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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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290:17

Charles Brown

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

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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297:18

Dodo Marmarosa

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/10/20

Five hours on piano legend Dodo Marmarosa!Michael Marmarosa was born on December 12, 1925 to a working class Italian immigrant family in Pittsburgh. Dodo was a childhood nickname, and he began taking serious classical music lessons as a young child. He also befriended slightly older Steel City jazz pianists such as Billy Strayhorn, and especially Erroll Garner. With Garner and other young musicians, he explored their developing mutual jazz interests. As a teenager during the World War II

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179:52

Thelonious Monk 3

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/10/13

WKCR presents annual marathon broadcasts to celebrate the October 10 birthday anniversary of Thelonious Monk. Here's my segment form the 2025 edition. This program includes a 2 ½ hour survey focusing on Monk’s association with Riverside Records. It’s bracketed by a couple of potpourri tracks at the start, and some Gigi Gryce collaborations at the finish.

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278:24

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/10/03

Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis (1922-1986) was one of the dynamic “tough” tenor saxes on our jazz scene.His full bodied approach was brashly swinging yet could be sensitive and romantic, too. Jaws had a wide ranging career, inspired by the big bands but also coming up at Minton’s and in the be-bop era as well, with an R&B tinge, and later a master of the organ-tenor groove. Always blowin’. This close to five hour program samples highlights of his prolific output, including recordings from the 1940's,

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292:47

Johnny Hartman

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/09/25

Johnny Hartman was the great romantic singer in our jazz universe.More than just a baritone crooner, Hartman could swing hard, and he imparted a wonderful jazz feel to his songs. He sang with precise articulation but also invested the lyrics with deep inner meaning and emotional insight. The suave and debonair Mr. Harman (1923-1983) came up on the Chicago scene. Despite peaks and valleys of popular recognition, and his early death from cancer at age 60, Hartman left behind a wide ranging,

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181:24

Charlie Parker 3

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/09/17

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 2025 edition, here’s a segment where I presented a survey of Charlie Parker’s collaborations with Dizzy Gillespie. Approximately 2 ½ hours. It’s sandwiched additionally by a few other tracks for general listening.

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Wardell Gray

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/09/10

Wardell Gray is a “forgotten tenor”, one of the lost masters of modern jazz. Many critics aptly classify his style with a label of “Easy Swing”. This distinctive feature is a felicitous facility that imparts a rhythmic grace while maintaining an intensive communicative attack that conveys a soulful message.Gray was born in Oklahoma on February 13, 1921 just a few months before the Tulsa massacre, and he lived in the “Deep Deuce” African-American neighborhood of Oklahoma City. His family moved

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291:08

Nat King Cole

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/09/03

Before Nat King Cole became “Nat King Cole”, he was a swinging and influential jazz pianist. Additionally, he popularized the innovative format of the piano-guitar-bass trio which heralded an elegant “chamber jazz” style. This program focuses on these jazz sides of his career, as well as recordings made with Lester Young, Harry Sweets Edison, Illinois Jacquet and other jazz greats. But fear not, I’ve kept a batch of shifafa on the side and also include some popular vocals for a fun and easily

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03:07:22

Bird-Prez

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/08/31

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.On the middle, swing, date, August 28, we play mixtures of Bird and Prez. Here is my segment from the 2025 edition. It starts with an hour of casual listening of 1950's Mercury/Verve recordings of the two saxophonists. Then I discuss the

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04:56:30

Junior Cook

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/08/08

Herman “Junior” Cook was born on July 22, 1934 in Pensacola, Florida. The tenor saxophonist came of age with the soulful aspects of modern jazz in the late 1950's.Cook’s first major engagement was with the classic Horace Silver Quintet, from 1958-1964. Teaming with trumpeter Blue Mitchell as the front line, Cook contributed to the lasting legacy of the “Horace Silver sound” and the enduring LPs such as “Silver’s Serenade”, “Blowing The Blues Away”, Finger Poppin’”, “Horace-Scope”, “The Tokyo

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01:15:51

Roy Eldridge 2

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/08/04

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. To close the 2019 edition, I presented a rousing set of highlights of Roy’s career from 1941-1970 for casual listening. It ranges from Gene Krupa and Artie Shaw to the Newport Rebels and The Nifty Cat, with plenty in between. 75 minutes.

