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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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04:47:52

Tadd Dameron

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2024/09/06

Tadd Dameron was born in Cleveland in 1917 and came of age towards the end of the Swing Era. As the bebop revolution unfolded, Dameron was a key figure as a pianist in various bands, arranger for Dizzy Gillespie and others, and composer of classics such as “Hot House", "If You Could See Me Now", "Our Delight", "Good Bait" and "Lady Bird". He’s been called the romanticist of the bebop era. Certainly his sophisticated musicianship and lyrical touch elevated the harmonic advances of bebop, and his

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03:01:34

Lester Young 3

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2024/08/30

The "Bird-Prez Birthday Broadcast", a 72 hour (and some years longer) marathon celebrating Lester Young and Charlie Parker around their birthday anniversaries, August 27 and August 29, is a long standing tradition at WKCR, and it is among our listeners' favorites. For the 2024 edition, I programmed a set reviewing Lester Young's studio recordings for Norman Granz, on "Verve".

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04:58:56

Eddie Jefferson

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2024/08/30

Eddie Jefferson was the progenitor of the style known as “vocalese”, the writing of lyrics to the improvised solos on jazz instrumental recordings. Jefferson was born on August 3, 1918 in Pittsburgh. His father was in show business, and Pittsburgh back in the day was a jazz town of vitality. Eddie began professionally as a child in song and dance acts with local friends such as Erroll Garner. As a young man, Eddie plied his trade as a dancer on the traveling black entertainment circuit, working

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03:02:51

Charlie Parker 2

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2024/08/30

The "Bird-Prez Birthday Broadcast", a 72 hour (and some years longer) marathon celebrating Lester Young and Charlie Parker around their birthday anniversaries, August 27 and August 29, is a long standing tradition at WKCR, and it is among our listeners' favorites. From the 2023 edition, I programmed a set which included primarily a look at Bird's studio recordings of 1947, a magical period for bebop.

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04:56:30

Sonny Stitt

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2024/08/30

Sonny Stitt was one of the greats. Sonny possessed technical skill and fleet mastery as a musician, and he projected a tone full of warmth and human expression. He excelled whether playing bebop, ballads or the blues, “rhythm” pieces or improvisatory excursions in the American popular songbook standards. Edward Boatner, Jr. was born February 2, 1924 in Boston. He came from a musical family, as his father was a composer and college music professor, and his mother a piano teacher. Several

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04:59:14

Ben Webster In The 1950's

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2024/08/20

For this program I selected a narrow focus -- Ben Webster's activities in the 1950's. Webster is best known as the tenor saxophone giant from Duke Ellington's famous bands followed up with fame and renown as an ongoing swing legend of the 1940's. In his much later years as a European expatriate, Webster achieved international stardom and respect as an “elder statesman”. But often overlooked were his contributions to jazz during the 1950's. Then in his forties, Webster's maturing artistry reached

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03:00:07

Lester Young 2

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2024/08/18

The "Bird-Prez Birthday Broadcast", a 72 hour (and some years longer) marathon celebrating Lester Young and Charlie Parker around their birthday anniversaries, August 27 and August 29, is a long standing tradition at WKCR, and it is among our listeners' favorites. Here's a session that I put together for the 2023 broadcast. Two parts on Lester Young. First a brief random sample of his collaborations with Billie Holiday. Sumptuous. The second part is a more in-depth look at Lester Young's activities

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02:59:44

Charlie Parker 1

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2024/08/18

The "Bird-Prez Birthday Broadcast", a 72 hour (and some years longer) marathon celebrating Lester Young and Charlie Parker around their birthday anniversaries, August 27 and August 29, is a long standing tradition at WKCR, and it is among our listeners' favorites. Here's a three hour set of mine from the 2021 edition, which includes an 80 minute long segment featuring recordings of Charlie Parker in unconventional large group settings (other than Bird With Strings"), and then samples of some other

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02:59:53

Lester Young 1

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2024/08/18

The "Bird-Prez Birthday Broadcast", a 72 hour (and some years longer) marathon celebrating Lester Young and Charlie Parker around their birthday anniversaries, August 27 and August 29, is a long standing tradition at WKCR, and it is among our listeners' favorites. In the 2020 edition of the show, I produced a segment that discussed Lester Young's court martial and confinement in US Army detention barracks towards the end of World War II, and then followed with a lengthy presentation of the

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02:34:37

Sarah Vaughan Centennial

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2024/08/18

To honor the centennial year of the jazz diva Sarah Vaughan, WKCR produced a multi-day marathon radio broadcast in March 2024. For this broadcast I presented a historical segment focusing on Sarah's beginnings from the 1940s through the early 1950's. This approximately 2 and 1/2 hour podcast concludes with a sample of recordings from later in the 1950's.

