Dianne Reeves performing Come Together live in the studio

we celebrate the birthday of Miles Davis today with this Clip of the Day: He and Second Great Quintet (with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams) perform "All Blues" on the Steve Allen Show in 1964.

Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars dig into "When the Saints Go Marching In".   What more can we say?

Bnadleader and clarinet virtuoso Artie Shaw blows through "Concerto for Clarinet" in this excerpt from the 1940 film Second Chorus on our Clip of the Day.

Meet Sun Ra, jazz ambassasdor from Saturn!  He and his Arkestra perform "Calling Planet Earth", complete with freaky seventies-era psychedelic imagery in their 1974 film Space is the Place on our Clip of the Day.

Our Clip of the Day features pianist-songwriter-cutup Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller performing his smash "Ain't Misbehavin'" in the 1943 star vehicle for Lena Horne, Stormy Weather.

This Clip of the Day will acquaint you with the first (and still only) jazz bagpiper, Rufus Harley (b. 5-20-1936, d. 2006).  Here is a segment from Jazz City Presents: The Rufus Harley Story, aired in 1989.

Vibist Lionel Hampton and his orchestra perform their hit "Flying Home" on the Patti Page Show in 1957 on this Clip of the Day.

Kansas City blues shouter Big Joe Turner and Paul Williams' Hucklebuckers "Shake Rattle and Roll" on today's Clip of the Day.

Alto saxophonist Jackie McLean and the Freddie Redd Trio blow a wild "Who Killed Cock Robin?" in 1962's jazz-and-herion-fueled hipster sensation The Connection on this Clip of the Day.

Tenor saxophonist Sal Nistico blows up a storm with the Woody Herman Orchestra on Horace Silver's "Sister Sadie" in 1964 on this Clip of the Day.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk truly has to be seen to be believed!  Our Clip of the Day presents Rahsaan performing "Misty" and "I Want to Talk About You" in 1972.

Our Clip of the Day features one of the early greats of jazz, saxophonist-clarinetist Sidney Bechet, jamming on "St. Louis Blues" in 1942.

Miles Davis performs a few works from his famed 1959 album Miles Ahead, accompanied by the great Gil Evans orchestra on this Clip of the Day.

The Hot Club Quintet (featuring Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli) perform "J'Attendrei" on this Clip of the Day.

Our Clip of the Day affords an up-close-and-personal look at the technique of one of the undisputed giants of jazz guitar: Wes Montgomery.  Here, Wes is performing his compostition "Jingles" with his trio.

The Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra jams on Thad's "Cherry Juice" in '70s Germany on this Clip of the Day.  Soloists include Thad Jones - flugelhorn, Larry Schneider - tenor sax, Harold Danko - piano, and Mel Lewis- drums.

Today's Clip of the Day is a real beauty: Here's the Bill Frisell Ensemble (featuring Denver-based trumpeter and today's birthday boy Ron Miles), performing an original tune of Bill's, titled "Ron Carter", live in Quebec.

Here's a old vitaphone recording of trumpeter Red Nichols & His Five Pennies from 1929, featuring guitarist/vocalist Eddie Condon and clarinetist Pee Wee Russell.

The "Second Great Miles Davis Quintet" (Davis - trumpet, Wayne Shorter - tenor sax, Herbie Hancock - piano, Ron Carter - bass, Tony Williams - drums) performs "Walkin'" in Germany on this Clip of the Day.

The two-trombone front line of the JJ Johnson - Kai Winding Quintet perform "It's All Right with Me" from '80s Japan on this Clip of the Day.

This Clip of the Day needs little introduction: it’s “One o’Clock Jump” by Count Basie’s band… The soloists are clarinetist Buddy DeFranco, saxophonist Wardell Gray, and trumpeter Clark Terry. 

Today’s Clip of the Day is all Maynard Ferguson: Here’s the great MF performing the virtuosic “Maynard Ferguson” (a Shorty Rogers composition) with his big band.

Our Clip of the Day features the most famed composition to come from the pen of composer-pianist John A. Lewis: “Django”, performed here by the Modern Jazz Quartet (Lewis – piano, Milt Jackson, vibes, Percy Heath – bass, Connie Kay – drums) on “Michelob Presents: Night Music” (hosted by David Sanborn) in 1989.