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04:59:42

Charles Earland

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/07/31

Charles Earland is one of the primary “Hammond Heroes” of the original generation of soulful jazz organists on the B-3. Earland swings brightly with his easy-going, syncopated, dance able rhythms on great pop tunes, but that sets things up for his hard-driving intensity on searing, adventuresome numbers. His dynamic power earned his nickname “The Mighty Burner”. Born in Philadelphia on May 24,1941, Earland originally played the saxophone in Philly and then with Jimmy McGriff’s band for several

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04:56:59

Sonny Clark

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/07/16

Sonny Clark was a pianist with a bluesy sound combined with crisp and swinging technique. His style also embodied an element of “cool” suited to the modern jazz of his period. As a composer, his songs were angular and sophisticated, but melodic enough to be accessible. Many of his tunes, such as “Sonny’s Crib” and “News For Lulu”, endure in the standard jazz repertory.Conrad Yeatis “Sonny”Clark was born in western Pennsylvania in 1931 and raised in the Pittsburgh area, a hotbed of jazz. After

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02:55:19

Louis Armstrong 3

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/07/07

From the 2025 Fourth of July Louis Armstrong traditional WKCR special, here’s a segment starting with 85 minutes or so of a casual listening potpourri of the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival, a Fleischmann’s Yeast radio show, and other diverse goodies, followed by a curated survey of Armstrong’s 1929-1932 OKeh recordings of popular songs, also about 85 minutes’ worth. Oh memory!

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04:52:40

Charlie Rouse

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/07/03

Here’s a five hour treat of Charlie Rouse.Best known for his long association with Thelonious Monk in the 1960's, tenor saxophonist Rouse also had an extensive and varied career in modern jazz. He expressed a tone of warmth and lyrical sensitivity on his horn, which lent a suave element to the rhythmic and harmonic creativity of his performance. Rouse was born in 1924 and raised in Washington, DC. He came of age as bebop began to flower, and made important early records with Tadd Dameron, Fats

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04:57:50

Lambert Hendricks & Ross

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/06/27

This program presents the vocal magic of Lambert Hendricks and Ross.Lambert Hendricks and Ross brought the art of ensemble group vocals to a higher level. Bebop singers Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks and Annie Ross each individually were pioneers of vocalese, the style of writing lyrics to recorded instrumental solos to create new songs. The synergy of the group was even more remarkably creative. Dave Lambert already had What’s This?, Annie Ross had Twisted, and Jon Hendricks had his start with

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04:55:15

Arnett Cobb

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/06/12

Arnett Cobb was a full-bodied, hard swinging musician with a warm, soulful sound that exemplified the tough, Texas, tenor tradition. During his career, Cobb overcame deep personal setbacks, experiences that lent an emotional insight and intensity to his artistic expression.He was born in Houston, Texas on August 10, 1918 and began playing all sorts of music as a child. Cobb was proficient enough to play professionally in touring bands during summer vacations in high school, in the heart of the

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03:00:35

Billie Holiday 4

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/06/05

My segment from the 2025 edition of WKCR's annual Billie Holiday birthday special: The first hour is a potpourri of recordings for casual listening pleasure. It’s followed by a two hour presentation of a detailed survey of Billie’s sessions for the Commodore and Decca labels in the 1940s.

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04:58:28

Harold Mabern

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/05/30

Five hours of the soulful jazz pianist Harold Mabern.Mabern was born March 20, 1936 in Memphis and raised in that Southern town, surrounded by many great young jazz players. Mabern’s own mentor and friend, only a couple of years older, was Phineas Newborn. His schoolmates and lifelong associates included Frank Strozier, George Coleman, and Booker Little. Shaped by the indigenous rhythm and blues and southern soul, this cadre of Memphis musicians brought these influences as another hard driving

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02:32:04

Duke Ellington 1

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz ·

2025/05/25

WKCR presents a marathon broadcast celebrating Duke Ellington annually, on his birthday anniversary, April 29. From my segment in the 2025 edition, here’s 40 minutes of Ben Webster features with Duke, followed by a two hour set of selections from Ellington in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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