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Welcome to the 3rd Sunday Edition of Jazz Sundae! Today we're exploring choices made and choices to come, that can swing a song, a state, a society, and the jazz tradition. We've got a lot of new and classic tracks coming, some spoken word jazz, + B Dog's Jazz Stash dives into spiritual jazz. If you haven't yet, choose well and get that ballot in on time! Contact us anytime at: brad.laura_jazz@yahoo.com.

Sitting in for Van Man again this month, ethnomusicologist and lecturer on American popular music Rachel looks at the influence of the American Musical on jazz. Covers a plenty today.

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Sitting in for Neto this week, ethnomusicologist and lecturer on American popular music Rachel takes you through the catalogs of now defunct jazz labels. As per usual, a bit of history, but plenty of great music.

Welcome to the 3rd Sunday Edition of Jazz Sundae! Today honoring the lives of recently passed jazz elders, bassist Gary Peacock and saxophonist Hal Singer, as well as Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Plus, B Dog's Jazz Stash swings somewhat Sassy for September, with plenty of new and classic tracks along the way. Enjoy, and contact us anytime with thoughts, suggestions or requests for future shows at: brad.laura_jazz@yahoo.com!

Sitting in for Van Man again this month, ethnomusicologist and lecturer on American popular music Rachel is back to bring you some aural history of the Newport Jazz Festival, featuring live albums and the artists from the cancelled 2020 festival.

Thanks for listening! This week we'll be honoring the lives of sax-man Steve Grossman and drummer Charli (Charlie) Persip, and B Dog's Jazz Stash will take a 3-part deep dive into the "Third Stream Music" world as described by composer/musician/scholar/author Gunther Schuller. Plus, plenty of new and classic jazz. You can always email us at: brad.laura_jazz@yahoo.com with requests, comments, questions.

Welcome to the 3rd Sunday Edition! This August is the centennial of Charlie Parker's birth, and this week is the centennial of Mamie Smith's recording of "Crazy Blues," which became the first record label-sponsored hit by a Black woman. Also, we'll salute the lives of trumpeter Eddie Gale and of pioneering jazz trombonist Helen Jones Woods. Plus, of course, plenty of new and classic jazz, and B Dog's Jazz Stash will bop, Yardbird-style! Contact us anytime at: brad.laura_jazz@yahoo.com.

From the very first jazz recordings in 1917, New York City has been the place that jazz musicians from all over the world call home. Sitting in for Van Man this week, ethnomusicologist and lecturer in American Popular Music Rachel is back for a globally-influenced, but still very American Jazz Sundae show.

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Sitting in for Neto this week, ethnomusicologist and professor of American popular music Rachel takes a look at West Coast jazz artists, from those who made their marks out west in the 1920s through to now. We're taking a summer jazz road trip up from Tucson, through Los Angeles to Seattle and back!

I'll be back on August 9th. Feel free to email your requests or comments at rachelkxci@gmail.com and remember, a fan of jazz is a friend of mine. See you on the 9th!

Welcome to the 3rd Sunday Edition. Today we'll celebrate the return of summertime desert rains, acknowledge jazz elders past and present, and have plenty of new and classic jazz, spoken word, and B Dog's Jazz Stash too! Email us with comments, questions, ideas at: brad.laura_jazz@yahoo.com. Thanks for listening!

Thanks for listening! Today we'll explore new and classic jazz, honor the lives of recently passed jazz elders Freddy Cole and Johnny Mandel, and visit the legacy of James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson, via their composition, "Lift Every Voice And Sing." Plus, B Dog's Jazz Stash dives into the blues, Freddie Cole style! Contact us anytime at: brad.laura_jazz@yahoo.com.

Thanks for listening! Today exploring new and classic jazz in times of joy and sorrow, with a focus on Brazil, Europe, North America - plus B Dog's Jazz Stash celebrates the music of pianist/composer John Lewis (1920-2001)! Contact Brad, Laura or B Dog at: www.brad.laura_jazz@yahoo.com, with comments, requests and suggestions for future shows.

This week on Jazz Sundae 3rd Sunday Edition, we salute Wayne Shorter's long and varied jazz journey. Plus we'll explore classic and new jazz, have some spoken word and sniff around B Dog's Jazz Stash! Contact Brad, Laura or B Dog anytime with comments, suggestions, jazz and poem ideas at: www.brad.laura_jazz@yahoo.com. Thanks for listening!

Thanks for listening! Today exploring new and classic jazz that confronts bigotry, brutality, and ignorance with beauty, passion and resolution. Also, we're honoring the life of french horn player/flutist/educator/ DJ Robert Northern (aka Brother Ah), who heard the music of all living beings. Plus B Dog's Jazz Stash, of course! Contact us anytime at: brad.laura_jazz@yahoo.com.