Discover: Jazz
Kronos Quartet—Canceled
With over 40 years, 950 commissions, 60 recordings, and 40 awards, Kronos is the essential string quartet of the modern era. Their time in Denver at the Newman Center on…
Vinyl Vault—"That's the Way I Feel Now"
This week's Vinyl Vault features a 1984 tribute to Thelonious Monk entitled “That’s the Way I Feel Now.” It’s a double album featuring cover versions of 23 Monk tunes performed…
Tom Amend and Brian Claxton Quartet: Tribute to the Jones Family
Keeping Up With The Joneses: A Musical Tribute to the Jones Family Tom Amend: organ, Brian Claxton: drums, Gabriel Mervine: trumpet, Steve Kovalcheck: guitar, Hank Jones, Elvin Jones, and Thad…
Fareed Haque, Tony Monaco, & Paul Wertico
Fareed Haque has spent much of career defying expectations of what the jazz guitarist is supposed to do and sound like. With this trio, Haque tackles one of the most…
Norman Provizer's Jazz Notes
Though the coronavirus virus has added an unfortunate twist to the live-music scene, there remains a fistful of sounds scheduled for the week. The headlining act over the coming days…
War of the Flowers—Postponed
“War of the Flowers!” retells the Kitayama Carnation Strike led by five Chicana women on February 15, 1969. The five women chained themselves to the front gates of the Kitayama…
Calixto Oviedo's Afro-Cuban Jazz Quintet at Dazzle!
One of the indisputable creators of the rhythmic patterns of contemporary Cuban music, Calixto Oviedo is a living legend who has assimilated the influences of great Afro-Cuban and jazz drummers…
On Stage: Women at KUVO Part Two
Throughout the month of March, the KUVO on-air archive program "On Stage" is celebrating women artists, as they were recorded in the Phyllis A. Greer Performance Studio. Tune in this…
KUVO Honors McCoy Tyner—Jazz Piano Powerhouse
RIP at 81: McCoy Tyner, Jazz Piano Powerhouse—Alfred McCoy Tyner December 11, 1938, Philadelphia, PA to March 6, 2020, NJ McCoy Tyner, a cornerstone of John Coltrane’s groundbreaking 1960s quartet…
Stories of Standards: Cotton Tail
Tune in weekday mornings for Stories of Standards to hear our favorite versions of "Cotton Tail.” Rodney Franks presents Stories of Standards Monday through Friday at 7:50 and 8:50 a.m.…
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