The Motif: Re-Imagine a Jazz Sensibility

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The Motif: Re-Imagine a Jazz Sensibility

Every Saturday from 2:00pm to 5:00pm.

Post modern representations of improvisation, across dramatic modes, and re-imagined spaces of diverse music genre. Hosted by The Motif, aka Yugen Kelsaw.

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The Motif: Re-Imagine a Jazz Sensibility on 12/07/19

Airs at: Sat, 12/07/2019 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm

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The Voice: R&B, Soul, and All That Jazz

Airs at: Sat, 11/30/2019 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm

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Long time coming, this presentation. A feel good experience from men and women with enormous vocality. Voices that soar on the wave of melodies unencombered by the limitation of chords, and trigger deep emotion in us. Genre defying singing that keep the vibe alive. Read more

Dangerous Liason: The Symphony and Jazz

Airs at: Sat, 11/23/2019 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm

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An integrative moment of combustible strength. Nuanced surprise, and transport where these two distinct music styles and colors intersect. The convergence speaks to an enormous curiosity: does it work? Soundtracks, Philharmonic dates blend remarkably well with jazz. Addit... Read more

The Motif: Re-Imagine a Jazz Sensibility on 11/16/19

Airs at: Sat, 11/16/2019 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm

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My Country Western Heart

Airs at: Sat, 11/09/2019 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm

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What happens when a jazz purveyor pores over the archival brilliance of C&W? A jazz cat with an admission: Country Western music is a pastiche of life's turbulence and our effort to uncover and experience a prevailing calm. The story telling brings a familiar and solidar... Read more

Improve the Verb: The Dukes of Jazz

Airs at: Sat, 11/02/2019 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm

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These titans of the tradition bravely contort the word, and lexicon to create a calisthenic moment that wiles the senses. Their cunning way with words unlock a withholding only available through a masterful pillage of lyric content. Kurt Elling, Bobby McFerrin, A... Read more

Jazz Rocks: Part Three

Airs at: Sat, 10/26/2019 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm

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Okay. I like Def/heavy Metal. Not so much the lyrics but the energy generated by the musicians. JazzRock is the closest thing to an amalgamation of jazz and def/heavy metal. In fact this marriage (jazz and rock) may be a forerunner to def/heavy metal...NO! But, either... Read more

JAZZ ROCKS!: Carving a Tradition part 2

Airs at: Sat, 10/19/2019 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm

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JAZZ ROCKS!: Carving a Tradition. The music evolves. It rises from a turbulent sea; dry docks on land, and takes to the hills. This anomaly - comprised of wires, clogs, trebles, clefs and notes, is boiler plated in the late sixties through the early seventies. With nam... Read more

JAZZ ROCKS!: Carving a Tradition and The Winnerz Circle - Help me understand?"

Airs at: Sat, 10/12/2019 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm

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2pm to 4pm JAZZ ROCKS!: Carving a Tradition. The music evolves. It rises from a turbulent sea; dry docks on land, and takes to the hills. This anomaly - comprised of wires, clogs, trebles, clefs and notes, is boiler plated in the late sixties through the early seventies.... Read more

Harold Mabern

Airs at: Sat, 10/05/2019 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm

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This week Rick Mitchell will guest host. From 4 to 5 p.m. we'll play a special episode of Jazz In the New Millennium focusing on pianist Harold Mabern. Mabern, who passed away September 19 at the age of 83, liked to call himself a blues pianist with jazz chops. His percus... Read more