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Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler Mondays at 6:00pm Happy Birthday Blue Note It’s an encore presentation of Craig Kessler’s 85th birthday party for the legendary Blue Note Records, founded January 6, 1939. Craig celebrates by spinning some unusual and obscure titles. We’ll hear the likes of Sal Salvador, Wynton Kelly, Frank … Continue reading

The all-female NY-based big band marks its 30th birthday with a set referencing Michael Abene, Francy Boland, Woody Herman and others

Maffy Falay, who passed away in 2022 at an age of 92, was a popular jazz trumpeter in Sweden. He has left his homeland Turkey at an early age, following his passion for music. In the 60's he became a popular trumpeter in Europe. He was coveted by such jazz legends as Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk and he shared the stage with Quincy Jones, Kenny Clarke, Francy Boland. Being among the few remaining members of a bygone generation, he led a solitary life in his one-room apartment in the subu...

Jazz musician who worked in star-packed lineups and whose tenor sax suggested tiptoeing stealth in the Pink Panther theme tune

This may be a short book, but three enthralling stories are entwined in it. One involves the journey of a visionary modern jazz trumpeter who missed becoming a legend through happenstance, nostalgia for home, racism, and his own roving curiosity. A second vividly describes the eloquence of a rebelliously creative poet who heard the vernacular speech of his birthplace and improvisation in jazz as very similar languages; the third tracks the dreams of a reluctant but idealistic politician whose h...