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Jazz Calendar (Updated 5/16/2022)

Calendar of local live jazz events

Flora Purim's <em>If You Will</em> is the first album by the influential jazz fusion artist in 15 years and, she says, her last.

Ann Powers

The Brazilian singer Flora Purim helped create the sound of jazz fusion. Now, as she releases what she says will be her final album, it's time to give her artistic legacy its due.

Live and Local

Michael Cavanaugh Comes to Omaha Symphony - Talks Broadway, Billy Joel, and More on KIOS-FM

Mike Hogan

Interview with Michael Cavanaugh

Live and Local

Final Vesper Concerts of Season Promise to Be Memorable With a Rare Musical Treat, Kristi Treu Chats

Mike Hogan

Interview with Vesper Concerts' Executive Director Kristi Treu

The cornetist, composer, and bandleader Ron Miles combined a distinctly American harmonic palette with an openhearted emotional clarity uncommon in modern jazz.

Other Content

Ron Miles, cornetist who imbued modern jazz with heart and soul, dies at 58

Nate Chinen

The cornetist, composer and bandleader combined a distinctly American harmonic palette with an openhearted emotional clarity uncommon in modern jazz.

Programming

KIOS 91.5 FM BLUES CHART FEBRUARY 2022

Mike Jacobs

BLUES IN THE AFTERNOON

Other Content

Curtis Stigers, 'I Wonder Why'

Eric Teel

"I Wonder Why" made Stigers a star all the way back in 1991. Now, he revisits it from the perspective of a fiftysomething who's learned how to best harness his own talents.

Tabla player Badal Roy, who worked with both Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman, in 2011.

Music

Tabla player Badal Roy, known for his cutting-edge jazz collaborations, dies at 82

Brad Farberman

The tabla player worked with trailblazing collaborators including Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman.

Music

Last Call to present new music on February 5th

Chris Cooke

New music to be featured on the Saturday night broadcast

Bobbe "Beegie" Adair. The prolific pianist and community builder died Jan. 23, 2022 at the age of 84.

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Bobbe 'Beegie' Long Adair, a formative center of Nashville's jazz scene, dies at 84

Ron Wynn

Adair was a superb soloist and tremendous accompanist, as well as the bedrock of Nashville's jazz scene after first relocating there in the early '60s.