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Friday, October 15 Back to Top
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9:00 am - Noon
Start the festivities with your regular Friday morning host as she presents the best in classic jazz vocals from Armstrong, Holiday and Vaughan on to the present with all the best of the jazz vocalists working today.
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Noon - 2:00 pm
A survey of the year's best electric guitar from CDs both well known and lesser known, including Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Johnny A., John Abercrombie and others. Requests and pledges welcome!
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2:00 - 4:00 pm
Join the two Georges for an in-depth sampling of the best recordings on that monster of groove instruments from the likes of Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff, Charles Earland and others. Also listen for live-in-the-studio mastery with George Melvin at the controls of "Lucy", as heard live in many venues throughout Central Virginia over the years.
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4:00 pm
Putting the world's politics and economics into perspective with analysis of current affairs worldwide?Call in a pledge to 434-924-0885 to support the BBC News on WTJU!
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4:55 pm
Tune in every weekday at 5 pm as Sakeena Siddiqi and the WTJU News Staff bring you the latest from Charlottesville and around the region. We'll give you original reporting on the issues that matter to the community. Call in a pledge to 434-924-0885 to support local news on WTJU!
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5:03 - 7:00 pm
Savor the consummate mastery of Django Reinhardt and follow the many threads of his influence throughout the European guitar scene. Join Jeff as he serves up a fine selection of Bireli Lagrene, Stochelo Rosenberg, Tchavolo Smitt, Angelo Debarre, Fapy Lafertin, Raphael Fays and more and more.?
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7:00 - 9:00 pm
Bechet, 1897-1959, the New Orleans-raised clarinetist and soprano saxophonist, was a world renowned entertainer and the first important jazz soloist on record. He worked with the likes of Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong and the Duke, and led his own groups as well. Never that well known in the U.S. during his lifetime, Bechet was much beloved and admired in France, where he died and is buried.
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9:00 - 11:00 pm
One of the great songwriters and blues balladeers, Percy Mayfield wrote and sang some of the most insightful, introspective and intelligent songs in any genre. Join Peter Welch for a retrospective of Mayfield's own recordings, his collaborations with Ray Charles, and some great cover versions of his songs.
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11:00 pm - 1:00 am
Discover the music behind the legendary Nigerian singer, composer, sax player, bandleader, and presidential candidate. Fela Anikulapo Kuti forged an innovative cross-over of late sixties Soul, post-Juju West African dance music, and world-leveraged Black Power Consciousness in bands from Africa '70 to Egypt '90. Combining an innovative mix of Call and Response vocals, funky driving horns, insistent grooves and deep African rhythms, he served up a potent music stew that shook the African dance floor, spoke truth to the kleptocrats of Nigeria and beyond, and galvanized a hundred afro-beat and post-soul bands. Since his death in 1997 his influence has grown in the music of Tony Allen, Femi Kuti, and bands in every corner of the dance world.
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Saturday, October 16 Back to Top
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6:00 - 9:00 am
Hang on tight for a wild ride through the blues. We will take you from Mabel Smith ("Big Maybelle"), to Ida Cox ("The Uncrowned Queen of the Blues") and to Bessie Smith ("The Empress of the Blues") Victoria Spivey, Big Mama Thornton, Koko Taylor, and all the Blues Queens in between and since to round out the show. Wild Women Don't Get the Blues, but they sure can sing them.
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9:00 am - Noon
Englishmen abroad (i.e., here in Charlottesville!), Robin Tomlin and Mark Burton (i.e., DJ Suavé Suavé), present an overview of the greatest soul stars of the golden era of R&B. The late 60's and early 70's brought us the definitive voices that reverberate down the years including Solomon Burke, James Brown, Otis Redding and a host of others.
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Noon - 2:00 pm
Don't Be a Honkypox. Join CWT III for a 1970s' horn-based funk and soul music show! Expect to hear Tower of Power, the Brothers Isley, Earth, Wind and Fire, Temptations (of the Psychedelic Shack era), War, James Brown, Bill Withers, Charles Wright, Mandrill and many more. Tune in for a full and detailed elucidation, examination and refutation of the deadly attributes of Honkypox (an affliction of those who can't dance to syncopated music!)
