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WUCF 89.9 Jazz & More Newsletter November 2010
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What happened to 2010?!? Believe it or not, it's almost the holiday season.
And with the coming of that time of the year - it's time for our annual
year-end run of specialty programs on 89.9 Jazz & More!
Coming up this month ... another live on-air concert - on Wednesday,
November 24th at 2:00 p.m. Longtime "Riverwalk Jazz" pianist John
Sheridan will perform a live on-air concert in our WUCF Studio A.
Mr. Sheridan will be joined by local jazz legend Allan Vache on clarinet
for an hour-long live concert broadcast. Don't miss it!
Right now, John Segers, our 89.9 music librarian, is stocking our host library with the
latest holiday jazz music releases - so in the coming weeks be listening for new holiday
favorites like...
● John Sheridan's Dream Band: "Hooray For Christmas!"
● Allan Harris: "Dedicated To You"
● Wynton Marsalis: "Christmas Jazz Jam"
● Take 6: "The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year"
Once again, on New Year's Eve 89.9 will be broadcasting NPR's "Toast of the Nation" - it's a live
music program where you can count down, sing along, and dance to live music all night long. You'll
travel from coast to coast with four celebrations of midnight from the East to the West coast. It's
the perfect holiday special for any New Year's party. Airing New Year's Eve starting at 8 pm.
Don't forget about all of our great programs on WUCF HD2. Weekdays we have award-winning
programs like ... the BBC Newshour, and there's classical music overnights with The Beethoven
Satellite Network. Specialty programs on our weekends include: To The Best Of Our Knowledge,
NPR's World of Opera, and Zorba Paster's On Your Health!
Listen to our HD2 broadcasts online and view our complete program schedule for WUCF HD2.
Finally, thank you for your support of 89.9 Jazz & More in our Fall pledge drive!
Because of you, we're keeping great radio alive! |
| Toast of the Nation - live New Year's Eve concert on 89.9 Jazz & More
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Where else on radio can you celebrate four midnights with live music
performances taking place from the East coast to the West coast? It's
only happening in Central Florida - on one station - 89.9 Jazz & More!
We'll bring you NPR's Toast of the Nation starting at 8 pm - and running
until 4 am on New Year's Eve - so stay home to enjoy the party - or take
us on the road with you - to ring in the New Year in jazzy style! Here's the rundown... ● 8 pm - the Lionel Loueke Trio will be performing live from the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Born in the tiny West African nation of Benin, guitarist Loueke's musical pursuit has taken him to vory Coast, Paris, Berklee College, and Herbie Hancock's band. The guitarist describes himself as "a jazz artist with some different talents" including his voice and a palette of unusual techniques. ● 9 pm - A preview of Toast of the Nation and highlights from the 2010 Newport Jazz Festival. ● 9:30 pm - the Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra of New York with Nnenna Freelon ● 11 pm - A New Year's Eve "Celebration in Swing," Live from Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center ● 12:15 am - Battle of the Saxes: Von Freeman vs. Edward Peterson live from the Green Mill Jazz Club in Chicago. It's friendly. Freeman, the jazz legend who never left Chicago, and Petersen will cross horns, backed by the solid trio of Willie Pickens on piano, Brian Sandstrom on bass, and Robert Shy on drums. For their consecutive New Year's Eve at the Green Milll, the winds will blow! ● 1:15 am - J.D. Allen Trio at Dazzle in Denver, from the September 2010 Public Radio Program Directors conference. Highlights from The Checkout's PRPD party feature J.D. Allen on tenor, Ameen Saleem on bass, and Rudy Royston on drums - a piano-free trio that is "strong, bracing, and exactly right" (The New York Times). This party's thrown and hosted by The Checkout's Josh Jackson.  ● 1:45 am - Dianne Reeves live from Yoshi's in San Francisco for midnight Pacific Time, the four-time Grammy Award-winning vocalist and her band are part Brazilian, deeply jazz - featuring Romero Lubambo, guitar; Peter Martin, piano; Reginald Veal, bass; Terreon Gully, drums. ● 3:15 am - Reprise of The Lionel Loueke Trio, Live from Berklee College of Music in Boston. ● 3:59 am - The party's over |
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Trip to New York City and Jazz at Lincoln Center - update!
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Ellis and Susan Braman donated in our Fall pledge drive, and to their surprise - their names were
drawn as the winners of our jazz trip to New York City! The Bramans just returned from the trip and
talked with our marketing coordinator Jan Whitehouse about the great time they had.
"From the time we left until the plane's wheels touched down back in Orlando, it was super!
