RIP Ahmad Jamal (1930 – 2023)

While I typically try to not burden folks with stuff, this week was a bit hectic both personally and professionally so I had to squeak out the show fairly quickly this week. Still a good program with lots of interesting music, so please do enjoy. Here’s the playlist for this week. Don’t forget that you…

I know I concluded last week’s show by all but promising a re-air for this week as I am travelling to see family, but alas, I was able to squeeze out a program. Lots of a long tunes, but still some good stuff here for your jazz listening pleasure. So here’s the playlist. Don’t forget…

Quite a week in the world of living in a 2025 reality. Not sure what else to say about it all. At least we still have music. A quick ‘n dirty show this week as we say goodbye to Roy Ayers, who passed away last week at the age of 84. We also hit up…

So as the title suggests, we have a theme for this week – recordings that feature a duo, specifically saxophone and percussion. I had wanted to do this for a while, as I keep stumbling across recordings that feature this specific lineup, so here we are with a whole dedicated two hours. Here’s the playlist….

So today – Dec 7th – is the 75th birthday of Tom Waits. If you’ve tuned into the RoCM for any length of time – you can probably guess that I am a bit of a fan of his music. We end the first hour with a couple of tunes from his 1976 appearance on…