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2:00 - 5:00 pm
A retrospective of the finest blues, R&B, and oddities to grace the airwaves over the past 30 years?a complete stack of wax devoid of cracks! Join this veteran of the airwaves and WTJU legend as he takes leave of his usual Friday night digs for an afternoon extravaganza celebrating his 30 years on the air.
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5:00-7:00 pm
The women of Ketonjana, Kendra Hamilton, Toni Barskile and Anjana Mebane-Cruz bring you two hours of music made by women with rhythm, elegance, power, passion, grace, and above all, soul. From Billie Holiday through Angie Stone, these women will share their soulful musical favorites as part of WTJU's 2004 Jazz and Blues fundraiser.
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7:00 - 9:00 pm
Veteran blues man Ralph Rush brings a few of his friends by for an intimate evening of blues and acoustic music to get your Saturday night started on a positive note.
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9:00 - 11:00 pm
The hosts of Living Time and Left of Cool join forces for an evening of ground-breaking new jazz. MMW is the Hammond organ/bass/drums trio credited with helping to bring a new generation of listeners to jazz. Sexmob is the fun-loving group of adventurous New York players led by trumpeter Steven Bernstein. The two groups frequently share members, and we will share their music with listeners, including many rare live recordings from Larry's collection.
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11:00 pm - 1:00 am
Join Michael C. for a survey of the uptown saxophone - that special tradition within jazz playing which always honors the feeling of the blues, no matter how far it progressed in the technique of the instrument. Sample the sounds of Earl Bostic, Art Pepper, Paul Desmond, Johnny Hodges and Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis.
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Sunday, October 17 Back to Top
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6:00 - 9:00 am
Joel Baumgart takes you on a journey through the recorded American gospel tradition, from Texas to Appalachia and the Deep South, with music from Blind Willie Johnson, Bill Monroe, Rev. Gary Davis and others.
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9:00 am - Noon
Eric Angevine, co-host of Jazzmania, invites you to tune in for a morning with the master of Kansas City swing on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Basie put the pedal to the metal with the straight ahead driving rhythm of the KC sound, sweeping up the Bennie Moten and Walter Page bands in his wake. Enjoy music by the man from Red Bank, and from famous bandmates such as Lester Young, Jay McShann and Buck Clayton.
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Noon - 2:00 pm
George Turner brings you a celebration of the first and foremost Jazz fest: The Newport Jazz Festival, celebrating its fiftieth occasion this year. Artists who have appeared there over the last half century include Duke, Dizzy, Miles, Monk, Anita and many others. George Turner attended this year's festival and will devote time to the artists featured in 2004, including Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter, Dave Douglas and others.
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2:00 - 5:00 pm
Sean & the Juddermeister celebrate the sound of Blue Note Records! Their show will feature classic '60's bebop, hard bop, and soul jazz - a three-hour feast of Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley.
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5:00 - 7:00 pm
Ask someone what instrument is most readily associated with New Orleans music and one can easily claim the piano as the prime choice, especially for innovators. With musical roots that extend back to turn-of-the-century Storyville, the New Orleans piano style is a unique polyglot of gospel, boogie-woogie, blues, R&B, jazz, and rumba, with some New Orleans parade rhythms thrown in for good measure. Tune in for a visit with Tuts Washington, James Booker, Marcia Ball, Dr. John, and Professor Longhair.
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7:00 - 9:00 pm
WTJU is pleased to present a live broadcast by singer/guitarist Abdoulaye Diabate, who will be in Charlottesville as part of UVA's Afro-Pop Festival. Diabate is from Mali and leads the high-powered, jazz-influenced Super Manden group. Heather Maxwell of the UVA Music Department will be on hand to talk about Afro-Pop music and the festival.
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9:00 - 11:00 pm
We're groovin' high with the music of John Birks Gillespie, a principal architect of bebop and one of the great entertainers in any form of music. Tim will run down Gillespie classics from his beginnings in the 40's through his collaborations with Charlie Parker and his forays into Afro-Cuban jazz. Listen for such signature tunes as Manteca, Salt Peanuts and A Night in Tunisia.
