The Urban Jazz Experience

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from Thursday, October 29, 2026, featuring trumpeter Clifford Brown and saxophonist Illinois Jacquet. Clifford Benjamin Brown (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956) was an American jazz trumpeter, pianist, and composer. He died at the age of 25 in a car crash, leaving behind four years' worth of recordings. His compositions "Sandu", "Joy Spring", and "Daahoud" have be...

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from Wednesday, October 29, 2026, featuring vocalist Andy Bey and saxophonist Illinois Jacquet. Andrew Wideman Bey Jr. (October 28, 1939 – April 26, 2025) was an American jazz singer and pianist. Bey had a wide vocal range, with a four-octave baritone voice. Raised in Newark, New Jersey, Bey attended Newark Arts High School. Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet (October...

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from Tuesday, October 27, 2026, featuring saxophonist Jimmy Heath and vocalist/JazzPoet Babs Gonzales. James Edward Heath (October 25, 1926 – January 19, 2020), nicknamed Little Bird, was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader. He was the brother of bassist Percy Heath and drummer Albert Heath. Babs Gonzales (October 27, 1919 – Janua...

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from Monday, October 26, 2026. Featuring vibraphonist and arranger Gary McFarland, vocalist Mahalia Jackson, and bassist Wendel Marshall. Gary Ronald McFarland (October 23, 1933 – November 2, 1971) was an American composer, arranger, conductor, vibraphonist, and vocalist. He recorded for the jazz imprints Verve and Impulse! Records during the 1960s. DownBeat magaz...

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from Thursday, October 22, 2026.

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from Wednesday, October 21, 2026.

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Featuring vibraphonists Terry Gibbs and Johnny Lytle. Terry Gibbs (born Julius Gubenko; October 13, 1924) is an American jazz vibraphonist and band leader. Gibbs has performed or recorded with Tommy Dorsey, Chubby Jackson, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Benny Goodman, Alice Coltrane, Louie Bellson, Charlie Shavers, Mel Tormé, Buddy DeFra...

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from Monday, October 12, 2026.

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from Thursday, October 8, 2026. Featuring saxophonists Pepper Adams and Yusef Lateef. Park Frederick "Pepper" Adams III (October 8, 1930 – September 10, 1986) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist and composer. He composed 42 pieces, was the leader on eighteen albums spanning 28 years, and participated in 600 sessions as a sideman. He worked with an array of m...

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from Wednesday, October 7, 2026. Featuring drummer Papa Jo Jones and organist Larry Young. Papa Jo Jones, born Jonathan David Samuel Jones, was an American jazz drummer. He was a band leader and pioneer in jazz percussion and anchored the Count Basie Orchestra rhythm section from 1934 to 1948. Larry Young (also known as Khalid Yasin [Abdul Aziz]) was an American j...

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from Tuesday, October 6, 2026, featuring guitarist Mark Whitfield and bassist Eddie Gomez.

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from October 5, 2026, featuring pianist Walter Bishop, Jr., vocalist Leon Thomas, and flutist Ronnie Laws.

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from Thursday, October 1, 2026.

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from Wednesday, September 30, 2026.

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from Tuesday, September 29, 2026.

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from Monday, September 28, 2026.

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from Thursday, September 24, 2026.

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from Wednesday, September 23, 2026.

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from Tuesday, September 22, 2026.

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from Monday, September 21, 2026.

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from Thursday, September 27, 2026.

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from Tuesday, September 15, 2026.

Ed German's Urban Jazz Experience from Monday, September 14, 2026.