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

December 03, 2012

9:00 PM
Zigaboogaloo
Artist : Nicholas Payton
Album : Payton's Place
Composer : Nicholas Payton
Catalog : 314 557 3327-2
Label : Verve
9:05 PM
Recorda-Me
Artist : Bobby Timmons
Album : Landmarks
Label : Landmark
9:11 PM
It Don’t Mean a Thing
Artist : Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis
Album : In a Mellotone
Composer : Duke Ellington
Catalog : 2305-2-RB
Label : Bluebird
9:17 PM
Cool Eyes
Artist : Horace Silver
Album : Six Pieces of Silver
Composer : Horace Silver
Catalog : 81539-2
Label : Blue Note
9:23 PM
Tenderly
Artist : Gene Ammons & Marian McPartland
Album : Fujitsu-Concord 25th Jazz Festival
Label : Concord
9:29 PM
Lew Blew
Artist : Phil Woods & Lew Tabackin
Album : Phil Woods/Lew Tabackin
Catalog : ECD 22209
Label : Evidence
3:31 PM
Blues for Helene
Artist : Oliver Jones
Album : Just Friends
Catalog : JUST-31-2
Label : Justin Time Records
3:36 PM
Sonnymoon for Two
Artist : Jimmy Smith
Album : Fourmost Return
Composer : Sonny Rollins
Catalog : MCD 93112
Label : Milestone
3:42 PM
Blues in the Night
Artist : Ella Fitzgerald
Album : The Harold Arlen Songbook
Composer : Harold Arlen-Johnny Mercer
Catalog : 817 527-2
Label : Verve
3:49 PM
Donna Lee
Artist : Art Pepper
Album : Arthur's Blues
Composer : Charlie Parker
Catalog : OJCCD-680-2
Label : Original Jazz Classics
3:59 PM
For Freddie
Artist : Art Pepper
Album : Arthur's Blues
Label :
3:35 PM
Waltz for Monk
Artist : Mulgrew Miller
Album : Hand in Hand
Catalog : NOV 63153-2
Label :
3:35 PM
Thinkin’ Out Loud
Artist : Mulgrew Miller
Album : Hand in Hand
Label : Novus
3:43 PM
Deed I Do
Artist : Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
Album : Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
Composer : Fred Rose
Label : Atlantic
3:49 PM
Something Grand
Artist : HIlton Ruiz
Album : Live at Birdland
Catalog : CCD 79532
Label : Candid
3:55 PM
This Time the Dream’s On Me
Artist : Max Roach
Album : The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker
Composer : Harold Arlen-J. Herndon-Johnny Mercer
Catalog : 512448
Label : EmArcy
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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