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Bebop and Beyond - Father's Day with Steve & Les Owen

Jun 19, 2022 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Music

With Don Chirashi

I am currently in my thirty-eighth year of Jazz broadcasting. My first exposure to America’s Classical Music came as a child in the city of my birth………….New Orleans. From my youth I was exposed to this great music, and as I grew, my love for and interest in the music grew.

Sharing the music has always been my primary motivation. It is something that I am very passionate about. I want everyone to hear this great idiom that originated right here in America and is revered worldwide.

I was displaced from my home in New Orleans and lost my whole music collection as a result of Hurricane Katrina. I had been with WWOZ-FM in New Orleans for twenty-four years. WRIR has afforded me the opportunity to continue to share my musical knowledge and expertise with it’s listeners.

When I started at WWOZ the station was in it’s second year. When I came to Richmond and started with WRIR, it too was in it’s second year. I’m thankful for the opportunity to be involved with the growth of my new home. Join me on Sundays to exper

Bebop and Beyond - Father's Day with Steve & Les Owen
11:10 AM
Cory Weeds - Chicken N’ Dumplins
Cory Weeds Chicken N’ Dumplins
Just Coolin' Cellar Live 2022 Contemporary Jazz
11:16 AM
Herbie Hancock - Oliloqui Valley (Alternate Take)
Herbie Hancock Oliloqui Valley (Alternate Take)
Empyrean Isles (Expanded Edition) Blue Note Records 1964 Jazz
11:24 AM
The Quintet - Jubilee
The Quintet Jubilee
Greatest Jazz Concert Ever Prestige
11:31 AM
Art Farmer & Benny Golson Jazztet - Con Alma
Art Farmer & Benny Golson Jazztet Con Alma
Big City Sounds GRP 1960 Jazz
11:37 AM
Elvin Jones & Richard Davis - Shiny Stockings
Elvin Jones & Richard Davis Shiny Stockings
Heavy Sounds (Remastered) Impulse! 1999 Jazz
11:42 AM
The Heath Brothers - Prince Albert
The Heath Brothers Prince Albert
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11:52 AM
Josean Jacobo - San Miguel
Josean Jacobo San Miguel
Herencia Criolla Josean Jacobo 2022 Jazz
11:55 AM
Alberto Pibiri - Moonlight In Vermont
Alberto Pibiri Moonlight In Vermont
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11:59 AM
Michael Leonhart Orchestra - The Norman Suite #2: May The Young Grow Old
Michael Leonhart Orchestra The Norman Suite #2: May The Young Grow Old
The Norman Suites unknown
12:01 PM
Jim Hall - Two's Blues
Jim Hall Two's Blues
Concierto (CTI Records 40th Anniversary Edition) Masterworks Jazz 1975 Jazz
12:06 PM
Hubert Laws - Going Home
Hubert Laws Going Home
The Chicago Theme Legacy Recordings 1975 Pop
12:10 PM
Arthur Blythe - Jitterbug Waltz
Arthur Blythe Jitterbug Waltz
In the Tradition Columbia/Legacy 1979 Jazz
12:16 PM
Butcher Brown - Lysol (Live)
Butcher Brown Lysol (Live) L
Live at Vagabond Gearbox Records 2017 Jazz
12:23 PM
Weather Report - Teen Town
Weather Report Teen Town
Heavy Weather Columbia/Legacy 1977 Jazz
12:28 PM
Herbie Hancock - Fat Albert Rotunda
Herbie Hancock Fat Albert Rotunda
Fat Albert Rotunda Rhino/Warner Records 1969 Jazz
12:38 PM
Thelonius Monk - Well You Needn't
Thelonius Monk Well You Needn't
Monk's Greatest Hits Columbia
12:40 PM
Woody Shaw - Sunbath
Woody Shaw Sunbath
Love Dance Muse Records
12:45 PM
Wayne Shorter - The Soothsayer
Wayne Shorter The Soothsayer
The Soothsayer (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) Blue Note Records 2008 Jazz
12:59 PM
Madlib & Sound Directions - Song For My Father
Madlib & Sound Directions Song For My Father
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