The Kitano Hotel was delightful and was beautifully appointed, decorated in a Japanese theme,
to reflect its Japanese ownership." Ellis noted that it reminded him of the time he had spent in Japan.
"The Music of Billy Strayhorn concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center was stunning," Ellis told us, and
he was happy to report that three family members of Strayhorn were there, participating in a
round table. "The whole thing was just a dream. It was great to return and get in our car to
drive home and hear WUCF!" |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center - Sundays at 7 p.m. and Mondays at 6 p.m.
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"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
The Music of Fats Waller... A light-hearted entertainer and a very serious musician,
Thomas 'Fats' Waller mastered the stride piano and wrote some of jazz's enduring and
endearing tunes. Hear Honeysuckle Rose, Ain't Misbehavin' and A Handful of Keys in the
'hands' of pianist Ehud Asherie, vocalist Allen Harris, and guitar master Doug Wamble,
under the direction of that multifarious fiddler and reedman Andy Farber. (airs 11/14 & 11/15)
Nursery Song Swing... The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra try their hand at another
book of classics - these standards include Chicken Rhythm, Three Blind Mice and Liza Jane.
Wynton and the orchestra give a big band twist to children classics. Guest soloist
16-year-old Grace Kelly (alto saxophone), 17-year-old Carl Majeau (tenor saxophone and
clarinet), and 13-year-old Jonathan Russell (violin) join Wynton on stage. (airs 11/21 & 11/22)
The Many Moods of Miles Davis, Part I: The Early Years... A Miles Davis marathon!
Ryan Kisor (trumpet) with Sherman Irby (alto), Peter Zak (piano), John Webber (bass),
and Willie Jones III (drums) get speedy on the bebop tune Half Nelson, then cool down
on Milestones and Move. Terrence Blanchard (trumpet) and his quintet - Brice Winston (tenor),
Fabian Almazan (piano), Derrick Hodge (bass), and Kendrick Scott (drums) - race off on
It Never Entered His Mind and Four. (airs 11/28 & 11/29)
The Yellowjackets with Mike Stern ... For over 25 years, The Yellowjackets
- saxophonist Bob Mintzer, pianist Russell Ferrante, bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer
Will Kennedy - have combined jazz, rock and electronic instruments. Now, the
sensational and discerning guitarist Mike Stern, veteran of Miles and Michael Brecker
bands, joins the group to lead Chromazone, I Wonder and Dreams Go. Bob Mintzer
brings forth soulful sax and the true wonders of the EWI (ee-wee). (airs 12/5 & 12/6)
Crescent City Gospel ... Stomp in the holidays New Orleans style! Wycliffe Gordon
leads us Down by the Riverside, on Just a Closer Walk with Thee and in The Battle
Hymn of the Republic. We feature Eric Reed (piano), Reginald Veal (bass), Alvin
Atkinson (drums) and Damien Sneed (organ). (airs 12/12 & 12/13)
Wynton with Strings... The cry of the trumpet over the swell of lush strings:
Wynton Marsalis and his quintet join a chamber orchestra conducted by Robert Sadin,
to revisit Stardust, Baby Won't You Please Come Home, and After You're Gone.
Hold onto your heart. (airs 12/19 & 12/20)
Benny Goodman Centennial... Finish the Year in Style. Shine those shoes to a
high polish - you won't be able to sit down for this one. Join us on the bandstand
as the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra celebrates the enduring legacy of Benny Goodman.
Guest clarinetists Bob Wilbur, Ken Peplowski and Buddy DeFranco blow out the Goodman
classics from his historic Carnegie Hall concert. Join us for high stepping swing.