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11:00 pm - 1:00 am
It came blasting out of Hampton Roads almost 45 years ago, influencing Motown, Phil Spector, the Beatles and, especially, the music of Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band. It's the hot, over-modulated, sax-soaked calypso-R&B party rock of Gary US Bonds, Jimmy Soul, the Church Street Five, the Sheiks, Lenis Guess, Rockmasters, the Azaleas and a young Bill Deal & the Rhondels. If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life, join Don Harrison, Tyler Magill and the rest of the Radio Wowsville Chapter of the S.P.Q.R. Fan Club in celebrating producer Frank Guida's myth-making sonic revolution. We'll play the "Norfolk Sound" hits ("Quarter to Three," "New Orleans") and unearth some stunning lost gems from the Church Street vaults.
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Monday, October 18 Back to Top
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6:00 - 9:00 am
An overview of the Jazz Guitar, running from the 1920's and into the 1940's: Overpowered by the roaring front line of trumpet, trombone, and clarinet, the guitar had a tough time in early jazz bands. New designs in guitars and club amplification in the late 1920's allowed guitar players such as Lonnie Johnson and Eddie Lang to rise in popularity. Join host Terry Carpenter as we travel the road with Dick McDonough, Charlie Christian, and other early pioneers of Jazz Guitar.
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9:00 am - Noon
It's becoming a WTJU institution! The first Monday of every month Nick Page and Steve Blickstein explore the best new releases of the past 30 days. Tune in for three hours of the best of the best as Nick and Blick sample the finest new releases of 2004. It's a great way to prepare your holiday gift list for the jazz lover in your life!
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Noon - 2:00 pm
The host of Blues and the Abstract Roots plays the music of his friend and collaborator, the remarkable blind New Orleans pianist, vocalist and composer Henry Butler. Listen for Butler's wide range of styles and influences, from religious music to Professor Longhair, to classical music to Monk, as only Corey can present it.
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2:00 - 4:00 pm
John Mason of UVA's History Department shares great finds and insights of his music research in South Africa this summer. With archival and re-issued recordings of jazz from the 1950s and 1960s set along side music extending to the present, John illuminates with a fine-edged passion the social and political issues of those critical decades.
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4:00 pm
Putting the world's politics and economics into perspective with analysis of current affairs worldwide?Call in a pledge to 434-924-0885 to support the BBC News on WTJU!
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4:55 pm
Tune in every weekday at 5 pm as Sakeena Siddiqi and the WTJU News Staff bring you the latest from Charlottesville and around the region. We'll give you original reporting on the issues that matter to the community. Call in a pledge to 434-924-0885 to support local news on WTJU!
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5:03 - 7:00 pm
As a composer, instrumentalist and bandleader, Charles Mingus not only created arresting textures across a gamut of jazz styles and the human emotional range, but he did so with a tremendous sense of what it means to simply swing. Join us for a journey through Mingus's work that will make it clear why he is a true giant of 20th century music who cannot be overlooked today.
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7:00 - 9:00 pm
A 100th birthday celebration of the man who brought the tenor sax from novelty to the centerpiece of jazz instrumental improvisation. The Hawk's innovations spanned the jazz epoch as he continued to test himself for more than four decades against every young lion who came along. Grady celebrates his full career, with recordings of live jams and studio dates with a veritable Who's Who of modern jazz, including Fletcher Henderson, Ben Webster, Red Allen, Lester Young, Roy Eldridge, Duke Ellington, JJ Johnson and Thelonious Monk.
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9:00 - 11:00 pm
Ben Allison, Michael Blake, Frank Kimbrough, Ted Nash, Ron Horton and others have joined forces in various combinations to produce a series of stunning albums over the last few years. Their larger working group, known as "The Jazz Composers Collective", gives a minimal amount of organizational structure and supports the musical explorations of member musicians. We will visit some recent releases from the JCC working groups and review notable past recordings.
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11:00 pm - 1:00 am
This show will be an interplanetary journey into the cosmic music and mind of the man from Saturn, Sun Ra. From early days of Le Sony'r Ra's Chi-town doo-wop to the full Interstellar Omniverse Arkestra, we present some of the greatest recordings of this bizarre but brilliant composer, arranger and keyboardist.
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Tuesday, October 19 Back to Top
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6:00 - 9:00 am
Fred will focus on the current better- and lesser-known female instrumentalists and vocalists - women you could hear on the bandstand. No Ellas, Billies or Sarahs this time, but the best we know from today's performers. Listen for Karrin, Stacey, Ericka, Rene, Ingrid and more - you're sure to enjoy!
