Lazaro Vega
Announcer/ProducerBlue 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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We'll feature the music of pianist Oscar Peterson in the first part of each hour of Jazz From Blue Lake Friday starting at 10 p.m. and then streaming all weekend. -
Jazz From Blue Lake retrospective features in August -
Listen to the recordings that made Ella Fitzgerald famous on today's Jazz from Blue Lake stream. -
Here's a schedule of Jazz From Blue Lake's "Jazz Retrospectives" in July.
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Jazz From Blue Lake weeknights over Blue Lake Public Radio.
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See what's coming up during our weeknight jazz broadcasts in May.
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Recordings by jazz great Duke Ellington are heard in the first part of each hour 10 p.m. - 3 a.m. Tuesday night on Jazz From Blue Lake and all day Wednesday on our new jazz stream. -
Please join Jazz From Blue Lake Saturday morning for an hour long session with Evidence recorded in the Blue Lake Studios on April 22, 2025. -
April 15 was the anniversary of the musician and activist's birth. Catch up on our jazz stream if you missed the show Tuesday night. -
Celebrate Herbie Hancock's 85th birthday with Blue Lake Public Radio Friday night.
