Lazaro Vega

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Less of one after Chuck was shopping at Vertigo last April before the Gebhard Ullmann-Steve Swell Quintet with Barry Altchul that played right across the street! Vertigo does have a good jazz selection. Probably best in Grand Rapids.

We're playing Saxophone Summit's version of "Seraphic Light" late tonight on Jazz from Blue Lake.

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Turns 50 on May 29th. We'll celebrate from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. est tonight. www.bluelake.org/radio

Do you know Dave Burns's composition "Rapid Shave"? Where did that come from? James Carter with trumpeter Dwight Adams, pianist D.D. Jackson, bassist James Genus and drummer Victor Lewis eat it up. As they do Marmarosa's "Dodo's Bounce." James's bass clarinet feature is "Bro. Dolphy" building through lyrical steps toward a power chord. He gives a nod to Django again with "Pour Que Ma Vie Demeure." Have aired this new recording twice on JFBL. Guitarist Rodney Jones and perc. added on some tracks. www.emarcy.com www.jamescarterlive.com

Unwrapped mine yesterday. Suggested AACM Listening from NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/arts/02b...amp;oref=slogin

THIRD ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF JAZZ AND IMPROVISED MUSIC IN DETROIT Greetings from Detroit: Joel Peterson, at Bohemian National Home in Detroit, has set up a mammoth two day festival of jazz and improvised music on May 30 and 31. Here's the lineup. Hope you can make it and please help spread the word. Friday May 30 (Doors at 5pm): (Approximate times of sets) 10:00 - MATTHEW SHIPP TRIO W/JOE MORRIS & WHIT DICKEY 9:00 - FARUQ Z. BEY & NORTHWOODS IMPROVISERS 8:00 - TATSUYA NAKATANI 7:00 - THE RAW TRUTH (W/DETROIT'S MIKE CAREY) 6:15 - JOE MORRIS (guitar) W/HANS BEUTOW & BEN HALL 5:30 - MICHAEL CAREY & PIOTR MICHALOWSKI (multiple reeds duo) Saturday May 31 (Doors at 2pm): 11:45 - SABIR MATEEN ENSEMBLE W/MICHAEL WEMBERLEY & WARREN SMITH (percussion) RAYMOND KING (piano), SHIAU-SHU YU (cello), JANE WANG (bass) 10:30 - FRED ANDERSON QUARTET W/SKEETER SHELTON, HAKIM JAMI, ALI ALLEN COLDING 9:30 - ANDREW LAMB TRIO W/TOM ABBS & WARREN SMITH 8:30 - ELLERY ESKELIN & SYLVIE COURVOISSIER DUO 7:30 - SARIS: SARA SCHOENBECK (bassoon) & HARRIS EISENSTADT (percussion) 6:30 - JASON KAO HWANG'S EDGE (Hwang, Taylor Ho Bynum, Ken Filiano, Andrew Drury) 5:45 - JACK WRIGHT 5:00 - THE VIZITORS W/KENNY GREEN, DUSHON MOSLEY, SKEETER SHELTON, AO 4:15 - HASSAN ABDUR RAZZAQ & RYAN JEWELL 3:30 - MEMBERS OF NEW MUSIC DETROIT 2:00 - TATSUYA NAKATANI WORKSHOP BOHEMIAN NATIONAL HOME AT: 3009 TILLMAN IN DETROIT (ONE BLOCK NORTH OF MICHIGAN AVE) PHONE: 313-737-6606 My Space page at: myspace.com/bohemiannationalhome General Admission: $25 Friday / $28 Saturday Advance 2 Day Pass: $45 Advance Reserved Seating $30/day Advance tickets by checks or PayPal will be available at Will Call the days of the festival Checks to: Joel Peterson 3009 Tillman Detroit, Mi. 48216 PayPal Account: newdetroitsounds@hotmail.com

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What an entertaining article. That New York’s premiere jazz radio “personality” is a compulsive only seems appropriate. The complexities he personifies shake out in a contribution that’s been streaky. It’s too bad he wasn’t able to guide compulsive behavior with the professionalism his sports announcing brethren brought to their careers. It seems like everything – the radio program, the concerts, the attention to benefiting lost leaders, all led up to what for anyone is graduation: being invited from the non-commercial realm into the highest level of commercial responsibility a non musician can offer, the stewarding of recordings to the marketplace via Columbia. That that tenure, at that moment -- the 100th anniversary of Duke Ellington -- ended ignobly is reason for contrition, modesty, embarrassment. The Ellington at Newport CD was a revelation – that those two tapes came together, finally, and the live performance was separated from the studio one makes that issue an important addition. The Goodman at Carnegie Hall has problems with the sound, yet so does the massive RCA Ellington Centennial collection. That seemed to be the sound a generation wanted to hold up with their new technology. Too bad. Even though there are incredible re-masterings amid the over cooked high end 78 rpm cymbal and trumpet fizz-outs on the Ellington, I think it is time to buy the JSP Goodman at Carnegie and move on, use it in the library for airplay on that concert. For Schaap “Such Sweet Thunder” was a failure. What a tough and complicated high pressure game there, folks, and not many are set up to deal with it though Schaap had the chance to metamorphose into a player of major global and historical significance for all time, messed up, and was dismissed. What can you say about that? He was invited on to the roof and fell off. There are many New York musicians who I’ve spoken with who think he’s the greatest because of the radio show. The Monk anecdote is a career for anyone, even if it was to correct. Phil and the station engaged (engages?) the attention of the jazz world. Crouch’s quote summed up a lot. In any case, an entertaining article.

