 Dear Listener, Last week I mentioned our evening music as an alternative to our primary jazz format. Today I want to focus on Saturdays. American Standards By The Sea kicks off at 6am with Dick Robinson. A nice way to start your weekend with the great American songbook! Howard Caplan follows at 8am with the Saturday Swing Session and at 10am with the Big Band Brunch. Four hours of classic jazz performances, and a healthy dose of the Rat Pack. Frank would be proud. At noon you can literally step into a time warp with Joe Slezik and the Jazz Matinee. If you ever wondered how radio sounded in the late 1950's and early 1960's just listen to Joe. Bonnie Johnson follows at 4pm with her Colors of Jazz program. This Saturday Bonnie welcomes author Paul Combs, who has written a great book called Dameronia: The Life and Times of Tadd Dameron. Tadd was an influential, and much missed, composer, arranger and pianist. We conclude Saturdays with our tip of the hat to the blues. Saturday Night Fish Fry, with Norm Rosen, runs from 7 to 11pm. A very unique day, Saturday! Thanks for listening. General Manager |
| Programming of Note: Soul Serenade: Soul Covers
Monday, January 14, 7pm Curtis Mayfield covering The Carpenters? The Isley Brothers covering Seals & Crofts? On this week's show you'll hear all those Top 40 songs you grew up with a whole new soul twist! Join host Tom Shaker Monday night at 7pm! Read More... Jazz Inspired: Fred Hersch Tuesday, January 15, 6PM Pianist/composer/activist Fred Hersch is one of the few musicians who feels equally comfortable with classical music and jazz, and he discusses how he negotiates his way between these two worlds and uses each to inspire the other. Fred has also been living with HIV/AIDS for more than 25 years and talked about his work in raising awareness and funds throughout his own struggle with the virus. Read More... Song Travels with Michael Feinstein:
Shelby Lynne Wednesday, January 16, 6PM Singer/songwriter Shelby Lynne has carved her own path as a respected independent artist. After years in Nashville, she relocated to California where the Grammy-winning artist continues to earn high praise with each new album. Lynne performs her own tunes and teams up with host Feinstein on "Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You." Read More... Folk Revival: Living the Dream Thursday, January 17, 7PM  In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Nick Noble will feature the Fiske Jubilee Singers, Paul Robeson, Odetta, Pete Seeger, Josh White, Joan Baez, Richie Havens, Kim & Reggie Harris, Joel Rafael, Beth DeSombre, Bob Dylan, Vance Gilbert, Andrew Calhoun & Campgtound, and many other artists! Read More...Jazz Set: Melba Liston Friday, January 18, 6PM Melba Liston (1926-1999) was born in Kansas City, moved to Los Angeles, played with Dexter Gordon and was a copyist for Gerald Wilson. She made State Department tours with Dizzy Gillespie, arranged for Randy Weston albums, taught in Jamaica, headlined an early Women's Jazz Festival back in Kansas City and more more! Performed at Northern Illinois University, composer Geof Bradfield's six-part suite celebrates Melba! Read More... Colors of Jazz: "Jazz Perspectives" on Composer/Pianist Tadd Dameron with Saxophonist Paul Combs Saturday, January 19, 12pm Catch Colors of Jazz as we pay tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. day and celebrate the music, life and legacy of Tadd Dameron. Dameron's career and influence in jazz, bebop, swing and big band has been captured in a new autobiography by Cambridge based Jazz musician and educator, Paul Combs. The author joins host Bonnie Johnson to introduce his recently published book, Dameronia: The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron." Read More... Inquiry: Aaron Bobrow-Strain & Grace Lin Sunday, January 20, 9PM "What you think of sliced white bread says a lot about who you are," writes Aaron Bobrow-Strain, Associate Professor of Politics at Whitman College in Washington. His new book "White Bread: A Social History of the Store-bought Loaf" is a fascinating and surprising account of how "industrial white bread" came into being and evolved to become the preferred bread of much of America. Tune in tonight for an entertaining story of America and the staff of life. At 9:30pm, Inquiry welcomes back award-winning author and illustrator Grace Lin. Her two new books are "Where the Mountains meet the Moon" and "Starry River of the Sky. " These are complex wonderful imaginative novels profusely illustrated by full color plates and intricate drawings that echo Chinese paper cut art. Both books are inspired by traditional Chinese stories and culture, yet are also unique expressions of Lin's imagination. Read More... Business Beat: Paul Adler
Sunday, January 20, 10 PM Southern New England Solar-Technologies, LLC is the exclusive distributor of the SolarBeam for the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. There are three primary ways to heat water with the sun for residential or commercial use: a flat-panel collector; an evacuated-tube collector; and now a parabolic solar concentrator (also called SolarBeam). Learn more with guest Paul Adler, owner-operator of Southern New England Solar, which is based in Chilmark on Cape Cod. Read More... Public Eye: Fred Kaplan Sunday, January 20, 10:30 PM This week host Al Vuona speaks with award winning author Fred Kaplan about his new book, "The Insurgents." In it Kaplan tells a compelling story of General David Petraeus and the new model of applying American military power. Tune in at 10:30 this Sunday evening to hear this compelling story. |
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| Artist of the Month PHIL WOODS 
One of the true masters of the bop vocabulary, Phil Woods has had his own sound since the mid-'50s and stuck to his musical guns throughout a remarkably productive career. There has never been a doubt that he is one of the top alto saxophonists alive. His first alto was left to him by an uncle, and he started playing seriously when he was 12. He gigged and studied locally until 1948, when he moved to New York. He has mostly headed his own groups since 1955, including co-leadership of a combo with fellow altoist Gene Quill in the '50s and popped up in a variety of settings in the 1960s -- on Benny Carter's classic Further Definitions record, touring Europe with the short-lived Thelonious Monk Nonet, and appearing on studio dates like the soundtracks to "The Hustler" and "Blow Up." In 1973, Woods formed a quintet with pianist Mike Melillo, bassist Steve Gilmore, drummer Bill Goodwin, and guitarist Harry Leahey that had much greater success. Their recording Live at the Showboat officially launched the band, which today, after a few personnel changes, still tours the world. He is active as a bandleader, composer, arranger and soloist worldwide, and at his home in Delaware Water Gap where he has lived since 1976. | | |
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