Sam
Chell’s “Saturday Night Bandstand” hits the airwaves Saturdays
at 7:00 p.m.
Sam specializes in playing the favorites—music from great artists, both
past and present. You’ll hear Ellington, Sinatra, Basie, Kenton, Fitzgerald,
Holiday and more.
Sam’s style is just as smooth as the music he plays. In addition to being
a jazz aficionado, Sam is a Carthage English Professor and an accomplished performing
pianist. Hear some interesting anecdotes while being entertained by the best
in jazz.
May 17: "The Masterful and the Original: A
Comparative Look at the Music of Art Tatum and Thelonious Monk.: Also, the
distinctive, emotive playing of alto great Art Pepper, the Rob Hobbes of his
instrument who, despite years of drug abuse and incarceration, came close to
realizing his dream of being "the best there ever was."
May 24: "Celebrating the Music of Bill Evans."
While CD sales continue to fall behind music downloads, the 3-disc, re-mastered
release, "Bill Evans: The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961," is
perhaps the most compelling argument yet on behalf of the CD format. Regarded as
a "holy Day" in jazz by many followers of the music, the documentation of the
extraordinary, seminal yet unrepeatable, music performed on this Sunday
afternoon, June 25, 1961, at the Village Vanguard has never sounded fresher,
more alive and "in the moment" than on this most recent, and only complete
edition. As an added bonus, tonight's show will feature a sparking, surprising
new release by Brazilian pianist, Eliane Elias--"Something for You"--a tribute
on which she not only plays but sings the music of Bill Evans.
