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with DeeDee Bridgewater
JazzSet with DeeDee Bridgewater
Wednesdays, 2:06pm
Program Website: http://www.npr.org/programs/jazzset/
Jazz recorded before enthusiastic crowds at festivals, clubs, and even
the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall.
November 5
Highlights of the 2008 Kennedy Center Women in Jazz Festival.
Artists to be announced
November 12
Herbie Hancock at the 2008 Newport Jazz Festival. The
2008 Grammy winner for Best Contemporary Jazz Album plays the Newport
Jazz Festival.
November 19
JoAnne Brackeen and "The Big Three" at Jazz Standard.
The pianist marks a major birthday with a look back at Art Blakey, Stan
Getz and Joe Henderson -- bandleaders who helped launch her career. Jeremy
Pelt and Javon Jackson play trumpet and tenor.
November 26
The Little Giant: Johnny Griffin (1928-2008) at the Village Vanguard.
The tenor man "could play fast and he could play long and he kept
busy doing it up until the last day of his life," writes Britain's
The Independent. This set from May 7, 2000, shows his mettle. Recording
courtesy of GMN Jazz Plus
December 3
Richard Bona at the 2008 Jazz Festival Basel. Part of
this amazing concert pays tribute to Richard Bona's mentor, the late Joe
Zawinul. The bassist/singer also plays music from his latest album, Bona
Makes You Sweat. Thanks to Swiss Radio for the set.
December 10
The Django Reinhardt Festival at the Kennedy Center. Host
Dee Dee Bridgewater has your ticket to the KC Jazz Club to hear this exuberant
French group, featuring Dorado Schmitt on guitar and violin, Florin Niculescu
on violin, Ludavic Beier on accordion, Samson Schmitt on rhythm guitar,
and Brian Torff on bass.
December 17
Saxophonist John Ellis and Double-Wide at Jazz Standard. The
band is double-bottomed, with bass lines from Gary Versace on organ and
Matt Perrine on sousaphone. The drummer is the pride of Marsalis family,
Jason. Pianist Jonathan Batiste opens for Double-Wide.
December 24
Count Basie Orchestra with Special Guest Ledisi at Yoshi's. The
Grammy-nominated vocalist from New Orleans and Oakland joins the legendary
"Greatest Band in the Land" to open the new Yoshi's San Francisco
on New Year's Eve 2007. Presented in surround sound.
December 31
Woody Shaw Legacy Band: Brass Knights at Jazz Standard.
This program presents highlights from a celebration of the composer and
trumpeter Woody Shaw (1944-1989). Sean Jones leads the brass, with Musical
Director Victor Lewis on drums. Thanks to the 2008 Festival of New Trumpet
Music.
January 7
Jazz in Our Time at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.This
program presents a black-tie and gowns celebration with Dave Brubeck,
Regina Carter, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Jon Faddis, Wynton
Marsalis, the Morgan State University Choir, Dr. Billy Taylor, Nancy Wilson,
and sax stars from Heath to Woods. James Earl Jones is emcee for the festivities.
January 14
Convergence at Dazzle Restaurant in Denver. Six Mile
High City virtuosi feature their own writing in this joyful band. They
are Greg Gisbert, John Gunther, Mark Patterson, Eric Gunnison, Mark Simon.
Paul Romano's twelve-step show-stopper is for musicians who need to love
themselves.
January 21
Cyrus Chestnut's Spirituals to Swing at the Kennedy Center. Pianist
Chestnut plays hymns, and vocalist Cynthia Scott joins his group to honor
the holiday for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 28
TBA
February 4
John Patitucci Trio at the Kennedy Center. There's an
array of basses, guitars and drums onstage for John Patitucci, Larry Koonse
and Brian Blade. An array of music as well, by Sonny Rollins, Thelonious
Monk, Federico Mompou (1893-1987) of Barcelona, and Patitucci.
February 11
Ron Miles Quartet at Jazz Standard, New York. The Denver
trumpeter leads a band of equals, with Bill Frisell on guitar, Reginald
Veal on bass, and Matt Wilson on drums. They play music by Ellington,
Monk and Ron Miles.
February 18
Bad Plus and Spanish Harlem Orchestra at the Portland Jazz Festival.
Highlights from performances by both the whimsical trio and the Grammy-winning,
salsa-fying big band at Portland's hardy mid-winter music feast.
February 25
Milton Nascimento at the New Jersey PAC. On his birthday,
the world-renowned Nascimento and the Jobim Trio fill Prudential Hall
in Newark.
March 4
Edmar Castaneda Trio with guest Joe Locke at the Tanglewood Jazz
Festival. This performance from Labor Day weekend 2008 in Seiji
Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood features a unique collection of instruments --
harp, trombone, drums, chimes, the vibraphone -- and remarkable players.
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