Begin forwarded message: (Start) Hello: Here's a little more information on the Braxton Pittsburgh weekend. The Braxton Septet performance at the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild does have pre-concert sales available here: http://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?r=1E...&VenueID=13 Tickets are $20 apiece. This is, I think, the only event with pre-sales. A recap of the events: May 30: Braxton Septet at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, 8pm May 31: Syrinx Ensemble & AB, National Aviary, 10am (http://www.aviary.org/) May 31: AB & Three Rivers Tri-Centric Ensemble, with CAPA Antithesis, CAPA Theater 7pm ($10) June 1: Syrinx Ensemble & AB, National Aviary, 10am (+/-) Contact and information: www.myspace.com/braxtonplayspittsburghplaysbraxton -Ben (End)

"Clubbing" on Playground methinks is "Cherokee."

Wazz'at Bart? Heard this program on the radio as we drove home from the Police and Elvis Costello concert -- joined right in the middle of a Tony Williams and Lifetime recording. Muhal playing "King Korn" on Barry Altschul's album is a classic.

Hey, just printed out the lead sheet to "Ida Lupino" and will undertake to play it on the trumpet. Thanks for the link.

May 13, 2008 The Jazz Datebook: Program Note: “Live From Blue Lake” presents a local favorite – Evidence -- live from Blue Lake’s studios Tuesday May 27th at 10 p.m. in the next radio concert underwritten by Detroit’s jazz label Mack Avenue Records, the road to great music, mackavenue.com. Tenor saxophonist Michael Doyle’s hard bop and Latin jazz quintet Evidence is a West Michigan collective on the musical strengths of pianist Steve Talaga, drummer Fred Knapp, trumpeter Chris Lawrence and bassist Tom Lockwood. Their latest recording “The Message” includes liner notes by Blue Lake Public Radio’s Lazaro Vega. Evidence “Live From Blue Lake” is also underwritten by a grant from the Holland Area Arts Council and the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs. Please join us via FM or the Internet Tuesday, May 27th at 10 p.m. for “Live From Blue Lake” with Evidence. Regular Hits: Mondays from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. The What Not Inn features a jam session open to musicians and vocalists and featuring local, regional and international jazz musicians sitting in with the “house” band with pianist Wally Michaels, bassist Jeff Beavin and drummer Jack Wilkin. No cover charge. Music also presented Saturdays and Sundays. www.whatnotinn.com. The What Not Inn is located at M89 and the Blue Star Highway, 2405 68th Street, Fennville, MI. (269) 543-3341. Tuesdays May 20th and June 10th and 24th from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 The Truth In Jazz Orchestra plays hard at The West Side Inn, 1635 Beidler St, Muskegon, MI. Also, on Monday, July 16th the band performs after 7 p.m. at John Ball Park Zoo in Grand Rapids. This powerful 16 piece Muskegon based big band announced via its web site that Dave Collee, “has left for the old country and is performing on cruise ships all over the Mediterranean Sea and ports all through Europe. We will sorely miss Dave as a trombonist, announcer, band leader, booking agent and most of all, good friend.” More information from www.tijo.org. Wednesdays, 7:00 to 10:00 p.m., Rick Reuther sings at Notos Italian Restaurant, 6600 28th St. S.E., Grand Rapids. Rick Reuther plays with drummer Cherie Lynn and pianist Tom Hagen. See http://www.notosoldworld.com/ or www.rickreuthersings.com Thursdays from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Baton Rouge, LA native Sweet Willie Singleton, or varying cast of Grand Rapids jazz musicians, swing at Gill’s Blue Crab Lounge in The B.O.B., 20 Monroe Ave. N.W., Grand Rapids. Thursdays local live jazz or blues is featured at Naya’s Restaurant, 1144 East Paris, Grand Rapids, MI. (616) 719 – 4400. www.nayagr.com. Saturdays from 7 to 10 p.m. Restaurant Toulouse, 246 Culver Street, Saugatuck, presents live jazz with the Chet Baker influenced trumpeter Eddie Curtis in duo with pianist Wally Michaels. (269) 857 – 1561. Fridays from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. live music on the Blodgett Balcony at The Grand Rapids Art Museum, 101 Monroe Center, Grand Rapids. See www.gramonline.org for more information, or call (616) 831 – 1000. Three Fridays a month trumpeter/vocalist/entertainer Sweet Willie Singleton plays jazz in Ada during the dinner hour (6 to 9 p.m.) at the Thornapple Daily Grill, 445 Ada Drive, Ada, MI. (616) 676-1233 www.thegilmorecollection.com/Thornapple/thornapple.html. Fridays and Saturdays from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. live local jazz, blues and other musical forms at The Grand Seafood and Oyster Bar, 24 Washington St., Grand Haven. Live local jazz or blues guitarists on Wednesday evenings from 8 to 11 p.m. (616) 844- 5055. Fridays and Saturdays, from 7 to 11 p.m. the Doc Woodward Experience plays jazz and r&b at The Gull Landing, 438 N. Hancock, Pentwater. (231) 869-4215 Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Pumpernickels, 202 Butler St., Saugatuck, guitarist Chip Kristi plays jazz for breakfast. (269) 857-1196. Timely Hits: Friday May 16th and Saturday May 17th at 7 p.m. then Sunday May 18th at 4 p.m. The Grand Haven Jazz Festival is held at Waterfront Stadium, Grand Haven. Performances and clinics on Friday by The Western Jazz Quartet; on Saturday by saxophonist Jeff Coffin with Austrian bassist Berhard Lackner (Coffin plays in Bela Fleck and the Flecktones – see www.jeffcoffin.com). The Sunday afternoon matinee features Muskegon’s premier jazz big band, The Truth and Jazz Orchestra. Special weekend jazz performances at The Rosebud, The Grand and Portabello are also scheduled. Tickets $10 and $14 at the gate. Charge by phone from (800) 585 – 3737 through Start Tickets Plus (also available at every Meijer location). See grandhavenjazzfest@myspace.com or E-mail grandhavenjazzfest@gmail.comfor more details. Friday, May 16th from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. the Cooper, Hay, Van Lente Group performs at The Grand Seafood and Oyster Bar, 24 Washington Avenue, Grand Haven as part of the Grand Haven Jazz Festival. One of the working-est bands in west Michigan right