NASIR DICKERSONTo listen to this show click above! Nasir Dickerson, BA, MA the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Dickerson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in Camden, New Jersey. He is a 2002 graduate and 4thof his c

Mar 28th, 2014

SPOTLIGHT CONVERSATIONSPlease join me for a very informative conversation with poetess, writer, vocalist, author, activist and my friend; Rebecca "Butterfly" VaughnsTo listen to the conversation CLICK HEREButterfly will be performing as part of

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Mar 24th, 2014

THE FIERCE BUTTERFLYRebecca "Butterfly" VaughnsTo listen to the show click title aboveRebecca "Butterfly" Vaughns was born in Miami, FL. Her love for music started at age 5 and she has been married to poetry since the age of ten. There are no w

Feb 23rd, 2014

VISCERAL POWER^ CLICK ABOVE TO LISTEN TO SHOW ^Sallie Jayne Richardson, always called Jayne, was born on the Army base at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., on May 10, 1934. (The year of her birth is often misreported as 1936.) Her father was a career soldi

Feb 9th, 2014

SUBTLE VIRTUOSITYTo listen to program CLICK HEREIn 1951, Mr. Ahmad Jamal first recorded 'Ahmad's Blues' on Okeh Records. His arrangement of the folk tune 'Billy Boy', and 'Poinciana' (not his original composition), also stem from this period. I

Remembrance; A Tribute to Amiri Baraka

Jan 26th, 2014

AMIRI BARAKACLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO SHOWPoet, writer, teacher, and political activist Amiri Baraka was born Everett LeRoi Jones in 1934 in Newark, New Jersey. He attended Rutgers University and Howard University, spent three years in the U.S. A

Sweet Moment's

Dec 5th, 2013

RHENDA FEARRINGTONOriginally from Queens, New York, Rhenda Fearrington always delivers an authentic and warm presentation of Jazz Standards mixed with Soulful originals. She is "true" to her roots which includes performing on the International

Cecile McLorin Salvant

Nov 17th, 2013

DEEP EMOTIONCécile McLorin Salvant was born on August 28, 1989 and raised in Miami, Florida of a French mother and a Haitian father. She started classical piano studies at 5, and began singing in the Miami Choral Society at 8. Early on, she dev

Feelin' Kind Of Blue

Nov 4th, 2013

OMAR SOSAOmar Sosa (born April 10, 1965, in Camagüey, Cuba) is a composer, bandleader, and jazz pianist. Sosa began studying marimba at age eight, then switched to piano at the Escuela Nacional de Musica in Havana, where he studied jazz. Sosa m

Oct 13th, 2013

Click the artists name or picture below and listen toSPOTLIGHT CONVERSATIONS with Clayton "Bigtrigger" Corley featuringRONI BEN-HUR

RONI BEN-HUR

Oct 13th, 2013

TRANSFORMATIONSJazz guitarist Roni Ben-Hur has earned a sterling reputation as a musician and educator, renowned for his golden tone, improvisational brilliance, compositional lyricism and ability to charm peers, students and listeners alike. E

Speaking Life's Truth's

Oct 6th, 2013

LAINI MATAKAWanda Robinson better known as Laini Mataka was born and raised in Baltimore, Md., one of 10 children, and was raised by her Grandmother. She's been writing poetry since the age of thirteen. Her first paid writing gig was composing

McCoy Tyner

Sep 18th, 2013

ILLUMINATION McCoy Alfred Tyner is best remembered from the John Coltrane Quartet. In the past decades since he has become one of the major pianists and composers, expanding the vocabulary of color and harmony. His lusty piano is richly percuss

Christopher L. Fields

Sep 3rd, 2013

"AUTHENTIC SOUL"Christopher L. Fields is a Spoken Word Artist out of Washington D.C. His wordplay, passionate delivery and his love for Poetic Expression earned him the moniker of “The Poetry Man”A natural born Poet, with no formal training, Ch

George Duke

Aug 18th, 2013

Tribute To George DukeThe keyboard-player, composer and producer George Duke enjoyed a multi-faceted career that lasted close to five decades and tapped into the collective consciousness from a variety of directions. His résumé read like a who'

Terence Blanchard

Aug 5th, 2013

MAGNETIZEDTerence Blanchard (trumpet) is one of the most important musician/composer/band leaders of his generation. His emotionally moving and technically refined playing is considered by many jazz aficionados to recall earlier jazz trumpet st

"POETIC MESSENGERS"

Jul 21st, 2013

"POETIC MESSENGERS"The Unknown Poet and his musical soul-mate Queen have built a solid reputation as two of the premier spoken word artists and lyrical hook masters on the artistic scene today. Through countless live performances, their CD's, r

Marianne Solivan

Jul 7th, 2013

POIGNANT EXPRESSIONSQuickly becoming one of the most buzzed about jazz singers on the New York scene, Marianne Solivan does not remember an “ah-ha” moment that brought her to the music she has devoted herself to: “I don’t recall having a big mo

Jun 23rd, 2013

Pure ImprovisationBetty Carter was born Lillie Mae Jones in Flint, Michigan on May 16, 1929.At a young age, she began the study of piano at the Detroit Conservatory of Music, and by the time she was a teenager she was already sitting in with Ch

MULGREW MILLER "UNPLUGGED"

May 30th, 2013

Conversation with MULGREW MILLERThis week on Spotlight On Jazz and Poetry Mulgrew Miller takes the time, from his busy schedule, to talk about his craft with your host Bigtrigger.Mulgrew Miller is an American jazz pianist born in 1955 in Greenw

Pianist Extraordinaire MULGREW MILLER

May 30th, 2013

Mulgrew Miller was born on August 13, 1955 in Greenwood, Mississippi He began his career as member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.Miller was picking out melodies on the piano by ear at 6, taking lessons at 8 and going on gigs with his older b

LITTLE JIMMY SCOTT

May 26th, 2013

EVENING IN PARADISEThe life of Jimmy Scott is not one of meteoric stardom but a journey that has taken nearly seventy years to find its much deserved success.James Victor Scott, one of ten children, was born in Cleveland, Ohio on July 17, 1925

RAY BROWN

May 11th, 2013

QUIET AUTHORITYBest known as a contributing member of the bebop jazz movement and a member of the Oscar Peterson Trio, jazz bassist Ray Brown performed with jazz giants from Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker to his wife Ella Fitzgerald. Despit

Jimmie & Lutonya Highsmith

Apr 26th, 2013

INSEPARABLEThis husband and wife team have a devotion for the arts that definitely shines through. They not only share a deep love for one another, but their passion is evident musically and poetically. This marriage of hearts and artistry is t

Wildflower

Mar 24th, 2013

Jonvee click name above to listen to the showSinger, Poetess, Actress and Photographer Demetra Jonvere Artis, better known in the poetry world as Jonvee, was born May 17, 1958 in Washington DC to Margaret E Artis and Richard Blandon a well know

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