Jazz 91.1 Program Highlights

I'm Talkin' Jazz

Sunday at 8am
 
 

5/4

Vocalist Charmain Clamor with Chris Cortez

 
 

5/11

Saxophonist Sarah Manning and Pianist Art Hirahara with Lee Thomas

 
 

5/18

Drummer/Percussionist Brian Melvin with Chris Cortez

 
 

5/25

Pianist Larry Vuckovich with Michael Burman

 
   

Riverwalk Jazz

Sunday at 6pm
 
 

5/4

Symphony in Riffs: Centennial Celebration for Benny Carter

 
 

5/11

When Swing was the Thing: Diary of a Swing Era Teen

 
 

5/18

Sophisticated Ladies & Red Hot Mamas

 
 

5/25

Behind Every Great Man: Lil Hardin and Louis Armstrong

 
   

In The Moment with Jim Bennett

Sunday at 8pm
 
 

5/4

Howard Wiley
Saxophonist Howard Wiley pays homage to Dexter Gordon as part of the Jazzschool “Tributes” series. This performance was recorded on February 24, 2007 in Berkeley with Devin Hoff, bass; Mike Aaberg, piano; Geechi Taylor, trumpet and Sly Randolph, drums.

 
 

5/11

Sepia: Music of the Black Diaspora
The first performance of Sepia: Music of the Black Diaspora, featuring Faye Carol, Denise Perrier, Frankye Kelly and Lady Mem’Fis, recorded at Yoshi’s in San Francisco on February 11, 2008 with Tammy Hall, piano; John Wiitala, bass; Marlon Green, drums and Bobby Tynes, saxophone.

 
 

5/18

Charles Ferguson
Drummer Charles Ferguson’s return to the Jazzschool recorded August 11, 2007, as part of the Rising Stars summer series, with David Michel-Ruddy, piano and keyboards; Geechi Taylor, trumpet; Rafi Garibedian, tenor saxophone; Noah Garabedian, bass and Danny Lubin-Laden, trombone.

 
 

5/25

Danny Mertens
16-year-old pianist Danny Mertens is showcased in a return engagement for In The Moment at Berkeley’s Jazzschool, recorded August 17, 2007. This was another concert in the Jazzschool’s 2007 Rising Stars series. With Jonathan Stein, bass and Evan Hughes, drums.

 
   

The Jazz Decades with Ray Smith

Sunday at 11pm
 
 

5/4

Yale Collegians “Puttin’ On The Ritz”
Mezz Mezzrow “Blues In Disguise”

 
 

5/11

The Bob Cats At The Blackhawk
Lee Morse’s Blue Grass Boys

 
 

5/18

Duke Ellington “Misty”
Ray McKinley “Fingerwave”

 
 

5/25

A Waller Holiday with…
His Buddies, His Swing Band and His Rhythm

 

Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson

Monday at 9pm
 
 

5/5

Saxophonist/Composer/Arranger Gerry Mulligan

 
 

5/12

Bassist/Composer Charles Mingus, Part 1

 
 

5/19

Bassist/Composer Charles Mingus, Part 2

 
 

5/26

Blues Singer Bessie Smith

 

Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis

Tuesday at 9pm
 
 

5/6

Kenny Barron solo redux

 
 

5/13

Essentially Ellington

 
 

5/20

Jazz and Art from the canvas to the stage in seven movements with saxophonist Ted Nash and Monet, Van Gogh, Dali and Matisse

 
 

5/27

Guitarists Galore: Russell Malone, Ron Affif, Jim Hall, and Romero Lubambo

 

Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland

Wednesday at 9pm
 
 

5/7

Vocalist Veronica Nunn with Travis Shook

 
 

5/14

Pianist Larry Vuckovich

 
 

5/21

Pianist Oscar Peterson

 
 

5/28

Pianist Laurence Hobgood

 

JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater

Thursday at 9pm
 
 

5/1

Dee Dee Bridgewater’s LIVE! Red Earth – A Malian Journey

 
 

5/8

Daniela Schaechter Quartet at the Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival at the Kennedy Center

 
 

5/15

Convergence at Dazzle in Denver

 
 

5/22

Highlights of North Sea 2007

 
 

5/29

Clayton Brothers at 2008 University of Michigan Jazz Festival