Gary G. Vercelli
Jazz Music Director
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Capital Public Radio's discussion of an art form born in America and celebrated worldwide.
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Results Of The 2020 Next Generation Jazz Festival
April 22, 2020
The Next Generation Jazz Festival took place virtually earlier this month. We discuss notable finishes and results today.
Celebrate Public Radio Music Day With Some of CapRadio Music’s Favorite Projects
April 16, 2020
This Public Radio Music Day, CapRadio Music has pulled together some of our favorite projects from here at the station from the past few years to celebrate our local music community.
Next Generation Jazz Festival Shifts Online
April 8, 2020
Young musicians are performing and competing as scheduled in the 50th Annual Next Generation Jazz Festival, but it’s happening online. We take a look.
Ear To Ear: Jazz To Bring Us Connection & Hope During The COVID-19 Pandemic
April 7, 2020 | Andrew Mills
CapRadio Jazz Host Andrew Mills shares music that has brought him comfort and given him hope during this trying time.
Bucky Pizzarelli, Jazz Guitarist And Prolific Session Musician, Dead At 94
April 2, 2020
Bucky Pizzarelli, a tasteful sage of jazz guitar who spent the first phase of his career as a prolific session player and the latter as a celebrated patriarch, died on Wednesday in Saddle River, N.J.
Ellis Marsalis, Patriarch Of New Orleans' Most Famous Musical Family, Has Died
April 2, 2020
Jazz pianist and educator Ellis Marsalis has died at the age of 85, according to tweets from New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Wallace Roney, Intrepid Jazz Trumpeter, Dies From COVID-19 Complications At 59
March 31, 2020
The pugnacious post-bop player and composer, who was mentored by Miles Davis and Clark Terry, had been hospitalized since last Wednesday.
Local Jazz Lineup With Composer Joe Mazzaferro
March 5, 2020
Composer and jazz artist Joe Mazzaferro will be performing this Sunday. Along with other colleagues, Mazzaferro is in concert at the Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts Auditorium in Midtown Sacramento.
Ear to Ear: Rare Gems From ECM Records
March 3, 2020 | Gary G. Vercelli
CapRadio’s Gary Vercelli runs through some great pieces from the catalogue of ECM Records, founded 51 years ago this year.
Vocalist Ellen Johnson Sings The Praises of Legendary Jazz Master Charles Mingus
February 26, 2020
Northern California vocalist Ellen Johnson has been enamored with the music of Charles Mingus for over three decades and has recorded six of his compositions. In advance of her upcoming tribute concert she describes why she loves Mingus so much.
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