WORT 89.9FM Madison

It's a beautiful spring day and we are celebrating Jazz Appreciation on today's show. We will honor the birthdays of several artists today by featuring tunes they recorded.

EJCJ is deejaying today. I will be featuring the music of musicians with birthdays in March. Shirley Scott, Elaine Elias, Marian McPartland, Sarah Vaughn and others including Wes Montgomery, Roy Haynes, Eddy lockjaw Davis and Michael Brecker to name just a few. This should be a great show.😀. I hope you can tune in. If not catch it on the WORT Archives later in the week. Just look for archives on the left side of our home page and search for Journey's Into Jazz.

Dr. Elton J. Crim Jr. (EJCJ).

Host EJCJ along with Cohost Chuck France are hoping to raise funds during this winter pledge drive Jazz Show. Host EJCJ is planning to make it a party in the afternoon. We will be featuring some great Jazz Music this afternoon. Please tune in and give us a listen and if you are able please donate to your favorite local community radio station. Good Jazz can be hard to fine but not at WORT. In Journey's into jazz, we make it easy. Just let the vibe flow through.

Birthday celebrations for Simone, Dameron, Farnsworth, Vache and James Reese Europe.

Celebrating the music of a few February Jazz artists including the legend Dexter Gordon and the smooth as butter Stan Getz. Happy Valentines day everyone.

Today I am playing some music from some of my favorite jazz trumpet players.

Cynthia France presents "Showtunes performed by jazz artists"

Tributes artists we lost in 2023 and celebrating the birthdays of Frank Wess, Herbie Nichols, Trombone Shorty, James Carter and John McLaughlin.

Two buckets of jazz for the holidays: the HO HO HO bucket and the NO NO NO bucket

A mix of holiday jazz and some of my favorite artists with birthdays in December as well as other jazz that I just like.

Birthday tributes to Ira Gershwin, Dave Brubeck, Miroslav Vitous and my guest on the first half of the show, NEA jazz master Jimmy Owens. Also Mitchell Shiner and Latin Vibes.

The day before thanks giving we wish everyone safe travels and much love as they engage with loved ones on the thanksgiving holiday. Today's show will have a mix of some of my favorites and some holiday jazz as we begin the march to the Christmas season.