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WUCF 89.9 Jazz & More Newsletter July 2010
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Another hot summer is upon us and some sizzling changes are here at 89.9 Jazz & More!
Our Sunday morning lineup features a couple of new offerings that, until now, have been unavailable to local radio listeners. At 7 a.m., it's European Jazz Stage 2010. This is a long-running series features great jazz artists from around the world in performance. This program replaces Fresh Air Weekend - a program that is now being aired on another local station's broadcast schedule.
Sundays from 8 to 10 a.m. we've dropped NPR's Sunday Weekend Edition (this program also is on another local station) - now you'll hear Bob Edwards Weekend - a program that has been on our HD2 News & More schedule for three years.
Weeknights have changed, too! NPR's Fresh Air is leaving the 6 p.m. timeslot, (it's now broadcast twice daily on another local station). So, our great lineup of jazz documentary programs that have been airing at 7 p.m. - will now be heard on weekdays from 6 to 7 p.m. This lineup includes: Jazz at Lincoln Center (Monday), Jazz Profiles (Tuesday), JazzSet (Wednesday), Jazz Inspired (Thursday),and Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz (Friday).
Our HD2 News & More broadcast schedule has changed also! We have added great classical, folk, world and ambient music programs that were (until now) unavailable locally. Many of our nation's fine symphony orchestras will be featured: the Chicago Symphony, the New York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Our symphony block will air on weekdays from noon to 2 p.m. on 89.9 HD2. Also coming to the 89.9 HD2 schedule are: Broadway Revisited, the Record Shelf, NPR's World of Opera, and Sunday Baroque!
Thank you for listening to 89.9 Jazz & More - we make great radio, just for you! |
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 Hear why jazz artists from around the globe make Europe their home for the summer with new host Benjamin Herman.
Join renowned sax man Benjamin Herman for European Jazz Stage 2010 - live jazz presented with the intensity and passion only a jazz artist could bring.
Cuban pianist Chucho Valdes, Cameroonian bassist Etienne Mbappé, French accordionist Richard Galliano, American trumpeter Roy Hargrove, Dutch sax player Toon Roos, and many more spend their summer evenings jamming on the jazz stages of Europe.
Hear why they come from around the globe to make Europe their summer destination. Listen to performances from this year's North Sea Jazz Festival, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and other exciting venues. Airing Sundays at 7 a.m. on 89.9 FM!
It's jazz on a global scale - European Jazz Stage!
 
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| Moving from 89.9 HD2 to our Main Channel - Bob Edwards Weekend!
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Starting in July, 89.9 Jazz & More's Sunday mornings will feature a familiar voice to public radio listeners - Bob Edwards! Bob Edwards Weekend will air from 8 to 10 a.m. on Sunday mornings - and is replacing NPR's Sunday Weekend Edition - a program that was originally broadcast locally only by WUCF, but has been added to the WMFE 90.7 broadcast schedule.
Best known as the voice of NPR's Morning Edition, Bob Edwards Weekend is a two-hour interview showcase, in which the celebrated host highlights the life and work of interesting people, from newsmakers, historians, and authors to artists, actors, and regular folks, too. A sampling:
- Former Vice President Al Gore
- Film director Robert Altman
- Singer/songwriter Bonnie Raitt
- Former gang members in L.A. and the priest who helped them leave the gangs.
Each program features an artful mix of natural sound, music, readings, film clips, and more. And Edwards regularly goes outside the studio - to Eastern Kentucky to gather tape for an hour long documentary about Mountain Top Removal coal mining; to Santa Fe to talk to Stewart Udall, the Interior secretary during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations; and to the Birchmere Music Hall in Virginia to chat backstage with Australian band The Waifs before their concert.
Bob Edwards Weekend - a superb host talking with fascinating people - Sunday mornings from 8 to 10 a.m. beginning on July 4th! |
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| Jazz at Lincoln Center - Monday night broadcast moves to 6 p.m.
