“The Jazz Score” 3/14/11 – Hoagy Carmichael and Harry Warren
Last night on “The Jazz Score” I returned to the occasional “Tin Pan Alley” theme and featured two great composers whose works have made it squarely into the jazz canon: Hoagy Carmichael and Harry Warren. Both of these composers worked not only in Broadway theater but also frequently in film music as well, and it [...]
“The Jazz Score” 3/7/11 – Andrew Hill
Last night on “The Jazz Score” I featured the composer-pianist Andrew Hill, one of the most enigmatic and interesting pianists to come out of the 60′s Blue Note scene, and one who had a long and varied career that I tried to touch on at least some representative parts of in the show. Here’s the [...]
“The Jazz Score” 2/28/11 – Dave Douglas and John Hollenbeck
Last night on “The Jazz Score” I featured two contemporary composer-performers who are moving jazz in interesting directions and have been doing so for several decades with varied projects: Dave Douglas and John Hollenbeck. I also aired an interview I did with Hollenbeck last week in advance of his Large Ensemble West Coast tour coming [...]
“The Jazz Score” 2/21/11 – Jackie McLean and Booker Ervin
Last night on “The Jazz Score” I featured two great “inside/outside” players and composers: Jackie McLean and Booker Ervin. It was great to check out side by side these two musicians who, despite substantial stylistic differences, both straddled the line between inside and outside playing in the 50s and 60s. Here’s the playlist: – A [...]
“The Jazz Score” 2/14/11 – African Piano: Randy Weston and Abdullah Ibrahim
In anticipation of the upcoming Portland Jazz Fest, at which Randy Weston will be performing, I featured him alongside Abdullah Ibrahim, both pianists whose music focuses on the African continent and traditions for the Jazz Score on Monday night. Here’s the playlist: – Berkshire Blues / Randy Weston (African Cookbook) – Hi-Fly / Jaki Byard [...]
“The Jazz Score” 1/7/11 – Portland Composers Again
Sorry for the delay, lots of fun recording activity this week (details coming soon) prevented me from posting my playlist from Monday’s episode of “The Jazz Score”. Since it is our winter membership drive at KMHD, I focused on many of the great composers we have right here in Portland. It was a fun one, [...]
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