now, the trio features Jim Cooper on vibes; Dave Hay piano and bass; plus Mike Van Lente, drums. Look for a new recording by them soon. Saturday, May 17that 6 p.m. the Max Colley III Quartet participates in the Jazz Vespers concert and worship service at First United Methodist Church, 227 East Fulton Street, Grand Rapids. For information (616) 451 – 2879 ext. 126. Sunday, May 18th, from 6 to 8 p.m. the Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra performs at Founder’s Brewing Company in Grand Rapids, at 235 Grandville SE (one block south of Cherry Street). After the 18th the GRJO plays the first and third Sunday’s of the month at Founders. See www.grjo.com for more information. Monday, May 19th from 6 to 9 p.m. the Evan Hyde Quintet with the WMU Swingers take the stage at The Kopper Top Guest House, 634 Stocking NW, Grand Rapids, as part of the West Michigan Jazz Society’s Jazz Gumbo Showcase. Evan is the son of vocalist Edie Evans-Hyde and guitarist Mike Hyde and was the WMJS scholarship winner this last school year. Tickets are $10 at the door. (616) 458 – 0125 or log-on to www.wmichjazz.org . Saturday, May 24th at 9p.m. The Firefly Club, 637 S. Main Street, Ann Arbor the Polish jazz trio of pianist Marcin Wasilewski, bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and drummer Michal Miskiewicz appears on their first North American tour behind the release of their second CD “January” on ECM Records (see: http://tinyurl.com/6496fw). The tour makes stops in New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Los Angeles. www.fireflyclub.com for more information. Sunday, May 25th at 8 p.m. Dee Alexander sings jazz at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts. Named by the Chicago Tribune as "Jazz Performer of the Year," Dee Alexander was featured with Orbert Davis and the Chicago Philharmonic, is a regular guest on the Chicago Jazz Festival and recorded with Malachi Thompson's Africa Brass. Reserved seating only. Tickets available from the Saugatuck Center for the Arts at www.sc4a.org or by phone from (269) 857-2399. The Saugatuck Center For the Arts, 400 Culver Street, Saugatuck. Thursday, May 29 at 6:30 p.m. A Salute to pianist Steve Talaga as Jazz Musician of the Year presented by The West Michigan Jazz Society at The Wege Center Ballroom, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids. Cash Bar opens at 6:30 with the Buffet Banquet from 7- 8:30 pm followed by Award Presentations then Music & Dancing. $25 per person. Reservations Required by May 22nd. Please phone (616) 458 – 0125 or E-mail bforr@hotmail.com . Wednesday, June 4th at 11:30 a.m. at St. Cecilia Music Center, 24 Ransom Avenue NE, Grand Rapids, presents a Sneak Peak Luncheon introducing the 2008-2009 Classical and Jazz Series line up. See www.scmc-online.org or phone (616) 459 – 2224. Sunday, June 8th from 3 to 6 p.m. The Red Rose Jazz Band continues the new season of early jazz presented by The West Shore Jazz Society at The Oakridge Country Club Ballroom, 513 West Pontaluna Road, Muskegon. Tickets are $20 for members of the WSJS or $25 for non-members. The season includes these performances: July 13th Bob Adams’ Buffalo Ridge Jazz Band; August 10th Dave Greer’s Classic Jazz Stompers; September 7th The West End Jazz Band; October 5th Rag Time Rick and The Chefs of Dixieland; and November 2nd, The Chicago Salty Dogs. For season tickets or membership in The West Shore Jazz Society please call WSJS President Bill Blakeman at (231) 759 – 0071 or write West Shore Jazz Society, P.O. Box 175, Musekgon, MI 49443. The week of June 15 – 20th, the annual Aquinas College Jazz Camp, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, is open to students interested in studying with top-professional jazz player-teachers, including improvisation at all levels, arranging and composing for combos, big bands, et al. For information or to sign-up see www.aquinas.edu/music/jazz_camp.html#schedule . One correction: Dave Hay will be the piano instructor as Steve Talaga will be performing out of the country. More information from: Dr. Paul Brewer/Director of Bands, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, www.aquinas.edu/music/faculty.html . For PDF of the registration form please see: http://www.aquinas.edu/music/pdf/jazzcamp08.pdf . Thursday, June 19th at 10 p.m. “Live From Blue Lake” features Phil Ogilvie’s Rhythm Kings, a 10 piece early jazz band performing the late music of King Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton and the early music of Duke Ellington. See www.porkjazz.com . Please join us live on the air. June 21st through July 25 The Fontana Chamber Arts 2008 Summer Music Festival. Fontana will present 19 chamber music concerts in multiple venues in southwest Michigan. Concert venues include the Kalamazoo Nature Center (Cooper’s Glen Auditorium), St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Kalamazoo, Stetson Chapel at Kalamazoo College, First United Methodist Church in South Haven, and the Carnegie Center for the Arts in Three Rivers. Of particular interest to jazz fans: Tuesday, July 8th at 7:30 p.m. jazz organist Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio appears at First United Methodist Church, South Haven; and Wednesday, July 9th at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio gets greasy at the Kalamazoo Nature Center. Information from (269) 382-7774. The Fontana Chamber Arts is located at the Epic Center, 359 S. Kalamazoo Mall, Suite. 200, Kalamazoo, MI 49007. www.fontanachamberarts.org . As part of their winter season Fontana will present Renaud Garcia-Fons Trio on Thursday, September 25th; The Tord Gustavsen Trio on Thursday, January 15th at 8 p.m. and Stefon Harris and Blackout on Thursday May 14th. Each of those performances takes place at the Dalton Center Recital Hall, Kalamazoo. Monday, November 3rd a Tribute to Benny Goodman and Peggy Lee presented by Muskegon Community Concerts and featuring Amada Carr and Everett Longstreth at The Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts, 425 West Western Avenue, Muskegon. Then on Saturday, February 21st Muskegon Community Concerts presents jazz pianist and vocalist Freddie Cole’s quartet in concert at The Frauenthal. Information on the entire season from www.muskegonconcerts.org.

