Discover: Jazz
The Jazz River has the Blues
I grew up on the south side of Chicago and so the blues were all around me. At age 14, the first concert I went to on my own was…
The Night Beat—Piano Duets
Join us for the Wednesday Night Beat as we celebrate National Piano Month by featuring some stellar piano duet recordings. We’ll hear from Cyrus Chestnut with Eric Reed, Bill Charlap…
Latin Soul fuels weekly party on the radio
KUVO celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with a big salute to The Latin Soul Party! Back in the day, if you wanted to have a great Friday night of dancin’ and…
Stories of Standards—Birdland
Tune in weekday mornings to hear our favorite versions of “Birdland.” Rodney Franks presents Stories of Standards Monday through Friday at 7:50 and 8:50 am beginning Monday, September 20. Stories…
On Stage: Sessions with Ed Battle
KUVO’s performance series “On Stage” features the voice of singer and actor Ed Battle. Ed Battle's session on KUVO from 2014 included Billy Wallace at piano, Ken Walker at bass…
Norman Provizer's Jazz Notes
This is one busy week in many ways. On Thursday, across the globe, Jews celebrate Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement at the start of the Jewish calendar year 5782;…
New Music Monday—Chad Lefkowitz-Brown, Marc Cary Trio, & Graham Dechter
This week's highlights will include the following recordings and more, tune in on Monday, September 20, at noon with Arturo Gómez. "Open World" - Chad Lefkowitz-Brown & Global Big Band…
Interview: Aakash Mittal
[audio mp3="https://www.kuvo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/aakash-mixdown-final.mp3"][/audio] Saxophonist Aakash Mittal visited with KUVO’s Rodney Franks, and he brought along percussionist Rajna Swaminathan to discuss some of the musical elements heard on Mittal’s latest release with…
The Gospel Train—Remembering Lee Williams
The Gospel Train presents an intimate interview with Mr. James Bullard, former Gospel music Executive and CEO of MCG Records featuring music from legendary Lee Williams, lead singer of the…
The Night Beat - The Bill Evans Album
September is National Piano Month. And 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of “The Bill Evans Album” by the Bill Evans Trio. Recorded in the spring of 1971,…
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