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Jazz Highlights

Features

  

  • Mondavi-SFJAZZ Project Teaches Young Players About Life as a Professional Musician

    Thursday, March 29, 2012

    The highly acclaimed SFJAZZ Collective appears tonight in Davis. But before the members of this superband take the Mondavi Center stage they’ll be watching eight high school musicians perform in what surely will be the concert of their young lives.

  • Jazz Pianist Dave Bass on Insight

    Friday, June 24, 2011

    Sacramento pianist Dave Bass has achieved great success with his latest CD, "Gone." Among other credits, it reached #2 on the national Jazz Week chart. Not bad for a music career interrupted by injury, fatherhood, and a separate career in law.

  • Photo courtesy WBGO

    Legendary Jazzman Ernie Andrews: Unsung But Still Singing

    Friday, April 8, 2011

    A jazz legend is coming to perform in Sacramento this weekend. But unless you’re a hardcore jazz fan, you’ve probably never heard of singer Ernie Andrews. Fortunately, Capital Public Radio’s Gary Vercelli is here to shed some light on the subject.

  • Pintop Perkins remembered

    An excerpt from Mick Martin's Blues Party from 6/12/2010 featuring the late blues legend.

  • Grammy-Nominated Saxman Wants To Boost Sacramento's Jazz Profile

    Thursday, February 24, 2011

    After recently relocating to Sacramento, acclaimed jazz saxophonist Jeff Clayton is on a mission to attract other big names to town to perform on a monthly basis, starting with his own band. The Clayton Brothers kick off the series this Sunday.

Reviews

  

  • Sound Advice: Jazz/Blues

    Capital Public Radio music hosts and Insight's Jeffrey Callison discuss and feature new and noteworthy jazz recordings.