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Jazz at Lincoln Center's House of Swing is keeping the music hot for the summer. The great tradition of live jazz is heard twice weekly on 89.9 Jazz & More, Sundays at 7 p.m., and on Monday evenings starting in July - tune in one hour earlier for Jazz at Lincoln Center - now airing at 6 p.m. Monday evenings on WUCF.
"We don't just play jazz-we teach it, we write it, we dance it, we sing it, we present it, we photograph it, we film it, we produce it, we archive it, we record it, we broadcast it, we commission it, we celebrate it, we love it, we share it."
- Wynton Marsalis, Artistic Director, Jazz at Lincoln Center
Paquito D'Rivera's Third Stream . . . Musical polyglot Paquito D'Rivera offers Stravinsky, Brahms, and Bernstein in a jazz dialect. Clarinet, strings, percussion and two pianos accent his penchant for blurring European and African-American idioms, especially on his own hybrid work "Fiddle Dreams." Hosted by Wynton Marsalis. (airs July 4 & 5)
The Music of Gillespie and Puente . . . The vibrant sound of Latin jazz is rooted in the musical heritage of Dizzy Gillespie and 'The Mambo King' Tito Puente. Bassist Carlos Henriquez leads the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with conguero Giovanni Hidalogo and drummer Ignacio Berroa. Selections include "Manteca," ''Ran Kan Kan," ''Oye Como Va"and more. Hosted by Wendell Pierce. (airs July 11 & 12)
Kings of Crescent City . . . Clap your hands and sway with the second line as the sons of the Crescent City pay tribute to the kings. Saxophonist Victor Goines with Troy Andrews (trumpet), Don Vappie (guitar), Jonathan Batiste (piano), Reginald Veal (bass) and Herlin Riley (drums) bring it back to their roots. Wycliffe "Pinecone" (He's from Georgia, but that's ok) Gordon provides the 'tailgate' trombone. Hosted by Wycliffe Gordon. (airs July 18 & 19)
Karrin Allyson, Sachal Vasandani and Carla Cook . . . Three modern interpreters of song offer distinctive moods at the House of Swing -- Karrin Allyson provides a versatile expressiveness; rising star Sachal Vasandani delivers a cool sophistication; and Detroit native Carla Cook brings her blues-inflected style. Hosted by Wendell Pierce. (airs July 25 & 26)
New Faces, New Strings: Lionel Loueke and Richard Bona . . . Guitarist Lionel Loueke and bassist Richard Bona translate the sonorities of West Africa (kora, kalimba and balafon) through strings, mouth-clicked percussion and improvised paper mutes. Individually, they have played with Herbie Hancock, Joni Mitchell, Salif Keita, and Tito Puente; together they are helping to create a new language in jazz. Hosted by Wendell Pierce. (airs August 1 & 2)
Jazz and Art I . . . From the "Utility Wild Man" of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra -saxophonist Ted Nash - a commission inspired by 20th century paintings from the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Nash renders Monet, Van Gogh, Dali, Matisse, and more in the language of jazz - from the canvas to the stage in seven movements. Hosted by Wynton Marsalis. (airs August 8 & 9)
Jazz and Art II . . . Music is like a painting that exists in time; painting is like music that exists in space. Bill Frisell, Papo Vazquez, Doug Wamble and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra create musical portraits inspired by the paintings of Romare Bearden, Stuart Davis, Piet Mondrian and more. Join us for this exciting mediation on the art of creation. Hosted by Wendell Pierce. (airs August 15 & 16)
