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Originally aired 4/21/08

Cliff Preiss assembled this historic collection that investigates the assimilation of jazz into the mainstream. We hear records for young people produced in the 1940s-60s that trace the sources of jazz, tell personal stories, and survey the scene.

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Microgroove Music

Jazz and Strings (Cannonball Adderley and Count Basie)

Hosted by Cliff Preiss

Originally aired 12/3/07

This edition of Microgroove Music highlights an unlikely pairing from the 1960s: the driving hard bop of the Cannonball Adderley Quintet & the soaring strings of Ray Ellis and his Orchestra; it must be the most aggressive mood music record ever made.

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Microgroove Music

Newport Jazz Festival (July 4, 1957)

Hosted by Cliff Preiss

Originally aired 10/1/07

An audio actuality of a segment of the opening night of the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival, heard exactly as it took place that evening.All of the music performed was part of a birthday tribute to Louis Armstrong, whose performance capped off the event.

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Microgroove Music

Lionel Hampton

Hosted by Cliff Preiss

Originally aired 9/10/07

The vibes player rocks the house with these exciting live performances waxed by his big band in 1954 at Chicago's Trianon ballroom. Also heard on this program are selections from a live LP made in Vegas in 1963 with trumpeter Charlie Teagarden.

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Microgroove Music

Miroslav Vitous and Joe Farrell

Hosted by Cliff Preiss

Originally aired 7/23/07

Here are 2 albums recorded in the summer of '70: "Purple," by Miroslav Vitous & "Quartet," by Joe Farrell. With Vitous are Joe Zawinul, Billy Cobham & John McLaughlin. McLaughlin is also on "Quartet," with Chick Corea, Dave Holland & Jack DeJohnette.

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Microgroove Music

Willie "The Lion" Smith

Hosted by Cliff Preiss

Originally aired 6/25/07

Smith made his mark as one of the hottest musicians in Harlem at the turn of the 1920s. In this program, we'll hear Smith in 1950 "Reminiscing the Piano Greats," as well as some remarkable duos the pianist waxed with drummer Jo Jones from 1972.

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Microgroove Music

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Hosted by Cliff Preiss

Originally aired 5/14/07

This edition of Microgroove brings together a variety of lesser-known items from the Dave Brubeck Quartet, many of which demonstrate the band's mastery of the blues form. A duo by the pianist with bassist Charles Mingus rounds out this group of gems.

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Microgroove Music

Max Roach

Hosted by Cliff Preiss

Originally aired 4/30/07

The main work featured was recorded at a time when Roach & sax player Archie Shepp were colleagues at UMass, Amherst. An extended work in 3 sections, Sweet Mao will give you an opportunity to hear extended improvisations by the two at their peaks.

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Microgroove Music

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

Hosted by Cliff Preiss

Originally aired 4/16/07

Here we feature examples of Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with his organ trio & as a part of the Count Basie Orchestra, as well as a rare melding of those two worlds that was assembled for a 1957 record date for which Basie made a rare sideman appearance.

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Microgroove Music

JpJ Quartet

Hosted by Cliff Preiss

Originally aired 3/26/07

Three former Earl Hines sidemen banded together from 1969 to 1975. The group created a program named New Communications in Jazz that was meant to spread the gospel of jazz throughout the school system; here they give a great musical lesson to us all.

