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Programming of Note: Jazz at Lincoln Center: Bobby McFerrin: Vocabularies Monday, September 10, 6PM McFerrin fills the stage at the Rose Theater with his composition for a rhythmically charged, internationally cast, 48-voice choir. This sprawling work evokes African chants, gospel energy, Motown soul, minimalism and jazz polyphony. The exhilarating performance also features a role for the Rose Theater audience. Wendell Pierce hosts. Read More... Soul Serenade: Hal David Monday, September 10, 7PM One of pop music's great songwriter's passed away last week. Along with his partner, Burt Bacharach, they wrote many Top 40 hits including, "Do you Know the Way to San Jose," "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head," and "I Say A Little Prayer." Join host Tom Shaker as he celebrates Hal David's life and music, with a soul twist. Read More... Jazz Inspired: Jacqui Naylor Tuesday, September 11, 6PM Singer/Songwriter Jacqui Naylor combines pop and jazz in what she calls "acoustic smashing." Read More... Piano Jazz Rising Stars: Whitney James Wednesday, September 12, 6PM Vocalist Whitney James studied musical theatre and opera before committing to jazz, and her theatrical background has served her well. Her acclaimed 2010 debut album, "The Nature of Love," revealed a fully formed voice on a confident set of beloved standards. With host Jon Weber as accompanist, James brings her rich, full alto tone to tunes including "Tenderly" and "If You Could See Me Now." Read More... Folk Revival: Folk Rock Thursday, September 13, 7PM Folk Rock, from Dylan, We Five, and the Byrds, as well as Steeleye Span, Coven, the First Edition, and Barry McGuire, right up to the Tao Seeger Band, the Dropkick Murphys, Spuyten Duyvil, and Bobtown-- with MANY more-- folk rock from its origins in the mid-sixties up through today! Read More... JazzSet: Branford Marsalis Quartet At Napa Valley Opera House Friday, September 14, 6PM JazzSet's original host has a new CD, Four MF's Playin Tunes, on Marsalis Music. The New York Times' Nate Chinen writes, "... the album is a knockout: hard nosed and hyperacute, tradition minded but modern, defined by the high-wire grace of [Branford's] working band," onstage in California, in Surround Sound on JazzSet. Read More... Colors of Jazz: Anat Cohen Sunday, September 16, 4PM Host Bonnie Johnson welcomes Clarinet and Saxophone player, Anat Cohen, to celebrate the September 25th release of her album, "Claroscuro." Named Jazz Journalist Association's 2012 Multi-Reeds Player and Clarinetist of the Year, the Anzic Recording Artist has the distinction of being honored with multiple JJA JAZZ AWARDS for six years running. Enjoy "light and shade" with the sounds of "America, France, Brazil and South Africa played by kindred spirits from Israel, America, Brazil and Cuba". Inquiry: Shawn Carey & Carolyn Burke Sunday, September 16, 10PM Join Mark Lynch with filmmaker and teacher Shawn Carey as they discuss the migratory patterns of endangered Alaskan birds featured in Carey's documentary, "Epic Journeys." Later, Mark will talk with teacher, writer, and biographer Carolyn Burke about her new biography, "No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf." Read More... Business Beat: Jeff Turgeon Sunday, September 16, 10PM Join Steve D'Agostino on this week's edition of Business Beat as Jeff Turgeon of the Central Mass. Workforce Investment Board as they discuss leveraging community resources that promote economic wellness within the region's 38 cities and towns. Read More... Public Eye: Oscar Weil Sunday, September 16, 10:30PM A recent study by PewResearch found that a majority (64 percent) of Americans support labor unions and believe that they are a necessary part of America's workforce. But to what extent? Oscar Weil former executive director of the Illinois Federation of Teachers joins Al to talk about his new book, "Teachers Beyond the Law: How Teachers Changed Their World." Oscar details how he put IFT on the forefront of public worker litigation as well as his views on the current state of labor today. Read More... |
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| Artist of the Month Grace Kelly |  When it comes to singer/ saxophonist/ composer/ lyricist/ arranger/ educator Grace Kelly, people seem to be divided into two groups: those who marvel at her proficiency, creativity and ever-accelerating growth, and those who have yet to encounter the 20-year-old wunderkind. The ranks of the former category are growing by the day. Trumpeter and Jazz at Lincoln Center Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis was so impressed with Kelly's three-night stand as guest of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra that he invited her to join the ensemble at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater in Washington, D.C. for Barack Obama's Inauguration Celebration.
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