Music Programming on KPR - jazz CD Giveaway |
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This week's CD: Percussionist Craig Russo's Latin Jazz Project puts a Latin twist on such jazz standards as "Ugetsu," "Invitation" and "Seven Steps to Heaven" on the new CD, Mambo Influenciado.
 (Courtesy of Craig Russo) | Last week's CD:
 Congratulations to Chris from Raytown, Missouri, winner of last week's prize. Vancouver based tenor saxophonist Cory Weeds new CD, The Many Deeds of Cory Weeds," has him leading a cooklng quartet in a live performance at the Cellar jazz club. With a group anchored by organist Joey DeFrancesco, Weeds shows off a muscular, bluesy style in a set including a Horace Silver tune and two numbers by Hank Mobley. (Courtesy of Cellar Live)
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