A Great Day In Harlem

<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Songs include: Stardust by Artie Shaw, Swinging On a Star by Bing Crosby, The Second Star to the Right by Doris Day, Stars Fell on Alabama by Guy Lombardo and The Stars and Stripes Forever by Frankie Laine.</span></p> 

<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Songs include: Marimba by Lydia Mendoza, Granada by Frankie Laine, Arentia De Oro by Cuarto Coculense, Mexican Joe by Jim Reeves, Perfidia by Lupita Palomera and Tampica by Stan Kenton. </span></p> 

Songs include: Wedding Bells by the Four Aces, The Bells of Saint Mary by Bing Crosby, The Blue Bells of Scotland by Ella Logan, Serenade of the Bells by Jo Stafford and The Liberty Bell by The Band of the Grenadier Gaurds. 

Charlie's out on parental leave, which means no one is here to stop Nate from going off the rails. And you know what means... JAZZ! As soon as dad left the room, Nate enlisted his favorite journalist, jazz and sports writer Natalie Weiner, to come on the show and discuss her incr ... Show More

<p>Wynton Marsalis was on the cover of <em>Time </em>as the avatar of the "New Jazz Age." His central role in reviving the genre is thanks partly to his gorgeous, virtuosic trumpet-playing, and partly to his founding of Jazz at Lincoln Center. JALC established jazz at the heart o ... Show More

In 1964, Louis Armstrong knocked the Beatles off the top of the charts with his recording of “Hello, Dolly!” becoming, at age 62, the oldest artist to ever hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Sixty years later, Louis Armstrong remains a beloved cultural figure, his oft-imita ... Show More

Sunday 12 June: A history of jazz, and Jazz Fest, in New Orleans. 

The Super Super Blues Band fue el proyecto de Chess Records que juntó a Muddy Waters con Howlin' Wolf y Bo DiddleyEn Chess Record había grandes músicos y grandes egos. El sello de Chicago había marcado tendencia en los años 40 electrificando el blues rural del sur de los Estados ... Show More

<p>Even if you're not very into jazz, you probably know <i>Kind of Blue</i>, the jazz album that's sold more copies than any other and is widely considered one of the greatest albums ever, in any genre.</p><p>Among the sextet of musicians who played on the album, three stand out ... Show More

The jazz duo opened its set with "Heaven Right Here," one of the early '90s tunes that had Tuck and Patti on the charts and all over jazz radio. 

Synopsis American jazz composer and pianist Thelonious Sphere Monk was born on today’s date in 1917. Largely self-taught, he began playing piano at 6. At 17, he dropped out of New York’s esteemed Stuyvesant High School for gifted students to serve as organist for a touring evange ... Show More

Pianiste jazz de renommée internationale, Oscar Peterson est né en 1925 dans le quartier de la Petite-Bourgogne, à Montréal. L’artiste a commencé à apprendre le piano dès l’âge de sept ans et est rapidement devenu un jeune prodige. Grâce à ses succès comme C Jam Blues, le musicie ... Show More