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

February 25, 2013

9:00 PM
Song for Babe
Artist : Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Album : The New Orleans Album
Composer : R. Lewis
Catalog : CK 45414
Label : Columbia
9:05 PM
Jitterbug Waltz
Artist : Bill Mays
Album : Maybeck Recital Hall Series, Vol. 26
Catalog : CCD-4567
Label : Concord
9:11 PM
Night and Day
Artist : Kenny Garrett
Album : Trilogy
Composer : Cole Porter
Catalog : 9 45731-2
Label : Warner Bros.
9:18 PM
Out of This World
Artist : Juan Amalbert
Album : Hot Sauce
Composer : Arlen-Mercer
Catalog : PRCD-24128-2
Label : Prestige
9:24 PM
Falling in Love with Love
Artist : Floating Jazz Festival Trio w/ Etta Jones
Album : Mance
Composer : Rodgers-Hart
Catalog : CR(D) 363
Label : Chiaroscuro
9:29 PM
I’m an Old Cowhand
Artist : Sonny Rollins
Album : Way Out West
Composer : Johnny Mercer
Catalog : CCD-7530-2
Label : Contemporary
9:34 PM
Go East Young Man
Artist : Mulgrew Miller
Album : The Sequel
Composer : Mulgrew Miller
Catalog : MXJ204
Label : Max Jazz
9:42 PM
Make Sure You’re Sure
Artist : Joshua Redman
Album : Wish
Label :
9:47 PM
Daahoud
Artist : Emily Remler
Album : East to Wes
Composer : Clifford Brown
Catalog : CCD-4356
Label : Concord
9:53 PM
The Champ
Artist : Dizzy Gillespie
Album : Dizzy Gillespie in Paris-Pleyel Jazz Concert 1953
Label :
10:02 PM
Good Bait
Artist : Dizzy Gillespie
Album : Dizzy Gillespie in Paris-Pleyel Jazz Concert 1953
Label :
10:12 PM
Swing Low Sweet Cadillac
Artist : Dizzy Gillespie
Album : Dizzy Gillespie in Paris-Pleyel Jazz Concert 1953
Label :
10:16 PM
Old Devil Moon
Artist : Kelley Johnson
Album : Music Is the Magic
Composer : Harburg-Lane
Catalog : 7612
Label : Sapphire
10:22 PM
Pannonica
Artist : Howard Alden & Dan Barrett
Album : Swing Street
Composer : Thelonious Monk
Catalog : CCD-4349
Label : Concord
10:26 PM
Sompin’ at the Savoy
Artist : Howard Alden & Dan Barrett
Album : Swing Street
Catalog : CCD-4349
Label : Concord
10:31 PM
Strollin’
Artist : Charles Mountford
Album : Good Stuff
Composer : Horace Silver
Catalog : DDD 1009
Label : Unisson Records
10:37 PM
Things We Did Last Summer
Artist : Roy Hargrove
Album : Approaching Standards
Composer : Cahn-Styne
Catalog : 63178-2
Label : Novus
10:43 PM
Spring Is Near
Artist : Bill Cunliffe
Album : It's About Love
Composer : Reed Koller
Catalog : 3
Label : Torii Records
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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