Melanie O’Reilly’s Jazz On The Bay

Jazz on the Bay: Episode 17 : Dianne Reeves

Irish jazz singer Melanie O'Reilly drops in to the Herbst Theatre during the San Francisco Jazz Festival,  to meet multi award winning vocalist Dianne Reeves , one of the most important contemporary jazz vocalists worldwide.
A five-time Grammy winner, and now an NEA Jazz Master, renowned for her stunning live performances with her breath-taking virtuosity, improvisational prowess, and unique jazz and R&B stylings, she talks of her early influences in Latin jazz , her time with Harry Belafonte, her ground-breaking albums and her singing in movies. 
(Originally broadcast on RTE Radio 1, Ireland's National Broadcasting station, this program was part of the series which won the Irish National Radio Award).

Jazz on the Bay: Episode 5: David Benoit

In the fifth episode of "Jazz on the Bay", Irish jazz singer Melanie O'Reilly meets the GRAMMY®-nominated pianist/composer/ arranger David Benoit .One of the great innovators of contemporary and smooth jazz, a popular TV and film composer, David has almost 40 recordings to his name and in downtown LA he talks of his expansive career as a jazz pioneer. Originally broadcast on RTE Radio 1, Ireland's National broadcasting station.

Jazz on the Bay, Episode 4: “Jazz on the Streets”

In the fourth episode of “Jazz on the Bay” on KCSM, Melanie  savours the sound of live jazz on the streets of San Francisco and Oakland. featuring three renowned Bay Area saxophonists:-  Vince Wallace, Jim Grantham and saxlady Lisa Pollard  and in this programme is featured as bandleader of the legendary Green Street Marching Band
(Originally broadcast on RTE Radio 1, Ireland’s National Broadcaster.)