WPFW Jazz Masters

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween!!! Tonight is our annual Halloween Jazz Spooktacular! We'll have some of your old favorites, as well as some things maybe you haven't heard before (we always try to uncover and include something new for you!). It is a family friendly Halloween show, so I hope you'll invite your friends - and kids of all ages - to listen in!

Of course, we've got another mission tonight...it's the third and final Thursday of WPFW's all-important Fall Fund Drive. We need to raise $3600 tonight...no small feat...but with your help, I am confident that we can get there. Breaking it down...our "regular" goal for tonight would normally be $2500, however, we fell considerably short on the first Thursday of the drive, and - despite our best efforts - we were unable to make up for that shortfall last Thursday (we went slightly over the $2500 goal...but did not make up any ground on "bringing us whole" for that first Thursday).

It is ESSENTIAL that we make up for the shortfall tonight.

In addition, WPFW management has asked us to try and persuade those of you who have never been a "member" of the WPFW family to please join. You can become a member for a pledge of just $60. Better yet, why not pledge $89.30? Or, if you want to be a Jazz Benefactor, pledge $893.00! You can make a one-time pledge or be a Sustainer with a monthly commitment (12 month term).

On top of all that, WPFW is somewhat behind in terms of raising the overall station goal, so they've asked all of us programmers to step up "the ask" and try for a little bit more than our set goal in order to help the station as a whole. So...$2500, plus $1000 shortfall from first Thursday, plus another $100 to raise a little bit more. $3600 total. Please help us...and tell your jazz-loving friends to help us, too!

$3600 also happens to be the amount we'd raise if THREE OF YOU were able to pledge $100 a month as Sustainers, or if SIX OF YOU were able to pledge $50 a month as Sustainers. We get credit for the full amount of your pledge toward our goal tonight, but you get to pay in twelve easy to manage installments of $50 or $100 per month. And, you'll be doing a world of good to support your station for jazz and justice in our nation's capital, and birthplace of Duke Ellington.

All you have to do - and you can pledge RIGHT NOW...you don't have to wait until tonight - is call 202-588-9739 and tell them you're pledging for JAZZ MASTERS.

Or...you can go to WPFW.org, click DONATE NOW, and scroll to JAZZ MASTERS in Step 1.

We take all credit and debit cards. You get to keep any points you earn with a charge...and you get to take the tax deduction come income tax time.

We begin at 7pm ET on WPFW 89.3 FM, and live streaming at WPFW.org. We're forecasting all treats and no tricks!!!

Here's the first treat...and THANK YOU in advance for your generous support of Jazz Masters, WPFW, and jazz.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrKdtKk8Yhs

Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong at 1936.

10/30/2024

Will YOU kindly answer the call…for support of Jazz Masters and WPFW?

File this one under: If you don’t ask, right?

I know not everyone may be in a position to pledge large amounts of their hard earned dollars to WPFW, although if you wanted to, there IS a way to make it manageable by pledging as a Sustainer.

That’s a 12 month commitment, but you get to pay in twelve easy to manage payments, while we get the full amount of your pledge towards our goal TODAY! A $20 a month pledge means $240 towards our goal right now. $30 a month…$360. $50…$600. $100…$1200. $200…$2400. You get the idea. (And what other monthly expense do you have that’s $20 or $30 a month? That breaks down to less than a dollar a day - pocket change really).

Then again, many of you may, in fact, be in a position to pledge as Jazz Benefactors / Guardian Angels. And what better way is there to put your resources to good use than by supporting the immensely valuable cultural resource that is WPFW? You will reap the benefits of a return on your investment every time you turn on your radio and tune it to 89.3FM, and every time you log on to WPFW.org. And you’ll also reap the benefits when you’re able to write off your pledge as a tax deduction come next April.

So I ask you - and you know I wouldn’t ask if it weren’t important - PLEASE PLEDGE TO SUPPORT JAZZ MASTERS AND WPFW TIGHT NOW!

Simply click the link below and scroll to Jazz Masters in Step 1 before you pledge. Or call 202-588-9739 and tell our phone volunteers you’re pledging for Jazz Masters.

