Cafe Jazz

Weeknights at 9 p.m. - 11 p.m.

Energize your evening with two hours of mainstream jazz on Café Jazz. George Eldred gets the week started on Mondays and again Wednesdays, Todd Hill picks up the jazz on Tuesdays, and Dr. Brian Clardy tops off the week on Thursdays. Whether you're new to jazz or an aficionado, Café Jazz is the place to satisfy that fix.

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Playlist

January 22, 2013

9:00 PM
Carmelo’s By The Freeway
Artist : Bob Florence Limited Edition
Album : Jewels
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9:07 PM
That Old Feeling
Artist : Art Tatum
Album : The Art Tatum Solo Masterpieces Volume Five
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9:12 PM
Airegin
Artist : Art Pepper
Album : Modern Jazz Classics
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9:16 PM
Soft Winds
Artist : Maynard Ferguson Orchestra
Album : Essential Jazz
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9:19 PM
Someday You’ll Be Sorry
Artist : Louis Armstrong & All His Stars
Album : Ambassador Satch
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9:24 PM
Blue Light, Red Light (Someone’s There)
Artist : Harry Connick, Jr.
Album : Blue Light Red Light
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9:27 PM
Wee (Live)
Artist : The Quintet
Album : Jazz At Massey Hall (Live)
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9:34 PM
Jelly-Roll Blues
Artist : Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra
Album : The Pied Piper (1935-1940)
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9:37 PM
Let’s Go Home
Artist : Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra
Album : What's Cookin' Charlie '41-'47
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9:40 PM
Yes Sir, That’s My Baby
Artist : Nat King Cole Trio
Album : Complete Capitol Recordings - Trio [Disc 13]
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9:43 PM
Love For Sale
Artist : Benny Carter & His Orchestra
Album : Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions (Disc 7)
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9:46 PM
Borderline
Artist : Ray McKinley
Album : Howdy, Friends
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9:49 PM
How High The Moon
Artist : Stan Kenton
Album : Retrospective - The Capitol Years
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9:52 PM
Open Country
Artist : Gerry Mulligan
Album : At Storyville
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9:57 PM
Rose of the Rio Grande
Artist : Red Norvo Septet
Album : Just A Mood
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10:00 PM
7-11 Jump
Artist : Erroll Garner
Album : The Original Misty
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10:08 PM
Delirium
Artist : Harold Land
Album : Harold in the Land of Jazz
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10:15 PM
Blame It On The Sun
Artist : Shelly Berg Trio
Album : Blackbird
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10:21 PM
Midriff (additional track)
Artist : Duke Ellington
Album : ". . . and his mother called him Bill"
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10:26 PM
Desafinado
Artist : Stan Getz
Album : Compact Jazz
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10:32 PM
Filthy McNasty
Artist : Horace Silver
Album : Doin' The Thing
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10:43 PM
Cool Eyes
Artist : Horace Silver
Album : Doin' The Thing
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Culture
5:19 pm
Wed May 29, 2013

From the Archive: Remembering Jazz Pianist Mulgrew Miller

Credit montereyjazzfestival.org

Jazz pianist and educator Mulgrew Miller passed away today at the age of 57. He was said to be a leader among contemporary jazz pianists. In this commentary recorded in 2007, Dr. Brian Clardy, Murray State Assistant Professor of History and host of Cafe Jazz Wednesday nights, talks about why Miller was more than just a listening experience. To honor Miller's legacy, Brian will play several selections of his work, along with work by contemporaries tonight (May 29) on Cafe Jazz.

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Cafe Jazz
1:23 pm
Thu March 21, 2013

Remembering Chicago Jazz Icon Franz Jackson

Credit franzjackson.com

One of the great music innovators in the second half of the Twentieth Century, and the formative years of the Twenty-First, was the Chicago based iconic artist Franz Jackson. Having performed with Fletcher Henderson, Billie Holiday, and Duke Ellington (as well as being a leader on several recordings), Jackson brought energy, excitement, and soul to his music. As such, Jackson was one of the great pioneers of American jazz. History professor and host of Café Jazz, Dr. Brian Clardy spoke with his daughter, Michelle Jackson-Jewell in a telephone interview. Listen to the full interview above. See more at franzjackson.com, including how to purchase his new album, "Milestone."

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Cafe Jazz
9:10 pm
Wed March 13, 2013

Jazz Vocalist, Artist Solitaire Miles on Cafe Jazz

Credit solitairemiles.com

Classically trained vocalist Solitaire Miles has the range and sound that echoes the musings of jazz singer Anita O'Day and Ella Fitzgerald, and opera singer Fredericka Van Staad. Her brilliantly recorded albums Born To Be Blue and Melancholy reflect her complex ideas and multifaceted influences. But equally impressive are her paintings, one of which is of President Obama that was accepted by the White House. Café Jazz host and Department of History professor Dr. Brian Clardy spoke with her by telephone about her work and views on the future of jazz as an art form. A shortened version of this interview aired on Café Jazz Wednesday, March 13. The interview above is the longer, full version.

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Cafe Jazz
4:39 pm
Fri March 8, 2013

Pianist and Composer Kelly Brand on Cafe Jazz

Chicago area pianist, composer, and band leader Kelly Brand has been on the music scene for well over a decade and a half entertaining jazz lovers with her innovative compositions and arrangements. Her original compositions, as well as her covers of musicians like Bobby Hutcherson, have enthralled listeners from the concert stage to her stellar recordings. Murray State History Professor and host of Café Jazz Dr. Brian Clardy spoke with her via telephone in an interview that was aired recently on the Wednesday night broadcast. Hear is the full interview. Discover more of her work at kellybrand.com.

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Arts
11:27 am
Mon March 4, 2013

Meet Jazz Pianist, Paducah Native, Jon Cowherd

Credit www.joncowherd.com

Kate Lochte continues our series of interviews with young people of western Kentucky who are finding success “out there” in major markets.  This time we meet a co-founder of the Brian Blade Fellowship Band, Jon Cowherd.

Pianist Jon Cowherd is a member of jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson's band, and his instrumental work has graced albums by the likes of Rosanne Cash, Lizz Wright, Iggy Pop, Marc Cohn, Mark Olson and Victoria Williams. He tours with Ms. Wilson, Rosanne Cash and also his Fellowship Band, which he co-founded with percussionist /bandleader Brian Blade with whom he discovered musical brotherhood while both were students at Loyola University in New Orleans. 

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Jazz
9:30 pm
Wed December 19, 2012

A Cafe Jazz Conversation with Pianist Taylor Eigsti

Café Jazz host Dr. Brian Clardy recently spoke with jazz pianist Taylor Eigsti, for A Café Jazz Christmas with Brian Clardy (aired: 12/19 at 9 p.m.). They talk about Taylor's influences, memories of Dave Brubeck and improving as a young musician into adulthood. Taylor began studying the piano at the age of four and recorded his first album at the age of 14, titled Tays Groove. He was recently nominated for two Grammy Awards and lives in New York City. Brian spoke with Taylor Eigsti over the phone.

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