Sacramento high school students selected to represent young women in jazz at Monterey Jazz FestivalPianist Salomé Ospina and clarinetist Paloma Cobbs-Silva both attend Rio Americano High School and met at the Teagarden Jazz Camp in Pollock Pines. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Rubén Blades Swings Big Band Jazz And Rumba On New AlbumNovember 2, 2018The iconic actor and musician teams with Jazz At Lincoln Center to sing big band swing tunes and songs from his catalog.
Insight MusicThe “tRio” From Rio Americano HighOctober 26, 2018Pianist Jake Nalangan, bassist Maddy Hill and drummer Joseph Bly make up the tRio.
Insight MusicFolsom High Jazz ComboOctober 26, 2018This pianoless quartet includes Brian Nipper on tenor sax, Matthew Wang on trombone, Sophia Augustine on bass and Eli Strombom on drums.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezSound Advice: Jazz Concert PreviewOctober 18, 2018 | Cody DrabbleCapRadio jazz host Devan Kortan previews upcoming concerts by Stanley Jordan, Karrin Allyson, Cyrille Aimee, and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra.
Student Musician Showcase: Folsom High School Jazz QuartetSeptember 28, 2018As a part of CapRadio’s inaugural Student Musician Showcase Week, a jazz quartet from Folsom High School joined us in the studio for a live performance and interview.
Student Musician Showcase: Rio Americano High School Jazz ‘tRio’September 25, 2018As a part of CapRadio’s inaugural Student Musician Showcase Week, we welcomed the Rio Americano High School Jazz "tRio" into the studios on Monday for a live performance and interview.
At 83, Herb Alpert's Still In Love With The MusicSeptember 14, 2018 | Gary G. VercelliThe influential leader of the Tijuana Brass and founder of A&M Records is still recording and touring, including a stop this weekend in Modesto.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezHerb Alpert Remembers His Tijuana Brass DaysSeptember 13, 2018Trumpeter, producer, and A&M Records founder Herb Alpert speaks with CapRadio’s Gary Vercelli ahead of his concert this weekend at the Gallo Center for the Arts in Modesto.
Esperanza Spalding Is The 21st Century's Jazz GeniusSeptember 7, 2018The ways in which Spalding's music is the most radical are perhaps the most easily overlooked: how, through her singing and playing, she challenges gender norms across styles.
All The Things You Are: Aretha's Life In JazzAugust 17, 2018Jazz was central to Franklin's musicianship, however far she rambled. Without it we'd be remembering a different artist now, and celebrating a different body of work.