The San Francisco Jazz Collective...The members of the SF Jazz Collective are some of the great innovators on the scene today. Dave Douglas (trumpet), Robin Eubanks (trombone), Eric Harland (drums), Joe Lovano (tenor sax), Matt Penman (bass), Renee Rosnes (piano) and Miguel Zenon (alto sax) come together in the Allen Room for a brilliant musical conversation. The collective will showcase their own compositions and fresh arrangements of works by pianist McCoy Tyner. Hosted by Wendell Pierce. (airs August 22 & 23)
Searching Sound: Lee Konitz and Paul Motian . . . Forbears of the 'cool sound' - alto saxophonist Lee Konitz and drummer Paul Motian - trade notes for a study in spontaneous composition. Konitz's melodic improvisations combine with Motian's colorfully textured rhythms for a set composed in the moment and not to be missed. Hosted by Wendell Pierce. (airs August 29 & 30)
Trumpets and Trombones . . . The brilliant trumpeter Tom Harrell and legendary altoman Charles McPherson lead off with Jimmy Cobb (drums), Ray Drummond (bass), and Ronnie Matthews (piano). New Orleans trumpeter Nicholas Payton brings his quintet, and trombonists Wycliffe Gordon and Ronald Westray lead their ensemble Bone Structure. A whirlwind hour! Hosted by Billy Banks. (airs September 5 & 6)
Legends of Blue Note. . . From the Golden Era of the Blue Note catalog, Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra offer new arrangements of Herbie Hancock's "Maiden Voyage," Wayne Shorter's "Infant Eyes," Bud Powell's "Un Poco Loco" and more. Classic hard-bop hasn't sounded so fresh in decades. Hosted by Wynton Marsalis. (airs September 12 & 13)
Basie and the Blues . . . Churning rhythms and unforgettable riffs - in the hands of William 'Count' Basie, caught the essence of Kansas City swing. Guitarist James Chirillo, pianist Cyrus Chestnut, and vocalist Gregory Porter join the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra to make the Basie classics burn. Hosted by Wendell Pierce. (airs September 19 & 20)
The Birth of Cool with the Bill Charlap Trio . . . Bill Charlap belongs to the new class of cool. With his trio and guests Frank Wess and Mary Stallings, Charlap revisits the stomping grounds of Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Lester Young. We'll hear "Pennies from Heaven," "Israel," "Lady Be Good" and more. Hosted by Wendell Pierce. (airs September 26 & 27)
Here are the complete program listings.
WUCF airs Jazz at Lincoln Center on Sundays 7 pm, and an encore presentation on Mondays at 6 pm. Miss the program? Listen online to an archived copy. |
| Jazz Profiles - moves to 6 p.m. Tuesday nights
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Singer Nancy Wilson presents an in-depth look at the greatest performers who have influenced the history of jazz - each week on National Public Radio's "Jazz Profiles." Upcoming programs:
Frank Sinatra (7/4 & 7/6)
Fletcher Henderson (7/11 & 7/13)
Cab Calloway (7/18 & 7/20)
Paul Desmond (7/25 & 7/27)
Jazz in Song: The Words (8/1 & 8/3)
Jazz in Song: The Singing Instrumentalists (8/8 & 8/10)
Jazz in Song: The Jazz Standard (8/15 & 8/17)
Oscar Pettiford (8/22 & 8/24)
Nat King Cole - The Pianist (8/29 & 8/31)
Nat King Cole - The Singer (9/5 & 9/7) Jazz Profiles airs Sundays at 10 a.m. and Tuesdays at 6 p.m. |
| JazzSet - moves to 6 p.m. Wednesday nights
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JazzSet delivers rhythm... melody... harmony... improv... every week since 1992.
Every week, host Dee Dee Bridgewater brings you music in performance, sweet and hot. With her fine, friendly voice, the 2008 Grammy nominee introduces sets from coast to coast, and beyond.
JazzSet's quality recordings capture the legends, today's top bands, and promising new talent. Occasionally, the program dips into its archives and Dee Dee shares a moment that's too good not to share.
