
2009 Revisited: Jazz
Critics' picks for the best of 2009

2000s Jazz
Jazz of this century's first decade

Composers: Bird and Diz
Songs by the fathers of bop: Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie

Nothin' But the Blues
Jazz interpretations of the classic twelve bar blues

Pure Jazz
The rich art of Jazz: classic and modern, vocal and instrumental

Broadway Jazz
Porter, Gershwin, Sondheim, and more, performed by Jazz legends

New School Jazz
Jazz after bop!

Instrument: Jazz Bass
Covering all the bassists

Composers: Pop music
A Jazz spin on rock and pop songs

Instrument: Jazz Guitar
Acoustic and electric Jazz guitar greats

Straight Ahead Jazz
The 'lingua franca' of the jam session: 4/4 time and walking bass

Groove Jazz
Funky and groovy!

Instrument: Jazz Drummers
The legends behind the kit

Live Jazz
On stage recordings of Jazz greats

Composers: Monk
The enigmatic, challenging, and revolutionary Thelonious Monk

Modern Mainstream Jazz
The best in mainstream Jazz from the last three decades

Instrument: Organ Jazz
Organ Jazz masters old and new

Jazz Ballads
Beautiful, sophisticated, and relaxing Jazz

The Bacharach & David Songbook
Remembering the songwriting genius of the late Burt Bacharach and Hal David

Jazz for Concentration
Work along to Jazz conducive to clear thinking

Jazz Burners
Burnin' fast jazz to motivate you. Nothing under 200 BPM!

Mellow Grooves Jazz
Bossa nova, slow funk jams, and ballads with a beat -- mellow jazz that won't put you to sleep

25 Greatest Jazz Standards
Lots of versions of 25 tunes in every musician's repertoire

Cocktail Jazz Trio
Great Jazz trios playing tasteful arrangements of time-tested standards

2010s Jazz
The best Jazz of this decade, so far...

Cocktails with Kurt
Great jazz for cocktail time, this month featuring pianist-vocalist Blossom Dearie

Kurt Hanson's Five-Star Radio
A tasty mix of pop standards, '60s oldies, classic rock, Broadway, and modern alt-country. Kurt i...

Blues and Elvis and Somebody Else's Favorite Song
Inspired by a lyric in Steely Dan's "FM (No Static at All)," so lots of Steely Dan. (The "somebo...

Eric Bowden's Five-Star Radio
Our Alternative Rock curator, Eric, sports impeccably eclectic tastes. From Indie to R&B, enjoy h...

House Blend: Jazz for Concentration + Cocktail Jazz Trio
Some clear thinking "on the rocks" -- a blend suggested by Nancy, an AccuRadio listener in Nova S...
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