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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.
On The Sunday Jazz Show - Feb. 28th: HBD LTD! // Mingus at Cornell '64
(Dexter Gordon in France, circa 1960) On the Jazz Show Sunday we celebrated, albeit a touch belatedly, what would have been the 93rd birthday of tenor sax legend Dexter Gordon (2/27/23-4/25/90). Long Tall Dexter, or "LTD" as he was known, was one of the most...
On The Sunday Jazz Show - Feb. 21st: Herbie Nichols // Archie Shepp & Trane
This past Sunday was heavy stacks for days. On the 2-5pm shift we went all over; from the Bourbon Street bang of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, to London's Post-Bop at University College '66, to Brownie Live in Paris and much more. One of the pieces we were most excited...
On The Sunday Jazz Show: Feb. 14th (2nd Set): DJ ROY IS IN THE HOUSE!
We are very excited to welcome the newest member of the KTRU JAZZ CREW - DJ ROY M. As expected, Roy came with a seriously heavyweight crate full of jazz goodness, and got off to an auspicious start with a little Tenor Soul for Valentine's Day: Dexter Gordon's "Manha...
On The Sunday Jazz Show: Feb. 14th (First Set) – Ballads For Valentine's Day
Sunday was Valentine's Day, and accordingly, the first set was ballad-heavy; not just songs for lovers, but blues for the broken-hearted too. After a shaky start thanks to a rogue turntable, we got off on the left foot with one of the great ballads of all time, Duke...