Karl Gehrke

Host of Jazz Nightly and Big Band Spotlight on SDPB Radio.

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@MomentSDPB I’m happy you went. There’s nothing better than hearing live jazz in NYC. I could spend every night in those fantastic clubs.

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@MomentSDPB I had the joy of talking with him too.

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30 years ago this month I began hosting Big Band Spotlight on ⁦@SoDakPB⁩. It’s been a great joy sharing this marvelous music from the 1930s and 40s. Plenty has changed over three decades, but I’m still swingin’.

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@WBGO Once I popped them out like waffles
The good ones and the awfuls.
-Dave Frishberg “My Swan Song”

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During the upcoming winter storm I’ll put on my favorite Sonny Rollins albums and start digging into this.

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I’d probably rather live in Bedford Falls, but Pottersville has jazz, swing and boogie woogie.

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The Green Dolphin Jazz Quartet joins Jazz Nightly this evening from the SDPB Black Hills studios in Rapid City. Music begins at 7, MT; 8, CT.

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Louise Tobin, big-band singer who helped discover Frank Sinatra, dies at 104. https://t.co/uOLzPEKS7d

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@WBGO “Cry, Baby, Cry” by Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra “Michelle” by Barrett Deems Big Band

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@WBGO https://t.co/ocAmtnTGvm

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I don’t want to hear Christmas music until the middle of December. But today is the centennial of the great blues pianist and singer Charles Brown, so I’m playing his timeless Christmas classic. https://t.co/9rx157FVKE

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merry christnas baby charles brown - Google Search https://t.co/eDOwv4HItS

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@WBGO Just five? Well, I suppose:

Ellington - Blanton/Webster Band
Mingus Ah Um
Ella in Berlin
Weather Report - Black Market
Tito Puente - Dance Mania

Other than Ellington and Mingus, the list will be different tomorrow.

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Joey DeFrancesco, driving force on the Hammond organ, dies at 51 : NPR https://t.co/PblssXoWys

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As I celebrate Wayne Shorter’s 89th birthday this evening on Jazz Nightly, I remember a great night in 2002 hearing him with his quartet. Back when CD cases were a great place to save ticket stubs.

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@gmceieio Yes. I will.

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Les Singes Volants return to Jazz Nightly this evening for a live performance celebrating the 5th anniversary of SDPB’s Black Hills studio. Music begins at 8, CT; 7, MT.

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@SethTupper @SoDakPB I’m sorry to see you go. But I appreciate all the work you did for SDPB and I wish you the best in your new endeavors.

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I was saddened to hear about Butch Thompson’s passing earlier this week. I’m featuring some of his wonderful piano playing this evening on Jazz Nightly.