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This May on Jazz From Blue Lake

American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington (1899-1974), wearing a pinstripe suit, holding long-playing records in each hand, as he stands over a radio DJ's turntables and microphone, United States, circa 1945. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)
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American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington (1899-1974), wearing a pinstripe suit, holding long-playing records in each hand, as he stands over a radio DJ's turntables and microphone, United States, circa 1945. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

See what's coming up during our weeknight jazz broadcasts in May.

Jazz From Blue Lake airs Monday through Friday starting at 10 p.m EDT. In the first twenty minutes of each hour we focus on a particular artist or recording in a segment we call "The Jazz Retrospective." In May we'll bring you retrospective features on jazz greats Keith Jarrett, Sidney Bechet, Gil Evans and Benny Goodman among others. And now each program is available the following day on the Jazz From Blue Lake web stream. Here are May's featured artists:

May 2025

1 Ambrose Akinmusire, trumpet

2 Richard “Groove” Holmes, organ

5 Gerald Cleaver, drums

6 Rick Holland, trumpet

7 Michael Formanek, bass

8 Keith Jarrett, piano/bandleader

9 Dennis Chambers, drums

12 Anthony Wilson, guitar

13 Gil Evans, piano/arranger/bandleader

14 Sidney Bechet, soprano saxophone/clarinet

15 Edmond Hall, clarinet

16 Woody Herman, clarinet/bandleader

19 Cecil McBee, bass

20 Bob Florence, bandleader/piano/composer

21 Bill Holman, tenor saxophone/arranger/composer/leader

22 Nick Finzer, trombone

23 Rosemary Clooney, voice

26 Emmet Cohen, piano

27 Dee Dee Bridgewater, voice

28 Arno Marsh, tenor saxophone

29 Jamie Baum, flute

30 Benny Goodman, clarinet/bandleader

Blue Lake Public Radio’s “Jazz Director” Lazaro Vega started at Blue Lake in March of 1983, 8 months after Bob Hope spoke the first station I.D. ever heard on the air from Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. In 2018, Lazaro was nominated for the The Bobby Jackson Award by JazzWeek.com as Programmer of the Year. This honor is voted on by people who promote jazz record airplay and keep Blue Lake in new releases. For more about Lazaro, see his recent interview with Local Spins.