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04:41:24

Illinois Jacquet

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2024/08/18

Illinois Jacquet is one of the tenor saxophone legends of jazz. Nicknamed “The Beast”, his ferocious, meaty and swinging style set an exemplar for the “tough tenors” to come, while he also had a sensitive side and meaningfully deep and hearty approach on ballads and standards. Most reference works list Illinois Jacquet’s birthday as October 31, 1922, and therefore many have called 2022 his centennial year. However, some researchers have uncovered local records indicating his actual birth date as

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04:59:16

Jazz And Samba

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2024/08/18

A celebration of the birth of Jazz and Samba. This program was originally produced by Sid Gribetz in July 2012. The emphasis of the show was the 50th Anniversary of the Bossa Nova craze and the proliferation of jazz records throughout 1962 with the samba influence. On February 13, 1962, Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd met in Washington D.C.’s All Souls Church for a casual record session. The resulting album, “Jazz Samba”, with its single “Desafinado”, became THE big hit record of the summer of

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02:56:05

Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2024/07/26

Sid Gribetz presented this program in 2020 exploring the collaborations of Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams. Donald Byrd was one of the all-time greats of modern jazz trumpet, possessed of a fresh, crackling sound and a virtuosity that contributed to a long and successful career in various jazz styles. Pepper Adams, while not as famous as Byrd, was a leading practitioner of the baritone saxophone, playing the otherwise cumbersome instrument with facility, speed, and grace that supported a prolific

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04:50:46

Oscar Pettiford

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2024/07/26

Oscar Pettiford was one of the leading innovative jazz bass players who came of age during the bebop era. He unleashed a sense of dynamic swing that set the standard influencing bass styles to this very day, and his lyrical, free flowing solos on bass, and later in his career on pizzicato cello, have lasting beauty that transcends the conventions of these instruments. Also, Pettiford was significant as a composer of songs still prevalent in the modern jazz repertory - Bohemia After

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03:00:44

Louis Armstrong 2

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2024/07/26

Here's my segment from the July 4, 2024 WKCR Louis Armstrong broadcast. Includes a portion that features Louis in the 1960's, plus other components with many classic recordings for casual listening pleasure.

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04:59:27

Don Patterson

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2024/07/26

Don Patterson was one of the unsung heroes of the early generation of jazz organists, following the trail blazing Jimmy Smith. Born in Columbus Ohio in 1936, Patterson originally played the piano, influenced by Erroll Garner. When the Hammond B-3 organ gained prominence in the mid 1950's, Patterson switched to that instrument. He worked in an organ-guitar-drums trio with Paul Weeden and Billy James, and he also performed frequently with Sonny Stitt. As the 1960's moved on, Patterson signed

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03:05:54

Red Garland Centennial

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2024/07/26

With his block-chord style, and bright and breezy attitude, Red Garland’s piano was swinging and sensitive at the same time. Whether serving as an accompanist in classic jazz combos, or out front as the leader of a romantic piano trio, Garland left a lasting impact in modern jazz. WKCR presented a marathon radio tribute to Garland on May 13, 2013 to honor the centennial of his birth. Here's my three hour segment, which focused on Garland with horns, such as John Coltrane, Arnett Cobb, Coleman

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02:59:29

Richard Williams

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2024/07/26

Trumpeter Richard Williams was active on the New York scene mainly in the 1960's and 70's. A first rate musician, he had the nickname “Notes”. In addition to jazz combos Williams worked steadily in Broadway show pits, classical music ensembles, many big bands, and modernist large ensembles. As such, he participated in many significant musical endeavors over time, but not in the forefront or the limelight.Richard Williams was born on May 4, 1931 in Galveston, Texas. After college, Williams

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04:53:44

Arthur Schwartz

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2024/07/08

This is one of a series of Profiles we’ve done over the years focusing on the jazz impact of a legendary composer from the Great American Songbook. Our enduring “standards” are part of the sinew of jazz performance, as their musical forms, melodies, and harmonic structure provide a sturdy and meaningful basis for jazz improvisation and expression. These songs have become lasting touchstones in our jazz repertory. Arthur Schwartz was born in 1900 in Brooklyn. His father was an attorney who

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04:57:53

Bob Dorough

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2024/07/08

Bob Dorough encompasses a wide arc of American music. He is rooted in the Americana of a Hoagy Carmichael or Johnny Mercer, energized under the counter-cultural fervor and swell of the bebop jazz revolution, a witty and literate songwriter of sophisticated pieces, a cultural icon of children’s songs, and a vivid interpreter of the American popular songbook with a unique personal vision. We will explore all aspects of his career during the program. Bob Dorough was born in Arkansas on December

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