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.
List Of Upcoming Jazz EventsMarch 20, 2017If you love getting out to see and hear live jazz but aren't sure who's playing where or when, we have the solution! Download our list of jazz events organized by date and venue, and including web links.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezJazz Host Gary Vercelli Highlights Notable Female Performers On Sound AdviceMarch 16, 2017 | Gary G. VercelliCapital Public Radio’s Gary Vercelli joins this week’s Sound Advice with a look at some of jazz’s top female performers, including a 14-year-old pianist and composer.
Grammy Award-Winning Latin Jazz Flutist Dave Valentin Dies At 64March 9, 2017Dave Valentin became one of the pre-eminent flutists in Latin jazz. He was known for his creative combination of fusion, pop and R&B.
A New Documentary Explores The Troubled, Brilliant Life Of Pianist Bill EvansFebruary 27, 2017Filmmaker Bruce Spiegel speaks with Weekend Edition about the eight-year process behind Bill Evans: Time Remembered.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezAll Things Considered Host Devin Yamanaka Hosts Sound AdviceFebruary 23, 2017All Things Considered host Devin Yamanaka returns to her roots as a jazz announcer to host this week's Sound Advice.
Guitarist Larry Coryell, Godfather Of Fusion, Dies At 73February 20, 2017Larry Coryell, the jazz guitarist known as the "Godfather of Fusion," died Sunday night at a hotel in New York City, according to his publicist. He was 73.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezTower Theater To Premiere 'King Of Jazz' For Sacramento Traditional Jazz SocietyFebruary 15, 2017A restoration of 1930s film "King of Jazz" will premiere at Tower Theater to benefit the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society of Northern California.
Al Jarreau, Versatile Vocalist Who 'Played His Voice,' Dies At 76February 14, 2017Since the legendary singer began his career in the 1960s, he won Grammys in the jazz, pop and R&B categories. Just one clue that Jarreau, who died Sunday, was impossible to categorize.
60's Cool: Sergio Mendes And The Timeless Sound He CreatedJanuary 26, 2017 | Gary G. VercelliFifty years ago, as British rockers were descending on the American music scene, Sergio Mendes mounted his own Brazilian invasion, delivering a sound that became the epitome of “60’s cool.”
Tony Adamo: Hipper Than HipJanuary 25, 2017 | Gary G. VercelliTony Adamo has been described as a beatnik who arrived sixty years late, but if you ask him, he’s just a raconteur who describes his environment. Adamo celebrates urban life and the jazz masters with "hip-speak" over intense rhythms.