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Since 1985, KUVO has provided a rare blend of music & news. We broadcast the best in Jazz, Latin Jazz & Blues in addition to 17 locally produced, culturally diverse programs.

She of the childlike voice, named after the pear blossoms brought to her on the day of her birth, would have been 100 years old today

Featuring the music of jazz vocalist and pianist Blossom Dearie, Dazzle presents Dawn Clement, Stafford Hunter and their band, with special guest Claire Daly. In the late 1940s, Dearie spent time in vocal groups with bandleaders like Alvino Rey’s Blue Reys, and Woody Herman’s Blue Flames, and also accompanied other singers as well as played in between headlining acts at New York clubs. She was there for the Birth of the Cool, hanging in Gil Evans apartment with Gerry Mulligan, Charlie Parke...