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

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)

Jazz From Blue Lake airs Monday through Friday starting at 10 p.m EDT and is available the following day on our jazz web stream.

In the first twenty minutes of each hour of Jazz From Blue Lake we focus on a particular artist or recording in a segment called "The Jazz Retrospective." In July we celebrate Louis Armstrong, Stan Getz and Steve Lacy among other stellar jazz musicians.

July 2025 Retros

1 Romero Lubambo, guitar

2 Amina Figarova, piano/composition

3 Ella Fitzgerald, voice

4 Louis Armstrong, trumpet/voice

 

7 WFMT

8 WFMT

9 Tyshawn Sorey, drums/piano/composition

10 Cootie Williams, trumpet

11 Larry Koonse, guitar

 

14 Steve Cardenas, guitar

15 Philly Joe Jones, drums

16 Bobby Bradford, trumpet

17 Joe Morello, drums

18 Stan Getz, tenor saxophone

 

 

21 WFMT

22 WFMT

23 Steve Lacy, soprano saxophone/composition

24 Charles McPherson, alto saxophone

25 Johnny Hodges, alto saxophone

 

28 Ada Rovatti, saxophones

29 Charlie Christian, electric guitar

30 Pat Metheny, guitars

31 Kenny Burrell, guitar

 

 

 

 

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.