SEPTEMBER 18: 'Jazz in the Garden' featuring Tony Hightower
"Jazz in the Garden" closes out the Joe Barry Carroll's "My View From Seven Feet" exhibition
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"Jazz in the Garden" closes out the Joe Barry Carroll's "My View From Seven Feet" exhibition
A revival of the Fats Waller musical revue emphasizes the blues in its blueprints.
Giddens' Freedom Highway is an exploration of African American experiences, accompanied by an instrument with its own uniquely African American story: the banjo. Originally broadcast May 11, 2017.
Giddens' Freedom Highway is an exploration of African American experiences, accompanied by an instrument with its own uniquely African American story: the banjo. Originally broadcast May 11, 2017.
Tonight's Jazz Feature is a continuation of this month's tribute to Mr. Mingus. "Charles Mingus Month" is celebrating his 100th Birthday Anniversary. The Feature album is "East Coasting" done in August of 1957 during the time when Mingus was still an "underground" musician and composer. This was a period when the Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop (the name he called his bands) had a relatively stable personnel. The same band existed from late 1956 until the end of 1958. The only revolving door was the different pianists. The horns consisted of Jimmy Knepper on trombone...