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The Sterling High School Jazz Band performed a selection of jazz tunes for the First Friday at First Presbyterian May 3, under the direction of Shauna Snyder. The program included “C Jam Blues,” “It’s That Simple,” “Fly Me to the Moon,” “The Pink Panther,” “I Remember Clifford,” and “Abracadabra!” View the performance on the FPC […]

Concert date for perhaps the finest Messengers group, created in 1958 by Benny Golson via new personnel and new repertoire

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.

Previously unreleased recordings are excused their audio imperfections for the skill and rarity of the performers, among them Dizzy Reece

Great musical artists approach the coda, without the recognition they deserve. As the year closes, we’d do well to remember (or discover) their work.

Two CDs collect four albums by the sextet which co-leader Art Farmer saw as the antidote to the jam session

Celebrate the legacy of Fred Irby III, retiring professor of music at Howard University, at Return to Glory. Honoring his 50 years of work with jazz students.

Q, along with Manny Albam and Neal Hefti, helped preserve the big band format in the 1950s as well as providing a platform for major soloists

Two albums from the 50s/60s vocal quartet variously recalling the Ink Spots and The Four Freshmen are collected on one CD

Vinyl reissue of 1958 Paris concerts, played weeks after the Moanin' studio session, shows how the gloves came off Blakey played live