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.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezMartin Luther King Jr. Jazz And Sacred Songs FestivalJanuary 18, 2018 | Jen PicardThe Marin Luther King Jr. Jazz & Sacred Songs Festival launches this weekend, featuring the Harley White Jr. Orchestra and Dorothy Morrison.
More Than The Swing King: Benny Goodman Championed Charlie Christian And His Electric GuitarJanuary 17, 2018Electric guitar is pervasive in popular music today. But in the 1930's it was a novelty. Then came the Benny Goodman jazz sextet, featuring Charlie Christian. Journalist John McDonough explains how their 1939 Carnegie Hall concert changed the game.
How Benny Goodman Orchestrated 'The Most Important Concert In Jazz History'January 16, 2018Eighty years ago, barriers were broken when Benny Goodman took a mixed race band to play jazz to Carnegie Hall.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezRemembering Her Father, Benny GoodmanJanuary 16, 2018 | Jen PicardRemembering Benny Goodman and his legacy 80 years after a groundbreaking concert at Carnegie Hall.
More Than The Swing King: Benny Goodman Claimed A Home For Jazz In The Concert HallJanuary 16, 2018In the first of a 4-part series, journalist John McDonough describes how Benny Goodman's historic Carnegie Hall concert of 1938 signified that jazz, America's music, is deserving of its rightful place in America's premiere concert halls.
Recollections From The Kingdom Of SwingJanuary 12, 2018Benny Goodman's daughter and Sacramento resident Rachel Edelson shares some very personal and poignant stories about her famous father.
All About Goodman's 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert, From The Guy Who Wrote The Book On ItJanuary 12, 2018Jon Hancock, the author of 'Benny Goodman – The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert,' explains what made the concert such a sensation in its time and the lasting impact of the event.
How Benny Goodman Made The American Concert Stage Safe For American MusicJanuary 11, 2018Music journalist and jazz historian John McDonough puts Benny Goodman's 1938 Carnegie Hall concert into perspective and explains its lasting impact on music and society in America.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezRent Romus Explores Finnish Roots In 'Otherworld Cycle'January 4, 2018 | Cody DrabbleInsight revisits a 2015 interview with Rent Romus on his "Otherworld Cycle" blending Finnish epic poetry and experimental jazz. Rent Romus performs this weekend at Gold Lion Arts.
Jazz CD Reviews: Gregory Porter, Gary Peacock, Tom HarrellDecember 21, 2017 | Gary G. VercelliCapRadio Jazz Director Gary Vercelli gives his take on new music from Gregory Porter, Gary Peacock and Tom Harrell.