Jazz Insights
Airs Thursday at 8:30am, 1:20pm, and 6:30pm.
Jazz history in 10 minutes. Dr. Gordon Vernick, a Professor of Music and Coordinator of Jazz Studies at Georgia State University, creates these jazz vignettes to cover all aspects of jazz from its inception until the current day.
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Kenny Dorham
Born in Texas in the mid-1920s, trumpet player Kenny Dorham is perhaps one of the most underrated performers in jazz history. Although not mentioned alongside the greats like Miles Davis, John Coltrane or Charlie Parker, Dorham was a favorite of fellow musicians and critics. His vast catalog includes almost twenty records as a leader and hundreds more as a sideman with legends like Max Roach, Thelonious Monk, and Sonny Rollins among others.
Jazz Insights - Kenny Dorham - Part 1
Jazz Insights - Kenny Dorham - Part 2
Jazz Insights - Kenny Dorham - Part 3
Tadd Dameron
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Gordon takes a look at the life and works of jazz composer, arranger, and pianist Tadd Dameron. Inspired equally by George Gershwin and Duke Ellington, Dameron made a name for himself as one of the premier arrangers in jazz from the late-1940s through the early 1960s.
Jazz Rock Fusion
Thursday, February 9, 2012
By the late 1950s, the emergence of free jazz isolated much of the public and began to fall out of favor as rock music began winning the hearts of listeners worldwide. During that time, musicians in England began experimenting not only with the blues, but also with elements of jazz.
Ahmad Jamal
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Although Jamal is not necessarily a household name, he is considered by many to be one of the most important figures in jazz music in the last 50 years and has been cited by many major figures including Miles Davis who recorded many of Jamal’s arrangements.
How Jazz Works – Part 4
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Gordon continues his look at how jazz works by showing the evolution of popular jazz styles throughout the decades showing how a melody as simple as Just a Closer Walk with Thee can be given a different mood based on style and rhythm.
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Kenny Dorham
Born in Texas in the mid-1920s, trumpet player Kenny Dorham is perhaps one of the most underrated performers in jazz history. Although not mentioned alongside the greats like Miles Davis, John Coltrane or Charlie Parker, Dorham was a favorite of fellow musicians and critics. His vast catalog includes almost twenty records as a leader and hundreds more as a sideman with legends like Max Roach, Thelonious Monk, and Sonny Rollins among others.
Jazz Insights - Kenny Dorham - Part 1
Jazz Insights - Kenny Dorham - Part 2
Jazz Insights - Kenny Dorham - Part 3
Tadd Dameron
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Gordon takes a look at the life and works of jazz composer, arranger, and pianist Tadd Dameron. Inspired equally by George Gershwin and Duke Ellington, Dameron made a name for himself as one of the premier arrangers in jazz from the late-1940s through the early 1960s.
Jazz Rock Fusion
Thursday, February 9, 2012
By the late 1950s, the emergence of free jazz isolated much of the public and began to fall out of favor as rock music began winning the hearts of listeners worldwide. During that time, musicians in England began experimenting not only with the blues, but also with elements of jazz.
Ahmad Jamal
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Although Jamal is not necessarily a household name, he is considered by many to be one of the most important figures in jazz music in the last 50 years and has been cited by many major figures including Miles Davis who recorded many of Jamal’s arrangements.
How Jazz Works – Part 4
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Gordon continues his look at how jazz works by showing the evolution of popular jazz styles throughout the decades showing how a melody as simple as Just a Closer Walk with Thee can be given a different mood based on style and rhythm.
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