jazz
Tuesday is Jazzy on KTRU! Join us every Tuesday from 5 to 7 p.m. central for KTRU Jazz.
Host DJ Lee brings the Heavy Stacks each week as we dig back for everything from the Swingin’ 20s through the Hard Bop 60s to today’s finest ground-breakers.
The Jazz Show is a tradition at KTRU and we’re proud to carry the torch as Houston’s finest weekly Jazz program. Often featuring all-vinyl sets, live in-studio performances, and interviews with local artists, KTRU Jazz is your weekly dose of musical meditation.
Sunday Jazz Launches Spotify Playlist
You can now find the program's selections on Spotify. You can hear ktru's Sunday jazz programming on Sunday afternoons. If you miss the block of programming, you can find selections online. The show is mostly vinyl, so every cut will not be there, but you can enjoy...
KTRU SUNDAY JAZZ: UNHEARD THELONIOUS MONK ALBUM BROUGHT TO LIGHT FOR RSD 2017
Jazz icon Thelonious Monk once said "writing about music is like dancing about architecture.” Sometimes the music's so good, you can't help but dance. On April 22, for Record Store Day 2017, Resonance Records will release for the first time ever, Thelonious...
KTRU SUNDAY JAZZ: JAZZ (DOC) FOR A THURSDAY – JACKIE McLEAN ON MARS (1979)
The Jazz Documentary. Sometimes, there's nothing more glorious to a jazzhead. There's so many to choose from. Essentials that come to mind include the Clint Eastwood produced, absolute classic, "Thelonious Monk: Straight No Chaser," the mellow and avant-garde black...
KTRU Jazz: What Amiri Baraka Taught Me About Thelonious Monk (by Robin D. G. Kelley)
(Amiri Baraka: poet, author, historian and music critic) The essay below was found in a blogpost from Open Sky Jazz. We are unsure of where it was originally published. In an attempt to share exciting and thought-provoking content furthering discussions on this music...
