KMHD program director and Jazz From The Left host Raoul interviews Derrick Bang about his book, Vince Guaraldi at the Piano . This book is about the life and times of the jazz pianist and musical contributor to A Charlie Brown Christmas and other Peanuts TV specials. Broadcast on KMHD 89.1 FM, Portland's Jazz Radio in 2012, soon after this book was released. Thanks to Raoul for sharing this from his archive. A flyer for a 2012 book signing by Derrick in St. Helena in is posted below. Read more...
Topics: Raoul, KMHD, Jazz From The Left, Derrick Bang, Vince Guaraldi, Charlie Brown, Peanuts, jazz radio,...
Live performance by Imagine with Melvin Seals on 7/31/2016 at City Park Jazz in Denver Colorado. A summer concert series in its 30th year: www.cityparkjazz.org. This concert was broadcast on KUVO-FM in Denver. Melvin is best known for his long friendship and musical partnership with cultural icon and guitarist Jerry Garcia. Melvin played with the Jerry Garcia Band for 18 years, and has many concerts posted with his JGB band here on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/MelvinSeals
Topics: Melvin Seals, Imagine, City Park Jazz, summer concert series, KUVO, live concert, FM broadcast