Yesterday, October 21st, #BlueLakePublicRadio celebrated the 108th anniversary of trumpeter/bandleader/composer/vocalist Dizzy Gillespie’s birth. That program is heard again today on our jazz stream from www.bluelakeradio.org. When you load the page, you will see a blue bar that shows what is streaming live. To the right on the bar is a tile that says “All Streams” or a star like icon. Click that which allows you to navigate to #JazzFromBlueLake.
We heard the great trumpeter in small bands with vibraphonist Milt Jackson and tenor saxophonist Don Byas, who shares a birthday with Gillespie, in the first hour of the broadcast. Then in the first 20 minutes of the second hour Gillespie’s great big bands; and Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker in the third hour.The spotlight shines on 1960’s vintage music with Argentinian pianist/composer Lalo Schifrin in the fourth hour; and Gillespie’s United Nations Orchestra in the fifth.
Intermingled with that great music are new releases across a variety of styles and instrumentations, from vocalist Kandace Springs to living legend George Coleman to the first meeting on record between drummers Billy Hart and Andrew Cyrille.
That’s a Tuesday here at #BlueLakePublicRadio the station that features jazz every night at 10, Saturday mornings from 7 until noon, and Sunday evening starting at 6.
