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DHAKA, Dec 20, 2021 (BSS) - Bangabandhu's grandson and Center for Research and Information (CRI) Trustee Radwan Mujib Siddiq today

With that, I’ve decided to end the current year covering jazz under the heading, “What’s not to like?”

Clarence Penn, Rhythmic Intoxication And Thelonious Monk Faced with a guests musical CV longer than his own arm, the wise radio host takes a tag-team approach to conversing with in-demand drummer, composer, bandleader, producer and teacher Clarence Penn. In this edition of Musicians Spotlight, John Floridis and Montana drummer and percussionist Ed Stalling hold radio rhythm-camp with the versatile, highly respected, chops-rich Penn.  Since his arrival in New York in 1991, a chronological sho...

17: Mike Mainieri This native New Yorker made his debut as a professional musician aged 14, playing the vibes in a small combo led by legendary jazz bandleader Paul Whiteman before joining drummer Buddy Rich’s band, where he stayed between 1956 and 1963. After that, Mainieri began a solo career, playing in a decidedly hard bop vein, but by the late 60s, he was experimenting with jazz-rock while pioneering an electric-powered instrument called a synth-vibe. In 1979, he formed the popular all-s...