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.
On 'Tocororo,' Alfredo Rodriguez Brings Cuba To The World — And The World To CubaMarch 11, 2016The pianist and composer left his home country seven years ago. Michelle Mercer says Rodriguez's latest album is the sound of a prodigiously talented Cuban embracing the wider world of music.
Album Review: Bob Kenmotsu, 'I’m in Love with You'March 4, 2016 | Gary G. VercelliStockton native Bob Kenmotsu is one of the unsung heroes of contemporary jazz. On his new CD, I’m in Love with You, Bob takes the chord changes to jazz standards and invents new melodic content on his fill-bodied tenor sax.
Sumi Tonooka On Piano JazzMarch 3, 2016The imaginative pianist swings with easy grace while playing "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" in 1992.
Henry Robinett's Jazz Journey: From Mingus To Mitchell To MountainsMarch 3, 2016 | Gary G. VercelliGuitarist Henry Robinett has a new CD out. That's news because it's been 16 years since he released his previous one! The popular, Sacramento-based guitarist talked about the album and about his musical history with CapRadio's Gary Vercelli.
Toshiko Akiyoshi's Jazz Orchestra Brought The Club To Concert HallsFebruary 29, 2016It's been 60 years since the Japanese musician moved to the U.S., changed the sound of the big band, and counted Oscar Peterson and Charles Mingus among her fans. It wasn't an easy road.
Sound Advice: New CD's From Sacramento Jazz VeteransFebruary 18, 2016Sacramento jazz shines on this week's Sound Advice with CapRadio jazz music director Gary Vercelli. Capital City veterans Henry Robinett and Darius Babazadeh are among those with new CD's sampled by Gary.
Jazz Singer Jamie Davis: Big Heart Big BandFebruary 10, 2016Jazz vocalist Jamie Davis has a powerful voice and a powerful presence. He came to prominence with the Count Basie Orchestra during the early 2000's. Now living in the Sacramento region, Davis performs Thursday at the Harris Center in Folsom.
'What Made That Thing Work?': Bill Frisell Takes On Screen MusicJanuary 29, 2016While making his latest album, the inventive guitarist found that covering classic film and TV scores has an existential side effect.
Comedian Jon Benjamin's Jazz Album Is Full Of 'Real, Untapped Un-Talent'January 19, 2016Best known as the lead voice on Bob's Burgers and Archer, Benjamin has no expertise in jazz music. "It's a real insult to people who try," he says of Well, I Should Have ... Learned How To Play Piano.
EclecticBones And Grooves: The Weird Secret History Of Soviet X-Ray MusicJanuary 17, 2016In Cold War Russia, getting your hands on an American rock record was close to impossible. But a few bootleggers found a way to hide their contraband in the last place anyone would think to look.