Jason Guthartz writes: Hank Shteamer in Time Out NY: http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/mu...ctive-conscious complete transcripts of Shteamer's conversations with Abrams & Lewis are on his blog: http://darkforcesswing.blogspot.com/2008/0...-and-lewis.html

Her appearance on Jane Ira Bloom's recording "Mental Weather" was the first I'd heard of Dawn Clement. Haven't delved as deeply into her own CD. Heard Eric Reed and Cyrus Chestnut with Dezron Douglas on bass and Willie Jones III on drums -- Tom McIntosh's "The Cup Bearers" and Monk's "In Walked Bud" as two piano and rhythm virtuoso displays, sailin'. Then a duo for the pianos on some original music, Cyrus playing a solo medley of gospel numbers, Reed a solo medley of music from his new cd on Willie Jones III's label. And that was as much as a four and six year old could take. They were in their dresses and looking festive for Mother's Day. Drove them home to the sitter than came back to Grand Rapids for Elvis Costello and The Police at VanAndle arena. Big nostalgia trip for 8,000 sing a long Police fans. Elvis was louder than an m-f-er. Played many of his hits and was joined on stage by Sting for "Allison." The Police's show and staging -- lights, camera, big screen -- are the best money can buy. High def video as big as a house.

Jazz From Blue Lake WBLV FM 90.3/WBLU FM 88.9 www.bluelake.org Tuesday March 18, 2008 Artist/Composition/Album/Label 10 p.m. Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue; The Reprise Studio Recordings: Mosaic. Bill Frisell/Ron Carter/Paul Motian, Eighty One; Frisell...: Nonesuch. Paul Motian Trio, Party Line; Time and Time Again: ECM. John Scofield, House of the Rising Sun; This Meets That: EmArcy. Moss, Orchard; Moss: Sunnyside. Karen Blixt, Billie’s Bounce; Mad Hope: Hi Fi Records. Stacey Kent, So Romantic; Breakfast on the Morning Tram: Blue Note. Charles Lloyd, Lift Every Voice and Sing; Lift Every Voice and Sing: ECM. Gust Spenos, Ow!; Swing Theory: CAP. 11 p.m. John Scofield/Bill Frisell, Bill Me; Grace Under Pressure: Blue Note. Bill Frisell, No Moe; Have A Little Faith: Nonesuch. Bill Frisell, Blue Moon; With Dave Holland, Elvin Jones: Nonesuch. Gary Peacock/Bill Frisell, Home on the Range(part 2); Just So Happens: Postcards. Paul Carr, Black Narcissus; Musically Yours: CPJ. Joe Locke, All of You; Sticks and Strings: Jazz Eyes. Michael Blake, To You Dear One/Single Petal of a Rose; The World Awakens: Stunt. 12 a.m. Bill Frisell, You Are My Sunshine; W/Ron Carter/Paul Motian: Nonesuch. Bill Frisell, I Heard It Through the Grapevine; East West: Nonesuch. Charles Lloyd, What’s Going On?; Lift Every Voice: ECM. Lionel Loueke, Naima; Karibu: Blue Note. Hadley Caliman, This Is New; Gratitude: Origin. Bobby Watson, Wilke’s BBQ; From the Heart: Origin. Gregg August, Nasstissimo; One Peace: Iacuessa Records. Jaleel Shaw, Optimism; Optimism: Changu. 1 a.m. Bill Frisell, Rambler; Rambler: ECM. Jack DeJohnette/Bill Frisell, Other Worldly Dervishes; The Elephant Sleeps: Golden Beams. Julius Hemphill, Bordertown; Big Band: Elektra Musician. The Mary Lou Williams Collective, Capricorn/Aquarius/Pisces; Zodiac Suite Revisited: Mary. Nicole Mitchell/Black Earth Ensemble, Cause and Effect; Black Unstoppable: Delmark. Frequency, The Tortoise/Serenity; Frequency: Thrill Jockey. 2 a.m. Bill Frisell, Ron Carter; Blue Dream: Nonesuch. Bill Frisell, On the Streeat Where You Live; W/Ron Carter/Paul Motian: Nonesuch. Bill Frisell, Some Song and Dance; Before We Were Born: Nonesuch. Ben Allison/Man Size Safe, Roll Credits; Little Things Run the World: Palmetto. Alan Pasqua, George Russell; The Anti-Social Club: Cryptogramophone. Kendrick Scott Oracle, Journey; The Source: World Culture Music. