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.
Ear To Ear: Inspiring Jazz Songs For A Stifled SpringMay 5, 2020 | Avery JeffryCapRadio’s Avery Jeffry rounds up some of his favorite jazz pieces that have him thinking back on good times, and looking forward to good times in the future.
Jazz Label Posi-Tone Offers CapRadio-Curated Digital Download For DonorsMay 4, 2020 | Gary G. VercelliCapRadio jazz music director Gary Vercelli interviews Marc Free, the founder of Posi-Tone Records, about the label's artistic philosophy, strong support of young artists and positive outlook during this global pandemic.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezResults Of The 2020 Next Generation Jazz FestivalApril 22, 2020The Next Generation Jazz Festival took place virtually earlier this month. We discuss notable finishes and results today.
Celebrate Public Radio Music Day With Some of CapRadio Music’s Favorite ProjectsApril 16, 2020This Public Radio Music Day, CapRadio Music has pulled together some of our favorite projects from here at the station from the past few years to celebrate our local music community.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezNext Generation Jazz Festival Shifts OnlineApril 8, 2020Young musicians are performing and competing as scheduled in the 50th Annual Next Generation Jazz Festival, but it’s happening online. We take a look.
Ear To Ear: Jazz To Bring Us Connection & Hope During The COVID-19 PandemicApril 7, 2020 | Andrew MillsCapRadio Jazz Host Andrew Mills shares music that has brought him comfort and given him hope during this trying time.
Bucky Pizzarelli, Jazz Guitarist And Prolific Session Musician, Dead At 94April 2, 2020Bucky Pizzarelli, a tasteful sage of jazz guitar who spent the first phase of his career as a prolific session player and the latter as a celebrated patriarch, died on Wednesday in Saddle River, N.J.
Ellis Marsalis, Patriarch Of New Orleans' Most Famous Musical Family, Has DiedApril 2, 2020Jazz pianist and educator Ellis Marsalis has died at the age of 85, according to tweets from New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Wallace Roney, Intrepid Jazz Trumpeter, Dies From COVID-19 Complications At 59March 31, 2020The pugnacious post-bop player and composer, who was mentored by Miles Davis and Clark Terry, had been hospitalized since last Wednesday.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezLocal Jazz Lineup With Composer Joe MazzaferroMarch 5, 2020Composer and jazz artist Joe Mazzaferro will be performing this Sunday. Along with other colleagues, Mazzaferro is in concert at the Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts Auditorium in Midtown Sacramento.