In early 1917, the Original Dixieland Jazz Band made the first jazz recording. Over the next 100 years we have heard transcendent leaps of creativity and staggering virtuosity; we have experienced the music of crushing pain, breathless romance, anger, exhilaration and humor. “Jazz at 100” is that story – one hundred years of jazz recordings – in 100 one-hour programs that will present representative music from a century of recorded jazz history. The series will explore the broad sweep of that narrative; its representative and its idiosyncratic players; its durable movements and dead ends; its popular recordings and rarities.
June 27: Joe Henderson
July 4: Miles Davis and the Second Great Quintet
July 11: Sons of Miles – Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, and Tony Williams
July 18: Soul Jazz - Guitar
July 25: Soul Jazz - Organ Trios and Quartets
Aug 1: Soul Jazz - Saxophonists and Pianists
Aug 8: Jazz From South Africa
Aug 15: Road to Fusion