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz From Blue Lake WBLV FM 90.3/WBLU FM 88.9 www.bluelake.org Monday March 17, 2008 Artist/Song/Album/Label 10 p.m. Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue; Reprise Studio Recordings: Mosaic. Nat King Cole, It’s Only a Paper Moon/Straighten Up and Fly Right/Route 66; The World of Nat King Cole: Capital. Nat King Cole, Sweet Lorraine/When I Grow Too Old To Dream; After Midnight: Capital. Jazz at the Philharmonic, Tea for Two; Complete 1944-49: Verve. Wycliffe Gordon, He Looked Beyond My Fault/Frantic Flight; The Search: Nagel Hayer. John Abercrombie, Wishing Bell; The Third Quartet: ECM. 11 p.m. The Keynoters, The Way You Look Tonight/Airiness a la Nat; With Nat Cole: Keynote. Nate King Cole/Buddy Rich, Black Market Stuff/Laguna Leap/Kicks; Anatomy of a Jam Session: Black Lion. Lester Young, The Man I Love; Lester Swings: Verve. Susie Arioli, Pennies From Heaven/If Dreams Come True; Live: Justin Time. Gloria Coleman, Confirmation; Sweet Missy: Doodlin. John Coltrane, Straight Street; John Coltrane: Prestige. Roberta Gambarini/Hank Jones, When Light Are Low/Reminiscing; You Are There: EmArcy. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz From Blue Lake WBLV FM 90.3/WBLU FM 88.9 www.bluelake.org Sunday March 16, 2008 Artist/Song/Album/Label 7 p.m. Howard McGhee, Oo-wee But I Do; Hard Bop: Bethlehem. Monterey Jazz Fest. 50th Ann. All Stars, Misty; Live 2007: Monterey Jazz Festival Records. Irvin Mayfield/Ellis Marsalis, Mo Betta Blues; Love Songs...: Basin Street. Whit Williams, Without You No Me; Now’s the Time Big Band: Mama. Dizzy Gillespie Quintet/Charlie Parker, Bebop; Live at Town Hall: Uptown. Allemena/Lahera, That Old Black Magic; The Night’s Womb... Bruce Saunders, Another Happy Drinking Song; 8X5: Mel Bay. All Star Celebration, Save Your Love For Me; Cannon Re-loaded: Concord. 8 p.m. Lucky Thompson, Prey Lout; Lucky Strikes: Prestige. Lucky Thompson, Once Upon a Time/A Sunkissed Rose; Brown Rose: Vogue. Anthony Wilson, Parisian Thoroughfare; Anthony Wilson: Mama. Michael Blake, Lucky Charms/Reminiscent; The World Awakens: Stunt. Frank Kimbrough, Wig Wise; Air: Palmetto. Lee Kontiz/Mark Masters Ensemble, Gundula; One Day with Lee: Capri. Roberta Gambarini/Hank Jones, You Are There; You Are There: EmArcy. 9 p.m. Joe Beck/John Abercrombie, Vigt Six; Coincidence: Whaling City. John Abercrombie, Vigt Six; The Third Quartet: ECM. Jaleel Shaw, Muna’s Sleeping/Muna’s Dream; Optimism: Changu. Chick Corea/Gary Burton, Love Castle; The New Crystal Silence: Concord. SF Jazz Collective, Lion’s Gate; Live 2007: SF Jazz. Miles Davis, No Line/Vierd Blues; The Chronicle: Prestige. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz a la Carte Saturday March 15, 2008 Artist/Composition/Album/Label 7 a.m. James Moody, Into the Shadows; Homage: Savoy. John Abercrombie/Joe Beck, Israel; Coincidence: Whaling City. Alex Graham, Just You, Just Me; Brand New: Origin. Susie Arioli, If Dreams Come True; Live at...: Justin Time. Marian McPartland, Afternoon in Paris; Twilight World: Concord. Jazz Datebook Irvin Mayfield/Ellis Marsalis, Come Rain or Come Shine; Love Songs...:Basin Street. Dave Stryker, I Love You; Strike Up The Band: Steeplechase. Hadley Caliman, Back for More; Gratitude: Origin. Whit Williams, Without You No Me; Now’s the Time Big Band: Mama. 8 a.m. James Moody, Pink Panther; Plays Mancini: Warner Bros. Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Ann. All Stars, Monterey Mist; Live 2007: Monterey Jazz Festival Records. Allemana/Lehera, Old Black Magic/I Believe In You; The Night’s Womb, the Morning’s Sun. Jazz Datebook. Brian Auger, Moanin’; Auger Rhythms. All Star Celebration, Work Song; Cannon Re-loaded: Concord. Luther Hughes Cannonball/Coltrane Project, Minority; Spectacle: Primrose Lane. Tom Rotella, Bluez 4 Youze; Out of the Blues: Rotella. 9 a .m. Sunny Wilkinson, It Could Happen to You; A Gentle Time: When Sunny Meets Tom: Chase. Hadiley Caliman, If; Gratitude: Origin. Paul Carr, Granted; Musically Yours: PCJ. Vince Sereri, Dearly Beloved; The Prince’s Groove: V Records. Jazz Datebook Brian Auger, Listen Here; Auger Rhythms. Out to Lunch, The Good Doctor; Excuse Me While I: Accurate. Maceo Parker, Advanced Funk; Roots and Grooves: Heads Up. Josh Roseman, Olsen Twins; New Constallatoins Live in Vienna: Accurate. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz From Blue Lake WBLV FM 90.3/WBLU FM 88.9 www.bluelake.org Friday March 14, 2008 Artist/Composition/Album/Label 10 p.m. Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue; The Reprise Studio Recordings: Mosaic. Cecil Taylor Quartet, Johnny Come Lately; At Newport: Verve. Cecil Taylor, African Violets; Looking Ahead! John Coltrane, Shifting Down; Coltrane Time: Douglas. Myra Melford, Modern Pine; Big M: Cryptogramophone. Myra Melford/Marty Ehrlich, I See A Horizon; Spark: Palmetto. Jazz Datebook Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All Stars, Benny’s Tune; Live 2007: Monterey Jazz Festival Records. 11 p.m. Cecil Taylor, Glossalalia; For Olim: Soul Note. Cecil Taylor, Excursion on a Wobbly Rail: Looking Ahead. Cecil Taylor, Cell Walk for Celeste; Complete Candid Recordings: Mosaic. Jazz Datebook Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All Stars, Squeeze Me; Live 2007: Monterey Jazz Festival Records. Maria Muldaur, One Hour Mama; Naughty, Bawdy and Blue: Stoney Plain. Mary Lou Williams, St. Louis Blues; Grand Night for Swinging: High Note. Steve Lacy/Roswell Rudd Quartet, Tune 2; Early and Late: Cunieform. 12 a.m. Cecil Taylor, Things Ain’t What They Used to Be; Complete Candid Recordings: Mosaic. Cecil Taylor, Bulbs; Into the Hot: Impulse. Cecil Taylor, Lena; Live at Cafe Montmartre: Freedom. Reptet, Harpo/Chico/Grocho; Do This: Monktail. Jazz Datebook 1 a.m. Joe Henderson, Isotope; Highlights of the Monterey Jazz Festival; Monterey Jazz Festival Records. Hadley Caliman, If; Gratitude: Origin. Paul Carr, Black Narcissus; Musically Yours: PCJ. Moss, Shadows and Light/Object Devotion; Moss: Sunnyside. Pat Metheny Trio, Snova; Day Trip: Nonesuch. Cecil Taylor, Excerpt; One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye: Hat Hut. 2 a.m. Cecil Taylor, Enter Evening (Soft Line Sculpture); Unit Structures: Blue Note. Art Ensemble of Chicago/Cecil Taylor, Caseworks; Dreaming of the Masters Vol. 2: DIW. Cecil Taylor/Elvin Jones/Dewey Redman, Life As/It/Is; Momentum Space: Verve. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz From Blue Lake WBLV FM 90.3/WBLU FM 88.9 www.bluelake.org Thursday March 13, 2008 Artist/Composition/Album/Label 10 p.m. Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue; The Reprise Studio Recording: Mosaic. Sarah Vaughn, Shulie a Bop; Swinging Easy: EmArcy. Bud Powell Quintet, 52nd St. Theme; Complete Fats Navarro: Blue Note. Charlie Parker, I Get a Kick Out Of You/My Heart Belongs To Daddy; Complete Verve: Verve. Eric Dolphy, The Baron; Out There: Prestige. Thelonious Monk, Nutty; Misterioso: Prestige. Jazz Datebook Jaleel Shaw, Flipside; Optimistic: Changu. Piers Lawrence, Stolen Moments; Stolen Moments: Jazz Net Media. Sunny Wilkinson, I’ve Grown Accustomed To His Face; Gentle Time: When Sunny Meets Tom: Chase. Hadley Caliman, If; Gratitude: Origin. 