Greetings! Every Friday I’ll be bringing you some highlights of new music we are featuring here on Jazz88. This is all connected to This Just In, our weekly show that celebrates new jazz releases. You can catch This Just In, hosted by moi, on Fridays at Noon on 88.5 or catch it on your own...Read More
It’s true! The Twin Cities has an exorbitant amount of record stores per capita. Having gone record shopping all over the country, I can confirm we probably have more record stores than some of the major cities on each coast. The music community that fuels our programming and represents our listenership at Jazz88 and all...Read More
Julian Lage – Nothing Happens Here Ghost-Note – Mustard N’Onions Ned Kantar – After You’ve Gone Adam Levy – Vermouth Greg Murphy – The Cure Nubya Garcia – Fortify Kamasi Washington – Prologue Remy Le Bouef’s Assembly of Shadows – Barbara HeyArlo – Chanting and Gossip Lynne Arriale – Courage Loading… Read More
In honor of Record Store Day coming up on Saturday I’d like to list to you five records that you will not regret owning on vinyl because they are amazing. Do I own them all? Not on vinyl. Do I love them all? Absolutely. Will I one day own them all on vinyl? Probably....Read More
Jazz88 celebrates the birthday of legendary bassist Buster Williams, born on this day in Camden, New Jersey. Williams made his first recordings at the age of seventeen, while working with the tenor saxophone duo of Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt. He became a favorite accompanist for several great jazz singers, including Dakota Staton, Nancy Wilson, Shirley Horn, and Carmen McRae. Williams became...Read More
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