Now Playing:



OWL Radio is an international, internet-only station at Kennesaw State University. To listen on your favorite media player (Windows Media Player, WinAMP, iTunes, etc), click on Desktop. Note: You can listen manually by opening the URL "http://www.live365.com/play/339019?" in any media player of choice.

Jazz takes no break! Tune in tonight.

Jazz is the best rainy-day music. Its vibrancy keeps you from being mesmerized by the reduncancy of falling drops. Syncopation lets you see the meaning between the heaves of storms, the clarity of space. Try it and see!

0 responses

Is Jazz with Mr. C just an extremity to be eliminated by budget cuts?

If the present debate on costs of higher education in Georgia make us think about the worth of what emanates from our universities, perhaps we might fight hard to keep what we have. If this is “just a radio show hosted by an old guy playing American music,” then maybe it’s dispensable. Really? Is the [...]

0 responses

Jazz with Mr. C: An indispensable part of your Wednesday.

Is there, really, a better way to spend your Wednesday nights than listening to America’s music on Jazz with Mr. C?…Okay, I see your point. But wouldn’t this program be the perfect background music for whatever you responded with? Exactly. Every week, new-old-new/old music to look forward to. Check it out at 9 p.m. ET.

0 responses

Perfect Olympic background music

Hey folks, it might be dicey to admit that many people could be more interested in watching Shaun White than listening to my jazz show…but wouldn’t cool music be better to hear than on-air commentators telling you what you already see and know? So…why not have Jazz with Mr. C on in the background so [...]

0 responses

Jazz with Mr. C: Eclecticism reigns!

Tonight’s show will be interesting…a nod to N’orleans (Armstrong, Bechet); near East nuances (Coltrane, Lloyd, Mahanthappa); Valentine’s Day (Miles, Keith, and crooners). Tune in at 9 ET.

0 responses

The Grammys and Jazz–what up?

Unlike 2008, when Herbie Hancock’s River won Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards, this year jazz was practically a non-player. The two albums that gained honors in two separate categories were similar in genre, suggesting that, I guess, no traditional jazz was worth talking about.
Five Peace Band, the ‘traditional’ jazz winner, incorporates two [...]

0 responses

Jazz with Mr. C will feature an interview with jazz artist John Beasley this Wednesday. Check out the info on his live webcast this Thursday night!

John Beasley Jazz Circle
Concert and LIVE webcast

Featuring ORIGINAL music spanning John Beasley’s solo recording career from his critically acclaimed first release, Cauldron, to his latest release, Positootly, which has been on the Jazz Charts for five consecutive months since its release in September 2009.

Oscar Seaton (drummer: Lionel Ritchie, George [...]

0 responses

Jazz with Mr. C returns with new music, new/old music, and everything in between!

Tonight, stuff you haven’t heard, people you have heard but not this, and a few things you’ve heard but don’t mind hearing again. We start at 9 ET.

0 responses

Jazz with Mr. C commences!

The first show of 2010 is ready to go! Tune in from 9 to midnight ET. Monk, Brubeck, Gardot, and many more great artists will be heard. Find our Facebook page and let us know you are a fan!

0 responses

Jazz can catch on!

2010 is looking like a breakthrough year for jazz enthusiasts. Check out Ben Ratiff’s recent article on a superb weekend in NYC. Be sure to listen to the clips from Linda Oh, Rudresh Mahanthappa, and Vijay Iyer.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/arts/music/11jazzfest.html

0 responses