JAZZ

Monday-Friday listen to "IMPROVISATIONS," produced by WUOT.
6:30p.m.-8 p.m.

PODCASTS from Improvisations and Last Set At Birdland

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WUOT is a proud sponsor of:
· Knoxville Jazz Orchestra 2011-2012 Season

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JAZZ IN FEBRUARY 2012
6:30 p.m. Monday-Friday:  “Improvisations”

Friday Nights:
8:00pm  JAZZSET WITH DEEDEE BRIDGEWATER
3 Steve Wilson and Bird with Strings at the Kennedy Center
10 The Mingus Orchestra: Better Get It In Your Soul at St. Bartholomew's Church
17  An Either/Orchestra Premiere: "The Collected Unconcious" by leader Russ Gershon
24 Kevin Eubanks at the Detroit Jazz Festival

9:00pm  MARIAN McPARTLAND’S PIANO JAZZ
3 Trumpeter and educator Clark Terry
10 Piano Jazz at Tanglewood
17 Singer Ed Reed
24  Guitarist Bobby Broom

10:00pm  LAST SET AT BIRDLAND
3  Birthday of alto saxophonist John Handy
10 Birthdays of drummer Chick Webb and pianist Sir Roland Hanna
17  Birthday of clarinetist Buddy deFranco
24   Great tenor saxophone solos, part 1

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JAZZ IN JANUARY 2012
6:30 p.m. Monday-Friday: “Improvisations”

Friday Nights:
8:00pm JAZZSET WITH DEEDEE BRIDGEWATER
6 Mario Pavone Orange Double Tenor at the Litchfield Jazz Festival
13 Tribute to Abbey Lincoln (1930-2010) with Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dianne Reeves and Cassandra Wilson at the Kennedy Center
20 Mark Turner Quartet: Live At The Village Vanguard
27 Arturo O'Farrill and The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra

9:00pm MARIAN McPARTLAND’S PIANO JAZZ
6 The Hot Club of Detroit
13 Matthew Shipp
20 Randy Weston
27 Michel Camilo

10:00pm LAST SET AT BIRDLAND
6 Tribute to drummer Paul Motian
13 Birthday of guitarist Joe Pass
20 Piano trios, Part 2
27 Birthdays of trumpeter Hot Lips Page and vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson

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JAZZ IN DECEMBER 2011
6:30 p.m. Monday-Friday: “Improvisations”

Friday Nights:
8:00pm JAZZSET WITH DEEDEE BRIDGEWATER
2 The Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra of New York at the Kennedy Center
9 Cyrus Chestnut & Benny Green at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola
16 Holiday special
23 Holiday special
30 Two Skirts And A Shirt at the Kennedy Center

9:00pm MARIAN McPARTLAND’S PIANO JAZZ
2 Bud Shanks
9 The Music of Marian McPartland
16 Holiday special
23 Holiday special
30 Stephen Sondheim

10:00pm LAST SET AT BIRDLAND
2 Birthday of pianist Wynton Kelly
9 Birthday of trumpeter Donald Byrd
16 Famous jazz clubs: Cafe Montmarte in Copenhagen
23 Birthdays of trumpeter Chet Baker and alto saxophonist Frank Morgan
30 Jazz from 1925

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JAZZ IN NOVEMBER 2011
6:30 p.m. Monday-Friday: “Improvisations”

Friday Nights:
8:00pm JAZZSET WITH DEEDEE BRIDGEWATER
4 The Second Set: Roy Hargrove Quintet at the Village Vanguard
11 Charles Lloyd and Sangam at the Newport Jazz Festival
18 Miguel Zenón's Puerto Rican Song Project at Newport
25 Ole Mathisen and FFEAR, the Forum for Electro-Acoustical Research, at Miller Theater, NYC

9:00pm MARIAN McPARTLAND’S PIANO JAZZ
4 Joanne Brackeen
11 John Lewis
18 Albert Dailey
25 Herbie Hancock

10:00pm LAST SET AT BIRDLAND
4 Piano trios, Part 1.
11 Jazz from 1926
18 Birthdays of vocalist Sheila Jordan and trumpeter Don Cherry
25 Birthdays of alto saxophonist Paul Desmond and trumpeter Nat Adderley

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JAZZ IN OCTOBER 2011
6:30 p.m. Monday-Friday: “Improvisations”

Friday Nights:
8:00pm JAZZSET WITH DEEDEE BRIDGEWATER
7 Yotam Silberstein at the KC Jazz Club
14 Randy Weston at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center
21 Danilo Perez and Poncho Sanchez at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center
28 NEA Jazz Master Toots Thielemans and Kenny Werner at the Kennedy Center

9:00pm MARIAN McPARTLAND’S PIANO JAZZ
7 Sheila Jordan with guest host Jon Weber
14 Randy Brecker with guest host Bill Charlap
21 Chuck Leavell
28 Julian Lage

10:00pm LAST SET AT BIRDLAND
7 Birthdays of drummer Jo Jones and organist Larry Young
14 Famous Jazz clubs: Keystone Korner in San Francisco
21 Birthdays of trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and tenor saxophonist Don Byas
28 Jazz from 1927