As always, I thank you more than words can say for your consideration and for your continued support.

https://pledge.wpfwfm.org/index.php

10/28/2024

Friends, our fundraising goal for this Thursday will be $2500, however, we still have that $1000 to make up for ;from our shortfall in Week One. So, our goal once again will be $3500 for this week. That will bring us "whole" for this drive.

We have just one more Thursday - THIS THURSDAY - to get this done!

Now, this Thursday is also our annual HALLOWEEN JAZZ SPOOKTACULAR.

This will be my 18th Halloween Jazz Spooktacular at WPFW. I'd like to ask that you pledge $5, $10, or $20 for every year that I've been doing these. That's $90, $180, or $360. It just so happens that a $30 per month Sustainer pledge is exactly equal to $360! If just ten (10) of you can pledge that amount RIGHT NOW, we will not only make...we will EXCEED our goal for this week AND make up for the shortfall as well! Mission Accomplished!!!

However, if a $30 a month Sustainer pledge is too much too ask, please pledge what you can RIGHT NOW. Every dollar makes a difference, and no amount is too small...or too large.

Call 202-588-9739...and tell them you're pledging for Jazz Masters.

OR...

Click below and SCROLL TO JAZZ MASTERS IN STEP 1.

Make a one-time or Sustainer pledge.

THANK YOU!!!

10/25/2024

Listen, I want to send a HUGE Thank You! to everyone who pledged last night (10/24). You got us to just a tad over our set goal of $2500, however, we still have $1330 to make up from Week One of the drive...and...we still have one more Thursday to go. Next Thursday is our annual Halloween Jazz Spooktacular special and it's always a bit of a challenge to have to solicit donations when there's so much great Halloween jazz to play for you. I'm really hoping we can not only raise the $1330 we need to bring us whole for Week One, but can also get a good head start on our $2500 goal for next Thursday.

I have never been able to raise the complete goal in advance...so that when I open the mic on Thursday next we are at or above goal from the get-go...but I can dream, can't I?

Wouldn't that be wonderful???

If everyone who follows this FB page would pledge $50, or just $10 or $20 or $30 a month as Sustainers, we would easily blow past all of our goals.

You can call now, or anytime before next Thursday... 202-588-9739...and tell them you're pledging for Jazz Masters.

OR...simply click on the link below and be sure to scroll to Jazz Masters in Step 1 before you make your one-time or Sustainer pledge.

Again, my heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you!

10/24/2024

On this second Thursday of WPFW's all-important Fall Fund Drive, we will once again be looking for your pledge(s) of support. Our goal tonight is a whopping but achievable $3500...in order to make up for our extreme shortfall last Thursday.

You can help us offset tonight's goal RIGHT NOW by calling 202-588-9739 and telling our volunteers that you're pledging for Jazz Masters, OR...you can go online to WPFW.org, click DONATE NOW, and SCROLL TO JAZZ MASTERS IN STEP 1.

Two minutes or less of your time today can make a real difference for Jazz Masters, WPFW, and jazz radio.

This evening, we'll remember the wonderful baritone saxophone player Claire Daly, who lost her battle with cancer on Tuesday of this week. She was 66 and left us a wealth of very fine recordings to remember her by. We'll sample a selection tonight.

On our Anniversary Albums list, we've got terrific selections from Art Pepper, John Coltrane (twice!), Art Blakey, and Miles Davis. Some heavy hitter jazz masters to be sure!

Birthday-wise, we'll hear from Jelly Roll Morton, Don Byas, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Criss, and Jimmy Heath, all of whom have birth anniversaries this week.

And we'll spotlight the wonderful King Pleasure, Sheila Jordan (who turns 96 in a few weeks), and Jon Hendricks. I've just come across a lovely album from Jon Hendricks with pianist Larry Vuckovich that I'm anxious to share with you!

We begin, as always, at 7pm on WPFW 89.3 FM, and live streaming at WPFW.org.

I sincerely appreciate all of you who support Jazz Masters, WPFW, and jazz radio. Without you, no us. Please pledge what you're able.

Here's Claire Daly at work, swinging hard on Rodgers & Hammerstein's "People Will Say We're in Love" written for the "Oklahoma!" soundtrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMRf05x3oeI

10/23/2024

I assure you, I wouldn't keep asking if it weren't important. Please support Jazz Masters, WPFW, and jazz radio by helping us toward our goal of $3500 for this Thursday's Jazz Masters.

