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An outfit whose music is described as ‘a refreshing taste of ambient, grooved-out jazz’ is bringing its sounds to Pembrokeshire next week.

1960. Black America’s struggle for civil rights reaches critical mass. In February, anti-segregationist lunch counter sit-ins began in Greensboro, North Carolina. Rallies and marches spread across the country like a brushfire, with Black and white musicians, dramatists, and visual artists adding their voices to the Movement. The question was no longer if a change was … Continue reading

Tonights Jazz Feature is a bit different as this is our Fundrive Edition of The Jazz Show and I wanted to have a shorter Jazz Feature interspersed with reminders to donate to CITRs Fundrive by going to www.cirt.ca/donate. For the Jazz Feature we present four classic recording sessions with the great alto saxophonist and pioneer of Modern Jazz. We will hear these four sessions spanning 1947 to 1953. Charlie Parker will be heard with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianists Bud Powell, Duke Jordan, John L...

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1956, and Abbey Lincoln stood poised to become jazz music’s next glamour star. She had just appeared in the film, The Girl Can’t Help It, wearing Marilyn Monroe’s flaming red dress from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Her stage presence was honed to accentuate her looks and figure, rather than her voice. None of this sat well … Continue reading

‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ was the first work by a Black composer to be staged by the Metropolitan Opera of New York.

An all-star array of Atlanta trumpet players will gather Sunday at Kopleff Hall to pay tribute to jazz great Kenny Dorham.

Barely scratching the surface, Young Fathers tell us about some of the people, places, exhibitions, music, books, films and more that inspire them.

We are seeking essays for our February and March 2023 All Things Reconsidered series. These essays analyze classic albums in music history.

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.