Retired Albemarle High School music director Greg Thomas will have candid and revealing conversations with former students who have gone on to play professionally, as well as local and regional musicians. Featured during each program will be never-before-aired recordings and other musical surprises. This is a unique opportunity to learn about the legendary Charlottesville jazz […]
Veronica Swift
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Hour 7: Great Young Singers – Cécile McLorin Salvant, Charenee Wade, Jazzmeia Horn, Veronica Swift
Jazzmeia Horn In 1987, the first Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz International Piano Competition was held. Among the winners were Marcus Roberts and Joey DeFrancesco. On a roughly annual basis, the competition is held, now focussing on a different instrument each year and renamed in 2019 the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Competition. The […]
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Jazz at 100 Hour 100: All Jazz Is Local (2011 – 2018)
Tags: Aaron Binder, Andrew Randazzo, Butch Taylor, Charles Owens, Dane Alderson, Devonne Harris, Free Bridge Quintet, Hod O'Brien, Jack Kilby, Jeff Decker, John D'earth, Jonah Kane-West, Kait Dunton, Kris Monson, Madeline Holly Sales, Pete Spaar, Randall Pharr, Randy Johnston, Robert Jospe, Stephanie Nakasian, Veronica SwiftHod O’Brien 1936 – 2016 So far, we have broadcast ninety-nine one-hour programs to tell the story of the first 100 years of recorded jazz. We have heard the creative work of hundreds of players, composers, arrangers, and bandleaders – famous and obscure. Each of the contributors to this rich history had colleagues and bandmates […]