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Jazz Appreciation Month & Jazz Fest 2015 Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) was created in 2002 to herald and celebrate the extraordinary heritage and history of jazz and its importance as an American cultural art form. Through local and national jazz fans everywhere, JAM is intended to stimulate the current jazz scene and encourage people of all ages to participate in jazz: to study the music, attend concerts, listen to jazz on radio and recordings, read books about jazz, and support institutional jazz programs. Join us in celebrating JAM this April! Feel free to browse around the JAM website www.smithsonianjazz.org to find the best way for you to celebrate and participate in Jazz. Visit JAM on Facebook! Go to www.facebook.com/CelebrateJAM And consider attending the 46th Annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, aka Jazz Fest, a 10 day cultural feast in which thousands of musicians, cooks and crafts people welcome 400,000 visitors each year. The Louisiana Heritage Fair showcases unforgettable music on multiple stages, delicious Louisiana cuisine in two large food areas, and crafts artisans from the region and around the world demonstrating and selling their work. For more information about Jazz Fest, April 24th through May 3rd, visit www.nojazzfest.com
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I'M TALKIN' JAZZ Sunday at 8 am 4/5
Filmaker KC Marsh (son of Warne Marsh) with Alisa Clancy
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Guitarist/Educator Kenny Burrell with Chris Cortez
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Record Producer Chris Strachwitz with Kathleen Lawton
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Trumpeter Chet Baker with Dick Conte
THE ANNALS OF JAZZ WITH RICHARD HADLOCK Sundays at 7 pm
The sound of surprise describes both jazz itself and the enduring premise of "The Annals of Jazz." Since 1959, host Richard Hadlock has been improvising on historical themes and bringing forth worthy performers—from Armstrong to Zorn. Each Sunday, we may find Annals in Europe, Asia, Latin America or Back of Town anywhere.
Connect to College A Night of Information for High School Seniors and Parents
Thursday, April 16, 2015 6:00–8:00 pm Free and Open to the Public College Center Building 10, Second Floor 1700 West Hillsdale Blvd., San Mateo, CA RSVPs received by March 31 will be eligible for a scholarship drawing. RSVP one of three ways: Facebook event page collegeofsanmateo.edu/connectrsvp; email csmoutreach@smccd.edu; or call (650) 574-6646.
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The Jazz Pamphlet
SONG TRAVELS WITH MICHAEL FEINSTEIN Monday at 9 pm 4/6
Joelle Lurie
Jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress Joelle Lurie is a regular at hip New York City venues such as the Rockwood Music Hall and the Zinc Bar. She was also a soloist at the Boston Holiday Pops, and on this week’s Song Travels, Lurie delights with a set of standards and modern songs from her album Take Me There. Host Feinstein accompanies her on Our Love is Here to Stay.
4/13 José Feliciano
Singer, virtuoso guitarist, and composer José Feliciano joins host Michael Feinstein for an enchanting hour of conversation and music.The eight-time Grammy winner pays tribute to Elvis Presley with selections from his 2012 album, The King, with performances including Love Me Tender and Always on My Mind.
4/20 Ginny Mancini
Ginny Mancini performed with Mel Tormé and the Mel Tones before marrying fellow musician, composer, and conductor, Henry Mancini, who passed away in 1994. He would have celebrated his 91st birthday on April 16. Ginny shares stories of life with Henry Mancini, her career, and Henry’s remarkable contributions to American film, television, and song.
4/27 Jake Shimabukuro
Jake Shimabukuro has carried the sound of the ukulele from the shores of Hawaii to the world’s concert stages. In his hands the humble “little guitar” sings everything from J.S. Bach to the Beatles. This week, Shimabukuro performs Somewhere Over the Rainbow and joins host Feinstein for a duet of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah.
JAZZ Night in America with christian mcbride Tuesday at 9 pm 4/7
Happy Birthday, Blue Note
Blue Note Records turned 75 last year. Tune in for highlights from the celebration at the Kennedy Center stage, and reflections on the label’s influence with Norah Jones, Terence Blanchard and Dianne Reeves. Blue Note artist Jason Moran guest hosts this episode.
4/14 Billie at 100
Jazz Night in America marks the centennial of the birth of Billie Holiday with Grammy winner Cassandra Wilson showcasing her blues, country and folk-tinged delivery, singing selections from her newest recording highlighting the artistry of Billie Holiday.
4/21 Home Cookin’
In Philadelphia, from the 1950s–1970s, dozens of organists emerged and reshaped jazz into a popular, swinging, danceable, yet artistically refined contemporary music. We go to the source, for a concert from Philadelphia’s World Cafe Live paying tribute to three masters of the jazz organ tradition: Jimmy Smith, Shirley Scott and Charles Earland. and we discover exactly what made Philadelphia jazz organ culture thrive.
