RIP Peter Brötzmann (1941 – 2023)

Welcome to March – things seem to be going great, don’t they? Yikes… I finally watched the 2018 documentary on free jazz called Fire Music (2018). I think it’s… good. It definitely hits some of the high points and I will say, as a starting point or primer, it’s worth the viewing. I do think…

So here’s hoping we get back on track after the last few weeks of… inconsistent… show airings. I wish I could blame it entirely on technical issues at the station, but alas, that would be entirely unfair as I was not exactly 100% over the last few weeks. We are going to hit the two…

I hope you all are having a great Thanksgiving Weekend. Here’s the playlist for this week. Running very late with this due to family commitments, but it is a solid show. Don’t forget that you can listen to the RoCM online at KCSB-FM’s website and there’s an online archive available for two weeks after the show airs.

A minor computer crash earlier this week meant that I had to get the show out in fairy short order this week. The good news is that I was able to scramble together a pretty decent musical selection – but the bad news is that these are all tracks from albums that I have previously…

Another week and another edition of the program. No real themes this week, just a selection of great jazz tunes for your listening pleasure. Here’s the playlist. Don’t forget that you can listen online at KCSB-FM’s website and there’s an online archive available for two weeks after the show airs.

This week we feature a few artists that we’ve never heard from before and yet have some great offerings. We start off with an album by Marc Edwards and then a track by a frequent collaborator of Marc Edwards, bassist Hilliard Greene. We also hear a track by the influential pianist Hasaan Ibn Ali. After…