As the 1970s came to a close, many musicians searching for alternatives to jazz-rock fusion or free jazz found a home in straight-ahead acoustic jazz. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, whose Blue Note contract was not renewed in 1964, had spent a decade in relative obscurity, when he came roaring back with a series of legendary ensembles that fueled this return to jazz classicism. The alumni of this revived band became the core of The Young Lions, as they were known – well-trained, well-behaved, well-dressed virtuoso players with a conservative approach to the jazz canon. The Jazz Messengers and its progeny, the Young Lions in this hour of Jazz at 100.

A grueling workload could not keep him from composing his famous works.

Hosts Max Patten and Gillian Liedke interview Luca Finkbeiner, another college student who bucks the stereotype that college kids can't cook. Discussed is sustainability, inspiration from YouTube, and the joys and personal liberty associated with the art of DIY cuisine.

Discussed topics:

Bon Appétit 

Munchies

SortedFoods

Binging with Babish

Food Wishes

Blue Apron (not a sponsor)

Charlottesville Classical is a weekly segment from WTJU 91.1 FM at the University of Virginia.

Fiona Hughes is the violinist and Artistic Director of Three Notch'd Road, a baroque ensemble based in Charlottesville. It is the only professional ensemble that performs a full season on period instruments.

Perfectly timed to reinforce the value of acoustic mainstream jazz and provide an alternative to both fusion and free jazz, Art Pepper, Dexter Gordon and Johnny Griffin reappeared and reestablished themselves as key players at the end of the 1970s. Their excellent late career work paved the way for the resurgence of mainstream bebop and hard bop in the 1980s.

A very long nap and its consequences.

Author Marietta McCarty stopped by WTJU’s Jazz Messenger on Friday, November 2nd to talk about her latest book “Leaving 1203.” Brian and Marietta discussed the book, all things philosophy, baseball, the myth of multi-tasking, and much more.

You can catch the Jazz Messenger each week from 10am – 12pm.

The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc (Olav Luksengård Mjelva, Kevin Henderson, Anders Hall) stopped by WTJU on November, 3, 2018 for a live session ahead of their Prism Coffeehouse concert. They chatted with WTJU Folk Director Peter Jones. Engineering by Morgan McCleod

Jazz-rock fusion was a powerful force in the music in the early seventies, but noticeably began to run out of steam mid-decade. European influences began to gain traction as the decade progressed as represented by the rise of ECM. American acoustic jazz musicians, who seemed to be taken for granted, continued to produce fine music and garnered renewed interest as the decade ended. In this hour we will listen to representative 1970s acoustic jazz from McCoy Tyner, Woody Shaw and Sonny Rollins followed by two 1977 releases that forecasted the robust return of mainstream jazz as the decade ended – Scott Hamilton’s debut and Herbie Hancock’s VSOP, a Miles Davis Quintet reunion of sorts.

His best-known composition is regarded as a masterpiece.