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A slightly different playlist for this week, as we delve into some a slightly different style of jazz than normal. The Marshall Trammell /…

Another week, and another show – this week, we feature some Freddie Waits (he was born on April 27, 1943) and follow that with…

Kind of quick and dirty show this week. Lots of great music, as always – new(ish) music from Mary Halvorson, my continued obsession with…

So welcome to the first RoCM of the KCSB-FM Spring 2024 programming quarter. Hard to believe it’s almost 4 years since we first launched….

Good news if you’re fan of The Return of CoolMojo – The Return of CoolMojo is sticking where it is for the Spring 2024…

I was planning to do another themed show this week, but considering some of the technical issues we have experienced the last few weeks,…

I liked the first hour theme that we did last week of live performances from Antibes so I am borrowing on that theme and…

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…

So there was a technical glitch this week and last week’s show aired instead. Not sure what happened. Kind of a bummer since it…

So last week was, in fact, a reair due to the uploading snafu that happened while I was travelling – so the new show…

I do want to thank everyone who donated to KCSB during the Fund Drive. I did have some people reach out to me to…

Not a lot of news this week, but next week is a big week with the KCSB Annual Fund Drive starting on Wednesday, February…

Welcome to February, everyone. Not a lot to say this week, just some straight-up great jazz tunes for your Saturday afternoon. Here is the…

So we’ve nearly made through all of January 2024, and I don’t know about you but it absolutely flew by. It still feels like…

We had our first significant snowfall this week here on Long island, with temperatures dipping into the low teens at various points. After 12…

Good news – The Return of CoolMojo will remain on the air through the KCSB Winter Programming schedule. Same time, same channel. Hard to…

Happy New Year proper, everyone – and congrats on making it through the first full week of 2024. Okay yeah, there are still a…

So the final program of the year. I just want to thank you for listening to the show in 2023. This year was not…

So happy holidays, everyone. Personally, my family celebrates Christmas but in the most secular of ways possible – and the music selection this week…

A re-air from last year around this time, I’m afraid – but a good show nonetheless. I will be back next week with our…

I really try to avoid complaining about things going on outside of the show, but this week was not kind scheduling wise so a…

So Long Island’s favorite congressional representative, George Santos, was shown the door this week by his fellow Republicans and booted out of congress. And…

I hope everyone is having an outstanding Thanksgiving weekend. Here i the playlist for this week. Don’t forget that you can listen online at…

So not a lot of ranting this week. I could write a bit more about the saga that is the Congressional district held by…

So a few weeks ago, I mentioned that I was really going to try to embrace the fall season this year and to be…

So while the fall season officially started more than few weeks ago, it only really starts for me when the leaves start to change….

So welcome to the annual Halloween edition of The Return of CoolMojo – and while we do deviate a bit from the standard repertoire…

So this week in addition to acknowledging birthdays of Chuck Berry, Bobby Few, Fela Kuti, and Dizzy Gillespie, we say goodbye to legendary jazz…

So welcome to the first RoCM of the Fall 2023 quarter at KCSB – and we begin with a ton of birthdays this week….

The RoCM is officially on the KCSB-FM schedule for Fall 2023 at 4pm – same jazz time, same jazz channel – although the re-air…

So we end September with a two song dedication to the bass stylings of Sirone – a founding member of The Revolutionary Ensemble but…

So on September 23, 1926, one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century was born – John Coltrane. And since it is the…

On a happy note, we have a few birthdays to celebrate this week – B.B. King, Hamiet Bluiett, Joseph Jarman, and Oliver Lake. On…

Not a lot of commentary this week – just some great tunes. Keeping it simple for this show. Here’s the playlist. Don’t forget that…

I hope everyone is having a great Labour Day Weekend as we unofficially put a close on the Summer 2023. Personally, I am happy…

So some unfortunate events have occurred this week that have prevented me from getting out a new show – so I am re-airing last…

We are back this week with a brand new show – also celebrating the birthdays of Rahsaan Roland Kirk (Aug 7th) and Abbey Lincoln…

I am still travelling and unfortunately I did not have time to prepare a show for this week so we are re-airing last week’s…

I am travelling a bit this week – I am currently in St George, Utah – to see some family, but I was still…

Kind of a strange time to be on Long Island, as they caught the Long Island Serial Killer this week and it kind of…

Not feeling the Long Island vibes quite so much this summer… but alas… it’s where I live so here we are. Hopefully, I’ll get…

Honestly, July 4th was kind of a bust this year. In addition to it being on a terrible day – who really wants to…

So the beginning of the Summer 2023 programming schedule means it is the 3rd anniversary of The Return of CoolMojo, as we started way…

Unfortunately, the news of the passing of Peter Brötzmann broke after the show was already submitted so we will have to do a tribute…

Lots of cool music this week – the track by Company is really something else and I’ll be digging into more of their work….

