Jazz Standards

Recorded and produced at the WVIA Williamsport Studio, The Community Arts Center, Williamsport, Pa. 

First Aired on June 7th 2014 on WVIA 89.9 FM 

The horrific end to Frank Rosolino's life has often eclipsed his masterful trombone recordings. Sascha chose 10  of the best examples of Rosolino's work.

First Broadcast on WVIA-FM on May 3rd, 2014 

Recorded and produced at the Williamsport Community Arts Center, home of the Williamsport WVIA Studio. 

Sascha shares five tracks from the beginning of Curtis Fuller's carreer, in which his recordings featured John Coltrane. 

First Broadcast on WVIA-FM on 29th March 2014 

Recorded and produced at the Williamsport Community Arts Center, home of the Williamsport WVIA Studio. 

Sascha shares nine tracks from the seven albums that Lew Tabackin pressed for Concord Jazz. 

First Broadcast on WVIA-FM on March 8th, 2014 

Recorded and produced at the WVIA Studio located in the Community Arts Center. 

Sascha shares 13 tracks by baritone saxophonist Harry Carter, who brought the instrument from being a secondary horn, to becoming a primary solo instrument. 

Added on January 19th 2016

First broadcast on WVIA FM on January 25th 2014

Recorded and produced at the WVIA studio Williamsport, in the Community Arts Center , Williamsport Pa.

Piano trios with Bill Evans and drummer Paul Motian from 1956 - 1963, featuring four different bassists: Teddy Kotick, Scott LaFaro, Chuck Isaels, and Gary Peacock.

First broadcast on WVIA FM on December 21st 2013

Recorded and produced at the WVIA studio Williamsport, in the Community Arts Center , Williamsport Pa.

In the late 1950's, several films featured jazz soundtracks.

Sascha shares 14 tracks from films, featuring artists such as Louis Armstrong, MJQ, Art Blakey and Gerry Mulligan.

First broadcast on WVIA FM on July 13th 2013

Recorded and produced at the WVYA studio in the Community Arts Center in Williamsport Pa.

Sascha shares 17 tracks from 1960 and 1961, the years in which Carmen McRae recorded with The Dave Brubeck Trio

Added on January 19th 2016

First broadcast on WVIA FM on June 8th 2013

Recorded and produced at the WVIA studio Williamsport, in the Community Arts Center , Williamsport Pa.

Hardcore bebop! Alto saxophonist Charles McPherson and pianist Barry Harris.

First broadcast on WVIA FM on May 18th  2013.

Recorded and produced at the WVYA studio in the Community Arts Centre,  Williamsport, Pa.

Pianist George Shearing recorded many albums with a range of male and female singers, Sascha shares some of his favourite tracks from these albums.

First broadcast on WVIA 89.9 Fm on 23rd March 2013
Recorded and produced at the WVYA studio,  Community Arts Centre, Williamsport. Pa.

Kenny Barron, Buster Williams and Ben Riley enhance and highlight their individual talents, when they perform as a trio.

  First broadcast on WVIA FM on June 2nd 2012

Recorded and produced at the WVYA studio in the Community Arts Center in Williamsport Pa. 

Sascha shares tracks laid down by Butch Warren and Billy Higgins during the years 1961 -1963, when they were the "house musicians" for Blue Note Records. 

Butch Warren died on the 5th October 2013,  succumbing to lung cancer, at the age of 73. 

First broadcast on WVIA-FM on May 26th 2012 

Recorded and produced at the WVYA studio, Community Arts Center, Williamsport, Pennsylvania

David Baker is one of the country's most influential jazz educators; and one of the central figures in George Russell's "out there" sextet. 

Between 1960 -1962 David Baker proved to be one of the greatest rising stars of Jazz Trombone. 

Sascha shares some of Baker's finest tracks from this period. 