Make a one-time pledge. Become a Sustaining Member with a monthly pledge. Be a Jazz Benefactor / Guardian Angel with a pledge of $250 or more.

If you pledge as a Sustainer, it's high impact for us - we get the FULL AMOUNT of your pledge toward our goal right now - and low impact for you - you get to pay in twelve easy to manage installments.

Becoming a Sustaining Member has its benefits. You won't have to even think about another fund drive until Fall 2025. Imagine that! And your contribution today will support Jazz Masters and WPFW all year long. Not to mention the tax benefits of any pledge you make - as in deduction - you can claim come April 15th. It'll be here before you know it.

SUSTAINING MEMBER IMPACTS:

$20 a month means $240 toward our goal right now.
$30 a month means $360 toward our goal right now.
$50 a month means $600 toward our goal right now.
$100 a month means $1200 toward our goal right now.

That is saying something!!!

Please click the link below and be sure to scroll to Jazz Masters in Step 1. OR...you can call 202-588-9739 and tell them you're pledging for Jazz Masters.

With your help, we can do it. But without you...no us.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF JAZZ MASTERS, WPFW, AND JAZZ RADIO. THE ONLY JAZZ RADIO IN WASHINGTON, D.C.,...OUR NATION'S CAPITOL AND BIRTHPLACE OF DUKE ELLINGTON.

10/21/2024

We are going to have a heavy lift this week on Jazz Masters as WPFW's Fall Fund Drive got off to a somewhat slow start in its first few days...including Thursday evening.

We had a significant shortfall in terms of meeting our goal this past Thursday and finished just about $1500 from our goal. This week and next, in an effort to make up for our "first Thursday" shortfall, our goal will be $3500.

Pledge what you can RIGHT NOW and help us off-set that elevated goal by clicking the link below and scrolling to Jazz Masters in Step 1.

Together we can do this. Without you, no us.

Make a one-time pledge of any amount you're comfortable with.
Become a Sustaining Member with a monthly pledge.
Be a Jazz Benefactor / Guardian Angel with a pledge of $250 or more.

We take Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, and any debit card you may have. We also accept checks.

If you'd rather speak to a live person, you can call 202-588-9739 and tell them you're pledging for Jazz Masters.

I appreciate every single dollar you're able to pledge. No amount too small. No amount too large.

THANK YOU!!!

10/17/2024

It's the first Thursday of WPFW's all-important Fall Fund Drive and our goal for tonight's Jazz Masters is $2500.

YOU can help us get a headstart on that goal by going to WPFW.org RIGHT NOW, clicking DONATE NOW, and SCROLLING TO JAZZ MASTERS IN STEP 1.

If you prefer to speak with a live person, you can call 202-588-9739 and let them know you're pledging for Jazz Masters. If you're outside the DMV, there's a toll-free number, too...1-800-222-9739.

It takes less than two minutes of your time but makes a world of difference toward offsetting our goal for tonight. Please pledge what you're able. Together, we can get this done!

For tonight, no Anniversary Albums, but plenty of birthday love for jazz greats celebrating birth anniversaries this week. We'll salute Art Tatum, Lee Konitz, Pharoah Sanders, Bill Charlap, Roy Hargrove, Anita O'Day, Bobby Troup, Wynton Marsalis, and of course, the 100th birthday this past Sunday of the great Terry Gibbs. He even has a brand new release that just came out to coincide with his centennial, featuring classic Dream Band performances from 1959.

It's all about the Benjamins tonight...as we'll be looking for your pledges of support, but not just the Benjamins...the Georges, the Abes, the Alexanders, and the Ulysseses, too. No amount is too small. No amount is too large. Pledge what you can and help us get to that $2500 finish line!

We begin, as always, at 7pm ET on WPFW 89.3 FM, and livestreaming at WPFW.org.

Here's Anita O'Day from her classic 1958 Newport Jazz Festival appearance as featured in the wonderful 1959 Bert Stern film "Jazz on a Summer's Day".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mu7zF7RcuE

Anita O'Day - Sweet Georgia Brown & Tea for Two........................................Anita O'Day - Vocal....Jimmy Jones - Piano....Red Mitchell - Bass....J...

10/16/2024

If you're reading this, you're already on your computer (or device) and you're just one click away from making a HUGE difference for Jazz Masters in terms of making our fundraising goal on the first Thursday of WPFW's all-important Fall Fund Drive.

