Jazz on WCVE Public Radio


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On WCVE’s Jazz program, you’ll hear the whole spectrum of jazz music. You will hear new releases from artists like Joe Lovano, Jason Moran, Bill Charlap, Eliane Elias and Eric Alexander. You’ll hear latin jazz artists like Eddie Palmieri, Bebo Valdes, Bobby Sanabria and Pacquito D'Rivera. There’s also lots of straight-ahead small group bebop from artists like Horace Silver, the Jazz Messengers and Miles Davis. Also thrown into the mix – Hammond B-3 organists like Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff and Joey Defrancesco – vocals from Carmen McRae, Johnny Hartman, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Anita O’Day and vintage swing, dixieland and New Orleans music ranging from the first recordings by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Jelly Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington and others too numerous to list.

Questions/Comments: psolomon@ideastations.org
Direct Line: 804.560.8171

Jazz with Peter Solomon airs weeknights from 7–10 on WCVE Public Radio.

Playlist Archives

Jazz Playlist: Monday March 15

Jazz Home
(Duke Jordan) Jordu – Stan Meets Chet – Stan Getz – Verve – 837 436-2

(Cedar Walton) A Bell for Bags – Burnin’ in the Woodhouse – Milt Jackson – Qwest/Warner Brothers – 9 45918-2

(Dwayne Burno) Backroad – Men of Honor – Jeremy Pelt – High Note – HCD 7203

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