Tag: Trumpet

After Hours featuring Dale Curtis, air date Oct. 20, 2021

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Join me at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 20, with my very special guest trumpet player and Ketchikan’s own, Dale Curtis, on After Hours Alaska on KRBD-Rainbird Radio in Ketchikan, Alaska. This show also will air from 8-10 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 2, on KCAW-Raven Radio in Sitka.

I’ll be featuring his “Bridge to Nowhere” album that features his talented quintet. We will dive into his music education experience and why he thinks it’s vital for kids to have this valuable education today. We will also discuss his professional music career which he has been immersed in from many different angles.

You won’t want to miss this special edition of After Hours on KRBD in Ketchikan, which I like to call the island of unexpected artists.

Click here to visit Dale’s personal profile on Facebook.

After Hours featuring Benny Benack III, air date March 2, 2020

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Join me for the March 2, 2020, edition of After Hours on KCAW Raven Radio as I’m joined in conversation with with Benny Benack lll.

Benny has proven to be a rare talent: not only a fiery trumpet player with a stirring command of the post-bop trumpet vernacular in the vein of Kenny Dorham and Blue Mitchell, but also a singer with a sly, mature, naturally expressive delivery in the post-Sinatra mold, performing standards and his own astute songs with a thrilling sense of showmanship. His superb intonation and bracing virtuosity enable him to handle astounding feats of originally composed vocalese (complex solos with written lyrics). And he’s a highly capable pianist as well.

Benny performs widely as a frontman for Postmodern Jukebox, the vintage music collective famed for canny old-school covers of modern pop.

Click this link to listen to the After Hours show featuring Benny Benack III, originally broadcast on March 2, 2020. Click here to visit Benny’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.