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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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169:34

Billie Holiday 5

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2026/04/20

For the 2026 WKCR Billie Holiday Birthday Broadcast. I prepared a survey of Lady Day's recordings with Prez, Lester Young (about 2 hours). The epitome of sublime intimacy and heartfelt companionship. The episode opens and closes with several other Holiday tracks for casual listening, not so shabby in their own right.

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299:29

Coltrane On Prestige

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2026/04/10

John Coltrane is a major figure in our culture. The majesty, grandeur and passion of his saxophone communicates with the soul and has inspired the reverence and spiritual devotion of his widespread listening audience.It would be difficult to profile his widespread body of work in a single radio program. Therefore, this program focuses on one discrete portion of his career, his recordings on the Prestige record label. Coltrane attained his first widespread notice in his late twenties as a member

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238:59

Roy Eldridge 3

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2026/03/31

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 2026 edition. We begin at the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival, followed by 70 minutes of Roy in the 1950s, including his Verve session with Art Tatum and other goodies. Next comes a detailed survey of Roy’s association with Gene Krupa (approx 85 minutes). This episode concludes with a

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298:49

Academy Award Winning Songs

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2026/03/27

We continue an occasional series of programs focusing on the American Popular Song, examining the impact of the legendary composers on the jazz repertory. For some of the best in jazz improvisation derives from its interpretations of the musical forms, melodies and harmonies of these great treasures.For this show I did something different, and fun, and less intensive. I surveyed songs that won the Academy Award Oscar as Best Original Song in a motion picture. These movie songs certainly

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292:17

Howard McGhee

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2026/03/13

Howard McGhee, a renowned trumpeter of both the big band and be-bop eras, also was a leading figure and mentor on the New York jazz scene in the 1960's and 1970's. Born in Oklahoma in 1918, and raised in Detroit, McGhee gained attention in his youth in the big bands of Lionel Hampton, Charlie Barnet, and, notably, Andy Kirk. Settling in Los Angeles in the 1940's and working in Coleman Hawkins small group, McGhee became a major player in California, recording with musicians ranging from Lester

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294:32

Serge Chaloff

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2026/02/23

Serge Chaloff was a fleeting star on the baritone saxophone during his brief lifetime, one of Woody Herman’s “Four Brothers” and a bebopping legend as well. He was a sophisticated musician and swinging performer. Serge possessed a lithe, fleet, flowing conception propelled with a lighter tone and nimble execution on the big horn.Raised by his prominent classical musician and educator parents in Boston, Serge Chaloff was born November 24, 1923. His father Julius Chaloff was a pianist with the

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298:44

Tina Brooks

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2026/02/18

Tina Brooks was a lyrical tenor saxophonist with a yearning, introspective, yet soulful sound. He attained a brief measure of recognition on several Blue Note albums in the late 1950's and early 1960's but never achieved great fame. Harold Floyd Brooks was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina on June 7, 1932, into a musical family. (His older brother David “Bubba” Brooks, also a saxophonist, was a mainstay in the jazz world for many years). In his youth, Harold was nicknamed Tina from his teeny,

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287:05

Hot Lips Page

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2026/02/06

Trumpeter and vocalist Hot Lips Page was a key figure in early jazz, the swing era, and rhythm ‘n’ blues.Oran Page was born in Texas on January 27, 1908. As a teenager, he began a career with the “territory bands” and the southwestern swing tradition. From a young age he possessed a sizzling style and command of the trumpet, which perhaps was the source of his nickname, although his friends noted his enjoyment of the early ‘20's Henry Busse/Paul Whiteman record “Hot Lips”, too. Page made his mark

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169:08

Max Roach 3

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2026/01/25

WKCR presents a marathon broadcast celebrating Max Roach annually, on his birthday anniversary, January 10.Here’s my segment from the 2020 edition. It begins with a survey of Sonny Rollins collaborations with Max (81 minutes), then takes a relaxing visit to the Royal Roost to hear the Charlie Parker Quintet in live performance (18 minutes), and finally over an hour of selections of Max Roach as a sideman on recordings from the late 1940's bebop era, by Dexter Gordon, Allan Eager, J.J. Johnson,

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299:36

Johnny Griffin

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2026/01/21

Johnny Griffin earned the nickname “The Little Giant” for his short physical height but big powerful sound on the tenor sax. Coming out of the blues and swing of his Chicago roots but also informed by the sophisticated developments of the bebop era, Griffin’s proficiency on his instrument and the fleet and darting lines of his attack make him one of our greats. Griffin was born in Chicago on April 24, 1928 and attended DuSable High School under the tutelage of its legendary teacher, Captain Walter

