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.
A (Very) Young Jazz Pianist Takes Giant Steps Towards Musical MasteryAugust 3, 2015In the midst of releasing his debut album and playing the Newport Jazz Festival, 12-year-old piano prodigy Joey Alexander is staying centered.
Gettin’ Moody With Devin: Feeling Dry (Jazz For The Drought)July 27, 2015 | Devin YamanakaAs we try to conserve water, Devin has some song suggestions to help us weather this dry spell.
Willis Conover, The Voice Of Jazz Behind The Iron CurtainJuly 25, 2015Willis Conover was known around the world, but not so much at home. He was the voice of jazz over the Voice of America for more than 40 years, most of it during the Cold War.
Songs We Love: Lizz Wright, 'River Man'July 23, 2015Covering the elusive Nick Drake is rarely successful, but Lizz Wright's smooth, trumpet-accented version of "River Man" has the right kind of self-possession.
After 20 Years, New Orleans Band Galactic Lifts Off With New VoicesJuly 20, 2015The band might not have a permanent lead singer, but on the new album Into The Deep, the musicians show just how well they've learned to play with others.
CommentaryGettin' Moody: Feel Like Cuddling With The Animals June 23, 2015 | Devin YamanakaIn this month's guide to jazz by your mood we're looking at songs for snuggling your furry or feathered friends.
ClassicalGunther Schuller, Who Bridged Classical Music And Jazz, Dies At 89June 22, 2015The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, conductor and educator ranged widely in his musicianship. With colleagues from Miles Davis to Frank Zappa, he linked classical music and jazz.
CommentaryMy Father's Lifelong Love SupremeJune 19, 2015Former Capital Public Radio reporter Pauline Bartolone grew up surrounded by jazz. But it wasn't just radio and records she was listening to. Thanks to her jazz-loving dad, she experienced the music and its makers firsthand.
Charlie Hunter: One Less String AttachedJune 15, 2015Hunter's custom eight-string guitar now has seven, but it still produces a big, fat sound. Let The Bells Ring On features two jazz innovators: trombonist Curtis Fowlkes and drummer Bobby Previte.
Ornette Coleman, Jazz Iconoclast, Dies At 85June 11, 2015The American jazz saxophonist and composer who liberated jazz from conventional harmony, tonality, structure and expectation, died Thursday of cardiac arrest in Manhattan at age 85.