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9:00 am - Noon
Hear Nat on solo piano and with the Trio, and listen to his amazing output of vocal recordings from the 50's. Hear his transformation from ensemble jazz musician to a lyric soloist. Listen to this man's seductive and almost mystical ability to sing anything, and sing it beautifully.
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Noon - 2:00 pm
Eighty Eight Keys produce more fun than you can shake a drumstick at. Join Rebecca in celebrating the sounds of Jimmy Yancey, Albert Ammons, Cow Cow Davenport, Champion Jack Dupree, Dr. John, Marcia Ball, Otis Spann, and the late great Ray Charles.
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2:00 - 4:00 pm
Steve, Blee, and other guests co-host a session dedicated to emergency medical personnel in the region. Music selections follow jazz and blues titles and themes, however loosely-related to medicine and emergency response. Grab your list of symptoms and tune in for "Heart Attack", "Trauma", "St James Infirmary", etc. Requests accepted when accompanying pledges! With EMERGENCY! Steve & Blee challenge the regional medical community to support the jazz marathon. Call in your pledge! 434-924-3418
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4:00 pm
Putting the world's politics and economics into perspective with analysis of current affairs worldwide?Call in a pledge to 434-924-0885 to support the BBC News on WTJU!
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4:55 pm
Tune in every weekday at 5 pm as Sakeena Siddiqi and the WTJU News Staff bring you the latest from Charlottesville and around the region. We'll give you original reporting on the issues that matter to the community. Call in a pledge to 434-924-0885 to support local news on WTJU!
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5:03 - 7:00 pm
Pat Metheny has been recording since the mid-1970's and has a recognizable sound that is truly his own. He reinvented the traditional "jazz guitar" sound for a new generation, incorporating elements of jazz and pop music. Pat Metheny has won numerous awards for his music and continues to be an innovative and popular figure in jazz today.
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7:00 - 9:00 pm
A longtime Charlottesville favorite, guitarist Jamal Milner is rising up the hot list! Join him and a few of his friends in the live studio for a display of his eclectic tastes, from blues to rock to jazz to reggae.
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9:00 - 11:00 pm
Another classic show! The Prince of Darkness revolutionized music forever with both subtle and outrageous playing and composing. Tune in for the well known ("Bitches Brew" and "In a Silent Way") as well as other great but under-sung classics, such as "Dark Magus" and "Big Fun". Kevin Kellam and Charlie Curtis invite you to pledge for your favorite Prince of Darkness tune during these smokin' two hours.
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11:00 pm - 1:00 am
Before the dark days of insipid string arrangements and "smooth" jazz schmaltz, Creed Taylor's CTI label built its reputation on the revolutionary idea that jazz, the oldest of American popular music, could still strive for both commercial viability and artistic merit. Aided by musicians as talented and diverse as Stanley Turrentine, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Paul Desmond, Freddy Hubbard, Gabor Szabo, Deodato, George Benson, Idris Muhammad and Airto Moreira, early recordings on the CTI imprint were some of the most exciting music of their time - soulful, sparkling, and yes, smooth, fresh, funky and sometimes freaky, but always given the artistic freedom, financial support and lavish design that would become the CTI hallmark.
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Wednesday, October 20 Back to Top
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6:00 - 9:00 am
The Radio Star returns to his roots! For the marathon, Ralph Graves, who majored in keyboard percussion, gives you a morning's worth of great tracks both from past masters and current practitioners of vibraphone artistry! Tune in for Lionel Hampton, Gary Burton, Roy Ayers, Red Norvo and more!
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9:00 am - Noon
Tune in for a Left of Cool look at one of the great jazz traditions, The Trio. Although we'll visit classic selections from Oscar Peterson, Grant Green, Keith Jarrett and more, we must warn you - this is not your father's trio show. Expect modern trio explorations from Bill Frisell, Brad Mehldau, Bela Fleck, MMW, Jazz Mandolin Project, and your requests. Call in those pledges as we celebrate community radio and the art of the trio.
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Noon - 2:00 pm
Join Ann and John as they serve up jazz with a spicy Latin kick. Hear Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Stan Getz, Arturo Sandoval, Cal Tjader, Herbie Mann and many more.