All you have to do is CLICK THE LINK BELOW AND SCROLL TO JAZZ MASTERS IN STEP 1, make your pledge - one-time, Sustainer, or Jazz Benefactor - and that's it! You're done. But your generous contribution makes a world of difference to WPFW. If you value the unique radio station that is WPFW, and you want to see us survive and thrive in a world full of challenges, please pledge what you can RIGHT NOW.

We have a goal of $2500 for tomorrow night. Pledge what you're able. If you can pledge $25 or $250 or $500...every dollar counts. No amount is too small...or too large. Together we can get this done!

I thank you for your continued support of Jazz Masters, WPFW, and jazz radio. As we prep for tomorrow night, and - in the coming weeks - our annual Halloween Jazz Spooktacular special (this year it actually falls on Halloween!), we remind you once again that we could not do what we do without YOU.

Without YOU, no US.

Thank you.

10/14/2024

WPFW's Fall Fund Drive is officially underway!

Simply click the link below and BE SURE TO SCROLL TO JAZZ MASTERS IN STEP 1.

With YOUR HELP we can begin to offset our $2500 goal for this Thursday. Make a one-time pledge or be a Sustainer with a monthly pledge (12 month commitment).

Be a JAZZ BENEFACTOR with a pledge of $250 or more.

THANK YOU!!! - in advance - for your continued support of Jazz Masters, WPFW, and jazz radio.

10/11/2024

Here’s the link to nominate the 2026 class of NEA Jazz Masters. Vibraphonist Terry Gibbs turns 100 this Sunday and is looooong overdue for this recognition.

You know what to do.

Oh, and share this post.

And tell your friends.

To make a nomination, enter the first and last name of the individual and indicate if the nomination is for the performer or advocate category. To complete the nomination, you must:

10/10/2024

It's Play It Forward time once again! That's right, WPFW's all-important Fall Fund Drive - our most important fund drive of the year - kicks off on Monday, so for the next three Thursdays we'll be looking for your support to help us make our $2500 goal for each Thursday. That's $7500 total...over three weeks.

That, my friends, is a steep hill to climb, but I know that with your help, and the collective efforts of all Jazz Masters and WPFW listeners, we'll be able to get there. Please consider budgeting for a pledge of any amount over the next three Thursdays.

Tonight, we'll focus on the music. Yes, we'll have Anniversary Albums from Stan Getz & Oscar Peterson, MJQ, and Lee Morgan. And yes, we'll celebrate a few birthdays, Pepper Adams, Lee Wiley, Sweets Edison, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Brown, Jr., and Art Blakey among them. And yes, we'll make a special big deal about jazz master Terry Gibbs, who turns 100 on Sunday, but remarkably has yet to be named an NEA Jazz Master.

It's another jam packed Thursday, and we begin, as always, at 7pm ET on WPFW 89.3 FM, and live streaming at WPFW.org.

Here's a gem of a clip - you might call this an Anniversary Clip, as it was recorded on the Tonight Show on October 12, 1956...68 years ago this week - featuring Terry Gibbs and Terry Pollard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8z6fwq4ZSE

Terry Gibbs (vibes), Terry Pollard (piano and vibes), Herman Wright (bass), Jerry Segal (drums) on the Tonight Show, October 12, 1956. Tunes: "Gibberish", "N...

10/03/2024

We've got one of the truly great vocal albums of all time on our Anniversary Album list for tonight - and this will give it away - from Frank Sinatra and Count Basie. But there's an interesting twist about some of the tracks. Tune in tonight for the details!

We'll also have a Gerry Mulligan album - that we featured a few weeks back - showing up once again on our Anniversary Album list (sometimes these recordings were accomplished across several dates).

On the birthday list we've got the great Buddy Rich, guitarist Howard Roberts, the wonderful Von Freeman, and vocalist Leon Thomas.

WPFW's all-important Fall Fund Drive is fast approaching and we'll be looking for your pledges of support in a few short weeks, so our pledge to you is to bring you three hours of the hottest, swingingest jazz, beginning at 7pm ET on WPFW 89.3 FM, and livestreaming at WPFW.org.

