NPR is cutting its jazz programming steadily and surely, but singer Dee Dee Bridgewater’s JazzSet program (formerly hosted by Branford Marsalis) has survived the ruthless jazz-axe and continues bringing live concerts by some of jazz’s finest artists to NPR-listening jazz fans. And while you could mosey on over to nprjazz.org for a look at what’s to come on the weekly radio show, we’d like to spare you the mouse click. This listing doesn’t include air times because they vary depending on your local NPR station, so you might have to put that mouse into action and visit http://www.npr.org/members to find your station’s Web site and check your local listing.
February
Week of Feb. 9 (this week): Jon Hendricks in Paris
Feb. 16: Caribbean Jazz Project, James Williams, Ben E. King at Birdland
Feb. 23: Carnegie Hall Jazz Band Plays the Music of Jerome Kern
March
Week of Mar. 3: Kennedy Center Jazz Calle 54 celebration (Paquito D’Rivera Chano Dominguez and others)
Mar. 10: Virginia Mayhew at Filoli Jazz
Mar. 17: Dee Dee Bridgewater at Iridium
Mar. 24: Birthday tribute for the late Thad Jones
April
Week of Apr. 7: Regina Carter at Monterey
Apr. 14: LaVerne Butler and Peter Martin at the Kennedy Center Jazz Club
Apr. 21: Los Hombres Calientes at the 13th Annual San Jose Jazz Festival
Apr. 28: Highlights of the 20th Anniversary SF Jazz Festival