For 50 years pianist, composer and bandleader Clare Fischer had one of jazz's most interesting careers, exploring Latin, bossa nova, and other genres.
From 1973 to 2004 the Dutch radio show “Tros Sesjun” broadcast live jazz every week, featuring artists such as Bill Evans in their late-period prime.
The swing era may have been the age of the big bands, but bandleaders often found it worth their while to break small groups out of their larger orchestras.
America in the 1920s: Wall Street was on the rise, cops were on the take, jazz was in the air, and alcohol had been banished—but it certainly hadn’t vanished.
The great bebop pianist on the radio and in concert with Cootie Williams, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and as the leader of his own trio.
A Different Journey: Chico Hamilton In The 1960s
Jazz From Monterey: 1966
Freedom Jazz!
Matrix: The Emergence Of Chick Corea
The Randy Weston Songbook
Reminiscing In Tempo: Remembrance In Jazz And Popular Song
Sacred Blue: Jazz Goes To Church In the 1960s
The Jade Bass: a 75th Birth Anniversary Tribute to Scott LaFaro
A playlist and some programs for America's national holiday.
Help Night Lights make its online fund-drive goal this year! Any and all contributions make a difference. Afterwards, enjoy a historic Sonny Rollins solo.
A hard-swinging big band paired with a jazz legend in the making.
Programs for the holiday of personal and public remembrance.
More jazz with a Western theme, this time from Grant Green, Dexter Gordon, Ornette Coleman, and others.