Here's a clip from the Mills Brothers that I know you'll enjoy. Regular Jazz Masters listeners may know that when the Mills Brothers first started out they were billed as "Four Boys and a Guitar", and, for most of their careers, they kept their group paired down to that description. Sure, some of their Decca sides and later recordings had a band behind them, but in those early days, and when there were just three or four of them performing with that guitarist (most often Norman Brown, who was their guitarist from 1936 to 1976), the Mills Brothers would "create" their own big band sound by impersonating the horn section (trumpets, trombones, etc.). In this clip, which shows them performing "Caravan", you get a glimpse of just how they did this. If you listen - with your eyes closed - to any of their records where this technique was employed, it is very hard to imagine that that's not a full band behind them, when, in fact, most of the time it was just "(Three or) Four Boys and a Guitar".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeYSOydYfG4

10/02/2024

WPFW's Tony Carr has put together an exciting lineup for you reggae fans so we’re hoping you’ll come out to hear some great music, meet other likeminded WPFW listeners, and support WPFW all at the same time.

4 Bands!
2 DJs!
Great Food!

This Saturday, October 5th

Tickets via Eventbrite!!! Simply click this link:

Come vibe with us at the WPFW Reggae Event!! for a night filled with good music, positive vibes, and irie energy!

09/26/2024

And then there was one.

We lost a true Jazz Master this past week with the passing of tenor saxophonist, composer extraordinaire of so many jazz standards, and arranger Benny Golson, last Saturday, September 21st at the age of 95. He was playing right up until the very end. With his passing, Sonny Rollins, at 94, is the last surviving jazz musician who was photographed by Art Kane in August 1958 for Esquire’s “A Great Day in Harlem" picture for their jazz issue. The photo was taken at 17 East 126th Street.

We'll spend a significant portion of tonight's show remembering Benny Golson, including his work as a leader, as well as his collaborations with Art Farmer, Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller, Sahib Shihab, and others.

We'll also celebrate the 100th birth anniversary of Earl Rudolph Powell, better known to all of us as Bud. He was born on September 27, 1924 in Harlem/NYC. Bud Powell shares a birthday with trumpeter Red Rodney, so we'll hear from him, too.

That's a lot to work with! If we have time, we'll have Anniversary Albums from Oscar Peterson, Duke Ellington & John Coltrane, and Joe Henderson. Coltrane is also on our birthday list (9/23)... he shares a birthday with Frank Foster, Ray Charles, and Les McCann. Other birthdays this week: Fats Navarro, Herb Jeffries, George Gershwin, and Gary Bartz. Whew! Let's see how many we can tip our hat to this evening.

And, of course, we'll continue our remembrance of Russell Malone.

We begin, as always, at 7pm ET on WPFW 89.3 FM, and live streaming at WPFW.org.

Here's a wonderful segment from CBS about the Great Day in Harlem photograph that features Benny Golson throughout. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfo6ZdM54Ws

Sixty years ago this month, Esquire magazine released its "Golden Age of Jazz" issue featuring a picture showing 57 legendary jazz musicians gathered in fron...

09/22/2024

The great Benny Golson has passed. He was 95. What an amazing life he led. A great teller of stories, too. I think that leaves Sonny Rollins as the sole survivor of the Great Day In Harlem photo.

R.I.P.

09/20/2024

BONUS ALERT!!!
Here’s the clip I MEANT to post of Mel Tormé on the Nat King Cole. Fabulous!!

My thanks to WPFW listener Henry L. for the heads up!

Video para conocedores y coleccionistas de la verdadera y buena Música, tres grandes estrellas juntas en vivo, años 50, interpretando un maravilloso tema. Qu...

09/20/2024

Here’s that amazing clip of Mel Tormé I mentioned on tonight’s show!

09/20/2024

As promised, by request, here’s that clip of Mel Tormé showing off his drum skills in the Nat King Cole Show.

The official video of Nat King Cole and Mel Tormé dancing on The Nat King Cole Show (July 9, 1957). Watch more clips from The Nat King Cole Show: https://www...

09/19/2024

September 19th must've been a good day for recording jazz albums because we have a heap (or it that hep?) of 'em tonight. So, who makes the list? Max Roach. Sheila Jordan. Don Cherry. Don Ellis. Dizzy Gillespie. And DC's own Shirley Horn.

