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As we turn to the new year, what will be different? Look to jazz for the innovation and inspiration, for discovery and improvisation. It’s the core of what jazz represents. It can also be applied to the lives that we live and the dreams that we have in order to make things matter. The post The Art of Resolution (12.29.13) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Tradition compresses time and brings us into the moment of timelessness when things are safe. In jazz, the art of tradition is to recreate sounds and lives, to bring the listener back home, especially during the holidays. The tradition of jazz is the expectation of improvisation and requiring the artist to be on top of […] The post The Art of Tradition (12.22.13) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

American jazz saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker crafted the sound that was eventually called bebop. This deeply soulful music gave him and other musicians a way to express themselves in original ways. Parker’s addiction to heroine unfortunately cut his life short at just 34 years old. He died in the hotel room of his friend […] The post Charlie Parker (12.15.13) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Drummer Chico Hamilton is considered a voice of West Coast Jazz. He found success in movie soundtracks and eventually formed his own ensemble. In the late ’50s and into the 1960s he performed with many jazz greats like Lena Horne, Nat King Cole, Charles Mingus and others. The post Chico Hamilton (12.8.13) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Composer, conductor and pianist Leonard Bernstein had a lengthy storied career. His music speaks of the “can-do-ism” of Americans. It crossed through jazz, classical, musicals, television and movies. Bernstein is an iconic figure in our musical heritage. The post Leonard Bernstein (11.24.13) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Kathleen Annie Pannonica Rothschild, nicknamed Nica, was referred to as the jazz baroness. She was more than just a patron of jazz. She provided support and encouragement to many of the great artists during the ’40s and ’50s. In the early sixties she compiled a book called “The jazz musicians and their three wishes” which […] The post Nica (11.10.13) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder helped shape the sound of jazz for Blue Note Records. It became known as the Van Gelder sound, but like it or not, it left an enduring impression on jazz for years. The post Rudy Van Gelder (11.3.13) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

The collaboration of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn led to a collection of music that has spanned generations. Their music and compositions are seemingly effortlessly entwined. The post Ellington and Strayhorn (10.27.13) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Jelly Roll Morton, born Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe, claimed to be a founder of what became known jazz as both a musician and composer. The post Jelly Roll Morton (Sunday 10.20.13) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Coleman Hawkins was at the head of the line in forging a path for the saxophone as an instrument and for the countless saxophonists that would follow him. Hawkins began his successful career in the early 1920s. The post Coleman Hawkins (Sunday 10.13.13) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

O’Day transcended what was socially acceptable as a girl singer in the late 1930s to become an accomplished jazz singer throughout the following decades. Anita O’Day Sings Jazz, her first album, was recorded in 1952. O’Day performed with Louis Armstrong, Dinah Washington, Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, and many others during her career. The post Anita O’Day (Sunday 10.6.13) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Sinatra was responsible for the popularity of the male singer in big band movement. He was able to merge his arts of music and acting. Sinatra has one of the most enduring voices in music, jazz or otherwise. The post Frank Sinatra (Sunday 9.22.13) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Hard bop was popularized by Cannonball Adderely in the 1950s and 1960s. Adderely reinvigorated jazz in the 1970s after a successful career playing with many of the jazz greats. The post Cannonball Adderley (Sunday 9.15.13) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.