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New Music Monday for June 26, 2023 - Jazz 88.3 KCCK

Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify What’s behind “The Red Door?” For pianist Orrin Evans, that question has come to symbolize the daring path his life and music have taken over the course of his three-decade career for taking musical and personal chances. On this his first album since leaving the trio Bad Plus, he … Continue reading

A New Way to Hear Some Revelatory Charlie Parker Bootlegs

“Bird in L.A.,” now available on streaming, features Parker’s audacious artistry in a wide range of live settings.

Belafonte Rules the Roost

Ranking the Best Harry Belafonte Songs

Celebrating Frank Wess

His colleagues called Frank Wess “Magic,” an appropriate sobriquet in view of the exceptionally consistent artistry and professionalism he brought to every project with which he was involved throughout a career spanning 70 years. His saxophone approach was lyrical, soulful, swinging and a unique, genre-defying blend of influences including Johnny Hodges, Lester Young, Ben Webster, and Benny Carter, yet informed by bebop harmonies.