We'll make up for dissing Scott Hamilton on his birthday dues last week...and among this week's are Cannonball Adderley, Charlie Byrd, Jon Hendricks, Jack McDuff, Emily Remler, and Red Mitchell.

We'll mourn the passing of Caterina Valente (and continue our tributes to Russell Malone, and as if that weren't enough...

The first day of Autumn is this Sunday...so fall is in the air and on the airwaves tonight from 7 to 10pm ET on WPFW 89.3 FM, and livestreaming at WPFW.org.

One of my all-time favorite versions of 'Tis Autumn is by Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass, and this one, from Al Hibbler.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hL6mqYU7NY

Great tune by a great vocalist !

09/12/2024

Tonight, we're going to do something a little different. Among our other "regular" features, we're going to remember a jazz writer, editor, archivist, and producer... the legendary Dan Morgenstern, who passed away last Saturday at the age of 94.

A prolific and award winning jazz writer and editor, Dan wrote the liner notes for countless jazz releases over the years, many of those notes won him the prestigious Grammy Award for his efforts. Of course, he also wrote for and/or was editor of Jazz Journal, Metronome and Down Beat, and was the director of the Rutgers-Newark Institute of Jazz Studies from 1976 to 2012.

There have been many tributes posted to Dan this past week, and one of these - about a visit he took to the Library of Congress, and what he "discovered" there - caught my eye (and my ear!) and will be the focus of our tribute tonight. I'll explain in greater detail later this evening, but it involves taking a deep dive on Duke Ellington's 1956 Newport appearance and the landmark recording of Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue, featuring Paul Gonsalves with that fantastic, extended solo on tenor saxophone. We'll also spotliglht another recording from Newport, from the previous year, 1955, which features Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk. Both of these relate to that story about Dan's visit to the LoC a number of years ago. Again, more on that later tonight.

We'll remember Sergio Mendes, who passed away last Friday at the age of 83, and we'll have Anniversary Albums from Gerry Mulligan, Booker Ervin, and Lee Morgan. On our birthday list we'll have one primary focus: Scott Hamilton. And...we'll continue our remembrance of the great Russell Malone whom we lost on 8/23 at the age of 60.

We begin, as always, at 7pm ET on WPFW 89.3 FM, and live streaming at WPFW.org.

Here's a terrific clip of Sergio Mendes putting a Brazilian twist on something by those lads from Liverpool...or, as he puts it, "the Rodgers and Hart of Carnaby Street" (Ha!).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFe0sc8XW94

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFe0sc8XW94

09/08/2024

Dan Morganstern, R.I.P.

If you, like me, educated yourself about jazz by reading the liner notes on countless albums, or perusing Down Beat magazine, you know the name. He had a remarkable life.

I just received word from my good friend Jeff Lowenthal that Dan Morgenstern has moved to another neighborhood and we can begin the serious business of missing him. I will let his distinguished fri…

09/06/2024

Sergio Mendes, R.I.P. He was 83.

09/05/2024

The birthday list is long tonight, and we've got some catching up to do (having short shrifted the centennial celebrations of both Dinah Washington and Kenny Dorham last week). On the list tonight: Dinah and Kenny, plus this week's celebrants, Gene Harris, Art Pepper, Clifford Jordan, Horace Silver, Joe Newman, and Sonny Rollins. Some heavy hitters there for sure!

As for Anniversary Albums, we'll have something "old" and something "newer"...the old being a Paul Quinichette recording from 1958; the newer being a Frank Morgan album from 1990 (how's that for "newer"?!). The Paul Quinichette album features a bunch of Basie alumni (that's a hint!), and the Frank Morgan album features a guest appearance from Abbey Lincoln (another hint!).

We'll also continue our tribute to guitarist Russell Malone whom we lost - too young at just 60 years of age - on August 23rd, and we'll have other musical treats for you as well.

We begin, as always, at 7pm ET on WPFW 89.3 FM, and live streaming at WPFW.org.

Here's a wonderful Art Pepper feature from the fabled jazz television program Jazz Casual from May 1964.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn8VzO-KbfQ&t=220s

Art Pepper Quartet (May 9, 1964)Art Pepper (alto saxophone); Frank Strazzeri (piano); Hersh Hamel (bass); Bill Goodwin (drums).1. The Trip2. D Section3. Unti...