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The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz

An archive of jazz radio programs focused on intensive in-depth looks at great themes from jazz history. Winner of the Jazz Journalist Association Award for Career Excellence, Sid has been broadcasting for over 40 years on WKCR-FM, NYC. He was also voted ’Best Jazz DJ’ by the Village Voice in its 2008 Best Of NY Issue. Browse the dozens of episodes by scrolling down on this page. Or for an artists’ index, copy this address into your browser: gonesounds.weeblysite.com/

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04:50:10

Chu Berry

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/05/21

Although less well known today, tenor saxophonist Leon “Chu” Berry was one of the most vital and vibrant improvising musicians of the Swing Era.He was an innovator and progenitor of modern saxophone styles, cited as an influence by many insiders. Berry was a leading figure in big bands such as Fletcher Henderson’s, and the featured soloist in Cab Calloway’s famous orchestra. Chu also recorded legendary small group sides, accompanied vocalists such as Billie Holiday and Mildred Bailey on some of

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04:59:32

Freddie Redd

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/05/12

Freddie Redd is perhaps best known for his association with Jack Gelber’s groundbreaking 1959 off-Broadway play “The Connection”. Redd is perhaps least known as an active jazz musician for the following 60 years of his long life. For, he never sought publicity, traveled frequently, and, not favoring the constrictions of the recording studio, did not leave a long discography of commercial recordings.In life, Freddie Redd was a free spirit, and as a musician he possessed an individual sound

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03:08:40

Charles Mingus 1

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/05/02

WKCR presents a marathon broadcast celebrating Charles Mingus annually, on his birthday anniversary, April 22. For my segment on the 2025 edition, I prepared a program first featuring 70 minutes or so of a casual sampling of his classic 1959 recordings, and then followed by a two hour survey of Mingus collaborations with Teddy Charles.

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04:55:03

Jimmy Rushing

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/04/30

Jimmy Rushing, “Mr. Five by Five”, was a robust and hearty singer, making full use of his husky frame to deliver lusty presentations whether shouting the blues or imparting his vivacious yet heartfelt style to popular songs. Rushing was born in Oklahoma City to a middle class, musically inclined family, and his development ranged from proper musical lessons to the sounds of the sporting house. He came of age in the 1920's during the flowering of the swinging Southwestern jazz style. Notable bands

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04:52:11

Gene Ammons

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/04/17

Gene Ammons (1925-1974) was a master of the full-bodied deep sound on the tenor saxophone. He was vigorous and free-flowing swinging the blues and presented a luscious and sensuous presentation in his touch on the sensitive standards.We'll be "Hittin" The Jug" with great soul and heartfelt ballads as well, in tribute to the "Boss", hard hitting tenor saxophone who needs to be remembered. This program surveys his career from the Billy Eckstine big band to the Chicago rhythm and blues years in the

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04:54:17

Blue Mitchell

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/04/11

Blue Mitchell was perhaps the most melodic and lyrical of the coterie of “hard bop” soulful trumpeters, and best known for his work in the classic Horace Silver groups.Richard Mitchell was born in Miami, Florida on March 13, 1930. “Blue” was a childhood nickname that became prescient as he later picked up the horn and became a professional jazz musician. After high school, Mitchell began a career in popular bands such as Paul Williams and Earl Bostic. Brought to the attention of Riverside

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01:17:42

Billie Holiday 3

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/04/04

For the 2018 Billie Holiday WKCR Birthday Broadcast I had the closing shift. So for a final salvo on a late Saturday night, I put together a group of recordings – Billie with Louis Armstrong, and then representative “hits" from the various stages of her career. I played them with virtually no talk or interruption. A sublime 77 minutes guiding the way towards a velvety, hushed, seductive midnight hour.Here to savor at your own speed, to call on Lady Day for ethereal companionship on a special, or

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04:55:02

Burton Lane

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/04/03

Burton Lane (nee Burton Levy, 1912-1997) was one of the legendary masters of American popular song. Lane’s signature masterpiece was his score for the Broadway musical "Finian's Rainbow", and he also has lasting fame for the show "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever”. Lane was a figure in tin pan alley and Hollywood musicals, as well as the Broadway stage. He was the composer of enduring standards such as "I Hear Music", "Everything I Have Is Yours", "How About You", “Too Late Now”, “The Lady’s In

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04:54:16

Etta Jones

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/03/26

Etta Jones was one of the greatest jazz vocalists in the truest meaning of the word. She sang with a strong personal style, digging deep into the lyrics to reveal their inner meaning and invest them with keen emotion. Etta also swung! She possessed the great rhythmic and improvisational sensitivities of a jazz soloist, and she delivered the blues and the American popular songbook with unmitigatedly raw power.Etta was born in South Carolina but raised in Harlem, New York. She made her first mark

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04:54:25

Count Basie in the 1950s

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/03/19

The big band era died out in the post World War II years as musical tastes in both jazz and popular music changed in our culture. As another factor, the economics of the music industry were transformed, making it difficult to sustain the financial footing of a large touring ensemble.Yet Count Basie managed to stem this tide and not only survive, but thrive in this new milieu. First, in 1950 he trimmed his band to an octet for a couple of years, and soloists such as Clark Terry, Buddy DeFranco

