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I'M TALKIN' JAZZ Sunday at 8 am 7/1

Guitarist/Singer John Pizzarelli with Alisa Clancy

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Saxophonist Dave Liebman with Chris Cortez

7/15 Bassist Ron Carter with Melanie Berzon 7/22 Guitarist Calvin Keys with Mal Sharpe 7/29 Pianist Ben Storolow with Alisa Clancy

RIVERWALK JAZZ Sunday at 6 pm 7/1

At the Jazz Band Ball: Jazz Classics Live from the Stanford Jazz Workshop The Jim Cullum Jazz Band, captured live at the Stanford Jazz Workshop in California, performs a high-energy concert of traditional jazz classics from old New Orleans and 1920s’ Chicago.

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Behind Every Great Man: Lil Hardin and Louis Armstrong An intimate glimpse at the most famous marriage in jazz history. Lil Hardin shares stories of her life with Louis Armstrong and tells how their work together helped propel him to stardom. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band adds their musical touch with repertoire from Armstrong’s Hot Fives and Hot Seven.

7/15 Remembering Ralph Sutton:

Long Way From St. Louis 7/22 Fats, Hoagy and WC Handy:

Music Made in America 7/29 The Test of Time: A Century of Song

THE ANNALS OF JAZZ WITH RICHARD HADLOCK Sundays at 7 pm

The sound of surprise describes both jazz itself and the enduring premise of "The Annals of Jazz." Since 1959, host Richard Hadlock has been improvising on historical themes and bringing forth worthy performers—from Armstrong to Zorn.

Each Sunday, we may find Annals in Europe, Asia, Latin America or Back of Town anywhere.

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in the moment with jim bennett Sunday at 8 pm 7/1

The Jazzschool Alumni Band The Jazzschool Alumni Band reunited for this special concert at the Jazzschool in Berkeley on January 5th, 2012. Featuring Sam Priven, Jillian Ryan, Calvin Barthel, Tad Nicol, Nick Lamb, Grant Miliken, Josh Shpak, Chris Jeffries, Erik Shiboski and John Spencer.

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Omar Sosa

Pianist Omar Sosa (pictured) returned to the Bay Area on May 6th, 2012, to kick off this year's Yerba Buena Gardens Festival with his Afreecanos Quartet. The free festival runs through October with more than 90 events. Featuring Peter Apfelbaum, Childo Tomas and Marque Gilmore.

7/15 Cathy Segal-Garcia and Michael Coleman Vocalist Cathy Segal-Garcia (pictured) and pianist Michael Coleman, recorded March 10th, 2012, as part of "The Art Of The Duo" series at Piedmont Piano Company, in Oakland.

7/22 The Patrick Wolff Sextet Saxophonist Patrick Wolff, the Stanford Jazz Workshop Residency Faculty Director, recorded January 8th, 2012, at the Jazzschool in Berkeley. Featuring Erik Jekabson, Kris Strom, Adam Shulman, John Wiitala and Hamir Atwal.

7/29 Sarah Wilson's Ensemble Trumpeter and vocalist Sarah Wilson's (pictured) Ensemble, recorded May 29th, at Koret Auditorium in the de Young Museum, in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. With Cory Wright, John Schott, Michael Coleman, Todd Sickafoose and Jordan Glenn.

THE JAZZ DECADES WITH RAY SMITH Sunday at 11 pm 7/1

Songs of Neil Moret a.k.a. Charles Daniels 1901-1928

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Clarinet Contrasts: Bechet, Herman & Senter

7/15 Joe Daresnbourg, Sutton & McShann, Fletcher Henderson, Tiny Hill 7/22 Jaques Gauthe, Fred Waring, The Washingtonians, Cliff Edwards,

Sidney Bechet, Cab Calloway, Ma Rainie, Miss J. Hurt, Boyd Senter,

Frank Hutchinson, Jack Linx 7/29

Bob Anderson, Isham Jones, Perry Bradford, The Georgia Strutters

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JAZZ PROFILES WITH NANCY WILSON Monday at 9 pm 7/2

Vocalist Etta Jones: The Best Kept Secret In Jazz Etta Jones sang with clarity and precision reminiscent of Carmen McRae, but with the edge of Dinah Washington or Billie Holiday. She liked ballads and loved an accompanying saxophone, as evidenced by her long association with Houston Person.

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Bassist Oscar Pettiford: Bass Beyond Bop

7/16 Nat King Cole: The Pianist 7/23 Nat King Cole: The Singer 7/30 Saxophonist Gene Ammons: The Jug The son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons, Gene Ammons came roaring out of the bluesy sound of Chicago at a time when bebop was just getting its legs. Sitting in the horn section of Billy Eckstine's band in the mid-'40s, Ammons shared the stage with Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Stitt, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and Art Blakey. Although Ammons had a big, bold tenor sound, he could also compress that energy into lush, romantic ballads.

