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with DeeDee Bridgewater
JazzSet with DeeDee Bridgewater
Wednesdays, 2:06pm
Program Website: http://www.npr.org/programs/jazzset/
Jazz recorded before enthusiastic crowds at festivals, clubs, and even
the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall.
June 25
Preservation Hall Jazz Band at the JVC Jazz Festival & Big
River Concert Celebrates New Orleans in Chicago. New Orleans'
traditional jazz band blends old and young music that's serious and jubilant
at a picnic in New York. Then Don Vappie -- banjo picker, singer and purveyor
of Creole culture -- joins Ellis Marsalis, Nicholas Payton, Victor Goines
and more to raise spirits (and funds) after Hurricane Katrina, at Chicago
Symphony Center.
July 2
Double Bill: Joe Lovano and Mike Stern Outdoors at the J&R
Music Festival in New York. In this 2006 set, "burly dude"
Joe Lovano (thanks to a GQ reviewer for that apt description) welcomes
summer with his tenor sax. We will miss the late Dennis Irwin, Joe's long-time
bassist. Following Joe and Dennis, Mike Stern's guitar band further stirs
the air in City Hall Park and beyond.
July 9
Jazz in Our Time at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.
This week features a blue-ribbon concert with Dave Brubeck, Regina Carter,
the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Jon Faddis, Wynton Marsalis, the
Morgan State University Choir, Dr. Billy Taylor, and Nancy Wilson. James
Earl Jones emcees the event.
July 16
SFJAZZ Collective at the Chicago Symphony Center. The
SF JAZZ Collective celebrates John Coltrane. Tenor Joshua Redman leads
this stellar octet that features players such as Nicholas Payton, trumpet;
Miguel Zenon, alto; and Renee Rosnes, piano.
July 23
Jon Faddis at Jazz Standard in New York. A Dizzy Gillespie
protégé, Jon Faddis showcases a trumpet voice with incredible
range -- melodic, powerful, conversational, high-velocity, stratospheric,
sweet.
July 30
Karrin Allyson at the Kansas City Repertory Theater. Karrin
Allyson sang and played piano at cozy Kansas City clubs while paying her
dues as a performer. Now, she tours globally with almost the same band.
This week's program features Allyson in performance in a homecoming concert.
Thanks to KCUR.
August 6
Kennedy Center Trumpet Festival. From the Jazz Club at
the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, bassist Christian McBride plays
Miles Davis' "NO Blues," and the Terell Stafford Quintet and
Wallace Roney play Buster Williams' "Christina."
August 13
Hugh Masekela and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. This week's
program features an impressive double bill. Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the
South African a cappella choir, sings at the Santa Fe Jazz and International
Music Festival. Trumpeter and singer Hugh Masekela performs township music
at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival.
August 20
Kate McGarry and Esperanza Spalding at Scullers in Boston. This
week's program features the talents of breezy and daring improviser Kate
McGarry and bassist/singer Esperanza Spalding. Thanks to WGBH Radio Boston.
August 27
Revisiting the Mt. Hood Jazz Festival. In the late 1990s,
JazzSet visited Oregon's Mt. Hood Jazz Festival. This program presents
highlights from that trip with sets from a variety of artists.
September 3
Tribute to Horace Silver from the Discoveries at Disney Concert
Hall series. Horace Silver was a "pencil packin papa,"
known for his tunes and his bands. Christian McBride organizes a tribute
that features Dee Dee Bridgewater, Randy Brecker, George Coleman, Tom
Harrell, and Joe Lovano.
September 10
Double Bill: Arturo Sandoval and Cyrus Chestnut at the Kennedy
Center. The program presents the Little Havana style of trumpeter
Arturo Sandoval, and the "Sanctified Swing" of pianist Cyrus
Chestnut.
September 17
Regina Carter and Helen Sung at a Starry Nights Benefit Concert
in NY. At New York's American Museum of Natural History, pianist
Helen Sung plays music of Spanish composer Albeniz, then joins vocalist
Regina Carter's band for "Black Bottom Dance."
September 24
Kenny Barron and Eliane Elias at the JVC Jazz Festival 2007. From
the New York festival, Kenny Barron performs jazz, and Eliane Elias plays
samba from Eliane. The pianist also meet in a Steinway summit with Elias
and Barron trading phrases on "The Way You Look Tonight." Thanks
to Jazz Forum Arts.
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