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Jennifer Leitham Previews March 2016 Jazz 88.3 Happy Hour

Jennifer Leitham stopped by the Jazz 88.3 studios to chat with Claudia Russell, host of The Jazz Ride Home (Weekdays, 4-8pm PT), about her Thursday, March 3 appearance at the Jazz 88.3 Happy Hour at the Lafayette Hotel, her recent release "Mood(S)wings", and long journey in Jazz music. Check out the interview and GET HAPPY!

Bill Evans Time Remembered Documentary Producer Bruce Spiegel Interview

Blog Name:The Jazz Ride Home

Blog Author:Vince Outlaw

Posted on:January 11, 2016

Claudia Russell chatted with documentary producer Bruce Spiegel on The Jazz Ride Home on Monday, January 11, 2016, the day before his Bill Evans documentary "Time Remembered" has it's west coast premiere as part of a special Jazz Live San Diego tribute concert featuring pianist John Campbell on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 8-10pm PT.

Black History Month

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We’re now into Black History Month in the U.S. Live theaters, concert venues, libraries, lecturer series, even some television networks are celebrating this February with a host of special programming or features. Special. As in, “we don’t usually do this.” That’s where Jazz 88.3 comes in. We celebrate Black History every day. It’s true, we don’t do a lot of feature programming for this national celebration. But, each day we note the musicians who have made jazz and blues what it is today… and what it is becoming for the future.

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To the Heart of It - Remembering Dave Brubeck

It seems fitting to me Dave Brubeck died on the way to his cardiologist, on his way to have that great heart of his checked out. It was that great heart that hit its final downbeat today, the day before Dave's 92nd birthday. As the news continues to sink in and I continue think about the incredible person that was Dave Brubeck, I keep going back to that heart. His powerful heart that beat for nearly 92 solid years after his parents welcomed him in Concord, California.