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER WITH WENDELL PIERCE Tuesday at 9 pm 7/3

An Evening with Drummer Roy Haynes

7/10 The Music of Sarah Vaughan Brash vocals earned Sarah Vaughan the titles Sassy and The Divine One. Pianist Eric Reeds leads a celebration of her work through the glorious range of Jane Monheit and Mary Stallings' sure swing.

7/17 Dizzy's Atmospheres:

Phil Woods, Cedar Walton and Steve Turre 7/24 The Tenor Masters: Charles "Yardbird" Parker,

"Long Tail" Dexter Gordon, "The Hawk" Coleman Hawkins

and the immortal John Coltrane 7/31 Luciana Souza Trio Brazilian vocalist Luciana Souza has made a home in both the bossa nova and jazz traditions – and even within the works of ee cummings and Pablo Neruda. Her acrobatic inflections are punctuated by percussionist Cyro Baptista and guitarist Romero Lubambo

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piano jazz WITH marian mcpartland Wednesday at 9 pm

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Lari White on Song Travels with Michael Feinstein With three Grammys to her credit, Lari White's (pictured) multi-faceted career as an award-winning recording artist, hit songwriter, producer, independent record label owner, and versatile actress has earned her the title of Nashville's "Renaissance Woman." As the first female producer of a male superstar, Lari recently made music history by producing Toby Keith's platinum album White Trash with Money. This "Renaissance Woman" joins host Feinstein to share her musical journey on this edition of Song Travels.

7/11 Dick Hyman 7/18 Dave Samuels 7/25 Keith Jarrett Piano Jazz presents a very special programfeaturing one of the most imaginative and original performers of our time, the incomparable pianist Keith Jarrett (pictured.)

Jarrett'splaying is a combination of unbelievable beauty, technical genius and mesmerizing improvisation. As ellusive as he is brilliant, Jarrett has been on McPartland's guest wish list for years. Jarrett and McPartland perform a mostly improvised set before closing on Herbie Hancock's "Indian Summer."

JAZZSET WITH DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER Thursday at 9 pm 7/5

Mary Lou Williams Festival Highlights

7/12 Gretchen Parlato, Conrad Herwig and the

Latin Side of Herbie Hancock at the

Newport Jazz Festival JazzSet's Dee Dee Bridgewater was a judge when Parlato won the 2004 Thelonious Monk Vocal Competition. After touring Europe this July, Gretchen (pictured) returns to Newport in August. Trombonist Conrad Herwig teaches at Rutgers University, plays with the Mingus Big Band and salsa great Eddie Palmieri, and leads this Latin Side AllStar Band.

7/19 Rez Abbasi, Trio da Paz at Newport 7/26 Amina Figarova, Avishai Cohen and

Triveni at Newport

The Azerbaijani pianist Amina Figarova (pictured) from the Netherlands has a new CD and just toured the US from New Orleans to New York, Missoula, Pittsburgh and more.

Following Figarova at Newport, trumpeter Avishai Cohen from Tel Aviv leads a trio he calls "airy" with sister Anat as a guest on clarinet.

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Viva Cal Tjader!

By Jesse “Chuy” Varela KCSM Music Director

May 5th, 2012 marked the 30th anniversary of the passing of Cal Tjader, the tremendously influential Latin jazz vibraphonist, drummer and bandleader from the San Francisco Bay Area. In the 1950s and 1960s, Cal was one of the Bay Area's most important musical exports, showcasing a small combo sound blending a fusion of west coast cool jazz and the driving Afro-Cuban beats of the east. The story of how Tjader went from jazz drummer to Latin jazz vibes icon is that of an open minded individual whose musical passion led him to buck the status quo of the period.

Cal embraced Latin music at a time when the people in the United States were legally segregated and many whites believed blacks, Latinos and other ethnic minorities were inferior. In his hometown of San Mateo in the 1940s, signs were placed at the train station stating, “No Darkies Allowed”. Using the rhythms from the Caribbean, Cal helped break down those social barriers and brought people of all colors and creeds together to hear his music and dance. As a result, his audiences reached a better understanding of what it meant to be an American. Yet he always made the point: “I am not an innovator or path finder, I am a participator.”

On Saturday July 7th at 7PM, join me for “Cal Tjader and the Rise of West Coast Latin Jazz”. I’ll be talking with Latin jazz icon and Tjader protégé, Poncho Sanchez, as part of the Stanford Jazz Festival at Dinkelspeil Auditorium on the Stanford University campus. For more details, visit www.stanfordjazz.org.

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