Category: Songwriter

After Hours featuring Artt Frank, air date April 20, 2020

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Join me for the April 20, 2020, edition of After Hours on KCAW Raven Radio as I’m joined in conversation with bop drummer/composer, Artt Frank.

Artt is one of the few authentic bop musicians on the scene today. He is best known for his long-term association with trumpet player Chet Baker, with whom he worked on and off for 14 years. He has also worked with Jimmy Heath, Al Cohn, Ted Curson, Sonny Stitt, Phil Moore and many others, including one memorable night with Billie Holiday. He also sat in on several occasions with Charlie Parker, Lee Morgan, Tadd Dameron, Dexter Gordon and Bud Powell.

Artt Frank is my all-time favorite drummer. He always seems to know where I’m going. — Chet Baker

Click this link to listen to the After Hours show featuring Artt Frank, originally broadcast on April 20, 2020. Click here to visit Artt’s personal website.

After Hours featuring Gina Saputo, air date April 13, 2020

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Join me for the April 13, 2020, edition of After Hours on KCAW Raven Radio as I’m joined in conversation with L.A. jazz singer gem Gina Saputo.

Gina is an international jazz performer, college instructor, recording artist, session singer, model, actress and three-time published author. She is currently finishing her fourth book, Vocal Technique for Songwriters, and teaching full time in the bachelor’s department at Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California.

Click this link to listen to the After Hours show featuring Gina Saputo, originally broadcast on April 13, 2020. Click here to visit Gina’s personal website.

After Hours featuring Matt King, air date Feb. 24, 2020

On By Charles BinghamIn Arranger, Featured guest, Organ, Piano, Producer, Songwriter, VocalsLeave a comment

Join me for the Feb. 24, 2020, edition of After Hours on KCAW Raven Radio as I’m joined for an uplifting and stirring conversation with pianist, organist, vocalist, composer, arranger and producer based in the NYC area Matt King.

His latest recording as a leader, “Monk In Brazil,” features the iconic compositions of jazz legend Thelonious Monk, arranged by King in various Brazilian genres. This trailblazing music is earning rave reviews from notable artists in both the American and Brazilian jazz worlds:


“A brilliant triumph, melding the wittiness of Monk’s melodies and the infectiousness of Brazilian rhythms. Matt King’s piano playing is always stellar; his solos sparkle with such clarity and solid creative ideas. If you love Monk and Brazilian music, get ready to party! BRAVO!” (Rufus Reid)

Click this link to listen to the After Hours show featuring Matt King, originally broadcast on Feb. 24, 2020. Click here to visit Matt’s personal website.

After Hours featuring Bria Skonberg, air date Feb. 10, 2020

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Join me for the Feb. 10, 2020, edition of After Hours on KCAW Raven Radio as  I’m joined in conversation with New York City jazz trumpeter, singer and songwriter Bria Skonberg.

Originally from Canada, Bria is described as “one of the most versatile and imposing musicians of her generation” (Wall Street Journal). She recently sang the music of Aretha Franklin alongside Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child, played with U2 at the Apollo, sat in with the Dave Matthews Band, and was a featured guest with Jon Batiste.

A bandleader since her teens, Bria has performed festivals and stages the world over, including New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, and Montreal Jazz Festival, and more than a hundred more.

In 2016 Bria released her debut LP on Sony Masterworks which won a Canadian JUNO award and made the Top 5 on Billboard jazz charts. A six-time Downbeat Rising Star, further accolades include the jazz at Lincoln Center Swing Award, Best Vocal and Best Trumpet from Hot House Jazz Magazine and Outstanding Jazz Artist at the Bistro Awards.

Click this link to listen to the After Hours show featuring Bria Skonberg, originally broadcast on Feb. 10, 2020. Click here to visit Bria’s personal website.

After Hours featuring Sinne Eeg, air date Jan. 27, 2020

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Join me for the Jan. 27, 2020, edition of After Hours on KCAW Raven Radio as  I’m joined in conversation with Danish jazz vocalist Sinne Eeg.

Sinne has received a number of recognitions and positive reviews both nationally and internationally and is considered among the best female jazz vocalists currently in Scandinavia. She has composed many of her own songs, and although she usually sings in English, she has also performed and recorded songs in Danish.

