Inwood Jazz Festival

11/22/2024

Something’s coming… And it’s gonna be grand 🎶

11/21/2024

11/13/2024

Beginning at 9 pm EST tonight, join WKCR in honoring prolific drummer Roy Haynes, who passed away earlier today.

Unquestionably one of the greatest musicians of all-time, Roy Haynes generated an endlessly hip, dancing and undulating rhythmic current that powered innumerable bandstands and inspired countless listeners. Born in Boston on March 13, 1925, Haynes quickly established himself within the forefront of the music upon moving to New York in 1945 to join Luis Russell and remained the epitome of modern drumming for the rest of his career. Haynes performed with nearly every major musician across every era of the music, including Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Bud Powell, Sonny Rollins, Sarah Vaughan, Stan Getz, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Chick Corea, Wayne Shorter, Andrew Hill, Frankie Newton, and a myriad of others. Haynes was also a major bandleader, having led numerous groups such as the Hip Ensemble, and was a key influence and mentor to scores of musicians across generations, including the likes of Graham Haynes, Marcus Gilmore, Craig Haynes, Donald Harrison, David Kikoski, Christian McBride, Roy Hargrove, George Adams, Ralph Moore, Ed Howard, Jaleel Shaw, Marcus Strickland, David Wong, and Martin Bejarano.

Roy Haynes was (and remains) an essential part of the music, and his contributions to it and to the community around it will forever be remembered.

Listeners can tune in on 89.9FM. As always, online listening is available 24/7 at wkcr.org via our web stream.

11/13/2024

Haynes influenced generations of drummers and helped change the direction of jazz improvisation.

11/10/2024

Billy Harper composition "Insight" performed by the Billy Harper Quintet at Smalls Jazz Club in NYC on April 12th, 2024 ...

11/10/2024

Judith Jamison, best known for her work as a dancer, choreographer and artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, has died, according to reports. Jamison reportedly passed away on Saturday at New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center after an illness. She was 81. Read more here: https://bit.ly/4hKTNnR

11/07/2024

The McCoy Tyner Trio
McCoy Tyner piano
Avery Sharpe bass
Aaron Scott drums
w/ Michael Brecker sax

Our featured album this week is McCoy’s “Infinity” released in 1995. Stream it now at the link bio!

11/07/2024

11/07/2024

.. and ‘Cats’ have 9 lives..

Today's history lesson from The College of Rock and Roll Knowledge:

11/05/2024

The young Aaron Scott on drums

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11/05/2024

Quincy Jones was one of Nadia Boulanger's star students. When asked what he learned from his time with the famed music teacher and theorist, Jones replied, “Counterpoint, structure, science, left brain.”

He applied his classical lessons with Boulanger to become one of the most decorated and admired musicians in history and change the music world forever. ❤️

11/04/2024

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of producer, songwriter, composer and arranger Quincy Jones.

As a master inventor of musical hybrids, he has shuffled pop, soul, hip-hop, jazz, classical, African and Brazilian music into many dazzling fusions, traversing virtually every medium, including records, live performance, movies and television.

His career spans over six decades, with a record 80 Grammy Award nominations and 28 Grammy Awards. Jones’s contributions to the jazz world include his iconic recordings and arrangements for Frank Sinatra (including “Fly Me To The Moon”), the Count Basie Orchestra, Ray Charles, Sarah Vaughan, and Dizzy Gillespie, in addition to his 39 recordings as a leader.

He is also known as the producer of two of the top-selling records of all time: the album “Thriller”, by pop icon Michael Jackson, and the charity song “We Are the World” which raised funds for victims of famine in Ethiopia.