35 search results for “BlueNotes”
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August 2024: New Orleans Jazz
The early years in the city where jazz was born
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July 2024: Summer Jazz Suitable for Patio, Pool or Porch
Two hours of casual, easy-listening jazz, specially selected for your preferred cool spot.
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June 2024: Cole Porter’s 133rd Birthday Salute
Celebrating an Indiana composer who wrote more than 1,000 songs during his career.
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May 2024: An Infusion of Fusion Jazz
Paying tribute to this truly unique American genre.
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April 2024: Celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month
A look back to jazz greats from the early 1900s thru the 1950s.
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March 2024: Spring Jazz
Celebrating the long-awaited arrival of Spring this month with a playlist featuring musicians not heard on the program before.
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February 2024: Swing Band Cavalcade (Encore)
An encore of our annual Swing Band Cavalcade from 2021.
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January 2024: Winter Jazz
Two full hours of jazz charts to warm your spirits on a cold winter’s eve.
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December 2023: All Jazz Christmas
A special time featuring two hours of jazz covers of your favorite Christmas songs.
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November 2023: Tribute to Tony Bennett
On this month’s show, we’re paying tribute to the life and career of Tony Bennett.
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October 2023: An Eclectic Jazz Mix
We have no specific theme for this show other than great jazz covers by great jazz musicians!
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September 2023: George and Ira Get Jazzed
We’re celebrating the 125th anniversary of George Gershwin’s birth.
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August 2023: The Golden Decade of American Jazz
Tune in for number of artists who redefined jazz after World War 2.
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July 2023: Cool Jazz for a Hot Summer’s Eve
Songs specifically written for the season as well as plain ol’ cool jazz charts.
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June 2023: The Great Jazz Crooners in American jazz
This month, we bring you our salute to the great jazz crooners.
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May 2023: Paying Tribute to the Jazz Orchestras of the 1950s and ‘60s
For May, we salute the jazz orchestras of the 1950s and ‘60s.
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April is Jazz Appreciation Month
We’ll celebrate with our Jazz ala Carte format which means you’re liable to hear almost anything.
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Celebrating National Women’s History Month for March BlueNotes
March is National Women’s History Month and BlueNotes joins the observation tonight with a salute to the Great Women of American Jazz. Over these two hours, Larry will be featuring the pioneers who paved the way for women in jazz as well as today’s contemporary women who continue to push for recognition of women in […]
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February Salute to Bands and Vocalists of the Swing Era
Tune in for a wonderful playlist of well-known and some of the lesser known bands of the Swing Era.
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Celebrating the New Year and 8th Season
We bring you a great playlist to welcome in the first month of the New Year and to celebrate the start of our 8th annual season on IPR. In fact, we’ve been around a tad longer; BlueNotes began as an occasional jazz special on IPR back in 2015. Featured musicians this time include Horace Silver, […]
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About BlueNotes
BlueNotes is IPR’s monthly jazz program produced exclusively for Indiana Public Radio listeners. Each program features a blend of classic and contemporary jazz spanning the spectrum of jazz types and formats. Historical recordings are often included.
In addition, BlueNotes covers jazz venues in central Indiana with news of upcoming jazz shows and concerts. Interviews with local jazz musicians are also featured.
The September 2016 BlueNotes "Indiana Bicentennial Salute to Hoosier Jazz" program received a Bicentennial Legacy Project Endorsement from the Indiana Bicentennial Commission for its contributions to the celebration of Indiana history and commemoration of Indiana’s 200th birthday.
Jazz fans may also follow BlueNotes on Facebook for program updates, notices of upcoming concert appearances, and news from the world of jazz. Search for BlueNotes: Jazz on Indiana Public Radio.