Guests on the DuPlex Mystery Jazz Hour of 3.23.17 were two members of the People's Ensemble, founder-composer-keyboard player Greyson D...

Here's another DuPlex Mystery Jazz Hour about sound tracks, recorded on 3.16.17. So, close your eyes and let the cinematic images floa...

The vilification and suppression of marijuana and narcotics in the U.S. was fueled in the 20th century by a campaign that whipped up fear ...

Pek and Yuri guested on the DuPlex Mystery Jazz Hour on WZBC on 3.9.17. Pek is the evil genius behind the Evil Clown musical empire, which...

Actually, Charlie's a very good talker, as radio listeners know from his 20 year stint hosting "Research and Development on sister ...

My guest on the DuPlex Mystery Jazz Hour of 2.23.17 was Lorraine Feather, a multiple Grammy and Emmy-nominated lyricist and vocalist. Lorr...

Phil Sims was my guest on the 2.16.17 DuPlex Mystery Jazz Hour, WZBC.ORG , 90.3 FM. Phil is a fabulous trombonist, composer and arranger act...

On 2/2/17, the DuPlex Mystery Jazz Hour, WZBC.ORG , welcomed guests pianist/bandleader/arranger John Kordalewski and Kesivan Naidoo, drummer...

The DuPlex on 1/19/17 welcomed back Boston jazz historian Dick Vacca.  For this "Boston and Beyond" show,  Dick brought in materia...

My mother, Marcia Provizer, died on December 24, at the age of 93. We are very grateful that her end came quickly.  Taking a time out from...

This blog has had over 500,000 hits since its inception. Brilliant Corners was started by Chris Rich, who first posted on 7.18.09. I took ...

Have a jazz/R&B/funk/soul/gospel trip through the holidays on the  Duplex Mystery Jazz Hour, WZBC.ORG , 12.22.2016. LIS...

The DuPlex Mystery Jazz Hour of 12.15.16 on WZBC.ORG featured Fred Katz (1919–2013), who may have been the most accomplished cellist jazz...

Trumpeter Lee Morgan was a bravura player on up-tempo tunes, but also a master at medium-slow and ballad tempi. The DuPlex Mystery Jazz Hour...

On the DuPlex Mystery Jazz Hour of 12.1.16 I played a variety of music offered by the Victor record company in 1927-jazz, jug band, blues, ...

Here's some of the music rattling around in my brain a week before the November 8, 2016 elections. What's in your brain? ...

Most of the best ballads are covered endlessly, but somehow, a few beauties have managed to slip the noose and have not been ground into dus...

Jazz tunes that I think were made for the jukebox, on the Duplex Mystery Jazz Hour , 7/14/2016, 5-7 PM. i give you a little bit of jukebox h...

Mingus-Part I, Duplex Mystery Jazz Hour, WZBC.ORG. Program aired on 6.30.2016. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST Lionel Hampton and His Orchestr...

In How to Listen to Jazz,   Ted Gioia has tasked himself with writing a book that asks people to drop their musical prejudices and ope...

Lonnie Johnson A quick look at the early great jazz guitar players, aired on the DuPlex Mystery Jazz Hour of 5.5.16. Check out the pla...