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 AUGUST 2008
6:32 p.m. Monday-Friday: “Improvisations”

Friday Nights:
8:00 Jazzset with DeeDee Bridgewater
1 Kennedy Center Trumpet Festival
8 Hugh Masekela and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
15 Kate McGarry and Esperanza Spalding at Scullers in Boston
22 Revisiting the Mt. Hood Jazz Festival
29 Tribute to Horace Silver from the Discoveries at Disney Concert Hall series

9:00 Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz
1 Diana Krall
8 Mel Torme
15 Herbie Hancock
22 Norah Jones
29 Ahmad Jamal

10:00 Last Set at Birdland
1 Jazz steeped in the blues
8 Birthday of alto saxophonist Benny Carter
15 Birthday of pianist Oscar Peterson
22 Interview with bassist Rufus Reid
29 Birthdays of alto saxophonist Charlie Parker and vocalist Dinah Washington

JAZZ IN JULY 2008
6:32 p.m. Monday-Friday: “Improvisations”

8:00 Jazzset with DeeDee Bridgewater
4 Pre-empted for July 4th Specia - O Beautiful! American Music
11 SFJAZZ Collective at the Chicago Symphony Center
18 Jon Faddis at Jazz Standard in New York
25 Karrin Allyson at the Kansas City Repertory Theater

9:00 Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz
4 Bill Evans
11 Ray Charles
18 Sarah Vaughan
25 Dizzy Gillespie

10:00 Last Set at Birdland
4 Independence Day jazz
11 Jazz compositions about summer
18 Jazz from 1937
25 Birthdays of alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges and singer Annie Ross

JAZZ IN JUNE 2008
6:32 p.m. Monday-Friday: “Improvisations”

Friday Nights:
8:00 Jazzset with DeeDee Bridgewater
6 Trio da Paz + Kenny Barron at Jazz Standard in New York
13 Jonathan Batiste Quartet at Jazz Standard
20 Preservation Hall Jazz Band at the JVC Jazz Festival & Big River Concert Celebrates New Orleans in Chicago
27 Double Bill: Joe Lovano and Mike Stern Outdoors at the J&R Music Festival in New York

9:00 Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz
6 Elizabeth Doyle
13 Joe Wilder
20 Warren Vache
27 Stephane Grappelli

10:00 Last Set at Birdland
6 Birthdays of bandleader Jimmie Lunceford and guitarist Grant Green
13 Jazz from 1941
20 Birthday of alto saxophonist and clarinetist Eric Dolphy
27 Birthday of pianist Elmo Hope