JAZZ

6:30 p.m. Monday-Friday listen to "IMPROVISATIONS," produced by WUOT.
Click here for "Improvisations" playlists.

WUOT is a proud sponsor of:
· Knoxville Jazz Orchestra 2008-2009 Season

Questions? Send to wuot@utk.edu

JAZZ IN JULY 2009
6:32 p.m. Monday-Friday: “Improvisations”

Friday Nights:
8:00 Jazzset with DeeDee Bridgewater
3   John Patitucci Trio at the Kennedy Center Jazz Club
10  Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette and Bobby McFerrin
17  Dee Dee Bridgewater's Red Earth: A Malian Journey at the Kennedy Center
24  Javon Jackson and Les McCann -- Swiss Movement Revisited at the Kennedy Center
31  Frank Wess and Terell Stafford at the KC Jazz Club

9:00  Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz
3    Julian Lage
10  Barbara Carroll
17  Bobby Short
24  The Hot Club of Detroit
31  Hank Jones with guest host Bill Charlap

10:00     Last Set at Birdland
3    Great jazz arrangers: Tadd Dameron, Gil Evans, Sy Oliver, Sammy Nestico, Neal Hefti, Gigi Gryce, and others
10   Birthdays of trumpeters Cootie Williams and Lee Morgan
17   Jazz chants by John Coltrane, Billy Harper, and Jim Pepper
24   Repeat of interview with Jerry Coker
31   Birthdays of pianist Hank Jones and guitarist Kenny Burrell

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JAZZ IN JUNE 2009
6:32 p.m. Monday-Friday: “Improvisations”

Friday Nights:
8:00 Jazzset with DeeDee Bridgewater
5 Sherrie Maricle at the Kennedy Center
12 Highlights of the Detroit International Jazz Festival, Part I
19 Highlights of the Detroit International Jazz Festival, Part 2
26 SF Jazz Collective at Chicago Symphony Center

9:00 Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz
5 Remembering Studs Terkel
12 Daniela Schaechter
19 Sherrie Maricle
26 Daryl Sherman

10:00 Last Set at Birdland
5 Jazz and poetry by Keroac, Ferlinghetti, Hughes, and others
12 Birthdays of pianists Chick Corea and Geri Allen
19 Beatles covers by Freddie Hubbard, George Benson, Kai Winding and others
26 Final recordings by great jazz artists

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JAZZ IN MAY 2009
6:32 p.m. Monday-Friday: “Improvisations”

Friday Nights:
8:00 Jazzset with DeeDee Bridgewater
1 Keys to New Orleans at the Kennedy Center - Jon Cleary, Henry Butler and Allen Toussaint take turns playing piano for each other and a delighted audience at the Kennedy Center.
8 Turtle Island Quartet with A Love Supreme, Music of John Coltrane - From Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center in New York, the string quartet plays songs from the album for which they won the Best Classical Crossover Grammy.
15 Blue Note 7 at the Kennedy Center - The Blue Note label celebrates its 70th anniversary with a tour from an all-star band -- Peter Bernstein, Bill Charlap, Ravi Coltrane, Lewis Nash, Nicholas Payton, Peter Washington and Steve Wilson -- playing new arrangements of classics from the label's albums. Exclusively on JazzSet.
22 A James Williams (1951-2004) Birthday Celebration - The spirit of the pianist and much-missed Director of Jazz Studies at William Paterson University lives on in his compositions and the friends who play them. Mulgrew Miller plays on piano and Bill Easley on saxes, flute and clarinet.
29 Paquito D'Rivera and Paquito's Latin Side of Jazz at NJPAC - The joyful Paquito on sax, clarinet and more champions Latin American composers, and expands his "elastic quintet" with Andy Narell on steel pans and Hector Del Curto on the Argentinian bandonen. Paquito's birthday is June 4.

9:00 Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz
1 Eartha Kitt
8 Piano Jazz at Tanglewood - For the 7th annual Piano Jazz show at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival, McPartland hosts three amazing guests. Pianist Mulgrew Miller, singer Nnenna Freelon and singer/pianist Spencer Day each take their turn on stage with McPartland. The result is an eclectic and energetic hour of world class jazz.
15 Melisssa Walker
22 Roger Kellaway
29 Grady Tate

10:00 Last Set at Birdland
1 Spiritual jazz by John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Archie Shepp, and others
8 Birthdays of pianists Mary Lou Williams and Keith Jarrett
15 All in the family:bands of the Dorsey, Montgomery, Jones, and Heath brothers
22 Birthday of pianist and bandleader Sun Ra
29 Solo recordings of bass, violin, trumpet, and saxophone

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JAZZ IN APRIL 2009
6:32 p.m. Monday-Friday: “Improvisations”

Friday Nights:
8:00 Jazzset with DeeDee Bridgewater
3 Wilsonian's Grain -- Steve Wilson at the Kennedy Center
10 Matt Wilson's Arts and Crafts
17 Mingus Big Band at Jazz Standard
24 Marlon Jordan Quartet at Glenwood Springs, CO, Summer of Jazz

9:00 Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz
3 Helen Sung
10 Dr. Billy Taylor
17 Esperanza Spalding
24 Dick Hyman

10:00 Last Set at Birdland
3 Vocal recordings by the vocally challenged
10 Some recently discovered classic live recordings by Miles Davis, Art Pepper, Charlie Parker and others
17 Survey of the some of the best recordings of the CTI label, part 2
24 Birthdays of tenor saxophonists Johnny Griffin and Joe Henderson