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 26, 2012

9:00 PM
Time Waits for No One
Artist : The Bill O’Connell Big Band
Album : Unfinished Business
Label : Sea Breeze Jazz
9:05 PM
Message from the Nile
Artist : McCoy Tyner
Album : Extensions
Label : Blue Note
9:17 PM
See Hunt and Liddy
Artist : The Phil Woods Quartet
Album : More Live
Label : Genes
9:27 PM
She’s Funny That Way
Artist : Red Mitchell
Album : Talking
Label : Capri Records
9:35 PM
Stern Stuff
Artist : Jim Hall
Album : Dialogues
Label : Telarc Jazz
9:41 PM
River’s Invitation
Artist : Stanley Turrentine
Album : Joyride
Label : Blue Note
9:47 PM
Peace
Artist : Ken Vandermark’s Sound In Action Trio
Album : Design In Time
Label : Delmark
9:53 PM
A Night in Tunisia
Artist : Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
Album : Live In Stereo In Chester, PA: June 14, 1957
Label : Jazz Hour
10:05 PM
Elvin’s Mambo
Artist : Bob Mintzer
Album : Art of the Big Band
Label : DMP
10:11 PM
Split Kick
Artist : Art Blakey
Album : A Night at Birdland, Volume One
Label : Blue Note
10:20 PM
Manteca
Artist : The Blue Wisp Big Band
Album : Rolling with Von Ohlen and Live at Carmelos
Label : Sea Breeze
10:27 PM
Rhythm and Romance
Artist : Ella Fitzgerald with the Chick Webb Orchestra
Album : Let's Get Together
Label : Laserlight
10:30 PM
Steppin Out With My Baby
Artist : Tony Bennett
Album : Unplugged
Label : Columbia
10:33 PM
Hold Fast To Dreams
Artist : Dave Brubeck
Album : The Crossing
Label : Telarc Jazz
10:40 PM
Harmony
Artist : Take Six (featuring Queen Latifah)
Album : Join the Band
Label : Reprise
10:45 PM
La Mer [Beyond the Sea]
Artist : Dee Dee Bridgewater
Album : J'ai Deux Amors
Label : Sovereign Artists
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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