Most editions of JazzSet are now produced in Surround Sound, including these upcoming programs:
Frank Wess & Terell Stafford Quintets At the Kennedy Center Jazz Club, the Frank Wess Quintet features the NEA Jazz Master on tenor and flute, and trumpeter Terell Stafford. In Stafford's group, Tim Warfield is the saxophonist, with Bruce Barth on piano. (airs 7/4 & 7/7)
LeeBop from the Detroit Jazz Festival "Speed Ball," "Beehive" and more buzzing lips for trumpeter Lee Morgan (born July 10, 1938) from Dominick Farinacci and two co-horns - Brandon Lee and Jeremy Pelt. (airs 7/11 & 7/14)
Miguel Zenon and Vijay Iyer Groups at Newport With their poll-winning albums Este Plena and Historicity, the saxophonist from Puerto Rico and the American-born pianist of Indian parentage lead their groups in personal and new directions. (airs 7/18 & 7/21)
Benny Golson at 80 at the Kennedy Center The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, the All-Stars and the New JazzTet come to the Eisenhower Theater to celebrate saxophonist, composer and NEA Jazz Master Benny Golson, born January 25, 1929. (airs 8/8 & 8/11)
Edmar Castañeda at Tanglewood Edmar Castañeda creates mesmerizing jazz on his acoustic Colombian harp, accompanied by the fluid mallet player Joe Locke. (airs 8/15 & 8/18)
BBQ: The Brubeck Brothers at Detroit Intense yet relaxed, Dave Brubeck's sons Chris on bass and Dan on drums pilot their quartet through "West of One," "Dance of the Shadows," "Cool on the Coast," "Eclipsed," and more. (airs 8/29 & 9/1) JazzSet airs on WUCF on Sundays at 8 p.m., and an encore presentation on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. Here's this week's presentation. |
| Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz - moves to 6 p.m. Friday nights
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 WUCF now airs Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz on Fridays at 6 p.m. An encore presentation of the program continues on Sundays at 11 a.m.
Upcoming programs...
Piano Jazz 30th Anniversary Special With Guest Host Murray Horowitz What began as a series of modest, intimate musical conversations has become one of the most successful and longest running music programs in media history; and a national treasure trove documenting jazz greats, pop music giants, and cultural icons such as Dizzy Gillespie, Mary Lou Williams, Oscar Peterson, Elvis Costello, Tony Bennett, Ray Charles, and Studs Terkel. Nobody could engage them more entertainingly than the divine, pioneering Ms. McPartland. Marian's friend and NPR veteran Murray Horwitz hosts this hour-long survey of three decades of great radio moments. (airs 7/2 & 7/4)
Ted Nash with Guest Host Christian McBride Virtuoso reed man Ted Nash hails from a respected West Coast jazz family, but for the last ten years he has been heavily involved with Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York. He is also an art lover and he brings along some of his latest tunes inspired by modern artists to this Piano Jazz session. Tunes include "Breakfast at Tiffany's," and Nash's "Matisse" and "Pollock." (airs 7/9 & 7/11)
Romain Collin with Guest Host John Weber Brilliant young pianist Romain Collin toured with both Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock while still a student at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. Since graduating, he has jumped into writing original music on a sweeping, cinematic scale. Guest host Jon Weber welcomes Collin to Piano Jazz for a set including many original tunes by this exciting young pianist/composer. (airs 7/16 & 7/18)
Marian Selects: Remembering John Bunch Pianist John Bunch learned to arrange for big bands while held captive in a German POW camp during World War II. After returning stateside, he worked with the likes of Woody Herman, Gene Krupa and Benny Goodman, and was Tony Bennett's pianist for a number of years. He passed away earlier this year, and Piano Jazz remembers Bunch with this 1991 session. Bunch performs "Something to Live For," and duets with host Marian McPartland on "What is This Thing Called Love?" (airs 7/23 & 7/25)
