Russell Perry
    Tags: Anita O'Day, Art Pepper, Chris Connor, Frank Rosolino, Gerry Mulligan, June Christy, Oscar Peterson, Shorty Rogers, Stan Kenton

    Anita O’Day In the last hour, we heard evidence of Woody Herman’s capacity for talent development in the form of further work by reed players Stan Getz, Serge Chaloff, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims and Jimmy Giuffre. In this hour we turn the spotlight on alumni of the Stan Kenton Orchestra which produced several significant players […]

  • Jazz at 100 Hour 36: Bebop Pioneers in the 1950s (1949 – 1960)

    Nov 3rd, 2017 | By Russell Perry
    Tags: Ben Webster, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, jazz at 100, Jazz at Massey Hall, Maz Roach, Oscar Peterson

    Jazz at Massey Hall Bud Powell-p, Charles Mingus-b, Max Roach-d, Dizzy Gillespie-tp, Charlie Parker-as Bebop had its roots in the big bands of the late 1930s and was nurtured in jam sessions during the war and the musician’s strike of the 1940s. By 1950, the prescient Coleman Hawkins, and the pioneers – Charlie Parker, Dizzy […]

  • Jazz at 100 Hour 31: My Brainwaves in His Head, and His in Mine – Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn (1941 – 1967)

    Sep 29th, 2017 | By Russell Perry
    Tags: Art Tatum, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, jazz at 100, Johnny Hodges, Nat King Cole, Oscar Peterson

    Duke Ellington – Billy Strayhorn Duke Ellington was the well-spring that flowed through many decades of jazz. In 1938, Ellington found his soul-mate in composer/arranger Billy Strayhorn. By the early 1940s, Strayhorn combined with bassist Jimmy Blanton and tenor saxophonist Ben Webster to reinvigorate both Ellington and his band. In the next hour, we will […]

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