11 p.m. Roy Haynes, My Heart Belongs to Daddy; Birds of a Feather: Dreyfus. Roy Haynes, Isreal/My Little Suede Shoes; Praise: Dreyfus. Charlie Parker, Ornithology; Live at St. Nicks: Jazz Workshop. Jazz Datebook Brain Auger, Bumpin’ on Sunset; Auger Rhythms. Jane Ira Bloom, First Thoughts/This Nearly Was Mine/A More Beautiful Question; Mental Weather: Artist Share. Dawn Clement, I Told Every Little Star; Break: Origin. 12 a.m. Pat Metheny, Question and Answer; Question and Answer: Geffen. Roy Haynes, Trinkle Tinkle/Trigonometry; Te-Vou!; Dreyfus. Stan Getz, You Go To My Head/Hersey Bar; Roost Quintet: Roost. Stan Getz, I’m Late, I’m Late: Focus: Verve. Michael Blake, The World Awakens; The World Awakens (A Tribute To Eli Lucky Thompson): Stunt. Michael Blake, Amor de Cosmos; Amor de Cosmos: Song Lines. Jazz Datebook 1 a.m. John Coltrane, After the Crescent; Dear Old Stockholm: Impulse. John Coltrane, My Favorite Things/Impressions; Newport 1963: Impulse. Roy Haynes, Shades of Senegal; Praise: Dreyfus. 2 a.m. Bobby Watson, Wilke’s BBQ; From the Heart: Palmetto. Bradford Hayes, The Coaster; The Jazz Life: Intensity Music. Whit Williams, Losing Game; Now’s The Time Big Band: Mama. Trio Music, Hittin’ It/Mirovisions; Live: ECM. Paul Bley, Batterie/And Now the Queen/Fig Foot; Closer: ESP. Barry Altschul, Afra Love; That’s Nice: Soul Note. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz From Blue Lake WBLV FM 90.3/WBLU FM 88.9 www.bluelake.org Wednesday March 12, 2008 Artist/Composition/Album/Label 10 p.m. Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue; The Reprise Studio Recordings: Mosaic. Pee Wee Russell, Jig Walk/Dueces Wild/Last Time I Saw Chicago; The Three: Commodore. Frankie Trumbauer, Cryin’ All Day; Complete Okeh: Mosaic. Wild Bill Davison, That’s A Plenty/Panama; That’s A Plenty: Commodore. Jazz Datebook Ken Peplowski/Howard Alden, Did I Remember; Pow-Wow: Arbors. Buddy DeFranco, Joy Spring; Charlie Cat II: Arbors. Monterey Jazz Fest. 50th Ann. All Stars, Bebop; Live 2007: Monterey Jazz Festival Records. James Moody, and Then Again; Hommage: Savoy. 11 p.m. Pee Wee Russell, Over the Rainbow/Pee Wee’s Song; Over the Rainbow: Xanadu. Jam Session in Swingville, Years Ago; Jam Session in Swingville: Prestige. Coleman Hawkins/Pee Wee Russell, If I Could Be With You; Jazz Reunion: Candid. Jazz Datebook Weschester Jazz Orchestra, Peace; All In: WJO. Sunny Wilkinson, But Not For Me; A Gentle Time: When Sunny Meets Tom: Chase. Dave Corbus, Bluesette; Sound Down: Jazzed Media. 12 a.m. Vinny Golia, Which One Is Real; Music for Like Instruments, The Clarinet: 9 Winds. Vinny Golia Quintet, Upper Cruster/Phantom Bar; Against the Grain: 9 Winds. Vinny Golia/George Lewis/Betram Turetzky, Triangulation; Triangulation: 9 Winds. Cecil Taylor, Unit Structures; Unit Structures: Blue Note Jazz Datebook 1 a.m. Joe Henderson, Isotope; Highlight of the Monterey Jazz Festival: Monterey Jazz Festival Records. Hadly Caliman, If; Gratitude: Origin. Paul Carr, Our Thing; Musically Yours: PCJ. Rashied Ali, Thing For Joe; Judgement Day Vol. 2: Survival. Red Allen, Wild Man Blues/Rosetta; The Sound of Jazz: Columbia. Billy Banks Rhythm Boys, Oh Peter/Spider Crawl/Who’s Sorry Now/Take It; 1932: Classics. 2 a.m. Pee Wee Russell, Some Other Blues/Turnaround/Hackensack; Ask Me Now: Impulse. Coleman Hawkins/Pee Wee Russell, Mariooch/28th and 8th; Jazz Reunion: Candid. Thelonious Monk, Nutty/Blue Monk; Newport ‘58: Columbia. Jimmy Giuffre/Pee Wee Russell, The Blues; Sound of Jazz: Columbia. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.

