Jazz Tones

Saturdays from 2:00 PM until 6:00 PM
Jay Edwards

Jay Edwards Hosts Jazz Tones

Jazz Tones with your host Jay Edwards features legendary and emerging artists  of mainstream, Latin and Brazilian Jazz.

Jay's goal for his audience is education and entertainment better known as "edu-tainment."  He achieves this during Jazz Tones with  interviews with composers, instumentalists, and vocalists.

Jazz Tones is an ongoing musical journey you can join every Saturday afternoon from two until six.

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Jazz
10:15 am
Sat May 18, 2013

Jonathan Butler Joins Jay Edwards On Jazz Tones

Jonathan Butler is in town May 22 at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center as part of the Jazz Roots Series, performing with David Sanborn.  The South African guitar and vocal artist is known across the globe for his music and his spirituality.

Jay Edwards will talk with Butler about his music, his influences, and what fans and newbies alike can expect at the May 22 performance.

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Jazz
7:47 am
Sat April 13, 2013

Eric Person On Jazz Tones

Jazz
9:33 am
Sat April 6, 2013

Jay Edwards Salutes Hugh Masekela On Jazz Tones

In advance of Hugh Masekela's performance tonight at The Rialto Center For the Performing Arts downtown,  Jay Edwards will be focusing on the South African horn player, composer, singer and legend on Jazz Tones between 2p-6p.

Masekela celebrated his 74th birthday this weekend.  Tickets are still available, check here for more information.

Jazz
9:54 am
Sat March 30, 2013

Jay Edwards Previews Atlanta Jazz Festival Exclusively On Jazz Tones

Drummer E. C.  Coleman will be a featured performer at Atlanta's upcoming annual Jazz Festival.  He'll stop by on Jazz Tones with Jay Edwards this afternoon. 

In between you can be sure to hear the greatest and the latest in mainstream jazz and latin rhythms that will put pep in your step on your Saturday.

Don't miss today's musical journey on Jazz Tones, 2p-6p Saturday afternoons on Jazz 91.9 FM, The Jazz Of The City.

Atlanta Jazz Festival information here.

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Arts
2:01 pm
Sat March 9, 2013

A Conversation Between Malcolm X and President Obama: A One Act Play

Jay Edwards Hosts Jazz Tones On WCLK Saturdays 2-6p

Jay Edwards chatted with playwright and musician Jacqueline Clay Chester on Jazz Tones Saturday.  Ms. Chester's play A Conversation Between Malcolm X and President Obama: A One Act Play,  will be performed  at the Southwest Arts Center March 15-17 at 8pm.

Chester's play suggests its plot in the title, with Malcom's ghost appearing in the White House and the conversation that ensues between these two transformative African American leaders.

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Politics
12:35 pm
Thu February 28, 2013

Amiri Baraka Stops By WCLK To Discuss Du Bois, The Movement, Django Unchained

Amiri Baraka is one of the most recognized and lauded writers and poets of his generation, and one of the most widely respected and published African American writers this side of James Baldwin.

Baraka was in Atlanta and at Clark Atlanta University for the CAU History Department's W. E. B. Du Bois and the Wings Of Atlanta 50th Anniversary Commemorative Conference.

Baraka stopped in to chat with Jay Edwards about the challenges faced by all of those in Africa and throughout the African Diaspora.

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Jazz
10:50 am
Sat February 23, 2013

Nnenna Freelon Is Lena Horne @ Ferst Center, Talks With Jay Edwards On Jazz Tones

Nnenna Freelon

Captivating jazz vocalist and six-time Grammy nominee Nnenna Freelon celebrates Lena Horne in an evening of song and story set against the backdrop of Lena Horne’s 92-year life and legacy. The recipient of numerous international honors, Freelon has earned a global fan base for her performances and recordings.  Freelon is at the Ferst Center at Georgia Tech Saturday night, February 23 at 8pm.

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Arts
8:32 am
Mon December 24, 2012

Jazz Education Network 4th Annual Conference In Atlanta Jan 2-5

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Wycliffe Gordon and the Army Blues, performing Friday night, January 4 as part of the Jazz Education Network Conference @ Hyatt Regency Peachtree Center.

The Jazz Education Network is dedicated to building the jazz arts community by advancing education, promoting performance, and developing new audiences.  Their annual conferences bring together musicians, students, educators and jazz authorities for four days of performances, seminars and informal opportunities for those just starting out in jazz music to mingle and learn from those who have made a lifetime of it.

