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In addition to the many radio stations broadcasting Jazz After Hours every weekend, several also simultaneously "stream" the program to the internet as well. You'll find it on late night and early morning hours on weekends on WAMC, WUGA, WCPN, WIUM, KUNC, and KPLU.

We’ve had lots of great guests visit Jazz After Hours. Among them have been Branford Marsalis, Kurt Elling, Dave Holland, Pat Martino, Charles Lloyd, Michael Wolff, Mel Rhyne & Peter Bernstein, Nnenna Freelon, Joshua Redman, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Kenny Barron and Charlie Hunter (see the studio gallery). Many have appeared on our show in conjunction with engagements at one of the West Coast’s premier jazz clubs, Dimitriou's Jazz Alley in Seattle, or with Earshot Jazz.

For more about Seattle’s very active jazz scene visit Earshot Jazz and Seattle Jazz Scene. The area’s nationally-recognized jazz radio station is KPLU, and there's an excellent community station, KBCS. If you'd like to know about CDs by some of Seattle's best jazz artists, check out Origin Arts which includes many CDs available from this very strong regional jazz scene.

Big Apple Jazz is a website rich in information about the New York jazz scene, with jazz club listings, info on artists, jazz tours and more. In addition to the website, The Big Apple Jazz Store and EZ's Woodshed is now open in Harlem at 131st & 7th Ave, referred to as The Corner by Mezz Mezzrow in "Really the Blues". It's a store in front and performance space/art gallery behind.

For San Francisco Bay Area jazz information, visit Jazzwest.com and the excellent San Francisco Jazz site.

All About Jazz - An informative and varied collection of jazz history, CD reviews, interviews and fun tidbits about jazz. Also included are audio reviews (some of which I've produced) which include musical excerpts from and voiced reviews of new jazz CDs.

All Music Guide - A truly amazing and most useful site. This is an electronic version of the excellent reference books of the same name and a wonderful cross referenced collection that'll help you find that tune and the artist who played or sang it.

Jazz Standards.com is a site featuring "origins and histories behind the standards ... musical analyses, book and CD recommendations, anecdotes, biographies, and much more. Currently the Top 1000 jazz standards are ranked and the Top 100 are fully documented."

Rifftides is distinguished jazz writer Doug Ramsey's blog - author of numerous books including the recent Paul Desmond biography "Take Five", he regularly updates his thoughts and observations of the jazz scene here.

Allegro is a source for information on musical public radio programs which you may use to check out various jazz radio programs and others you can hear via your computer.

The International Association for Jazz Education - IAJE initiates programs which nurture the understanding and appreciation of jazz and its heritage, provides leadership to educators
regarding curriculum and performance, and assists teachers, students, and artists with information and resources. IAJE also produces the major jazz conference in January each year, attended by thousands who enjoy performances, workshops, panel discussions and more. Full information is available on their website.

Culture Kiosque - is a weeky European cybermagazine available in several languages with erudite articles on jazz, classical music and opera, dance, art and archaeology, a cyberchef, and nouveau & tech sections. Very nicely designed and a pleasure to browse.

Our man in Paris is Mike Zwerin, the jazz columnist for Bloomberg News. You can find him online at www.mikezwerin.com.

William Gottlieb's Jazz Photos -  Included are some of the most famous jazz photos of all time, ones which set the standard for jazz photography.

Herman Leonard's Photos include classic jazz photos, celebrities, and fashion from the 40s to the present. An extensive photo gallery is online here. His entire collection is housed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.

William Claxton's photos of many West Coast jazz greats including many album covers for Chet Baker and others can be found on his website. His use of available light and sensitive off-stage portraiture suggested new directions for album photography.

Ron Hudson's jazz photos are containied in an excellent book Right Down Front.  My friend Ron shot these photos in performances from Monterey to Montreux over thirty years.

Ah Ha Jazz contains many informal photos of jazz greats by Helen Mandel taken in the Seventies at Overseas Press Club, at the Cookery Jazz Club in Greenwich Village and at the Grande Parade du Jazz in Nice, France..

WNUR Jazz Web - includes info on styles, artists, performance, media, art, education and more.

Jazz On Line is San Francisco-based but national in focus, like the above, with lots of graphics.

Jazz Corner is a large and growing site which includes biographical material and news about more than 150 active musicians who have their home pages here with more being added all the time. Click on "Recording Studio".

Jazz Institute of Chicago contains information about jazz in Chicago including the annual Chicago Jazz Festival.

Twin Cities Jazz Society - contains jazz news and musicians’ pages from Minneapolis & St.Paul.

WRUW has a complete listing of jazz events in the Cleveland area on their website.

Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors - news from the heartland and details about what’s happening today in Charlie Parker’s hometown.

Citysearch.com is a good source for jazz information in New York, Baltimore, Washington DC, Toronto, Dallas-Ft.Worth, Austin,and Denver.

Montreal Jazz - contains info about this great Canadian city’s jazz scene.

Toronto Jazz has TWO sites for one of the liveliest jazz scenes in Canada - Toronto Jazz Live and Jazz In Toronto

VancouverJazz.com - contains info about jazz in the beautiful West Coast Canadian city of Vancouver, BC.

The Contemporary List of Jazz Links  - If you can't find what you're looking for anyplace else, go here. There are more than 1300 links to artists, labels, festivals, education, radio, 'zines and more!

Many jazz clubs festivals and other presenters have their own websites. Try any search engine (such as google.com) to help you find what you're looking for.


Amazon.com is an easy way to purchase music featured on this program. Just click the logo to order.

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Traveling? Here’s a list of jazz hotlines around the country:

Atlanta 404 241-2598

Baltimore 301 945-2266

Boston 617 262-1300

Chicago 312 427-3300

Cincinnati 606 581-6873

Detroit 313 871-5267

Kansas City 816 931-2888

Los Angeles 310 597-LIVE

Miami 305 382-3938

Minneapolis/St. Paul  651 633-0329

New Orleans 504 455-6847

NYC 718 465-7500

NE NY State 518 374-6912

Philadelphia 215 891-0383

Pittsburgh 412 343-9555

Phoenix 602 254-4545

Salt Lake 801 571-8020

St.Louis 800 455 GET-JASS

Seattle 206 292-JASS

Wash.DC 202 698-7522

 

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