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2:00 - 4:00 pm
From The Bluesbreakers and the Yardbirds to his recent homage to Robert Johnson, Eric Clapton's roots have been deep blue. Even during his most commercial periods, "Slow Hand" always managed to sneak a few tasty blues tracks past the bean counters, and always featured blues in his live performances. We'll track his entire career, including collaborations with B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, and Howlin' Wolf.
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4:00 pm
Putting the world's politics and economics into perspective with analysis of current affairs worldwide?Call in a pledge to 434-924-0885 to support the BBC News on WTJU!
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4:55 pm
Tune in every weekday at 5 pm as Sakeena Siddiqi and the WTJU News Staff bring you the latest from Charlottesville and around the region. We'll give you original reporting on the issues that matter to the community. Call in a pledge to 434-924-0885 to support local news on WTJU!
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5:03 - 7:00 pm
Andy K, tubaist with the Dixie Power Trio, joins Gary Funston for a reprise of his lively and humorous examination of the tuba/sousaphone's role in jazz and blues. We've come a long way since Sousa!?featuring Howard Johnson, Ray Anderson, Bob Stewart and many others.
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7:00 - 9:00 pm
Savor the gumbo of delicious sounds that your cooks for the evening, Marilyn Wright and Janet King, will be serving up from the Crescent City. Groove to an assortment of musical styles and artists that make The Big Easy a melting pot of unique proportions... from traditional jazz to funk... modern jazz to zydeco... rhythm & blues to Mardi Gras Indians.
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9:00 - 11:00 pm
Charlie Curtis brings the second half of the Miles Davis tribute. This time it's the wildly influential 60's quintet featuring future stars Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and Tony Williams. Two hours of one of the greatest small groups in the history of jazz.
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11:00 pm - 1:00 am
Sergeant Joe Friday may be in the dark on this one. Germany's FAX label is widely known for its unmatched ambient/space/atmosphere outputs of the last fifteen years. But hidden within all those clicks and bass lines lies a solid collection of, yes, Cool Jazz!!!! Tune in for a listen to Peter Namlook and friends and decide if this is your father's cool jazz, or yours.
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Thursday, October 21 Back to Top
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6:00 - 9:00 am
Here's an opportunity to listen to the finest in post-WWII Italian-American jazz crooners. This beautiful music comes from Joel's personal collection and includes Louis Prima, Tony Bennett, Dean Martin, and Frank Sinatra.
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9:00 am - Noon
Since 1992 this German company has issued more than a hundred CDs, some of the finest in modern and mainstream jazz. We'll sample a couple dozen of these high quality recordings from 'Sweets" Edison to Greg Osby, Marcus Printup and Wycliffe Gordon.
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Noon - 2:00 pm
Tune in as Cosmic American Jamboree hosts Gov. Matt, Lonesome George, and Leopard Legs Mike tune up their fiddles and throw some sawdust on the floor for two hours of Western Swing music. Follow the connections between country and jazz as legends such as Bob, Spade, Tex, Pee Wee, Cliffie and Hank strut their stuff along with lots of unusual and rare items that we found in the trunk of a '42 Merc in a barn just about demolished. We'll be passin' the hat around at intermission so don't forget your billfold.
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2:00 - 4:00 pm
Join Pete Spaar, bassist for the Free Bridge Quintet and the D'earth-Thompson Band, as he guides you through the nether regions of the jazz rhythm section. Who are the great bass innovators in jazz history, the stalwart accompanists as well as the great soloists? What is that dark undercurrent all about? Spaar will reveal all.
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4:00 pm
Putting the world's politics and economics into perspective with analysis of current affairs worldwide?Call in a pledge to 434-924-0885 to support the BBC News on WTJU!
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4:55 pm
Tune in every weekday at 5 pm as Sakeena Siddiqi and the WTJU News Staff bring you the latest from Charlottesville and around the region. We'll give you original reporting on the issues that matter to the community. Call in a pledge to 434-924-0885 to support local news on WTJU!
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5:03 - 7:00 pm
Listen in as Aer and Steve play the blues by female performers ranging from guitar slinger Sue Foley to blues shouters Koko Taylor and Shemekia Copeland, from piano blues performer Marcia Ball and country blues performer Rory Block. During a Rory Block show once, someone shouted, "She plays like a man!" But trust us, this show is all about women and the blues.