Our Clip of the Day celebrates the arrival of Gil Scott-Heron to Colorado with this video clip of “The Bottle”.

Pianist-vocalist Shirley Horn’s the featured artist in our Clip of the Day. She’s performing “Once I Loved” with Herbie Hancock, Oscar Castro-Neves, Ron Carter, Alex Acuña and Gal Costa in 1994.

Well – if it isn’t ANOTHER Muppet Show Clip of the Day – this time it’s Dizzy Gillespie performing “St. Louis Blues” in 1980 with Dr. Teeth’s Electric Mayhem Band.

This 1942 film of “C Jam Blues” features many of Duke Ellington’s finest soloists: Ray Nance, Rex Stewart, Ben Webster, “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Barney Bigard, and Sonny Greer. 

Our Clip of the Day affords a look at the making of a 78 RPM record, courtesy of the Duke Ellington Orchestra circa 1937…

Our Clip of the Day highlights the great vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, performing Quincy Jones’ “The Spirit Feel”.

This Clip of the Day celebrates the birthday of reedman/composer Jimmy Giuffre (1921-2008) as he performs his folksy work “The Train and the River” with guitarist Jim Hall and Bassist Jim Atlas in 1957.

Our Clip of the Day features the ‘First Lady of Song’, Ella Fitzgerald performing “Round Midnight” in 1961, backed by the Oscar Brown Trio (Peterson – piano, Ray Brown – bass, Ed Thigpen – drums).

A killer band (Freddie Hubbard – trumpet, Herbie Hancock – piano, Rona Carter – bass, Tony Williams – drums) joins Joe Henderson to play “Recorda Me” in today’s Clip of the Day.

This Clip of the Day features singer/lyricist/poet/actor/activist Oscar Brown, Jr. (1926-2004) reciting his work “This Beach” on Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Slam.

We celebrate the birthday of bassist Charles Mingus (1922-1979) with this Clip of the Day, featuring Mingus performing his “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” at the Montreux Jazz Festival with Benny Bailey – trumpet, Gerry Mulligan – baritone sax, George Adams – soprano sax, Don Pullen – piano, and Dannie Richmond – drums.

Our clip of the Day features Brother Ray Charles and his band circa ’63, digging into the bluesy “In the Evening”.

Today’s Clip of the Day celebrates eighty-six years to Ernesto “Tito” Puente with a 1960s performance of “El Cumbanchera”, with El Rey scorching his timbales.

Our Clip of the Day is, in a word – amazing. Here’s Coleman Hawkins and Charlie Parker; two of the most influential saxophonists in the annals of jazz, jamming on “Ballade” and “Celebrity”. They’re backed by Hank Jones – piano, Ray Brown – bass, and Buddy Rich – drums.

In this Clip of the Day, drum virtuoso Buddy Rich stops by the Muppet Show in 1978 and bests Animal in a drum battle.

Here’s another clip from Ralph Gleason’s Jazz Casual – such a classic show! This time, it’s the John Coltrane Quartet (Coltrane – soprano sax, McCoy Tyner – piano, Jimmy Garrison – bass, Elvin Jones – drums) performing “Afro-Blue” in 1963.

Our Clip of the Day features the Dave Brubeck Quartet (Paul Desmond – alto sax, Brubeck – piano, Eugene Wright – bass, Joe Morello – drums) performing Desmond’s “Take Five” on Ralph Gleason’s Jazz Casual in 1961.  

Our Clip of the Day is a scene from the 1929 short film St. Louis Blues, featuring the only known film footage of the Empress of the Blues, Bessie Smith (1894-1937).

Today’s Clip of the Day features a 1946 performance of “Rhythm in a Riff” from the film of the same name. Here we have Billy Eckstine’s big band with Gene Ammons (1925-74) blowing tenor sax. 

It doesn’t get much more classic than Miles Davis’ First Great Quintet and “So What”! In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the recording of Kind of Blue, here’s the Davis Quintet (with John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy Cobb) performing for CBS television in 1960.

Our Clip of the Day celebrates the 69th birthdays of keyboardist-composer Herbie Hancock!  Here’s Herbie with an ultra-heavy quartet (Pat Metheny, Dave Holland, and Jack DeJohnette) performing “Cantaloupe Island”.

