Jazz on WFCR

Jazz à la Mode: Monday through Friday from 8:00p.m. - 11p.m.

Jazz Safari: Saturdays from 8:00p.m. - 11p.m.

In the spring of 2010, WFCR invited listeners to share their favorite jazz tunes in our listener's choice survey. From Louis Armstrong's "Mack the Knife" to John Coltrain's "A Love Supreme." it's all here! Click here to see the results.

Jazz à la Mode

Jazz à la Mode's Golden Anniversary series continues in September and October with these classic recordings made in 1960:
August 31 The Roy Haynes Trio Just Us
September 7 Sonny Rollins' 80th birthday is today; we'll celebrate throughout tonight's Jazz a la Mode!
September 14 Organist Jack McDuff's Tough 'Duff, featuring saxophonist Jimmy Forrest.
September 21 Trombonist's Kai Winding and J.J. Johnson's The Great Kai & Jay, featuring pianist Bill Evans.
September 28 Alto saxophonist Art Pepper's Smack-Up, featuring trumpeter Jack Sheldon.
October 5 Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Like Someone in Love, featuring Lee Morgan and Wayne Shorter
October 12 Tenor saxophonist Harold Land's West Coast Blues, featuring guitarist Wes Montgomery
October 19 John Coltrane's My Favorite Things
October 26 Tenor saxophonist Teddy Edwards' Sunset Eyes

Jazz à la Mode airs weeknights from 8-11 p.m. Hosted by Tom Reney, Jazz à la Mode draws on the rich and varied traditions of jazz from the 1920's to the present. Whether it's a great standard by Duke Ellington or George Gershwin, a modern jazz classic by Miles Davis or Sonny Rollins, or the latest from Diana Krall or Wynton Marsalis, Jazz à la Mode has plenty to satisfy your tastes.

The program offers a steady stream of new releases over the course of the week. On Tuesdays, Tom presents a Golden Anniversary feature on a recording made 50 years ago. On Wednesdays, he plays classic recordings made by mainstream jazz artists who came to prominence during the Swing Era. The program presents birthday and memorial tributes as well as features on jazz artists who are performing in the WFCR listening area.

Jazz à la Mode playlists provide links to web pages devoted to jazz artists, concert and festival venues, and jazz-related newspaper and magazine articles. For Jazz à la Mode playlists, click here.

Also, click here for Tom Reney's "Desert Island" Jazz selections.

New England Summer Jazz Festivals

Tanglewood Jazz Fest Sept. 4-5

Jazz Safari

Dedicated to the proposition that variety is the spice of life, Jazz Safari hopes to foster a new appreciation of jazz, while still exploring other types of music. Host Kari Njiiri serves up a tasty jazz mix every Saturday evening from 8:00 to 11:00. If you like what you hear, or want to tell us what you'd like to hear, let us know by sending e-mail to kari@wfcr.org now!

Hear Kari Njiiri's recent interview with internationally-renowned South African musician Hugh Masekela

To find out what's playing on Jazz Safari check WFCR's music playlists.