Jazz and Friday nights have long been synonymous on the radio stations of MPBN, and serving as the anchor for the evening is the Friday Night Jazz with Rich Tozier program. Music from the legends, the up-and-comers and even the occasional live in-studio performance are all featured for two hours every Friday beginning at 9:00 pm.
When these live performances occur at MPBN's Bangor studio, a limited number of free tickets are usually available. To attend, contact host Rich Tozier at rtozier@mpbn.net or leave word at 990-3931, ext. 3095#. For directions to MPBN's Bangor facility, click here.
Friday, May 9: The Horace Silver Quintet will be heard in top form in a 1958 Newport Jazz Festival performance, recently issued for the first time on a new CD from Blue Note (pictured right). The group that night fifty years ago consisted of
Horace Silver on piano, Louis Smith on trumpet; Junior Cook on tenor sax; Gene Taylor on bass and Louis Hayes on drums.
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Friday, May 23: Recent releases by vocalists, including Melody Gardot, will be sampled tonight. A native of Philadelphia, the 24-year-old Gardot recorded her first album from her bedside while recouperating from an accident in which she was hit by a car and that now requires her to wear the dark glasses she is pictured in at right.
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Friday, May 30: The High Fidelity Jazz Combo (pictured left), this year's edition of George Stevens Academy's award-winning music makers, will be guests in the Bangor Studio for a live concert. These talented high school students from Blue Hill play under the direction of their music teacher, Steve Orlofsky. If you'd like to see and hear them in person, reserve a seat by contacting host Rich Tozier at rtozier@mpbn.net or 990-3931, ext. 3095#
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Friday, June 6: A classic recording of the Dave Brubeck Quartet with singer Jimmy Rushing (pictured right) will be featured tonight. Originally released in 1960, this classic has since been remastered on CD for the digital age. We'll also hear some of Rushing's other work, including some memorable material with Count Basie.
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Friday, June 13: The Ameranouche Quintet will be tonight's guest in a live broadcast from the Bangor studio, where they will play their Django-inspired "gypsy jazz," or what they refer to as "hot acoustic swing." If you'd like to attend this live performance in person, please reserve a seat by contacting host Rich Tozier at 990-3931, ext. 3095# or rtozier@mpbn.net.
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Friday, June 20: The Novel Jazz Septet will be playing its brand of straightahead jazz in a live broadcast from the Bangor studio. The group, based in Newcastle, Maine, consists of
Barney Balch (trombone), Mike Mitchell (trumpet), Bruce Boege (Saxophone), Dave Clark (guitar), Herb Maine (bass), Mark Macksoud (drums), and Mickey Felder (piano).
If you'd like to attend in person, please reserve a seat by contacting host Rich Tozier at 990-3931, ext. 3095# or rtozier@mpbn.net.
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Due to national copyright agreements, audio on-demand and the corresponding playlist for the following programs cannot be posted at the same time. Playlists are available after the program audio on-demand has been removed from the list below.
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