Our Clip of the Day features a rehearsal of “Meditations on Integration” by the Charles Mingus Quintet (Johnny Coles – trumpet, Clifford Jordan – tenor sax, Eric Dolphy – flute & bass clarinet, Mal Waldron – piano, Mingus – bass, Dannie Richmond – drums), recorded April of 1964 in Stockholm, Sweden, two months before Dolphy’s death two weeks later at age 36.

Our Clip of the Day features Thelonious Monk performing “Evidence” with his 1963 quartet (Monk – piano, Charlie Rouse – tenor, Butch Warren – bass, Frank Dunlop – drums) in Japan.

Our Clip of the Day was recorded right here in the KUVO studios!  On February 11, 2008 saxophonist Richie Cole (born 1948) - Mr. Alto Madness himself - stopped in and performed Randy Weston's "Hi Fly" with local musicians Janine Santana, Jeff Jenkins, Ken Walker, and Todd Reid.

Our Clip of the Day features vocalist Carmen McRae (1920-94) performing “I’m Gonna Lock Away My Heart” on Ralph J. Gleason’s Jazz Casual.

Our Clip of the Day features saxophone colossus Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born 1920) and his quartet (Jim Hall - guitar, Bob Cranshaw - bass, Ben Riley - drums) performing "The Bridge" on Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Casual.

Our clip of the Day features baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan (1927-93) and his sextet (Jon Eardley - trumpet, Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone, Zoot Sims - tenor sax, Bill Crow - bass, Donald Bailey - drums) performing "Bernie's Tune" on Italian television in 1956.

Our Clip of the Day proves that even a Grouch is powerless to the dancing spell cast by Tito Puente’s “Ran Kan Kan”.

Our Clip of the Day features vocalist-guitarist Muddy Waters (born McKinley Morganfield 1913-1983) performing “Hoochie Coochie Man” at the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival.

Our clip of the Day features a rarity: footage of the short-lived trumpet phenom Booker Little (1938-61) with the Max Roach Quintet (George Coleman – tenor sax, Ray Draper – tuba, Art Davis – bass, Roach – drums), recorded in 1958.

Our Clip of the Day features the Horace Silver Quintet (Blue Mitchell – trumpet, Junior Cook – tenor sax, Silver – piano, Gen Taylor – bass, Roger Humphreys – drums) performing the funky “Señor Blues” at the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival.

Today's Clip of the Day features vocalist Alberta Hunter (1895-1984), captured at the peak of her career while in her mid eighties, performing "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC. 

Our clip of the Day features vibraphonist Red Norvo sitting in with Benny Goodman for a 1960 performance of “Everybody’s Waiting for the Sunrise”.

Our clip of the day features an excerpt of the 1964 film Get Yourself a College Girl, with a performance of “The Girl from Ipanema” with vocalist Astrud Gilberto and saxophonist Stan Getz.

Our Clip of the Day presents legendary jazz-funk fusion group The Brecker Brothers performing their standard “Some Skunk Funk” live in performance in 1992.

Our Clip of the Day features the Thad Jones – Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra performing Jerome Richardson’s “The Groove Merchant” in 1968. Solos are by Sir Roland Hanna – piano and Richard Davis – bass.

Our Clip of the Day features a 1958 performance by the Divine One: Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990), backed by a trio singing “Somewhere over the Rainbow”.

Our Clip of the Day features saxophonist James Moody (b.3-26-1925) performing “I Can’t Get Started” with the RIAS Big Band in Germany.

Our clip of the day presents one of the greatest highlights of televised jazz: Billie Holiday performing "Fine and Mellow" on the 1957 CBS program The Sound of Jazz, with solos from Ben Webster – tenor sax, Lester Young – tenor sax, Vic Dickenson – trombone, Gerry Mulligan – baritone sax, Coleman Hawkins – tenor sax, and Roy Eldridge – trumpet.

Our clip of the day features trumpeter Dave Douglas (b.3-24-1963) and his quintet (saxophonist Donny McCaslin, keyboardist Uri Caine, bassist James Genus, drummer Clarence Penn) performing “Blues to Steve Lacy” live at the 2007 Jazz Baltica Festival in Germany.

Our Clip of the Day features two titans of the bebop era: trumpeter John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie (1917-1993) and drummer Max Roach (1924-2007) live in performance at Banlieues Bleues in Paris, France – March 23, 1989.