4/28 The Simon Bolivar Big Band and El Sistema
Highlights from the Simon Bolivar Big Band performing for the first time at Jazz at Lincoln Center. The band is a student-based group, created in Venezuela in 2007 with the goal of promoting jazz throughout the nation.
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piano jazz WITH marian mcpartland Wednesday at 9 pm
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John Pizzarelli
With his swinging and sophisticated style, guitarist/singer Pizzarelli makes music that sounds both classic and modern. On this 2001 Piano Jazz, McPartland and John team up for I Got Rhythm and his brother, bassist Martin Pizzarelli, joins in for It’s Only a Paper Moon.
Carmen McRae
Vocalist McRae (1920–94) was an expert of rhythm, deft phrasing, and personal, bittersweet ballads. Her enigmatic, dark contralto voice placed her among the pantheon of female jazz singers. On this 1985 Piano Jazz, McRae sings As Long as I Live and Carmen’s Blues.
4/15 Henry Mancini
Composer/arranger/pianist Mancini (1924–94) penned some of the most memorable tunes of the modern era, winning 20 Grammys and 4 Oscars. This 1985 Piano Jazz finds him sharing about his muse (the movie screen) and performing Days of Wine and Roses.
4/22 Stanley Cowell
Marian McPartland hosted pianist Stanley Cowell for this 1999 Piano Jazz. Cowell bridges traditional and contemporary styles of jazz, and he and McPartland challenge each other in inventive duets, and Cowell performs his famous composition Euqipoise.
4/29 Shirley Horn
Jazz musicians have long admired pianist/vocalist Horn's (1934–2005) sensitive, relaxed playing style and unique vocals that earned her comparisons to fellow jazz greats such as Basie and Nat King Cole. In this 1995 Piano Jazz Horn performs Wouldn’t It Be Lovely.
in the moment with jim bennett Thursday at 9 pm 4/2
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Harvey Wainapel: Amigos Brasileiros Live
Harvey Wainapel: Amigos Brasileiros Live at Kuumbwa Jazz Center, in Santa Cruz, 9/4/14 and at the Old Siskiyou Barn in Ashland, Oregon, 9/12/14. His Brazilian quartet Alegritude will perform this Saturday, 4/4/15 at the San Francisco Jazz in the Basement series.
The Electric Squeezebox Orchestra
The Electric Squeezebox Orchestra led by trumpeter Erik Jekabson, recorded on 2/15/15, at Doc’s Lab in San Francisco’s North Beach.
4/16 Ray Anderson Quartet
From Jim Bennett’s audio archives, the Ray Anderson Quartet, recorded August 11th, 1990, at Koncepts Cultural Gallery in Oakland, with Amina Claudine Myers, Mark Helias and Dion Parson.
4/23 Terrence Brewer and Mi Historia Quintet
Guitarist Brewer and his Latin-Jazz Quintet Mi Historia, recorded on 1/31/15 at the Piedmont Piano Company. On Saturday 5/25/15, at Musically Minded Academy in Oakland, Terrence presents his students in recital with 6 Strings & The Truth - A Guitar Celebration.
4/30 Marko Djordjevic & Sveti
Drummer/composer Marko Djordjevic & Sveti, recorded at Chez Hanny in San Francisco, on January 25th, 2015. With Julian Waterfall Pollack, and David Ewell.
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WITH RON PELLETIER
THE JAZZ GALLERY
WITH HARRY DUNCAN
IN THE SOUL KITCHEN
THE ANNALS OF JAZZ WITH RICHARD HADLOCK
RHYTHM RETROSPECTIVE WITH CARL SONNY LEYLAND
LATIN JAZZ WITH JESSE "CHUY" VARELA
AMERICAN JAZZ COUNTDOWN WITH CLIFFORD BROWN JR.
A MORNING CUP OF JAZZ WITH KEITH HINES
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BREAKFAST, DANCE & BBQ WITH CLINT BAKER
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(M/W/F), LEE THOMAS (T/TH)
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A MORNING CUP OF JAZZ WITH ALISA CLANCY (M-F)
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DESERT ISLAND JAZZ
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SONG TRAVELS WITH MICHAEL FEINSTEIN
PIANO JAZZ WITH MARIAN MCPARTLAND
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JAZZ WITH BOB PARLOCHA
KATHLEEN LAWTON
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DAVE RAMIREZ (M) P ETE FALLICO (T) RON PELLETIER (W)
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JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA WITH CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE
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JAZZ IN THE AFTERNOON WITH JESSE "CHUY" VARELA (M/T), MELANIE BERZON (W/TH/F)
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