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7:00 - 9:00 pm
Chapman Stick artist Greg Howard once again volunteers his time and unique and considerable talent to the Jazz Marathon. This year Greg will have percussionist Matt Wyatt complementing the amazing array of sounds Greg calls forth from his unique instrument.
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9:00 - 11:00 pm
Last year's Marathon saw the first visit to WTJU of Tom "the Jazzman" Mallison, who hosts one of the longest-running and most listened-to jazz radio shows in the country on WTEB in Greenville, North Carolina. In an extraordinary gesture of public radio DJ brotherhood, Tom has again made the trip up to Charlottesville to share his love of jazz through stories and music. Please welcome him on his return by phoning in your pledges to 434-924-3959.
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11:00 pm - 1:00 am
Electric producers all over the world are making exciting samba and soothing bossa nova, all with an ear to the 21st Century. Join your late night drums, bass and beats host Morgan for a review of exciting mixes, remixes and world-plus music.
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Friday, October 22 Back to Top
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6:00 - 9:00 am
Start your day on the right foot with a selection of some of the best that Blues has to offer. Ilona will focus on Chicago blues with such greats as Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker. Call in a request with your pledge and Ilona will do her best to find and play it just for you!
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9:00 am - Noon
Beautiful melodies and infectious rhythms from the musicals of Leonard Bernstein have inspired great jazz musicians from the time the songs hit Broadway. Delight in Grady's showcase of both vocal and instrumental interpretations from Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday, Stan Kenton, Blossom Dearie, Bill Charlap, Aretha Franklin, Dave Brubeck, Chris Connor and more? Also a rare recording of a discussion between Miles and Bernstein.
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Noon - 2:00 pm
The annual Thelonious Monk program is always one of the most popular Jazz Celebration shows. Join Bruce Koplin and revel in two hours of the offbeat, brilliant music of composer/pianist Thelonious Monk. From classics like "Round Midnight" to lesser-known gems like "Ugly Beauty", Monk was the most unique musician of his generation. Sample some of the prime live material just now being released by the family. Don't miss this show!
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2:00 - 4:00 pm
The Jazz Czar outlines the career of one of the most deeply spiritual performers ever to grace the modern jazz scene. From his early years with Miles Davis, through his reworking of the blues foundations of jazz performance with Monk, his unique and forward-looking treatment of standards, and finally to the deep thought of A Love Supreme, his entire career is a must-hear.
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4:00 pm
Putting the world's politics and economics into perspective with analysis of current affairs worldwide? Call in a pledge to 434-924-0885 to support the BBC News on WTJU!
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4:55 pm
Tune in every weekday at 5 pm as Sakeena Siddiqi and the WTJU News Staff bring you the latest from Charlottesville and around the region. We'll give you original reporting on the issues that matter to the community. Call in a pledge to 434-924-0885 to support local news on WTJU!
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5:03 - 7:00 pm
Widely known for his ability to play many reed instruments simultaneously, Rahsaan Roland Kirk combined mastery and versatility in a way still unparalleled in the field of jazz music. Traditional yet unconventional, sightless yet visionary, he was historian, entertainer, inventor, innovator, and activist. Join co-hosts Rebecca Foster and Michael Shelton in a showcase of this legendary icon's contributions.
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7:00 - 9:00 pm
Popular guitarist Charlie Pastorfield stops by on this last evening of the 2004 Jazz Marathon, bringing his Code Blues band in for a wall-shaking send-off. This edition of the group will feature Judy Coughlin and David McDavid from Stoned Wheat Things, Aric Van Brocklin from Chicken Head Blues Band, and Steve Riggs from Eli Cook and the Red House Blues Band.
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9:00 - 11:00 pm
Blues Valley Summit: Professah Blues, host of WMRA's "Blues Valley", and Peter Welch, host of WTJU's "Nothin' But the Blues", join forces for two powerful hours of their awesomest blues favorites.
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11:00 pm-1:00 am
Adventurous, intellectual, hip, traditional, witty, sensual? Pianist, singer, composer and interpreter extraordinaire, Barber is truly one of the great talents of the past fifteen years, as her new release "Live in Paris" demonstrates so well. The Professor brings the 2004 Jazz and Blues Marathon to a close on an appropriate note, as Barber's music bridges so many different styles and points the way to Jazz's future.
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