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292:35

Tiny Grimes

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2026/01/09

Tiny Grimes was one of the innovators of the early days of the electric guitar, and he was a significant figure in the development of both jazz and rhythm and blues.His first major professional engagement was with the popular novelty vocal group “The Cats and the Fiddle” in the early 1940's. Next, he became a key figure in the regular piano trio of the legendary Art Tatum. After his experience with Tatum, Tiny Grimes remained a vital participant in the small group swing of the 52nd Street night

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179:25

Clifford Brown 2

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/12/31

WKCR presents an annual marathon 24 hour tribute to trumpet virtuoso Clifford Brown on October 30, his birthday anniversary.From the 2021 edition, here are two thematic segments – Clifford Brown with vocalists (Sarah Vaughan, Helen Merrill, and Dinah Washington), about 85 minutes, and Clifford Brown in California in the spring and summer of 1954, about 50 minutes – along with several tracks of classic recordings for general listening at the beginning and end of the program.

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298:00

Ben Webster in the 1940s

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/12/26

Ben Webster was nicknamed “The Brute” due both to his sometimes tempestuous temperament and also for his vigorous power on the tenor saxophone. But he was “The Beautiful” as well, with a personal sensitivity within his soul, and an elegant, romantic approach on the softer numbers, projecting a breathy tone with “air to spare”.Webster (1909-1973), coming out of Kansas City, was already recognized as one of the original saxophone giants by the late 1930s. But when he joined Duke Ellington’s

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179:12

Dexter Gordon Centennial

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/12/15

Celebrating the Centennial of Dexter Gordon on February 27, 2023, WKCR presented a marathon broadcast.From my segment, here’s a detailed survey of Dexter’s early work in the 1940s. About 115 minutes, bookended for casual listening by a potpourri of some 1970s recordings upon his magical return to the US.

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225:25

Miles Davis 1953-1954

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/12/05

Miles Davis is one of the “superstars” of jazz, a dynamic trumpet master renowned throughout the world for many varied achievements during his decades long career.For this radio program, I isolated a lesser remembered period, to put a sharp focus on his activity during the years 1953 and 1954. Miles Davis was born in Alton, Illinois May 26, 1926. A teenage wunderkind, he arrived in New York in 1945 to play with Charlie Parker and join in forging the nascent bebop movement of modern jazz. By the

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297:01

Gigi Gryce

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/11/30

We celebrate the centennial of Gigi Gryce (Basheer Qusim).Gryce became a leading figure in his brief career in the 1950s. as a saxophonist, composer, arranger, music publisher, and teacher and mentor to many musicians. Gryce was born November 28, 1925 in Pensacola, Florida. His parents owned a clothes cleaning business, but his father died when he was seven. In the midst of the Great Depression, the family lost the business, and his mother raised a large brood of children as a single mother. But

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167:39

Coleman Hawkins 2

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/11/24

WKCR presents an annual marathon broadcast celebrating the Coleman Hawkins birthday on November 21. From the 2025 edition here are segments from my contribution -- 60 minutes of a potpourri of Hawkins favorites, followed by a 105 minute survey of his recordings from the period 1945-1949.

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294:32

Harold Arlen

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/11/14

Five hours of Harold Arlen.This program is one in my occasional series examining the impact of the legendary composers on the jazz repertory, as some of the best in jazz derives from its interpretations of the great American popular songbook, . Harold Arlen was born in 1905 in Buffalo, New York, the son of an orthodox cantor. He began his musical career singing Jewish melodies with his father in the synagogue. Smitten with popular music as a rebellious teenager in the Roaring Twenties, Arlen

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167:27

McCoy Tyner Memorial

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/11/09

When McCoy Tyner passed away in March 2020, WKCR responded, as we often do, by pre-empting regular programming to present a memorial tribute, celebrating the legacy with a marathon broadcast of the artist’s music. Here’s segments of my contribution, first about 60 minutes of piano trio recordings, and then a presentation of more than an hour sampling his collaborations in groups with John Coltrane.

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290:17

Charles Brown

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2025/10/27

Here’s five hours on blues and jazz singer and pianist Charles Brown. Charles Brown was born September 13, probably 1920 (usually listed 1922), on the gulf coast of Texas and raised by his educated and religious grandparents. He played piano and sang in church, and excelled as a science student. His high school chemistry teacher, who also moonlighted as a musician, took Charles under his wing, and had Charles play piano with his dance band. Brown had academic aspirations and attended Prairie

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