First broadcast on September 15th on WVIA-FM

Recorded at the WVYA Studio in Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Sascha highlights some of the fine recordings that alto saxophonist Gigi Gryce made, during his short career;  of his own compositions

  First broadcast August 24th on WVIA-FM

   Recorded at the WVYA Studio in Williamsport

   Sascha looks at the work of Stuff Smith, one of the most important jazz violinists of the swing era.

First Broadcast:  on August 11th 2012 on WVIA-FM

Recorded at the WVYA studios in Williamsport, Pa.

 In 1963, trombonist Grachan Moncur lll launched onto the modern Jazz scene.

Sascha Feinstein looks at Moncur's work in that year.

First broadcast on WVIA-FM on July 28th 2012 

Recorded and produced at the WVYA studio, in the Community Arts Center, Williamsport. 

Sascha selects recordings made by father and son duo, Jimmy and Doug Raney 

First broadcast on WVIA FM on September 29th 2012

Recorded and produced at the WVYA studio, Williamsport, Pa.

Bill Holman , composer and arranger, conducted thrilling big bands for half a century.

Sascha introduces you to some of his best work.

First broadcast on WVIA-FM on July 30th 2011 

Recorded and produced at the WVYA studio in Williamsport, Pa.

Sascha shares his selection of the best of  the vocalisations of  Rene Marie, a contemporary female jazz singer, who stands out for her boldness and individuality. 

First broadcast on WVIA FM on  September 10th  2011

Recorded and produced at the WVYA studio in the Community Arts Center in Williamsport Pa.

Sascha shares tracks  from the work of guitarist Kenny Burrell who exploded onto the jazz scene in 1956.

First broadcast on WVIA 89.9 FM on June 25th 2011

Recorded and produced at the WVYA Studio, at the Community Arts Center, Williamsport, Pa. 

Sascha shares music from the early career of  tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse; before his famed association with Thelonious Monk. 

First broadcast on WVIA on August 13th 2011

Recorded and produced at the WVYA studios in Williamsport.

Selections by  pianist  Herbie Hancock, from 1964, when he was only 24 years old. 

First broadcast on April 29th 2011 on WVIA 89.9FM

Recorded and produced at the WVYA Studios, within the Community Arts Center, Williamsport, Pa.

Sascha shares some of the best tracks from the Village Vanguard; where in 1961, John Coltrane, Bobby Timmons, Junior Mance, Shirley Horn and Bill Evans all recorded. 

First broadcast on WVIA 89.9 FM on August 27th 2011

Recorded and produced at the WVYA studio, Williamsport, Pennsylvania. 

When pianist Andrew Hill teamed up with tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, the results were unfailingly top quality! 

Sascha Feinstein shares some of the best of these recordings. 

 First broadcast on WVIA FM on January 29th 2011  

Recorded and produced at the WVIA studio Williamsport, in the Community Arts Center , Williamsport Pa.

Sascha shares the music of vibraphonist Lem Winchester, who was just beginning to establish himself as a significant musician; when he was killed in a tragic accident. 

First broadcast on WVIA-FM on January 15th 2011 

Recorded and produced at the WVYA studio, Williamsport Pa. 

Tenor Saxophonist Ben Webster accompanied many vocalists, Sascha shares some of those recordings. 

First Broadcast on WVIA FM on May 22nd 2010

Recorded and produced at the WVIA studio Williamsport, in the Community Arts Center, Williamsport Pa.

Tenor saxophonist Ricky Ford paired well with pianist Jaki Byard.

Sascha shares some of the best of their work.

Recorded and produced at the Williamsport Community Arts Center, home of the Williamsport WVIA Studio. 

First Broadcast on WVIA-FM on March 27th, 2010 

Among jazz trombonists, few musicians ever growled and slurred more musically than Vic Dickenson. 

Recorded and produced at the Williamsport Community Arts Center, home of ther Williamsport WVIA-FM Studio. 

