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May 2026 Jazz Retrospectives

Blue Lake Public Radio | By Lazaro Vega
Published April 27, 2026 at 8:46 AM EDT

May 26th is Miles Davis’s centennial! Tune in to Jazz from Blue Lake.

1    Ira Sullivan, trumpet/saxophones

4   Ron Carter, bass
5   Jack Walrath, trumpet
6   Miles Davis with Charlie Parker
7   Billy Hart, drums
8   Keith Jarrett, piano

11  Carla Bley, composer/bandleader/pianist
12  Red Garland, piano
13  Gil Evans, arranger/composer/pianist/bandleader
14  Miles Davis, Birth of the Cool
15  Rahsaan Roland Kirk, multi-instrumentalist

18  Woody Herman, bandleader/clarinetist/vocalist
19  Jackie McLean, alto saxophone
20  Miles Davis in the 1950’s
21  Christian McBride, bass
22  Sun Ra, keyboards/bandleader

25  WFMT
26  Miles Davis, trumpet/bandleader
27  Dee Dee Bridgewater, voice
28  Neils-Henning Orsted Peterson, bass
29  Benny Goodman, clarinet/bandleader
Lazaro Vega
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.
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