Bohemia After Dark

Bohemia After Dark: Where Hipster meets Hippie, Bopper meets Beatnik, Blues Brother meets Soul Sister, Swing meets Spoken Word. Claudia Russell (aka The Ever Lovin’ Jazz Kitty) brings an eclectic mix extending to all jazz and jazz-infused music to weeknights from 7 to midnight on Jazz 88.3. Multi-generational, always hip. Jazz and beyond finding a home where artists dwell. Sharing the sound of Bohemia After Dark. Dig and Be Dug.

Ella Fitzgerald- KSDS Presents The All-Time Top Listener-Favorite Female Vocalists

She is remembered as "The First Lady of Song" and fittingly so.  Ella Fitzgerald possessed one of the greatest voices of all time in any genre.  Throughout the course of her nearly sixty year career, she sold over 40 million records.  Among her many honors were 13 Grammy Awards wins, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts Medal of Honor, and The Presidential Medal of Freedom.  

Her musical story began famously in 1934 with Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater in Harlem.  Fitzgerald decided to give it a try, as a dancer. She was intimidated by another dance act and at the last moment decided to sing...and won the night.  In 1935 she met bandleader Chick Webb and joined his orchestra for a successful run at the Savoy Ballroom. In 1938, she recorded "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" (a song she co-wrote) and the song became one of the best selling records of the decade.  With Webb's death in 1939, Ella took over as bandleader until 1942.  

Fitzgerald continued to work with other orchestras, Benny Goodman and Dizzy Gillespie were just two, as well as lead her own smaller groups.  She became a master scat singer, able to mimic nearly every instrument in the band.  Her range spanned three octaves and the clarity of her voice unmatched.  It's said she possessed perfect pitch.  That voice would thrill audiences worldwide for decades, making Fitzgerald one of the most beloved singers of her generation and of generations to come.  She worked with artists as diverse as Count Basie to Stevie Wonder.  Her live recordings made for Verve Records remain highly acclaimed.  The version of "Mack The Knife" from her album "Ella in Berlin" won a Grammy and shows off Fitzgerald's improvisational skills beautifully: she forgot the words at one point and simply improvised lyrics to great applause.  

She remains an important influence on jazz singers and musicians alike and continues to be one of the best-selling jazz artists in history.

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Interviews…

April 29th at 11 PM Hour
	11:47 PM	Gonzalo Rubalcaba	“This Is It” — Avatar	BUY
	11:39 PM	Wayne Shorter	“Night Dreamer” — Night Dreamer	BUY
	11:30 PM	Kurt Elling	“The Messenger” — The Messenger	BUY
	11:21 PM	Oliver Lake Quintet	“Hard Blues” — Talkin' Stick	BUY
	11:16 PM	Ensemble Off N On	“Quickening” — Ensemble Off N On	BUY
	11:00 PM	Marc Seales	“Long March” — A Time, A Place, A Journey	BUY
April 29th at 10 PM Hour
	10:52 PM	Charlie Hunter	“Bing, Bing, Bing, Bing” — Bing, Bing, Bing!	BUY
	10:41 PM	Liz Gorrill & Andy Fite	“Rainbow Camouflage” — Cosmic Comedy	BUY
	10:30 PM	Bill Frisell	“Lookout For Hope” — Gone, Just Like A Train	BUY
	10:22 PM	Ben Allison	“Slap Happy” — Peace Pipe	BUY
	10:09 PM	Avishai Cohen	“African Daisy (La Suite African)” — After the Big Rain	BUY
	10:06 PM	Sure Fire Soul Ensemble	“The Lemon Groove” — Gemini	BUY
	10:00 PM	The Bad Plus	“Tyrone's Flamingo” — Complex Emotions	BUY
April 28th at 11 PM Hour
	11:43 PM	Wadada Leo Smith	“The Freedom Riders Ride” — Ten Freedom Summers	BUY
	11:30 PM	The Either Orchestra	“History Lesson” — Mood Music for Time Travellers	BUY
	11:21 PM	Billy Hart	“Neon” — Billy Hart Quartet	BUY
	11:06 PM	Thomas Chapin	“Whirlygig” — Never Let Me Go	BUY
	11:00 PM	CLAUDIA "JAZZ KITTY" RUSSELL	“BOHEMIA AFTER DARK 42825 11” —	BUY
	11:00 PM	Henry Threadgill Sextet	“The Devil Is On The Loose And Dancing With A Monkey” — Rag Bush And All	BUY
April 28th at 10 PM Hour
	10:39 PM	Dollar Brand	“Boulevard East” — Anatomy of a south african village	BUY
	10:30 PM	Platform 1	“In Between Chairs” — Takes Off	BUY
	10:22 PM	Kronomorfic	“Perambulate” — Micro Temporal Infundibula	BUY
	10:12 PM	Hank Jones	“Jacob's Ladder” — The Oracle	BUY
	10:00 PM	CLAUDIA "JAZZ KITTY" RUSSELL	“BOHEMIA AFTER DARK 42825 10” —	BUY
	10:00 PM	Carla Bley	“Wrong Key Donkey” — Songs With Legs	BUY
April 28th at 9 PM Hour
	9:40 PM	Marc Ribot	“Bells” — Live at the Village Vanguard	BUY
	9:29 PM	Lew Tabackin	“Bemsha Swing” — Live at Vartan Jazz	BUY
	9:21 PM	Black Art Jazz Collective	“It's Alright” — Truth To Power	BUY
	9:09 PM	Four Plus Six	“Shouldn'a Did That” — Four Plus Six	BUY
	9:00 PM	Charles McPherson	“Blues for Lonnie in Three” — Reverence	BUY

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