First Broadcast on WVIA-FM on March 13th, 2010 

Pianist Oscar Peterson recorded in many trio settings, but the group featuring Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen may have been his most exciting. 

First broadcast on WVIA 89.9 FM on June 19th 2010

Recorded and produced at the WVYA  studio, Williamsport, PA.

Sascha shares some of his favourite tracks from the challenging compositions,  of pianist Joanne Brackeen.

First broadcast on WVIA 89.9 FM on March 6th 2010 

Recorded and produced at the WVYA Studio , Williamsport, Pa. 

One of Sascha's favourite years in Jazz history,  is 1957.   Here are a range of recordings made on just one day in that year;

March 7th  1957 

First broadcast on WVIA FM on May 23^rd 2009

 Recorded and produced at the WVIA studio,  in the Community Arts Center, Williamsport Pa.  

On Friday July 11th  2014 , Charlie Haden died in Los Angeles, at the age of 76.

Charlie Haden ; one of the most influential bassists in the history of jazz, had a career which spanned seven decades .  

In 2009, Jazz Standards featured a show on Charlie Haden, and his performance at the Montreal Jazz Festival.

 Sascha comments at the beginning of the show :

    “In the summer of 1989, bassist Charlie Haden performed eight concerts at the Montreal Jazz festival.

What made this festival unique was that Haden played with a  different group each evening.”

First broadcast on WVIA FM on March 14th  2009

Recorded and produced at the WVIA studio Williamsport,  in the Community Arts Center, Williamsport Pa.

Nick Brignola was born in Troy, New York on July 17 1936.

A baritone saxophonist ; Nick Brignola was often overlooked although he was a musician that could play any style and was comfortable while doing it.Though the albums he released as a leader were mostly hard bop played by quartets, he played as a sideman in many big bands including Woody Herman and Buddy Rich.  Sascha shares tracks from a variety of CD's recorded by Nick Brignola. 

Added on January 19th 2016

First broadcast on WVIA FM on January 24th 2009

Recorded and produced at the WVIA studio Williamsport, in the Community Arts Center , Williamsport Pa.

Selections from the first several albums led by saxophonist / composer / arranger Jimmy Heath (1959 - 1963).

 First broadcast on WVIA FM on January 10th 2009

Recorded and produced at the WVYA studio in the Community Arts Center in Williamsport Pa.

Sascha shares tracks recorded On October 16th 1957, when  Tenor Saxophonist Coleman Hawkins powered through a brilliant marathon session.

Recorded and produced at the Williamsport Community Arts Center, home of the Williamsport WVIA Studio. 

First broadcast on WVIA-FM on the 24th of May, 2008. 

The discovery of a Horace SIlver Recording at Newport, helps to highlight 1958 as an important date in Silver's career. 

First broadcast on WVIA FM on February 9th 2008

Recorded and produced at the WVYA studio in the Community Arts Center in Williamsport Pa.

Sascha shares tracks from the fluid and intuitive group, The New York Trio, featuring pianist Bill Charlap

First broadcast on WVIA 89.9 FM  on January 19th 2008

Recorded and produced at the WVYA studio , Community Arts Center, Williamsport Pa.

Sascha shares some of the tracks from the four albums that Dizzy Gillespie recorded with Sonny Stitt in 1956 and 1957 .

Recorded and produced at the WVYA studio, in Williamsport, Pa.

First broadcast on WVIA-FM on January 5th 2008.

In the history of jazz, a number of very talented brothers have recorded together. Sascha shares his pick of the best "jazz brothers" 

First broadcast on WVIA FM in August 2007

Recorded and produced at the WVIA studio in the Community Arts Center in Williamsport Pa.

Danish bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, was known for his impressive technique and innovative approach. 

Recorded and produced at the WVYA Studio, in Williamsport. Pa.

First broadcast on WVIA-FM in February 2007

Sascha shares the highlights of the 1975 Montreaux Jazz Festival, which featured many outstanding performances.