(airs 12/26 & 12/27)
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 - 6 p.m. Tuesdays & 10 a.m. Sundays
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 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:
Billie Holiday (airs 11/14 & 11/16) Thelonious Monk (airs 11/21 & 11/23) Buddy Collette (airs 11/28 & 11/30) Red Norvo (airs 12/5 & 12/7) Sun Ra (airs 12/12 & 12/14) Duke Ellington Part 1 (airs 12/19 & 12/21) Duke Ellington Part 2 (airs 12/26 & 12/28) Duke Ellington Bandleader (airs 1/2/2011 & 1/4/2011)
Jazz Profiles airs Sundays at 10 a.m. and Tuesdays at 6 p.m. |
| JazzSet - 6 p.m. Wednesdays & 8 p.m. Sundays
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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:
Mario Pavone's Double Orange Tenor Quintet at the Litchfield Jazz
Festival ... The bassist/composer came under John Coltrane's spell 45 years
ago. Now, for Pavone's 70th birthday, he presents his "Arc Suite," a Chamber
Music America commission with support from the Doris Duke Charitable
Foundation. Dave Ballou, Tony Malaby, Jimmy Greene, Peter Madsen, Gerald
Cleaver are the band. (airs 11/14 & 11/17)
Gerald Clayton Trio, Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet at the
Litchfield Jazz Festival ... Maria Schneider says trumpeter Gabriel Alegria from Lima "is creating a
sound that few people have heard. Very fresh." Percussionist Freddy Lobatón plays cajón
(box drum), shakes the jaw bone of a donkey, and dances (as pictured). Plus, Gerald Clayton
explores new musical shades with piano, bass and drums. (airs 11/21 & 11/24)
Maria Schneider Orchestra at the Kennedy Center ... Featuring "Evanescence, "El Viento, "Sky Blue, and
"Cerulean Skies," her long-form portrayal of birds in flight from the Southern Hemisphere to Central Park.
Scheduled for Maria's birthday and her annual residency at New York's Jazz Standard night club.
(airs 11/28 & 12/1)
Hot Club of Detroit at the Detroit Jazz Fest ... Inspired by the Hot Club of France guitarist Django
Reinhardt (1910-1953), this quintet of guitars, accordion, sax and bass came together at Wayne State
University in 2003. HCD rhythm guitarist Paul Brady says "We don't approach our music as a gypsy band,
but 100 percent as a jazz group. (airs 12/5 & 12/8)
Amina Figarova Sextet at Newport ... From
Azerbaijan to the Netherlands with a detour in the U.S.
-- that's the career path of pianist Amina Figarova. Her
compositional calling is to update knotty, post-bop jazz
of the 1960s for a sextet of Dutch musicians. (airs
12/12 & 12/15)
Bad Plus from Live at the Village Vanguard ... Step
back to New Year's Eve 2009 for The Bad Plus --Ethan
Iverson, Reid Anderson, Dave King. They inaugurate
regular visits to New York's hippest vintage club,
coming in 2011 on JazzSet. (airs 12/19 & 12/22)
Irvin Mayfield in Minneapolis, Evan Christopher in
New Orleans ... At The Dakota on New Years Eve
2009, the New Orleans trumpeter looks forward musically to the NFC championship game - his Saints vs.
the Vikings. Then, clarinetist Evan Christopher rings in a New Year with pianist Tom McDermott and their
Danza quartet in New Orleans. (airs 12/26 & 12/29)
JazzSet airs on WUCF on Sundays at 8 p.m., and an encore presentation on Wednesdays at 6
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Extra musical goodies from NPR
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Live At The Village Vanguard
By the time he started his latest weeklong run at the New York club, the alto saxophonist had just turned 84. He's been based in New York for 60-odd years, during which time he's become a jazz legend. His group played favorites in a live set: Hear the recording.
Due to an internal error, last week's NPR Jazz Notes newsletter ran in place of this week's edition. We apologize for the mistake, and invite you to check out this week's stories.
-Patrick Jarenwattananon, NPR Music | |
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Take Five: A Weekly Jazz Sampler
Woods has one of the most distinctive alto saxophone sounds in jazz. He's produced more than 40 recordings and worked with everyone from Thelonious Monk to Paul Simon. On the occasion of his 79th birthday, hear five of Woods' best songs. |
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JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater
Born in Israel in the early 1970s, Tamir Hendelman moved to L.A. in the '80s. Today, he's the pianist with Barbra Streisand, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and the Jeff Hamilton Trio. With Marco Panascia on bass and Lewis Nash on drums, the trio thrives on a California vibe. |
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A Blog Supreme
We asked great jazz musicians what's been catching their ears lately. The pianist, composer and NEA Jazz Master says that opera singer Renee Fleming's album of standards and pop songs, Haunted Heart, has been in his iPod. |
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A Blog Supreme
We asked great jazz musicians what's been catching their ears lately. The vibraphonist, composer and NEA Jazz Master says that Sarah Vaughan's incredible range, precision and flexibility are very enjoyable to hear. |
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Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz - 6 p.m. Fridays and 11 a.m. Sundays
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 Enjoy Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz on Fridays at 6 p.m., with an
encore presentation on Sundays at 11 a.m.
Upcoming programs...