Sinne has won the Danish Music Awards prize in the category Best Danish Vocal Jazz Album of the Year four times. The Webster Foundation describes her as “‘a true jazz singer, who both shows sensitivity, improvisational skills, maturity, broad range and timing in her singing.’”

Click this link to listen to the After Hours show featuring Sinne Eeg, originally broadcast on Jan. 27, 2020. Click here to visit Sinne’s personal website.

After Hours featuring Anne Phillips, air date Jan. 20, 2020

On By Charles BinghamIn Arranger, composer, Featured guest, Piano, Producer, Songwriter, VocalsLeave a comment

Join me for the Jan. 20, 2020, edition of After Hours on KCAW Raven Radio (and later broadcast on KRBD Rainbird Radio and KSTK) as I’m joined in conversation with American singer, songwriter, pianist and producer Anne Phillips.

Anne’s career has covered almost every area of the music business. In addition to recording several solo albums, from the classic Born To Be Blue, to her most recent release, Ballet Time on which she sings with such old friends as Dave Brubeck and Marian McPartland, she  has worked  as a singer, choral arranger and conductor with many of the music world’s leading artists and is  widely known in the industry as the writer-arranger-producer of many national commercials.

Anne has worked with Burt Bacharach, Carole King, Mahalia Jackson and has arranged and produced jingles for the Four Tops and Martha and the Vandellas. She started working in demo recordings for songwriters in the 1950s. She was also a member of the Ray Charles Singers on the Perry Como Show.

Join me on this odyssey into the musical heart and soul into this fabulous artist.

Click this link to listen to the After Hours show featuring Anne Phillips, originally broadcast on Jan. 20, 2020. Click here to visit Anne’s personal website.

After Hours featuring Lori Williams, air date Dec. 30, 2019

On By Charles BinghamIn Actor/Actress, educator, Featured guest, Producer, Songwriter, VocalsLeave a comment

Join me for the Dec. 30, 2019, edition of After Hours on KCAW Raven Radio in Sitka, Alaska, when I was joined in conversation with “out-of-the-box” jazz vocalist Lori Williams

Lori blends straight ahead, contemporary, soul, inspirational, and urban, creating a truly unique smooth mix of sound. She also is an educator, songwriter, producer, support vocalist, and musical theater actress with five well-received CDs to her credit (a sixth is scheduled for release in 2020) — all of which she self-produced.

As an educator for more than 25 years, Lori has received many honors including Outstanding Music Teacher in the October 2000 issue of Teaching Music, the 2007 Superintendent’s Arts Teacher of the Year Award, and the 2010 Vincent E. Reed Teacher of the Year. As a performing artist, Lori was nominated for a 2014 Helen Hayes Award as an Outstanding Lead Actress in a Resident Musical for her role as Ella Fitzgerald in “Ladies Swing the Blues: A Jazz Fable” (directed by Thomas W. Jones). Lori has received letters of recognition for her performances by Vice President Joseph Biden, former Speaker of the House John Boehner, and Maryland Senator C. Anthony Muse.

Click this link to listen to the KCAW After Hours show featuring Lori Williams, originally broadcast on Dec. 30, 2019. Click here to visit Lori’s personal website.

After Hours featuring Peter Eldridge, air date Sept. 30, 2019

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Join me for the Sept. 30, 2019, edition of After Hours on KCAW Raven Radio in Sitka, Alaska, when I was joined in conversation with Peter Eldridge.

Peter has remained at the forefront of both the singer-songwriter and jazz realms as a vocalist, pianist, composer and arranger. He has five critically acclaimed albums: “Fool No More,” “Stranger in Town,” “Decorum,” “Mad Heaven” and “Disappearing Day” which was released in July 2016 on Sunnyside Records and called “an out and out masterpiece” by allaboutjazz. “Disappearing Day” made many ‘best of the year’ lists, including Downbeat, Jazziz and NPR.

Most recently, Peter and iconic jazz pianist and composer Kenny Werner joined forces on 2019 “Somewhere,” a collection of lush ballads for voice, string orchestra and jazz trio. Peter is also a founding member of internationally acclaimed vocal group, “New York Voices.”

Click this link to listen to the After Hours show featuring Peter Eldridge, originally broadcast on Sept. 30, 2019. Click here to visit Peter’s personal website.