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JAM! Herbie Hancock

Herbert Jeffrey Hancock is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he…

Jazz News: Dianne Reeves and Herbie Hancock in New Dehli; New Orleans Jazz Fest lineup

NEA Jazz Master and Denver resident Dianne Reeves spent Martin Luther King, Jr. week in New Dehli and Mumbai, India at the behest of the U.S. State Department. Last weekend,…

Jazz News: Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock in Colo., Jazz venues closing and opening

You might say Colorado is at the center of the jazz universe this Tuesday when the two surviving members of Miles Davis’ Second Great Quintet are both in Colorado. Ron…

The Wednesday Night Beat Celebrates National Piano Month

Tune in every Wednesday evening throughout September as Night Beat host Doug Crane turns his attention to great jazz pianists in celebration of National Piano Month. On September 6th we’ll…

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

Linda Hillshafer

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

Norman Provizer

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…

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