RADIO // Living History Journey Into Jazz Radio show Cliff Preiss assembled this historic collection that investigates the assimilation of jazz into the mainstream. We hear records for young people produced in the 1940s-60s that trace the sources of jazz, tell personal stories, and survey the scene. Cliff Preiss assembled this historic collection that investigates the assimilation of jazz into the mainstream. How do you get kids to be interested in jazz music? In this program, we hear records for young people produced in the 1940s and 1960s... Originally aired 4/21/08 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Microgroove Music Jazz and Strings (Cannonball Adderley and Count Basie) Hosted by Cliff Preiss Radio show This edition of Microgroove Music highlights an unlikely pairing from the 1960s: the driving hard bop of the Cannonball Adderley Quintet & the soaring strings of Ray Ellis and his Orchestra; it must be the most aggressive mood music record ever made. This edition of Microgroove Music highlights an unlikely pairing from the 1960s: the driving hard bop of the Cannonball Adderley Quintet and the soaring strings of Ray Ellis and his Orchestra; it must be the most aggressive mood music record ever... Originally aired 12/3/07 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Microgroove Music Newport Jazz Festival (July 4, 1957) Hosted by Cliff Preiss Radio show An audio actuality of a segment of the opening night of the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival, heard exactly as it took place that evening.All of the music performed was part of a birthday tribute to Louis Armstrong, whose performance capped off the event. An audio actuality of a segment of the opening night of the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival, heard exactly as it took place that evening. All of the music performed was part of a birthday tribute to Louis Armstrong, whose performance capped off the event... Originally aired 10/1/07 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Microgroove Music Lionel Hampton Hosted by Cliff Preiss Radio show The vibes player rocks the house with these exciting live performances waxed by his big band in 1954 at Chicago's Trianon ballroom. Also heard on this program are selections from a live LP made in Vegas in 1963 with trumpeter Charlie Teagarden. The vibes player rocks the house with these exciting live performances waxed by his big band in 1954 at Chicago's Trianon ballroom. Lionel Hampton remarked in the liner notes for the initial release of this recording that the trade papers of that... Originally aired 9/10/07 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Microgroove Music Miroslav Vitous and Joe Farrell Hosted by Cliff Preiss Radio show Here are 2 albums recorded in the summer of '70: "Purple," by Miroslav Vitous & "Quartet," by Joe Farrell. With Vitous are Joe Zawinul, Billy Cobham & John McLaughlin. McLaughlin is also on "Quartet," with Chick Corea, Dave Holland & Jack DeJohnette. Selections from two albums recorded in the summer of 1970 are featured: Purple, by Miroslav Vitous, was a precursor to the creation of the jazz fusion supergroup Weather Report, and brings the bassist together with Joe Zawinul's electric... Originally aired 7/23/07 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Microgroove Music Willie "The Lion" Smith Hosted by Cliff Preiss Radio show Smith made his mark as one of the hottest musicians in Harlem at the turn of the 1920s. In this program, we'll hear Smith in 1950 "Reminiscing the Piano Greats," as well as some remarkable duos the pianist waxed with drummer Jo Jones from 1972. Willie "The Lion" Smith, master of the stride piano, was given his nickname after showing tremendous courage during the First World War, but Smith was also a musical hero for many, including a young Duke Ellington. Smith made his mark as one of the... Originally aired 6/25/07 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Microgroove Music The Dave Brubeck Quartet Hosted by Cliff Preiss Radio show This edition of Microgroove brings together a variety of lesser-known items from the Dave Brubeck Quartet, many of which demonstrate the band's mastery of the blues form. A duo by the pianist with bassist Charles Mingus rounds out this group of gems. Born in 1920, pianist Dave Brubeck is still creating powerful music today, but it was more than five decades ago that he assembled the innovative quartet featuring alto saxophonist Paul Desmond that became one of the most popular ensembles in the... Originally aired 5/14/07 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Microgroove Music Max Roach Hosted by Cliff Preiss Radio show The main work featured was recorded at a time when Roach & sax player Archie Shepp were colleagues at UMass, Amherst. An extended work in 3 sections, Sweet Mao will give you an opportunity to hear extended improvisations by the two at their peaks. Drummer Max Roach made an indelible mark in jazz history in the 1940s as one of bebop's musical revolutionaries, but his vital contributions to music history only began at that time. A significant facet of his musical explorations emerged in the... Originally aired 4/30/07 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Microgroove Music Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Hosted by Cliff Preiss Radio show Here we feature examples of Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with his organ trio & as a part of the Count Basie Orchestra, as well as a rare melding of those two worlds that was assembled for a 1957 record date for which Basie made a rare sideman appearance. Two settings that featured the gruff, passionate, excitable and swinging sounds of tenorman Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis were the saxophonist's own organ trios and the Count Basie Orchestra, for which Davis was one of the band's star soloists. On this... Originally aired 4/16/07 Listen Read More »