RoCM Post: 19 July 2025

So a brand new show this week featuring some new music as well as some artists I’ve never featured before. Lots of good stuff this week, with music by Rob Mazurek, The Nu Band, and Jimmy Lyons featured in the third volume of a new series called Rivbea Live! Series that features performances from one of the most prominent of the “loft” jazz spaces run by Sam Rivers and his wife Bea.

A quick show note that the show is being broadcast twice on the airwaves at KCSB-FM. Our typical show time remains on Saturdays at 4pm PDT, and a re-air of the Saturday show on Wednesdays at 1am PDT.

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.

TimeArtistSongReleaseSong note
4:00:16 PMJamaaladeen TacumaSunk In The FunkShow Stopper
4:08:44 PMRob Mazurek & Exploding Star OrchestraFuture ShamanLightning Dreamers

Rob Mazurek – trumpets, voice, launeddas, electronic treatments
Jeff Parker – guitar
Craig Taborn – wurlitzer, moog matriarch
Angelica Sanchez – wurlitzer, piano, moog sub 37
Damon Locks – voice, electronics, samplers, text
Gerald Cleaver – drums
Mauricio Takara – electronic percussion, percussion
Nicole Mitchell – flute, voice

4:17:13 PMLarry WillisFor a FriendInner Crisis

Larry Willis – piano, electric piano
Harold Vick − tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Roland Prince − guitar
Roderick Gaskin – bass guitar
Al Foster − drums

4:25:40 PMSteve Swell, Sylvain Kassap, Benjamin Duboc, Chad Taylor919Edges

Steve Swell: trombone
Sylvain Kassap: clarinets
Benjamin Duboc: double bass
Chad Taylor: drums

4:33:30 PMPaul Dunmall & Evelyn ChangMahakaliMahakali

Evelyn Chang – Piano
Paul Dunmall – Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone

4:44:35 PMTom WaitsBig Joe and Phantom 309Live At Club Passim
5:00:17 PMThe Pair ExtraordinaireI’m A BelieverIt’s a Wonderful World

Marcus Hemphill – Bass
Carl Craig – Vocals

5:04:57 PMThe Nu BandThe Unnecessary CorrectionThe Cosmological Constant

Thomas Heberer – cornet
Mark Whitecage – alto sax, clarinet
Joe Fonda – bass
Lou Grassi – drums, percussion

5:14:26 PMCraig Taborn & Kris DavisInterruptions, No. 1Octopus

Craig Taborn – Grand Piano
Kris Davis – Grand Piano

5:27:13 PMJimmy LyonsDiadsLive From Studio Rivbea 1974 & 1976

Jimmy Lyons – alto saxophone
Karen Borca – bassoon
Hayes Burnett – bass
Henry Letcher – drums
Syd Smart – drums

5:53:03 PMTom LehrerOedipus RexAn Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer

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