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Vinyl Vault — Maneige, “Les Porches”

The Vinyl Vault goes to Canada, Quebec specifically, for a 1975 album from the band Maneige entitled “Les Porches,” released on the Harvest/Capitol label. The band has generally been tagged…

JAM! Jazz & Hip-Hop — Robert Glasper

Robert Andre Glasper, an American pianist, record producer, songwriter, and musical arranger. His music embodies numerous musical genres, primarily centered around jazz. To date, Glasper has won five Grammy Awards…

The Nightside — Poets and Players Volume One

April is both Jazz Appreciation Month and National Poetry Month. Perfect for The Nightside with Andy O’ which features poetry and jazz every Sunday night at 9 pm on 89.3…

New Music Monday — Eugenie Jones; Spike Robinson Quartet; Zaccai Curtis

It's New Music Monday! Tune in on Monday, April 8 at noon to Lunchtime! with Arturo Gómez as he debuts new music from the KUVO music library. Eugenie Jones: “The…

JAM! Celebrating Muddy Waters!

McKinley Morganfield, known professionally as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer and musician who was an important figure in the post-World War II blues scene, and is often cited…

JAM! Happy Birthday to Jimmy McGriff!

James Harrell McGriff was an American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader. Born: April 3, 1936, Philadelphia, PA Died: May 24, 2008 (age 72 years), Voorhees Township, NJ…

The Night Beat — The Art of the Jazz Trombone

According to the International Trombone Association (ITA), International Trombone Week is officially April 7 through 14 2024. But they go on to say “…every other day in April and surrounding…

New Music Monday — Leigh Pilzer; Altin Sencalar; and The Jazz Defenders

Tune in to New Music Monday for April 1 at noon  (no fooling)...Arturo Gómez will debut music from Leigh Pilzer, Altin Sencalar, and The Jazz Defenders. Leigh Pilzer’s Seven Pointed…

The Nightside: 11th Annual Easter Guitar Pull — “The Lady to Her Guitar”

“The Lady to Her Guitar” For him who struck thy foreign string, I ween this heart has ceased to care; Then why dost thou such feelings bring To my sad…

Take Five: Shawnn Monteiro’s Top Five Jazz Recordings

Shawnn Monteiro’s Top Five Jazz Recordings Shawnn Monteiro is a gifted vocalist with a four-decade career as a singer with an international following. She is also jazz royalty: her father…

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