Marian Selects: Chick Corea ... Pianist, composer and NEA Jazz Master
Chick Corea is one of the most creative and inventive musicians in the jazz
world today. Along with John McLaughlin, his Five Peace Band won a 2010
Grammy for instrumental jazz album. On this Piano Jazz from 2002, he solos
on Monk's "Mood" and joins McPartland for an evocative version of his legendary tune "Spain."
(airs 11/12 & 11/14)
Milt Hinton ... NEA jazz master Milt Hinton aka "The Judge" would have been 100 years old this year.
Hinton was one of the jazz world's legendary bass players. In a career that spanned 70 years, he
played with just about everyone from Cab Calloway to Ellington and Coltrane, and he's often credited
with bridging the gap from swing to modern jazz. Milt raps his expansive resume, talks about his
priceless collection of jazz photographs and joins McPartland for "How High the Moon." (airs 11/19 &
11/21)
Willie Nelson ... Country music legend Willie Nelson and his longtime friend jazz guitarist Jackie King
join McPartland for this Piano Jazz program from 2002. The red-headed stranger brings his country,
blues, and gospel influences to bear on standards like "The Nearness of You" and Nelson's 1961
mega-hit for Patsy Cline, "Crazy." (airs 11/26 & 11/28)
Nellie McKay with guest host Michael Feinstein ... Versatile singer, pianist, and former stand-up
comic Nellie McKay won a Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in The Threepenny Opera
(2006), and recorded her fourth album, Normal as Blueberry Pie -A Tribute to Doris Day in 2009. On
this week's session, McKay joins the talented singer, pianist, and songwriter Michael Feinstein as they
flip through a few pages in the Great American Songbook. (airs 12/3 & 12/5)
Dave Brubeck ... Jazz giant Dave Brubeck turns 90 years young this month. He rose to prominence
in the 1950s while touring college campuses with his quartet featuring alto player Paul Desmond, and
since then many of his tunes have become jazz standards. On this 1997 session, Brubeck and
McPartland perform duets on "Just You, Just Me," and Brubeck's "In Your Own Sweet Way." (airs
12/10 & 12/12)
Annie Ross ... Vocalist, actress, and newly minted NEA Jazz Master Annie Ross is a pioneer of
vocalese. She studied vocals with Billy Strayhorn, toured the world with the trio Lambert, Hendricks,
and Ross, and has appeared in a long list of feature films. On this Piano Jazz session with guest host
Jon Weber, Ross performs "One Meatball" and Strayhorn's "Lush Life." (airs 12/17 & 12/19)
Holiday Memories with Michael Feinstein ... Michael Feinstein is a tireless champion and
conservator of American Popular Song, and no December trip to New York is complete without a stop
by his holiday show at Feinstein's at Loews Regency. On this special program, Feinstein shares some
of his favorite tunes and memories of the season. (airs 12/24 & 12/26)
Marion and Friends at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola ... On this new session, host McPartland and friends
get together on the bandstand at one of the world's most elegant jazz venues as Piano Jazz bids
2010 goodbye and welcomes the New Year with musical family young and old. (airs 12/31/10 & Jan
2,2011)
Here's this week's scheduled program. |
| 89.9 Jazz & More - Corporate and Non-Profit Business Partners
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  The Orlando Philharmonic presents a benefit gala, "Symphony Swings at the Waldorf," November 20th at 6:00 PM at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Orlando. Headlining vocalists will be Michael Andrew and Michelle Mailhot. This progressive event, which starts in the Peacock Alley and moves to the Grand Ballroom includes a three-course meal, live and silent auctions and dancing, all for $225. It promises to be an evening not to be missed! Get more information here! For the holidays, Orlando Shakes has rustled up a cowboy-in-London Christmas musical called "Chaps: A Jingle-Jangle Christmas." Grab your pardner and git on down to see it December 1 - 26. Get more information here! Do you hate to drive after dark or can't stand to circle parking lots looking for a vacant space? If you or someone you know could use some help driving to events, ITN Orlando, a non-profit organization, provides transportation for seniors and folks with visual impairments. They can help get you where you need to go and where you want to go, including events like the ones above! More about ITN here! The Central Florida Jazz Society's monthly concerts are not slowing down for the holidays - in fact, they're gearing up for a treat! Sunday, December 19th, 3 - 5:30 pm, Michael Kramer and Greg Parnell will join forces with none other than Michael Andrew for a salute to Ol' Blue Eyes! This and all Central Florida Jazz Society concerts take place at The Plaza Theatre at 425 N. Bumby Avenue, two blocks south of Colonial. More about the CFJS here! Wishing everyone the happiest of holiday seasons - Jan Whitehouse, WUCF Marketing |
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