Tag: Oscar Peterson

After Hours featuring Monty Alexander, air date Jan. 25, 2023

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Join me for the Jan. 25, 2023, edition of After Hours on KRBD Rainbird Radio as I’m joined in conversation with Jamaican jazz pianist Monty Alexander.

Monty’s playing has a Caribbean influence and bright swinging feeling, with a strong vocabulary of bebop jazz and blues-rooted melodies. He was influenced by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Oscar Peterson and Frank Sinatra. Monty also sings and plays the melodica. He’s known for his surprising musical twists, bright rhythmic sense and intense dramatic musical climaxed.

Monty is married to jazz vocalist Caterina Zapponi, who was interviewed on the After Hours show broadcast on March 9, 2020.

Click this link to listen to the Monty Alexander interview from Jan. 25, 2023. Click this link to listen to our previous After Hours show featuring Monty Alexander, originally broadcast on Jan. 13, 2020. Click here to visit Monty’s personal website.

After Hours featuring Jeff Hamilton, air date Dec. 7, 2020

On By Charles BinghamIn Drums, Drums/Percussion, Featured guest1 Comment

Join me for the Dec. 7, 2020, edition of After Hours on KCAW Raven Radio as I’m joined in conversation with jazz drummer Jeff Hamilton.

In addition to his many recordings with Ray Brown, Jeff has been on nearly 200 recordings with artists such as Natalie Cole, Diana Krall, Milt Jackson, Rosemary Clooney, Barbara Streisand, Mel Torme, John Pizzarelli, Benny Carter, Lalo Schifrin, George Shearing, Dr. John, Clark Terry, Gene Harris, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Scott Hamilton, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Keely Smith, Bill Holman, Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel and Mark Murphy.

Jeff is a frequent guest of the WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany. He also appeared in Natalie Cole’s Great Performances PBS special, Unforgettable, and an Oscar Peterson documentary, Life In The Key Of Oscar.

Click this link to listen to the After Hours show featuring Jeff Hamilton, originally broadcast on Dec. 7, 2020. Click here to visit Jeff’s personal website.

After Hours featuring Lewis Nash, air date June 15, 2020

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Join me for the June 15, 2020, edition of After Hours on KCAW Raven Radio as I’m joined in conversation with one of the most gifted and accomplished jazz drummers on the scene today, Lewis Nash.

When just 23 years old, Lewis joined Betty Carter’s band which gave him the opportunity to hone his already talented chops. He appears on many of her recordings, including the Grammy Award-winning 1988 CD, “Look What I Got.” It was Lewis’s decade with the Tommy Flanagan Trio for which he may be best known.

He has performed with jazz luminaries like Sonny Rollins, Clark Terry, Wynton Marsalis, and Oscar Peterson to name just a few. Providing inspiration and expertise to students is an important part of Lewis’s career. In 2001, he became a faculty member of the Juilliard School of Music.

Click this link to listen to the After Hours show featuring Lewis Nash, originally broadcast on June 15, 2020. Click here to visit Lewis’ artist page on the Blue Note Records website.

After Hours featuring Monty Alexander, air date Jan. 13, 2020

On By Charles BinghamIn Featured guest, Piano1 Comment

Join me for the Jan. 13, 2020, edition of After Hours on KCAW Raven Radio as I’m joined in conversation with Jamaican jazz pianist Monty Alexander.

Monty’s playing has a Caribbean influence and bright swinging feeling, with a strong vocabulary of bebop jazz and blues-rooted melodies. He was influenced by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Oscar Peterson and Frank Sinatra. Monty also sings and plays the melodica. He’s known for his surprising musical twists, bright rhythmic sense and intense dramatic musical climaxed.

Monty is married to jazz vocalist Caterina Zapponi, who was interviewed on the After Hours show broadcast on March 9, 2020.

Click this link to listen to the After Hours show featuring Monty Alexander, originally broadcast on Jan. 13, 2020. Click here to visit Monty’s personal website.

After Hours featuring Benny Green, air date Dec. 9, 2019

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Join me for the Dec. 9, 2019, edition of After Hours on KCAW Raven Radio as I’m joined in conversation with the great American hard bop jazz pianist Benny Green.

He has been compared to Bud Powell and Oscar Peterson in style and counts them as influences. Benny joined Betty Carter’s band in 1983, and since 1991 he has led his own trio. He’s recorded for Blue Note Records, Telarc and Criss Cross Jazz.

Click this link to listen to the After Hours show featuring Benny Green, originally broadcast on Dec. 9, 2019. Click here to visit Benny’s personal website.