"The Jazz Room" is a half hour Internet Radio program that features the music of Independent Jazz Artists, Legends Past and Present and sometimes a live jam session.

Each show brings something new. It may be an interview with an independent artist, or a spotllight featuring the music of one of the Jazz Legends or a Jam session where the music is performed live in the studio.

Click here to listen to archived radio shows. www,dqrm.com/showlist

Join me in the "Jazz Room" each week. Here are some of the upcoming shows!

Photos fPhotos from the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival
   "The Jazz Room" covered the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival
         Here are some of the highlights (All photos by Joan Watson-Jones)

Wynton Marsalis

Michael Feinstein

Joe Negri

Kitchen Table Chats
May 2012
This month "The Jazz Room" celebrates
"Women in Jazz"

Eddie Palmieri

Joan Crowe

Golda Solomon

Carlene Ray

Wednesday May 3rd - Meet Singer and Grammy Nominee, Roseanna Vitro. She stopped by to talk about her latest CD "The Randy Newman Project" . An interesting project that focuses on the music of composer Randy Newman, Rosenanna gives us insights into his music and also tell us about her interest in passing on the skills of her Jazz Singing to young singers.Learn more about Roseanna at www.roseannavitro.com
Starting Wednesday May 5, 2012 10:30-11:00PM ET (Week 18)

Roseanna Vitro

Starting Wednesday May 9 th - Meet Singer Joan Crowe. Joan has a flair for adding comedy to her jazz. A refreshing approach, Joan talks, about her latest CD "In The Key of Comedy" and her ways of surviving as a musician in New York City.
Learn more about Joan at www.joancrowe.com/
Starting Wednesday May 9, 2012 10:30-11:00PM ET (Week 19)

Starting Wednesday May 16th - Meet Poet Golda Soloman. We share the native New Yorker gene as we listen to her Poetry and Jazz from her CD "Word Riffs" . Her musicians provide a musical track as Golda weaves her stories about her life in New York City. She us back to the days when she spent time in Jazz Clubs in the Village and in Harlem and to the time when she was a child in Brooklyn. She also treats us to a reading sans music in the studio.
Starting Wednesday May 16, 2012 10:30-11:00PM ET (Week 20)

Starting Wednesday May 23 - We start the first in a 2 part interview with Singer/Bassist Carlene Ray. Now 85 years old, Carlene tells about her rich career in Jazz . We start with her early work with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, an all female big band that existed from 1933-1955.We move from there to her work helping Mary Lou Williams produce herfamous Catholic Mass.
Learn more about Carlene at www.jazberryjam.com.
Starting Wednesday May 12, 2010 10;30-11:00PM EST (Week 21)

Starting Wednesday May 30th - We continue with our interview with Singer/Bassist , Carlene Ray. This time she tells us about her work with the Alvin Ailey Dance. Then we move on to her work with R&B singer Ruth Brown.
Starting Wednesday may 30 2012 10;30-11:00PM EST ( Week 22)