Jazz archive
Read Around The Jazz Internet: Sept. 7, 2012
September 7, 2012 – An Ornette Coleman documentary restored, plus the freewheeling Tim Berne and Herbie's Mwandishi.
Listen Stephane Grappelli On Piano Jazz
September 7, 2012 – Hear a performance by one of the jazz world's greatest violinists on occasion of his centennial.
Listen Branford Marsalis Quartet On JazzSet WBGO
September 6, 2012 – Hear the first host of JazzSet bring his long-running quartet to the Napa Valley Opera House. WBGO
Watch Karrin Allyson: Swinging Jazz Standards Jazz24
September 6, 2012 – Watch the jazz singer run through "I Want to Be Happy" and "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" at KPLU. Jazz24
Listen Matt Wilson's Arts And Crafts: Live At The Village Vanguard WBGO
September 5, 2012 – A colorful drummer who proudly deploys his goofy joy, Wilson leads a long-running band in concert. WBGO
Listen The Strange Story Of The Man Behind 'Strange Fruit'
September 5, 2012 – Years later, the writer of the iconic Billie Holiday song was tied to another event in U.S. history.
Read The Drummer Who Blows Bubbles At Gigs
September 4, 2012 – Wilson's Arts and Crafts band has adapted to its leader's "slightly warped wavelength."
Listen Antibalas On World Cafe WXPN
September 4, 2012 – The rhythm-intensive Afrobeat ensemble is back with its first album in nearly five years. WXPN
Listen Miguel Zenon And Laurent Coq Play 'Hopscotch'
September 3, 2012 – Kevin Whitehead says Rayuela is breezy, romantic and occasionally reminiscent of a disturbing dream.
Read A Work Song For Labor Day
September 3, 2012 – A Nat Adderley melody, its economical brilliance and what it means to have the blues.
Listen Luciana Souza: From Bossa Nova To Chet Baker
August 31, 2012 – The Brazilian singer's two new albums of cover songs explore her love of both jazz and bossa nova.
Listen Cassandra Wilson On World Cafe
August 31, 2012 – The jazz singer plays songs from her new album, Another Country, which explores Latin music.
Read Around The Jazz Internet: Aug. 31, 2012
August 31, 2012 – Drummer Jimmy Cobb questioned, a poetic Jazz Passenger and goodbye to bassist Charles Flores.
Listen Allen Toussaint, Elvis Costello On Piano Jazz
August 31, 2012 – Guest host Costello sits in, as the New Orleans legend leads him through "Southern Nights" and more.
Listen Cole Porter Scores An Interracial Couple's Highs And Lows
August 30, 2012 – A listener explains how one of her parents' favorite songs became a fitting symbol of their romance.