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Jazz Appreciation Month
& Jazz Fest 2015
Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) was
created in 2002 to herald and celebrate the
extraordinary heritage and history of jazz
and its importance as an American cultural
art form.
Through local and national jazz fans
everywhere, JAM is intended to stimulate
the current jazz scene and encourage
people of all ages to participate in jazz: to
study the music, attend concerts, listen to
jazz on radio and recordings, read books
about jazz, and support institutional jazz
programs.
Join us in celebrating JAM this April! Feel
free to browse around the JAM website
www.smithsonianjazz.org to find the best
way for you to celebrate and participate in
Jazz.
Visit JAM on Facebook! Go to
www.facebook.com/CelebrateJAM
And consider attending the 46th Annual
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, aka
Jazz Fest, a 10 day cultural feast in which
thousands of musicians, cooks and crafts
people welcome 400,000 visitors each year.
The Louisiana Heritage Fair showcases
unforgettable music on multiple stages, delicious Louisiana cuisine in two
large food areas, and crafts artisans from the region and around the world
demonstrating and selling their work. For more information about Jazz Fest,
April 24th through May 3rd, visit www.nojazzfest.com
April 2015
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I'M TALKIN' JAZZ
Sunday at 8 am
4/5
Filmaker KC Marsh (son of Warne Marsh) with Alisa Clancy
4/12
Guitarist/Educator Kenny Burrell with Chris Cortez
4/19
Record Producer Chris Strachwitz with Kathleen Lawton
4/26
Trumpeter Chet Baker with Dick Conte
THE ANNALS OF JAZZ WITH RICHARD HADLOCK
Sundays at 7 pm
The sound of surprise describes both jazz itself and the enduring premise of
"The Annals of Jazz." Since 1959, host Richard Hadlock has been improvising
on historical themes and bringing forth worthy performers—from Armstrong to
Zorn. Each Sunday, we may find Annals in Europe, Asia, Latin America or Back
of Town anywhere.
Connect to College
A Night of Information for High School Seniors and Parents
Thursday, April 16, 2015
6:00–8:00 pm
Free and Open to the Public
College Center Building 10, Second Floor
1700 West Hillsdale Blvd., San Mateo, CA
RSVPs received by March 31 will be eligible
for a scholarship drawing.
RSVP one of three ways: Facebook event page
collegeofsanmateo.edu/connectrsvp; email
[email protected]; or call (650) 574-6646.
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The Jazz Pamphlet
April 2015
SONG TRAVELS WITH MICHAEL FEINSTEIN
PIANO JAZZ WITH MARIAN MCPARTLAND
4/6
4/1
Monday at 9 pm
Joelle Lurie
Jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress Joelle Lurie is a regular at hip New York City venues
such as the Rockwood Music Hall and the Zinc Bar. She was also a soloist at the Boston
Holiday Pops, and on this week’s Song Travels, Lurie delights with a set of standards and
modern songs from her album Take Me There. Host Feinstein accompanies her on Our Love
is Here to Stay.
Wednesday at 9 pm
4/8
4/13 José Feliciano
Singer, virtuoso guitarist, and composer José Feliciano joins host Michael Feinstein for an
enchanting hour of conversation and music.The eight-time Grammy winner pays tribute to
Elvis Presley with selections from his 2012 album, The King, with performances including
Love Me Tender and Always on My Mind.
4/27 Jake Shimabukuro
Jake Shimabukuro has carried the sound of the ukulele from the shores of Hawaii to the
world’s concert stages. In his hands the humble “little guitar” sings everything from J.S.
Bach to the Beatles. This week, Shimabukuro performs Somewhere Over the Rainbow and
joins host Feinstein for a duet of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah.
John Pizzarelli
With his swinging and sophisticated style, guitarist/singer Pizzarelli makes music that
sounds both classic and modern. On this 2001 Piano Jazz, McPartland and John team up
for I Got Rhythm and his brother, bassist Martin Pizzarelli, joins in for It’s Only a Paper Moon.
Carmen McRae
Vocalist McRae (1920–94) was an expert of rhythm, deft phrasing, and personal, bittersweet
ballads. Her enigmatic, dark contralto voice placed her among the pantheon of female jazz
singers. On this 1985 Piano Jazz, McRae sings As Long as I Live and Carmen’s Blues.
4/15 Henry Mancini
Composer/arranger/pianist Mancini (1924–94) penned some of the most memorable tunes
of the modern era, winning 20 Grammys and 4 Oscars. This 1985 Piano Jazz finds him
sharing about his muse (the movie screen) and performing Days of Wine and Roses.
4/20 Ginny Mancini
Ginny Mancini performed with Mel Tormé and the Mel Tones before marrying fellow
musician, composer, and conductor, Henry Mancini, who passed away in 1994. He would
have celebrated his 91st birthday on April 16. Ginny shares stories of life with Henry Mancini,
her career, and Henry’s remarkable contributions to American film, television, and song.
4/22 Stanley Cowell
Marian McPartland hosted pianist Stanley Cowell for this 1999 Piano Jazz. Cowell bridges
traditional and contemporary styles of jazz, and he and McPartland challenge each other in
inventive duets, and Cowell performs his famous composition Euqipoise.
4/29 Shirley Horn
Jazz musicians have long admired pianist/vocalist Horn's (1934–2005) sensitive, relaxed
playing style and unique vocals that earned her comparisons to fellow jazz greats such as
Basie and Nat King Cole. In this 1995 Piano Jazz Horn performs Wouldn’t It Be Lovely.
JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA WITH CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE
IN THE MOMENT WITH JIM BENNETT
4/7
4/2
Tuesday at 9 pm
Happy Birthday, Blue Note
Blue Note Records turned 75 last year. Tune in for highlights from the celebration at the
Kennedy Center stage, and reflections on the label’s influence with Norah Jones, Terence
Blanchard and Dianne Reeves. Blue Note artist Jason Moran guest hosts this episode.
4/14 Billie at 100
Jazz Night in America marks the centennial of the birth of Billie Holiday with Grammy winner
Cassandra Wilson showcasing her blues, country and folk-tinged delivery, singing selections
from her newest recording highlighting the artistry of Billie Holiday.
4/21 Home Cookin’
In Philadelphia, from the 1950s–1970s, dozens of organists emerged and reshaped jazz into
a popular, swinging, danceable, yet artistically refined contemporary music. We go to the
source, for a concert from Philadelphia’s World Cafe Live paying tribute to three masters of
the jazz organ tradition: Jimmy Smith, Shirley Scott and Charles Earland. and we discover
exactly what made Philadelphia jazz organ culture thrive.
4/28 The Simon Bolivar Big Band and El Sistema
Highlights from the Simon Bolivar Big Band performing for the first time at Jazz at Lincoln
Center. The band is a student-based group, created in Venezuela in 2007 with the goal of
promoting jazz throughout the nation.
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Thursday at 9 pm
4/9
Harvey Wainapel: Amigos Brasileiros Live
Harvey Wainapel: Amigos Brasileiros Live at Kuumbwa Jazz Center, in Santa Cruz, 9/4/14
and at the Old Siskiyou Barn in Ashland, Oregon, 9/12/14. His Brazilian quartet Alegritude
will perform this Saturday, 4/4/15 at the San Francisco Jazz in the Basement series.
The Electric Squeezebox Orchestra
The Electric Squeezebox Orchestra led by trumpeter Erik Jekabson, recorded on 2/15/15,
at Doc’s Lab in San Francisco’s North Beach.
4/16 Ray Anderson Quartet
From Jim Bennett’s audio archives, the Ray Anderson Quartet, recorded August 11th, 1990,
at Koncepts Cultural Gallery in Oakland, with Amina Claudine Myers, Mark Helias and Dion
Parson.
4/23 Terrence Brewer and Mi Historia Quintet
Guitarist Brewer and his Latin-Jazz Quintet Mi Historia, recorded on 1/31/15 at the
Piedmont Piano Company. On Saturday 5/25/15, at Musically Minded Academy in Oakland,
Terrence presents his students in recital with 6 Strings & The Truth - A Guitar Celebration.
4/30 Marko Djordjevic & Sveti
Drummer/composer Marko Djordjevic & Sveti, recorded at Chez Hanny in San Francisco, on
January 25th, 2015. With Julian Waterfall Pollack, and David Ewell.
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Tune into JazzTV on Digital Channel 43.3
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SUNDAY
WITH RON PELLETIER
THE JAZZ GALLERY
WITH HARRY DUNCAN
IN THE SOUL KITCHEN
THE ANNALS OF JAZZ
WITH RICHARD HADLOCK
RHYTHM RETROSPECTIVE
WITH CARL SONNY LEYLAND
LATIN JAZZ
WITH JESSE "CHUY" VARELA
AMERICAN JAZZ COUNTDOWN
WITH CLIFFORD BROWN JR.
A MORNING CUP OF JAZZ
WITH KEITH HINES
I'M TALKIN' JAZZ
BREAKFAST, DANCE & BBQ
WITH CLINT BAKER
SUNDAY
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
(M/W/F), LEE THOMAS (T/TH)
MID-DAY JAZZ
WITH CHRIS CORTEZ
A MORNING CUP OF JAZZ
WITH ALISA CLANCY (M-F)
TUESDAY
DESERT ISLAND
JAZZ
FRIDAY
MONDAY
SONG TRAVELS WITH
MICHAEL FEINSTEIN
PIANO JAZZ
WITH MARIAN MCPARTLAND
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
JAZZ WITH BOB PARLOCHA
GREG BRIDGES
WITH
ALL OUT
I N THE MOMENT WITH
J IM B ENNETT
WITH
WITH
WITH
MICHAEL
BURMAN
JUST JAZZ
MICHAEL
BURMAN
WITH
THE JAZZ
OASIS
DICK CONTE
WITH
JAZZ IN THE
AFTERNOON
SONNY BUXTON
MID-DAY JAZZ
KEITH HINES
A MORNING
CUP OF JAZZ
SATURDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
JAZZ WITH BOB PARLOCHA
KATHLEEN
LAWTON
WITH
CRAZY 'BOUT
THE BLUES
GREG BRIDGES (T/TH), KATHLEEN LAWTON (F)
DAVE RAMIREZ (M)
P ETE FALLICO (T)
RON PELLETIER (W)
WITH
EVENING JAZZ
JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA
WITH CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE
WITH JAYNE SANCHEZ (M/W),
THE JAZZ OASIS
JAZZ IN THE AFTERNOON
WITH JESSE "CHUY" VARELA (M/T), MELANIE BERZON (W/TH/F)
MONDAY
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