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Remembering Louis T.K. Cook

Louis (Louie) Cook, former NCPR jazz host and producer, died on Monday, May 13, 2013 from injuries suffered in a car crash last week. Louie worked at the station from the mid-’70s into the early ’90s. Listeners will remember him as the...

One question you won’t have to ask in two years…

…who is Becca Stevens? Right now it’s a fair question. But if the buzz here in Ottawa, and her ridiculously engaging show on Thursday night are signs, she will soon be a household name. The North Carolina native is a...

Jazz lives!

Tonight the TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival begins in Canada’s capital. Like the other terrific festivals in the region, this festival is a living, breathing, swinging example that jazz is not dead…far from it. Yes, jazz record sales...

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Preview: Jazz Vocalist Laurel Masse returns to the North Country

by Todd Moe

Jul 11, 2002 — Grammy winner and founding member of the Manhattan Transfer, Laurel Masse, visits the North Country this weekend for three concerts. Todd Moe chats with Laurel about jazz and her concert tour this summer. Go to full article

Zesty Cuban Jazz from Jasek Manzano

by Todd Moe

Feb 27, 2002 — 21-year-old Cuban jazz trumpeter Jasek Manzano is in the North Country on his first trip ever to the United States. He's looking to fulfill a dream of studying music at the prestigious Berklee School of Music in Boston. We talk to him about life in Cuba and hear his music. Go to full article

Interview: Bill Summers, Los Hombres Calientes at Discover Jazz Fest in Burlington

by David Sommerstein

Jun 06, 2001 — David Sommerstein talks with Bill Summers, percussionist for Los Hombres Calientes, coming this weekend to the Discover Jazz Festival in Burlington. He samples the hot grooves from the band's latest album. Go to full article

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