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On this edition I feature the music and legacy of Fats Waller, hugely popular in his lifetime as one of the greatest stride pianists, singer, entertainer and composer of some 400 songs, his work unfortunately very often neglected after his death but thankfully now reinterpreted by a new generation of Jazz musicians, people like Jason Moran or Mark Lewandowski both featured together with the man himself and a couple of surprises thrown in for good measure.
On Jazz Mine No 121 you can hear jazz from Lou Donaldson, Horace Silver, Deodato, John Scofield, Christine Tobin, Kenny Burrell, George Benson & Joe Farrell and many more ..........A wide range of jazz covering many ages & genres. Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie.
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Irish jazz singer and composer / lyricist Emilie Conway with pianist Darragh Hennessy were invited to perform at the American Writers Museum, Chicago, The Village Trip, a new Greenwich Village festival, the American Irish Historical Society, in May to mark the centenary of writer Maeve Brennan, culminating in a performance in Greenwich Village's legendary Cornelia Street Cafe. On September 12 the Emilie Conway Quartet perform "You Won't Forget Me" Words & Music Celebrating Maeve Brennan with readings by Cathy Belton at the National Concert Hall.
Here Emilie records her impressions of the American trip ......
On this edition you can hear a selection of Jazz Classics from the "Golden Years" of the ATLANTIC LABEL under the guidance of label co-owner Nesuhi Ertegun who produced and recorded artists like Jimmi Giuffre, Les McCann, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Thelonious Monk with Art Blakey, Cornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Charles Mingus all featured on this show.
On Jazz Mine 120 you can hear jazz from Blue Note, Cherry Red, Ridgeway Records, Turtle Records, Nina Simone and many more ..........A wide range of jazz covering many ages & genres. Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie.
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On this edition I remember one of the most skillful andd adventurous string bassists in Jazz History, the late great Charlie Haden sadly missed on what would have been his 80th Birthday.
On Jazz Mine 119 you will hear from Charlie Parker, Brian Landrus, Shalosh, Bernie Senensky and many more ..........A wide range of jazz covering many ages & genres. Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie.
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