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04:58:48

Jimmy Forrest

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/03/08

This five hour show features the vigorous tenor saxophone of Jimmy Forrest.Forrest was born in 1920 and raised in St. Louis, coming of age in the tail end of the big band era. For a time, he was a major figure both in rhythm and blues and also mainstream jazz. His first major jobs, in the 1940's, were in the orchestras of Jay McShann, Andy Kirk, and, notably, Duke Ellington towards the end of the decade. Forrest made a significant contribution to popular music culture as the composer of the

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02:38:30

Philly Joe Jones Centennial

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/02/28

WKCR presented a marathon broadcast celebrating the centennial of drummer Philly Joe Jones on July 15, 2023.From my shift, here are segments including a survey of his collaborations with Tadd Dameron, 35 minutes or so sampling of Jones recordings with Elmo Hope, and an obligatory finish with “Blues For Dracula”. For Philly Joe was a child of the night, who made such beautiful music.

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04:59:18

Bill Hardman

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/02/21

Bill Hardman was a crisp trumpeter with the brashness and elan of the bebop and hard bop ethos, colored also by a lyrical and even romantic aspect in his tone. While perhaps not achieving tremendous fame, he was a valued figure in our jazz scene of his time. Bill Hardman was born in 1932 (or 33 depending on the source) and raised in Cleveland, where he came up with musicians such as Tadd Dameron. After early professional experience, Hardman moved to New York and fit right in with Charles Mingus

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04:58:48

Paul Quinichette

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/02/17

Tenor saxophonist Paul Quinichette was born in Denver in 1921 (some say earlier) and as a youth met his mentor Lester Young. Paul adopted Young’s style, and played the sax with the same creamy, free-flowing, lithe tone, although he also had his own very personal invention and attack. While Paul was college trained, he also was a product of the vernacular western swing tradition. His first major work was with Jay McShann’s big band. Quinichette’s breakthrough came with the Count Basie orchestra,

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04:52:50

Stuff Smith

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/02/03

Stuff Smith was an innovator of jazz violin and a leading figure of small group combos and jumpin’ entertainment in the 1930's.Stuff Smith derived a deep, driving, sound on his fiddle, with unique voicings, heartfelt tones, and a fluid, driving sense of rhythm and swing that enraptured the soul. He was a dynamic showman, a humorous vocalist with hit novelty songs such as “I’se A Muggin’”, “You’re A Viper”, and “Knock Knock Who’s There”. As his biographer Anthony Barnett has perceptively noted,

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02:59:53

Sonny Rollins

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/02/02

WKCR presented a special marathon broadcast celebrating the 93rd Birthday of Sonny Rollins on September 7, 2023. I produced this three hour shift. It begins with a close look at Sonny's recordings as a member of the Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet, and then some casual sets featuring Rollins on RCA Victor in the 1960's, and Rollins with Thelonious Monk.

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05:00:07

Grant Green

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/01/19

Grant Green was one of the all time greats of jazz guitar. His flame burned brightly for a time, but he is to a certain degree a “forgotten” star.Green’s approach to the guitar was like that of a horn player. He played single note lines that were melodic and improvisational. His playing was free flowing and swung with a soulful spirit and deep grooves. He presented a crisp, uncluttered sound with impeccable phrasing. To top it off, there was a searing intensity to his art. Grant Green was

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03:04:37

Max Roach 2

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/01/12

WKCR presents a marathon broadcast celebrating Max Roach annually, on his birthday anniversary, January 10.For my segment on the 2025 edition, I prepared a set focusing on Max Roach’s contributions to great piano trio recordings. It includes sessions with Bud Powell, George Wallington, Thelonious Monk, Herbie Nichols, John Dennis, Sonny Clark, Duke Ellington, and the legendary Hasaan. This episode begins with an appetizer of tracks from Brown-Roach and Max’s Quartet with Hank Mobley, then serves

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04:58:54

Helen Humes

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/01/11

When Billie Holiday left the original Count Basie orchestra in 1938, how could she be replaced, and who could replace her? The musical answer is the incomparable Helen Humes, a major figure in her day but long overlooked. Helen was born in Louisville, Kentucky June 23, 1909 (a date sometimes made younger in press releases and reference books) to a middle class black family, her father a lawyer, just a generation removed from slavery. As a teenager, she already made her name singing in the

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03:23:19

Roy Eldridge 1

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2024/12/30

WKCR has a long standing tradition of celebrating Roy Eldridge, “Little Jazz”, with a marathon 24-hour broadcast tribute every year on the trumpet giant's birthday anniversary, January 30. Here’s my shift from the 2024 edition. Three and a half hours, comprised of individual segments highlighting Roy’s associations with Oscar Peterson, Mildred Bailey, Tiny Grimes, Billie Holiday, Artie Shaw, Gene Krupa, and the Newport Rebels.

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