Discover: The Jazz River
The Jazz River — Music from the Celtic World
This Sunday The Jazz River traverses the tributaries of Celtic music, a music not normally associated with Jazz. It’s a nice challenge to put the show together. While the Celtic…
The Jazz River—Terry Callier—Jazz's Folk Mystic
The Jazz River presents Terry Callier—Jazz's Folk-Mystic. When he was in high school, someone heard him singing a popular doo-wop song and stopped him halfway. “Why are you trying to…
The Jazz River—In the Land of the Rising Sun—Jazz from Japan
Serious record collectors know that Japan is the motherlode for hard-to-find and rare jazz recordings, for superior fidelity, and unsurpassed vinyl production. Its population is also renowned for being among…
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 Jazz River Goes For Broke - 100 Shows!
Globe-trotting and genre-crossing, from Oslo to Cape Town, from Indian Hindustani to Andalusian Gypsies, we call this The Jazz River. It fuses cultures and improvisation, pouring in and out of…
The Jazz River—Potions, Herbs, and Roots of Dr. John
Starting out as a studio guitarist and kid producer, Mac Rebennack was steeped in the mysteries of New Orleans R&B, and Fonk. He also learned the mystical ways of Hoodoo…
The Jazz River—Give The Drummer Some
Along with the flute, the drum is the oldest and most organic of instruments. It dates back to 5500 BC and Neolithic culture in China where there was evidence of…
The Jazz River—Spellbinder - The Artistry of Gabor Szabo
In a world of unique and original voices on guitar, Gabor Szabo ranks right up there. Because he started out on a poorly-made guitar he had to hit the strings…
The Jazz River—North Africa and Jazz
The countries that comprise North Africa—Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco are the African nations with the oldest Arabic influences. It is reflected in their religions, languages, cultures, food, customs,…
The Jazz River—Gil Scott-Heron: Deep Cuts
It must not have been easy to be Gil Scott-Heron. Poet, bluesologist, Griot, and whose sharp humor and even sharper political critique became a voice of a generation and a…
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