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Gary Smulyan on WGXC Thursday

January 24, 2012 in Hudson by Cheryl K. Symister-Masterson | No comments

Joe Temperly and Gary Smulyan, from Wikipedia.

Host Cheryl K. interviews baritone saxophonist Gary Smulyan this Thursday, Jan, 26 from 7-9:30 p.m. on “The Jazz Disturbance.” Smulyan has long been recognized as a major voice on baritone saxophone. Winner of the 2011 “DownBeat” Critics Poll and “Jazz Times” Readers and Critics Polls for baritone saxophone, Smulyan is known for his aggressive rhythmic sense, intelligent and creative harmonic vocabulary, and a strong and incisive wit. He’s been a member of Woody Herman’s Young Thundering Herd, and was part of the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra under the direction of the late Bob Brookmeyer, as well as the Mingus Big Band and the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra. He currently performs with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Joe Lovano’s Nonet, the Dave Holland Octet as well as Big Band, as well as George Coleman’s Octet and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band.

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Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith on WGXC

November 25, 2011 in Upstate New York by Cheryl K. Symister-Masterson | 1 comment


Join Cheryl K. on Thursday, Dec. 1 on “The Jazz Disturbance” from 7 to 9:30 p.m. for an interview with trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist, composer and improviser Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith. He’s been active in creative contemporary music for over forty years. His systemic music language Ankhrasmation is significant in his development as an artist and educator. He has taught at the University of New Haven, CT, the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, NY and Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson. He is currently a faculty member at The Herb Alpert School of Music at California Institute of the Arts. Smith and his group Organic’s latest release is the double CD “Heart’s Reflection” on Cuneiform Records.

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Roswell Rudd on ‘The Jazz Disturbance’

September 28, 2011 in Upstate New York by Cheryl K. Symister-Masterson | No comments

Roswell Rudd, from Wikipedia.

Kerhonkson resident Roswell Rudd will be the guest on “The Jazz Disturbance” with Cheryl K, Thursday, Oct. 6 from 7-9:30 p.m. on WGXC. The trombonist will be appearing at Club Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St. in Hudson, the next day, Friday, October 7, to play with trumpeter Steve Bernstein for his 50th birthday with Sex Mob and guest keyboardist John Medeski. Rudd is known primarily for his work in free and avant-garde jazz (performing with Carla Bley, Don Cherry, Archie Shepp), but has extended his musical range through and to World music. He graduated from Yale University and later taught music-ethnology at Bard College and the University of Maine. His latest release is “The Incredible Honk” on Sunnyside Records.

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Germantown’s Sonny Rollins in Chronogram

September 7, 2011 in Germantown by Cheryl K. Symister-Masterson | No comments

From Sonny Rollins' website.

Kudos to Chronogram Magazine Music Editor Peter Aaron for his features on vocalist Kurt Elling (who will be at Vassar College next month) and Hudson Valley resident saxophonist Sonny Rollins. Germantown’s Rollins — who turned 78 today — was also just mentioned in The New York Times The Kennedy Center announced on Wednesday that actress Meryl Streep will be honored this year alongside the singers Barbara Cook and Neil Diamond, the cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and the saxophonist Rollins.

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John Esposito Quartet on WGXC Thursday

August 22, 2011 in Hudson, Kingston by Cheryl K. Symister-Masterson | No comments

Pianist John Esposito, saxophonist Stacey Dillard, bassist Otto Gardner and drummer Peter O’Brien appear on “The Jazz Disturbance” with host Cheryl K. Thursday, August 25, from 7-9:30 p.m. The quartet performs at the Summer Series of Jazz at the Stella May Gallery Theatre in Kingston on Saturday, August 27, 2011.

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Bassist Michael Bisio talks on WGXC

August 7, 2011 in Hudson Valley, Troy, Upstate New York by Cheryl K. Symister-Masterson | No comments

Michael Bisio, from his website.

Hudson Valley-based bassist Michael Bisio will be interviewed on WGXC on Thursday, August 11, on “The Jazz Disturbance” from 7-9:30 p.m., in conjunction with WGXC’s “Local Music Week.” Bisio invariably astounds audiences with the beauty of his tone and the intensity of his very personal musical language. As a recording artist he appears on over fifty CDs, and is leader on ten CDs and co-leads seven duet recordings. In 2009 he recorded 14 releases including two Michael Bisio Quartet CDs for CIMP and Not Two, two CDs by Tomas Ulrich’s Cargo Cult, and “Old Dog, By Any Other Name” (Porter Records). Releases this year include Bisio’s first solo effort “Travel Music” (MJB) and the highly-lauded Matthew Shipp Trio recording “The Art of the Improviser” (Thirsty Ear) recorded in Troy.

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Chris Brubeck in Cairo and on WGXC

July 25, 2011 in Cairo by Cheryl K. Symister-Masterson | No comments

Bassist, trombonist and composer Chris Brubeck joins Cheryl K. during this week’s edition of “The Jazz Disturbance,” this Thursday, July 28 from 7-9:30 p.m. on WGXC 90.7-FM and wgxc.org. On Friday, August 5 th, the Brubeck Brothers Quartet (BBQ) — Chris, his brother Dan (drums); Ulster county resident Mike DeMicco (guitar); and Chuck Lamb (pianist) — bring their soulful jazz blended with a little funk to the Main Street Jazz Series at Gallagher’s Banquet Hall, 513 Main Street in Cairo, at 8 p.m. That weekend, the BBQ also perform at the famed Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, RI. Call Gallagher’s for more information at 518-622-0123.

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