January 2 - 6
Innovative Guitarist John McLaughlin
Grammy Award winner John McLaughlin is an English guitarist, bandleader and composer. His music includes many genres of jazz which he coupled with elements of rock, Indian classical music, Western classical music, flamenco and blues to become one of the pioneering figures in fusion. McLaughlin has been cited as an influence by a number of prominent musicians, including Pat Metheny.
January 9 - 20
Dreamweek
KRTU celebrates the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. with protest music and songs of hope from the 1960s and '70s. Tune in to hear special guests and get more information about Dreamweek events.
January 10
Film Showings: Bush Mama & Sankofa
Ada Babineaux will be on-air talking about the films "Bush Mama" (details below) and "Sankofa." "Sankofa" will be shown Thursday, January 19th at the Carver Community Cultural Center with filmmaker Haile Gerima present for discussion. Sankofa is a 1993 Burkinabé drama film centered on the Atlantic slave trade. Tickets and more information...
January 12
Freedom Is, Freedom Ain't
Music Director Kory Cook will be a guest today on KSTX's "The Source" at 12 p.m., talking with author Scott Saul on his book "Freedom Is, Freedom Ain't: Jazz & The Making of the Sixties."
January 23 - 27
Dewey & Joshua Redman - Father & Son of the Saxophone
Dewey Redman was an American jazz saxophonist, known for performing free jazz as a bandleader. Redman played mainly tenor saxophone, though he occasionally doubled on alto saxophone, played the Chinese suona (which he called a musette) and on rare occasions played the clarinet. His son is saxophonist Joshua Redman. The younger Redman won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition in 1991, and began focusing on his musical career then, after previously being accepted to Yale Law School. Joshua was signed by Warner Bros. Records and issued his first self-titled album in the spring of 1993, which subsequently earned him his first Grammy Award nomination. In 2015, he received his third Grammy nomination for his solo on "Friend or Foe" from the album The Bad Plus Joshua Redman.
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