Discover: Herbie Hancock
Celebrate International Jazz Day on April 30!
International Jazz Day Celebrations! Tune in to RMPBS on Friday, 29, at 9 pm MT and Saturday, April 30, at 1 am MT. Jazz stars from around the globe come…
Happy Birthday to Herbie Hancock!
Herbie Hancock is a true icon of modern music. Throughout his explorations, he has transcended limitations and genres while maintaining his unmistakable voice. With an illustrious career spanning five decades…
Stories of Standards—Cantaloupe Island
Tune in weekday mornings to hear our favorite versions of “Cantaloupe Island.” Rodney Franks presents Stories of Standards Monday through Friday at 7:50 and 8:50 am starting Monday, October 11.…
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,…
Norman Provizer's Jazz Notes
In a recent article in The New York Times titled “5 Minutes That Will Make You Love the Trumpet,” the newspaper asked 16 musicians and other experts on jazz and/or…
The Night Beat features Freddie Hubbard's "Straight Life"
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studios in November of 1970 and released in early 1971, “Straight Life” was the second recording by trumpet/flugelhorn player Freddie Hubbard for Creed Taylor’s newly-independent…
First Friday Jazz Hop—Stafford Hunter's Funk Jazz Explorations
Curtis Park Neighbors and the heart of Five Points invites you to the First Friday Jazz Hop 4th of July Celebration! The Stafford Hunter's Funk Jazz Explorations will revisit the…
The Night Beat—Joni Mitchell’s “Blue” at 50, the Jazz Covers
As anyone who was alive in 1971 knows (and has probably told those who weren’t yet born on too many occasions), 1971 was a year unlike any other in the…
International Jazz Day on KUVO!
International Jazz Day marks its 10th anniversary this year. Unhindered by its pandemic constraints, musicians from around the world are contributing to the second virtual All-Star Global Concert on April 30,…
Happy Birthday to Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock Song Facts: Growing up in the '40s and '50s in Chicago, Herbie Hancock was around street vendors, including the "watermelon men," who peddled the fruit. This provided the…
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