Jazz From Blue Lake WBLV FM 90.3/WBLU FM 88.9 www.bluelake.org Tuesday March 11, 2008 Artist/Composition/Album/Label 10 p.m. Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue; The Reprise Studio Recordings: Mosaic. Ben’s Bad Boys, Wang Wang Blues/Yellow Dog Blues; The Jazz Age: Manhattan in the 1920’s: RCA. Bud Freeman, China Boy/Sugar; Chicago/Austin High School Jazz in Hi Fi: Mosaic. Jimmy McPartland, Clarinet Marmilade/Singing the Blues/Ostrich Walk; Shades of Bix: Brunswick. Lester Young, Lester Leaps In; Live at Birdland: ESP. Benny Carter Centennial, I’m Coming Virginia; Centennial: Evening Star. Bix Centennial, I’m Coming Virginia; Celebrating Bix: Arbors. Marian McPartland, Twilight World; Twilight World: Concord. Mike Allemana/Gingi Lahera, That Old Black Magic; The Night’s Womb and the Morning Sun. 11 p.m. Jack Teagarden, Eccentric/Original Dixieland One Step; Jazz Great. Jimmy McPartland/Marian McPartland, Peter Gunn; Play T.V. Themes: Design. Tony Bennett/The McPartlands, S’wonderful; Make Wonderful Music: DRG. Chicago Jazz Summit, I’m Gonna Sit Right down and Write Myself a Letter/Jazz Me Blues; Chicago Jazz Summit: Atlantic. Hadley Caliman, If; Gratitude: Origin. Paul Carr, Mamacita; Musically Yours: PCJ Music. Richard Cole, Shade of Jade; Shade: Origin. Jaleel Shaw, Optimism; Optimism: Changu. 12 a.m. Monterey Jazz Fest. All Stars, Misty; Live 2007: Monterey Jazz Festival Records. New York Voice, In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning; A Day Like This: MCG. Ron DeSalvio, Good Morning Santa Cruz; Essence of Green: Origin. Sunny Wilkinson, If I Where A Bell; A Gentle Time:When Sunny Meets Tom: Chase Music Group. Jimmy McPartland, Louisiana/Davenport Blues/Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down; Shades of Bix: Brunswick. Bud Freeman, Liza/Nobody’s Sweetheart; Chicago/ Austin High School Jazz Hi Fi : Mosaic. Maria Muldaur, One Hour Mama; Naughty Bawdy and Blue: Stoney Plain. 9 Pianists, Today’s Blues; Out Town, Our Time: Megawave. Scott Robinson, All My Yesterdays; Forever Lasting: Arbors. 1 a.m. Nick Vayenas, Odean; Synesthesia: World Culture Music. Monterey Jazz Fest. 50th Ann. All Stars, Monterey Mist; Live 2007: Monterey Jazz Festival Records. Matt Haviland, Boliva; Beyond Good and Evil: Connotation. Terence Blanchard, Levees; A Tale of God’s Will: Blue Note. Michael Blake, The World Awakens; The World Awakens (A Tribute to Eli Lucky Thompson): Stunt. Frank Kimbrough, It Should Have Happened A Long Time Ago; Air: Palmetto. Nic Bartsch’s Ronin, Module 45; Holon: ECM. 2 a.m. Jimmy McPartland, Riverboat Shuffle/I’m Coming Virgina/In A Mist/Jazz Me Blues/Sorry/Way Down Yonder in New Orleans; Shades of Bix: Brunswick. Mary Lou Williams, A Grand Night For Swinging; A Grand Night For Swinging: High Note. Jed Levy, The Neo-Hip-Cool-Kiddies-Community; Mood Ellington: Steeplechase. Whit Williams, Little Rootie Tootie; Now’s the Time Big Band: Mama. Stephan Riley, Say It Isn’t So/Inside Out/Swinging Till the Girls Come Home; Once Upon a Dream: Steeplechase. Lazaro Vega Jazz Director Blue Lake Public Radio 300 East Crystal Lake Road Twin Lake MI 49457 WBLV FM 90.3 serving Muskegon and the Lake Michigan shoreline WBLU FM 88.9, Grand Rapids Streaming live from www.bluelake.org.