Jazz and America

WUCF Jazz has fans all over the place- even outside of the country. Dedicated listener and trombone player Graeme Arklie tells us why jazz is so important to him.

16 Feb 8min

Hailing from New York, piano man Michael Kramer came down to Orlando as more than just your average jazz fan; as an educator and performer, he sure has left his mark.

9 Feb 9min

High school band veteran Shelli Browning loves everything jazz. A fan of names like Stan Getz, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and David Sanborn, Shelli knows all about the music she loves!

2 Feb 8min

Gerald Law II is a jazzman who not only lives and breathes music - but forms the backbone of it as a drummer. Gerald gives a musician's insight into the story of jazz.

26 Jan 10min

Pianist Andrew Yuska, winner of the Central Florida Jazz Society Scholarship, tells us about his experiences performing in band and what jazz means to him.

19 Jan 9min

The first episode of Jazz and America kicks off with UCF's Director of Jazz Studies and host of Jazz and The American Spirit on 89.9 WUCF Jazz - Jeff Rupert.

12 Jan 9min

Robyn Austin, former host of WUCF's Jazz Most Wanted, shares her vast knowledge and stories of the music she loves- jazz!

12 Jan 10min

Kayonne Riley catches up with Grammy award winning keyboardist Jeanine McAdams who founded Divas of Jazz and can be seen this weekend at the 13th Annual Mayor's Jazz in the Park on March 8! She recall...

5 Mar 202520min