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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. ....
Tonight s Jazz Feature is a special one as composer arranger Gil Evans did not record many albums under his name. He became prominent as an important collaborator with Miles Davis and they produced three important and iconic albums, "Miles Ahead", "Porgy and Bess" and "Sketches of Spain". Davis was the principal soloist and the arrangements for the accompanying orchestra was conducted and arranged by Gil Evans. A magical combination!. Evans, through these famous recordings was able to form his own band and record under his own name. Tonight s Jazz feature album is one of his very finest and is called "Out of The Cool". It was a marvelous band that had that exclusive Gil Evans sound and featured many of his favorite players. We hear great solos by trumpeter Johnny Coles, trombonists Jimmy Knepper and bass trombonist Tony Studd, tenor saxophonist Budd Johnson and then young bassist Ron Carter and drum great Elvin Jones. The band was beautifully rec ....
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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, Clarence Shaw on trumpet and Shafi Hadi (aka Curtis Porter) on alto and tenor saxophones and of course mainstay drummer Dannie Richmond. For this recording Mingus called upon a young Bill Evans who came to the date and sight-read his parts and contributed s lot to the success of this recording. Mingus bass was beautifully recorded and the set was first issued on Bethlehem Records. With the exce ....