JazzSet from NPR

Terri Lyne Carrington Rocks JazzSet

Rob Maynard — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:00:00 +0000

Tune in Sunday evening at 7pm for an amazing set by Terri Lyne Carrington as she and her band tear through a mondern re-imagining of the 1962 collaboration between Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach called Money Jungle.

Jazz 91.9 WCLK is your home for NPR Jazz, including JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater, Saturday mornings at six, Sunday evenings at 7pm.

Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra Of New York On JazzSet

editor — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 02:43:00 +0000

Young Jon Faddis, born in 1953, learned every note Dizzy Gillespie ever recorded. Then Faddis found Gillespie and reacquainted the older trumpeter with some of his own best work. Their relationship became a close mentorship in jazz, maybe the closest.

Gretchen Parlato, The Cookers On JazzSet

editor — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:03:00 +0000

Ninety years ago near the village of Katonah, N.Y., art lovers Walter and Lucie Rosen bought Caramoor, a wooded estate, and built a home for their collection of painting and sculpture. Every room was a gallery, including their favorite, the Music Room; after they lost their only son in World War II, they presented a small concert series there to honor him. So began the transformation of Caramoor from a private home to an arts center and treasure for Westchester County, north of New York City.

Today, every summer from June to August, Caramoor presents chamber music and a resident orchestra.

Billy Childs Quartet On JazzSet

editor — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:57:00 +0000

It's New Year's Eve at The Blue Whale, a "live jazz + art space" in the Little Tokyo section of downtown Los Angeles. Founded in 2009 by singer Joon Lee, this is a listening room. There's food at the bar, poetry (Rumi!) on the ceiling, and wall-to-wall people.

Dee Dee Bridgewater On JazzSet

editor — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:50:00 +0000

Dee Dee Bridgewater's smile says it all: JazzSet is happily celebrating 20 years of performances every week on NPR. In September, we featured original host Branford Marsalis with his 2012 quartet for our anniversary.

Benny Green Trio On JazzSet

editor — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:24:00 +0000

The pioneering pianist Thelonious Monk left behind a treasure trove of compositions. Onstage at the KC Jazz Club at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., a current jazz treasure is here to play some of the best. Benny Green is on piano with Peter Washington on bass and Kenny Washington on drums.

Lewis Nash Quintet, Kurt Elling On JazzSet

editor — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:49:00 +0000

There are three stages at the Newport Jazz Festival. At least two are always running simultaneously. Given the surfeit of options, it's rare to hear a complete set. The question begins to nag: Should be we somewhere else? And away you go, leaving a work in progress to make sure you don't miss one getting underway.

But sometimes if you choose a spot on the lawn and stay put, the juxtaposition of two bands delivers a fine festival experience.

John Ellis, Darcy James Argue On JazzSet

editor — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:49:00 +0000

Brooklyn, N.Y., is the current home of John Ellis — raised in North Carolina and once a student in New Orleans — and Darcy James Argue, from Canada and once a student in Boston. They're both on the main stage at the 2012 Newport Jazz Festival.

The son of a preacher in North Carolina, tenor saxophonist Ellis made a pivot in New Orleans to funk with an original twist.

Regina Carter, Wynton Marsalis On JazzSet

Becca Pulliam — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:15:00 +0000

JazzSet returns to the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival for performances from two complementary bandleaders on the main Fort Adams stage: violinist Regina Carter and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.

Regina Carter started playing violin as a 4-year-old Suzuki method student in Detroit, and later played in school and community orchestras. After attending the New England Conservatory of Music, she chose jazz as her primary direction.

Kevin Eubanks On JazzSet

Becca Pulliam — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:50:00 +0000

People often asked Kevin Eubanks during his 15 years leading the band on NBC every night, "What would you like to do when you leave The Tonight Show?" And he would answer, "I'm going to get to finish a tune."

His answer implies that he needs a few minutes. But he means more than that.

"When you get out on the road, you realize it takes a long time to finish a song," Eubanks says. "The song keeps morphing and turning into this, that and the other. It takes a long time to wear a song out, [until eventually] it takes more energy to play it than it gives. And then the song is done.