Nov 28th, 2008 · Detroit-born pianist, composer and educator Geri Allen is a musician of great depth and creativity. She's recently been presented with a Guggenheim Fellowship for music composition. Allen displays her compositional skills and plays the music of Monk and Strayhorn with McPartland.
Nov 19th, 2008 · Poetic young pianist Roberto Plano uncovers the layers of bittersweet emotion in a set of Impromptus written by Franz Schubert near the end of his short life. Plano performs for a live studio audience at WGBH in Boston.
Nov 19th, 2008 · From the Aspen Music Festival and School in Colorado, a gifted flutist embraces a Swiss ballade, a 16-year-old violinist tosses off a devilish sonata and a 14-year-old pianist tackles Liszt's Mephisto Waltz.
Nov 13th, 2008 · To celebrate her July birthday this year, pianist Joanne Brackeen celebrated the musicians that gave her a shot early in her career: Art Blakey, Joe Henderson and Stan Getz. Brackeen unleashes a maelstrom on the keys in a concert recorded at the Jazz Standard by JazzSet.
Oct 31st, 2008 · Pianist Diana Levine of Vermont lost her right arm to gangrene after a doctor injected her with a drug that caused an adverse reaction. Now she is at the center of an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case about lawsuits involving the medical industry.
Oct 29th, 2008 · "Hootie" to his friends, bluesman supreme Jay McShann served as the living legacy to Kansas City jazz. As bandleader, pianist, singer and composer, McShann was an unsung yet influential figure. During the '40s, his orchestra became an important launching pad for prominent soloists including Charlie Parker.
Oct 23rd, 2008 · At the Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival, Anat Cohen leads a small group at the Kennedy Center. The award-winning reed player's flowing performances make her one of the best reasons to see jazz. Japanese pianist Mayuko Katakura opens the concert on JazzSet.
Oct 23rd, 2008 · Gershwin placed his song "Summertime" at the beginning of his opera Porgy and Bess, and for good reason. Pianist and composer Rob Kapilow demonstrates how, in just a few measures, Gershwin transports the listener into the languid world of Catfish Row.