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Kamasi Washington Interview

Grammy and Emmy-nominated multi-instrumentalist, composer, and bandleader Kamasi Washington is back with his new studio album Fearless Movement. The new album mixes terrestrial rhythms,  jazz, funk, classical, hip-hop, soul, meditation,…

The Kaleidoscope of Sounds takes you to Washington DC & Baltimore! All Day!

It’s your community! The Culture! And the Music from Washington DC and Baltimore! It’s a Kaleidoscope of Sound on KUVO. We’re in this together. Collectively, turning together, you help us…

The Night Beat — Maria Schneider Orchestra, "Evanescence"

It’s a special Spring Pledge Drive Edition of the Wednesday Night Beat. Join your host Doug Crane as we feature music and musicians from St. Louis, Kansas City, and Memphis.…

New Music Monday — Bill Frisell; Oscar Hernandez & Alma Libre; Behn Gillece

Hear new music from Bill Frisell, Oscar Hernández & Alma Libre, Behn Gillece on New Music Monday - April 29 on Lunchtime! with Arturo Gómez. Bill Frisell: “Orchestras” Throughout his…

KUVO’s Kaleidoscope of Sound takes you to Detroit and Chicago...All Day!

Tune in for a Kaleidoscope of Sound on KUVO with music from Detroit and Chicago! All day! Your pledge of support keeps this station growing for future generations. We believe…

The Nightside — Poets and Players

It’s the last Sunday in April and we continue with our ongoing celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month and National Poetry Month on the Nightside. Poetry and Jazz have been roommates…

The Night Beat — The Art of the Jazz Trombone

For the final Trombone Month program for 2024, and as April marks the 125th anniversary of the birth of Duke Ellington, we’ll feature some of the trombonists that were part…

Jazz News: New Ron Miles release! Rene Marie tours the Belafonte catalogue; Lester Holt – the bassist

The legacy of cornetist-educator Ron Miles extends further in May with a new release on Blue Note featuring Miles and longtime collaborators guitarist Bill Frisell and drummer Brian Blade. The…

JAM! Tito Puente

Ernest Anthony Puente Jr., commonly known as Tito Puente, was an American musician, songwriter, bandleader, timbalero, and record producer. He composed dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz music. Puente and his…

The Nightside — Mingus Mingus Mingus le Grande Charles

He was born in Nogales Arizona April 22, 1922. Bassist, Bandleader, Composer, Writer, Poet, Volcanic Force for Civil Rights. Mingus is my hero, he is, next to Duke Ellington one…

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