Not a lot to say this week as I am still playing catch up from my trip – but I did manage to get…

So I returned from Reykjavik, Iceland and leapt into the week as if we had never left in terms of professional and personal obligations…

By some miracle I was able to squeak out a show this week in spite of the fact that I am travelling. Call it…

A reminder that Mars Williams has a GoFund me a he battles a cancer diagnosis, which you can contribute to here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/marswilliams Here’s the…

So I was in Manhattan having lunch with a with a friend who was briefly in town and I stopped by a record store…

While I typically try to not burden folks with stuff, this week was a bit hectic both personally and professionally so I had to…

I am really trying to avoid turning this website into a virtual cemetery for the recently departed but there is just so much of…

So this week we say goodbye to Ahmad Jamal, among other tunes… Don’t forget that you can listen online at KCSB-FM’s website and there’s…

So here we are – the start of another quarter at our new time slot, which was our old time slot, 4pm on Saturdays….

Kind of simple show this week – there was enough drama in the news that I thought some uplifting birthdays to celebrate would be…

Pretty uneventful news week this week, eh? I love it when news breaks late on a Thursday after I have the show mostly in…

So as I mentioned to open the show, I recently had a couple of follow up colonoscopies after my first one back in October…

So another Saturday and here’s another playlist for this week – a nice show I threw together if I don’t say so myself. A…

So last week’s show was kind of a trainwreck – arguably the worst show I’ve produced since The Return of CoolMojo began – in…

A few birthdays and a good bye to the great Wayne Shorter are all in this week’s playlist. Don’t forget that you can listen…

So a big thanks to everyone who donated to the KCSB 2023 Fund Drive over the last 10 days. I haven’t seem the recent…

So as I mentioned in a previous post, KCSB is in the middle of our annual Fund Drive, in which we ask the listeners…

Today marks the first day of the KCSB 2023 Fund Drive, our once a year on-air fundraiser – where we ask the KCSB listeners…

Not a lot of news this week – aside from our 40°F swing this week from single degree temperature last weekend to the low…

So we’re finally through my least favorite month of the year in January and into my second least favorite month of the year in…

So while I am still fairly sad over the departure of Marta from the KCSB schedule this programming quarter, I am very happy to…

Welcome to the first show of the Winter 2023 KCSB programming quarter. So it looks like The Return of CoolMojo will be the only…

Hopefully, all of you in Santa Barbara have survived the torrential rains this past week. It’s rare that Long Island weather is in a…

So the first week of 2023 is finally behind us – only 51 more weeks to go until 2024 – and quite a week…

As promised, here’s a photo of the bumper sticker that I mention during the show. I picked it up here if you are interested….

So if you’re like me, a bleeding heart heathen who still tries to apply some sense of spirit during the holidays in spite of…

We are back with a brand new show this week – hard to believe we’re just two weeks away from the end of 2022…

So I would be remiss if I failed to mention that this passed Wednesday, December 7th was the 73rd birthday of Tom Waits –…

The playlist for this week, including a tribute to David Ornette Cherry who passed away just before Thanksgiving Weekend in London. Don’t forget that…

So I hope you all had a very Happy Thanksgiving and are enjoying the long weekend. This happens to be one of my favorite…

So here we are… a website. I don’t know, man, I was kind of hoping to avoid this but given the takeover of Twitter…

The playlist for this week Don’t forget that you can listen online at KCSB-FM’s website and there’s an online archive available for two weeks…

The playlist for this week… Don’t forget that you can listen online at KCSB-FM’s website and there’s an online archive available for two weeks…

The playlist for this week… Don’t forget that you can listen online at KCSB-FM’s website and there’s an online archive available for two weeks…

The Annual Halloween Edition of The Return of CoolMojo Don’t forget that you can listen online at KCSB-FM’s website and there’s an online archive…

So the playlist for this week includes a few birthdays that we missed last week due to the “technical” issue: Makaya McCraven Born October…

So this show was supposed to air last week but a technical issue prevented it – so here it is this week in all…

Sorry folks – but an unfortunate technical glitch caused the show to not air this week – so the show will be postponed until…

Sad news as we say good-bye to a one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time, Pharoah Sanders, who passed away a week…