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From the KSDS Editorial Desk

April 30 is International Jazz Day, a Time to Celebrate Jazz as it Exists Today

On Wed., April 30, Jazz 88 will celebrate International Jazz Day 2025 by spinning selections illuminating the truly global reach of jazz. Matt Silver got a head start on the April 27 edition of “Breaking Jazz.”

Hello! This is Matt Silver. I host a new jazz release show on Sunday evenings called "Breaking Jazz," where, each week, I bring you the music and musicians of the moment — jazz as it’s being played today. This past Sunday evening, on "Breaking Jazz," I celebrated International Jazz Day 2025. I realize I was three days early to the party, but "Breaking Jazz" is but a humble weekly program; wait 'til next week, and, by then, the ship's way too far out of port.

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Remembering James Moody

Moody with Dizzy Gillespie.

Today (Mar. 26, 2025) we celebrate the centennial birthday of James Moody. Moody, a prolific saxophonist and flutist with a career spanning eight decades, passed on here in San Diego in late 2010. He led an extraordinary life, and would've turned 100 years old today.

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BREAKING JAZZ: The Top 10 Albums of 2024

BREAKING JAZZ: The Top 10 Albums of 2024

*Pictured above: Trumpeter Riley Mulherkar. Photo by Zenith Richards.

By Matt Silver

As we approach Thanksgiving, I feel compelled to share my abundant gratitude for all the great new music that’s come out this past year, and especially this past six months since I began hosting Breaking Jazz (Sundays, 6:30 to 8 p.m. PT). In keeping with year-end traditions, this gratitude will take the form of a “best of” list. But this particular list is exciting because it will be starting a new tradition. Behold! The inaugural Breaking Jazz Best Albums of the Year!

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Tues., May 13: Vibraphonist Chuck Redd to Pay Musical Tribute to the Terry Gibbs Dream Band

Tues., May 13: Vibraphonist Chuck Redd to Pay Musical Tribute to the Terry Gibbs Dream Band

If you’re talking about the greatest jazz big bands ever assembled, the conversation is neither fully credible nor complete without including The Terry Gibbs Dream Band. 

Killer charts by some of the greatest arrangers ever: Bill Holman, Bob Brookmeyer, Al Cohn, Shorty Rogers, Lennie Neihaus, and Marty Paich. Drum-tight ensemble playing. Solos like smart bombs: devastatingly explosive and precisely controlled. And a propulsive yet economical rhythm section. Nothing superfluous. Burning hot, yet ALWAYS cool.

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Today's Birthdays

Born on this day, May 16th

  • Woody Herman (Vocals, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone) was born in Milwaukee, WI, 1913–1987.
  • Betty Carter (Vocals-Lead) was born in Flint, MI, 1930–1998.
  • Billy Cobham (Drums and Percussion) was born in Panama in 1944.
  • Dud Bascomb (Trumpet) was born in Birmingham, AL, 1916–1972.
  • Eddie Bert (Trombone) was born in Yonkers, NY in 1922.
  • Friedrich Gulda (Keyboards-Various) was born in Vienna, Austria, 1930–2000.
  • Redd Holt (Drums and Percussion) was born in Rosedale, MS in 1932.
  • Marlowe Morris (Piano) was born in New York, NY, 1915–1978.
  • Michael Moore (Bass) was born in Glen Este, Ohio in 1945.
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May 16th in Jazz History…

  • Legendary Guitarist Django Reinhardt died in Fontainbleau, France in 1953. he was just 43 years old.
  • Benny Goodman recorded "Clarinade" on Columbia records in 1945.
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