From Rex Reed: "...From horn choirs to big-band charts,
expect one surprise after another, in an album that surpasses the season
with a value that lasts all year long.
This is a triumph of wonder and joy."
Robert Hicks brings this album live to our studio today.
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We'll start by musically remembering Portland pianist
David Ornette Cherry, who we've lost suddenly and unexpectedly.
Our Jazz To Be Thankful For show continues with jazz from PSU faculty;
finally, we are especially honored to have, and play for you, the excellent
concer...
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Top music from near and far.
Festivals during first hour.
Art and Yvonne's Swing Machine Big Band in second hour.
Art's now enshrined in the Oregon Music Hall of Fame, class of 2022.
Congratulations!
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Joey's apparent sudden death comes at a shock to this host.
We'll enjoy some of the outstanding music he's left us.
The Jazz Hits feature returns after a long absence.
Its very loose definition is 'the original jazz version of a song
that's made somebody's top 100 someplac...
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Before Portland hotels fully opened to Blacks,
many traveling jazz musicians were made welcome
by local families. Gerald Caldwell's was one of these.
Such music and stories the first hour,
followed by current Portland events
and some of those performers making them.
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