Jazz

The Starlight JazzClub season at Walton Arts Center begins Saturday, Sept. 7, with the Sean Mason Quartet performing in the Starr Theater. Mason’s jazz mixes old and new. Saturday night audiences will likely hear original music and interpretations of standards going back a century. Last week, Robert Ginsburg, host of Shades of Jazz on KUAF, talked with Sean Mason about the upcoming performance.

On today's show, a charter school in Benton County hopes to heal the wounds of childhood trauma. Also, Sean Mason comes to Walton Arts Center this weekend with a whole host of musical influences in tow. Plus, a new giant will be guarding over Route 66 soon.

Shades of Jazz host and Northwest Arkansas Jazz Society founder and artistic director host Robert Ginsburg joins Kyle Kellams to discuss upcoming Summer Jazz Concert Series events.

On today's show, a conversation with a meteorologist from the National Weather Service about Tornado Alley and the science behind storm tracking. Also, a new addition at the Bentonville Public Library helps with a growing collection of material. Plus, an interview with author Uchenna Awoke about his debut novel, "The Liquid Eye of a Moon."

Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams speaks with Larry Tye, author of the new book “The Jazz Men: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Count Basie Transformed America.” The book includes anecdotes and historical accounts detailing how the three legends battled Jim Crow to become global superstars and, as the book title suggests, change the country.

On today's show, we lace up our shoes for Global Running Day. Also, celebrating freedom at the 2024 Northwest Arkansas Juneteenth observation. Plus, how three legends battled Jim Crow from the bandstand to change America.

Northwest Arkansas Jazz Society founder and artistic director Robert Ginsburg talks with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about upcoming Jazz events.

The UARK Jazz Festival continues this week on the University of Arkansas campus. Papo Vazquez, a Grammy-nominated Trombonist and composer, will be in residency for part of the week. Last week, Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams spoke with Papo over Zoom, joined by Lia Uribe, host of Sound Perimeter, and Ferndano Valencia, the director of the University of Arkansas Latin American Ensemble and percussion instructor.

Jake Hertzog and Susumu Watanabe are collaborating with nearly two dozen other area musicians for the premier performance of the Ozark Jazz Philharmonic on Tuesday night. Not only is the ensemble new but so is the work the musicians will be performing, Hertzog’s “Anthropesia: A Concerto for Jazz Guitar and Jazz Philharmonic.” Both men came to the Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio recently to talk about the music and the ensemble.

On today's show, a new scholarship at Little Rock Central High will honor the top students in the AP African American History course. Also, Nick Mancini closes out the Summer Jazz Concert Series.