Pat Metheny Guitarist Pat Metheny is one of the brightest stars in the jazz firmament. The Grammy-winning artist is constantly experimenting with technology new and old, and honing his improvisational skills and unique style. On this Piano Jazz, the Pat Metheny Trio, which includes bassist Christian McBride and drummer Antonio Sanchez, performs exclusive versions of "Go Get It" and "Bright Size Life." (airs 7/30 & 8/1)
Marian Selects: Remembering Hank Jones Legendary pianist Hank Jones was one of Marian McPartland's first guests when she began Piano Jazz over 30 years ago. Jones passed away earlier this year, and on this 2009 session, Marian McPartland asked another of her favorite pianists, Bill Charlap, to take a turn on the host's bench to catch up with Jones. The two sparkle on such duets as "Oh Look at Me Now" and Billy Strayhorn's "Lotus Blossom." (airs 8/6 & 8/8)
Marian Selects: Remembering Joyce Collins Singer and pianist Joyce Collins became the first woman to conduct a Las Vegas resort show band in the late 1950s. She also worked in film and television, serving in bands on the Mary Tyler Moore Show and Bob Newhart's programs. Collins passed away earlier this year, and Piano Jazz remembers her with this 2002 session. She performs her tune "Marjolane," and duets with Marian McPartland on "All Blues" and "On Green Dolphin Street." (airs 8/13 & 8/15)
Marian Selects: Clark Terry Legendary trumpeter and educator Clark Terry got his jazz education playing with the Basie Band and Duke Ellington's orchestra. Commanding a wide range of styles and a dazzling technique, Terry went on to become one of the most influential jazz horn players of his generation. On this 1994 session, he joins Marian McPartland for Ellington's "Come Sunday" and Terry's most famous tune, "Mumbles." (airs 8/20 & 8/22)
Allen Toussaint with Guest Host Elvis Costello Five years ago Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, but the city's musical heritage is indestructible. Piano Jazz pays tribute to the Crescent City on this session with one of her favorite sons -legendary pianist, singer, composer and producer Allen Toussaint. The ever-eclectic Elvis Costello sits in as guest host for this session, which features Toussaint singing and playing his hit tune "Southern Nights" and a duet with Costello on the pair's recent collaboration -- "Ascension Day." (airs 8/27 & 8/29)
Vijay Iyer with Guest Host Arturo O'Farrill The multifaceted Vijay Iyer's resume includes pianist, composer, bandleader, writer and PhD. candidate in Physics. Last year his Vijay Iyer Trio won a treasure trove of accolades for the album Historicity. On this session, Iyer performs Geri Allen's "I'm All Smiles," and duets with guest host Arturo O'Farrill on the bluesy Iyer original "Abundance." (airs 9/3 & 9/5)
Here's this week's scheduled program. |
| Extra musical goodies from NPR
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Discover Songs
In time for the World Cup, hear some of the greatest songs ever written about soccer on the first-ever episode of Alt.Latino, NPR's new Latin alternative music show. Also on this inaugural episode: an interview with superstar singer Juanes. |
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Music Interviews
People from all over flock to the island of Ibiza for the beaches, the sunsets, the whitewashed villages and especially the nightlife. All summer, Ibiza is home to some of the the world's top DJs. One of the biggest is David Guetta, who says he opens his legendary Thursday-night parties with his song "Gettin' Over." |
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Favorite Sessions
The legendary 81-year-old singer from Havana stopped by WFUV's Studio-A in New York City on her way to a performance at Carnegie Hall. Listen to her transfixing studio session here. |
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A Blog Supreme
A blues tune dedicated to Sun Ra concludes the pianist's forthcoming record, out in late August. Plus, have a first look at the cover artwork and full track list, including Monk, Ellington and Michael Jackson tunes. |
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Rock/Pop/Folk Concerts
Swedish folksinger Kristian Matsson a.k.a. The Tallest Man on Earth -- making his first-ever appearance on Mountain Stage, Matsson performs songs from his latest album, The Wild Hunt. |
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