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Playlist

December 22, 2012

2:00 PM
My Favorite Things
Artist : Wynton Marsalis
Album : Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
TrackNumber : 2
Label :
2:05 PM
I Believe
Artist : Sounds Of Blackness
Album : Compilation
TrackNumber : 2
Label :
2:09 PM
Angels On High
Artist : Dave Koz
Album : Christmas Time
TrackNumber : 1
Label :
2:13 PM
Impressions
Artist : Straight Ahead
Album : Look Straight Ahead
TrackNumber : 6
Label :
2:24 PM
Palm Nut
Artist : Bill Summers and Mike Clark
Album : Head Hunters Platinum
TrackNumber : 6
Label :
2:31 PM
Fun City
Artist : Charles Fambrough
Album : Upright Citizen
TrackNumber : 1
Label :
2:37 PM
The Christmas Waltz
Artist : Racquel Roberts
Album : The Secret of Christmas
TrackNumber : 5
Label :
2:42 PM
Black Friday
Artist : Jon Beasley, Darryl Jones , Ndugu Chancler
Album : 3 Brave SOULS
TrackNumber : 1
Label :
2:51 PM
Maria
Artist : Nueva Manteca
Album : Latin Tribute to West Side Story
TrackNumber : 12
Label :
2:56 PM
Highway One
Artist : Bobby Matos
Album : Live at Moca
TrackNumber : 3
Label :
3:05 PM
Yo Yo Jazz
Artist : Big Bang Way in Jazz
Album : Big Bang Way in Jazz
TrackNumber : 5
Label :
3:12 PM
Birds Like It
Artist : Tape Five
Album : Tonight Josephine
TrackNumber : 10
Label :
3:16 PM
Walkin In New York
Artist : The Manhattan Transfer
Album : Vibrate
TrackNumber : 1
Label :
3:24 PM
Winter Wonderland
Artist : Allan Harris
Album : Dedicated to You
Label :
3:27 PM
Sleigh Ride
Artist : Natalie Cole
Album : Natalie Cole Christmas
TrackNumber : 1
Label :
3:31 PM
My Favorite Things
Artist : Big Band Way In Jazz
Album : Big Band Way In Jazz
TrackNumber : 1
Label :
3:40 PM
Human Nature
Artist : Andre Manga
Album : Voyages
TrackNumber : 4
Label :
3:45 PM
Jazziko
Artist : Andre’ Magna
Album : Voyages
TrackNumber : 5
Label :
4:05 PM
Jon Jon
Artist : Jacques Schwartz-Bart
Album : The Art of Dreaming
TrackNumber : 1
Label :
4:13 PM
Keep In Mind
Artist : Tania Maria
Album : No Comment
TrackNumber : 3
Label :
4:18 PM
Viver
Artist : Sandboy
Album : Diva Brazil
TrackNumber : 7
Label :
4:25 PM
That’s What Christmas Means To Me
Artist : Rhonda Thomas
Album : Little Drummer Girl
TrackNumber : 2
Label :
4:31 PM
Oh Come Oh Ye Faithful
Artist : Kathleen Bertrand
Album : Compilation
TrackNumber : 11
Label :
4:34 PM
Joy To The World
Artist : Jay Hoggard
Album : Christmas Vibes All Thru The Year
TrackNumber : 1
Label :
4:37 PM
Speak No Evil
Artist : Bobby Sanabria
Album : Multiverse
TrackNumber : 7
Label :
4:41 PM
Buscame’
Artist : Jay Rodriguez and Ron Trent
Album : Batidos
Label :
4:51 PM
FoForo Fo Firi
Artist : Bill Summers
Album : Los Hombres Calientes
TrackNumber : 1
Label :
4:55 PM
Oye Papi
Artist : Kat Parra
Album : La Aventures de Pasion
TrackNumber : 8
Label :
5:01 PM
Sunlight in My Rain
Artist : Alex Lattimore
Album : Promise
TrackNumber : 6
Label :
5:06 PM
Love’s in Town
Artist : Brenda Boykin
Album : Chocolate N Chili
TrackNumber : 5
Label :
5:11 PM
The Time is Right
Artist : Faith Harris
Album : The Time is Right
TrackNumber : 1
Label :
5:18 PM
Stolen Moments
Artist : Gregory Generet
Album : Regeneration
TrackNumber : 7
Label :
5:23 PM
Stolen Moments
Artist : Caribbean Jazz Project
Album : The Gathering
TrackNumber : 2
Label :
5:31 PM
Paradise
Artist : Victor Fields
Album : Victor
TrackNumber : 2
Label :
5:35 PM
Here I Go Again
Artist : Lil Phillips
Album : Pull Out Those Dreams
TrackNumber : 11
Label :
5:39 PM
Hello Love
Artist : Kathleen Bertrand
Album : Katharsis
TrackNumber : 9
Label :
5:43 PM
Partido Out
Artist : DuDuka Da Fonseca
Album : Samba Jazz Fantasia
TrackNumber : 1
Label :