jazz

Taking a break from the longer songs to have a pretty packed playlist this week. Jazz guitar virtuoso Mary Halvorson has a new album that was just released yesterday called About Ghosts. Her stuff is always worth checking out. Lot of great stuff in this week’s playlist – as I mentioned, I packed things very…

Lots – well maybe not “lots” – of new music and re-releases this week. Anthony Braxton had a remastering of his 1969 album B-X0 N0-47A (and he also celebrated his 80th birthday on June 4th). We have new music from Joy Guidry, the James Brandon Lewis Quartet, and SUMAC and Moor Mother. And then we…

I’m still catching up on my professional and personal obligations after the flu KO’d me in early May for a little over a week – but I still managed to put together a program for today. Hopefully things will start to get to a more normal state next week. Here is the playlist. Don’t forget…

It’s a pretty devastating week at KCSB as long time programmer Bernard Hicks passed away on May 16th. Bernard logged a 40-plus year tenure at KCSB, hosting a roots, reggae and African music show called Ital Sounds. He was also a really great guy, and I had the pleasure of chatting with him on more…

I came down with the flu this week – a pretty nasty version of it to – so unfortunately we have a re-air of the May 18, 2024 program. I should be back next week with a new episode. Don’t forget that you can listen online at KCSB-FM’s website and there’s an online archive available…

So this week, a new show with music by Fred Anderson, Paul Jeffrey, Rudolph Johnson, and Roy Haynes. We have some new releases from Florian and Michael Arbenz who work with Ron Carter as well as Sabu Toyozumi collaborating with Misha Mengelberg. And a happy birthday to Ahmed Abdullah with a track performed live at…

After a re-air last week, we are back with a brand new program this week. Lots of great stuff from Charles Tyler, Monnette Sudler, Mildford Graves, Ari Brown, Hamid Drake, Charles Haden, and Joseph Jarman. Here is the playlist. Don’t forget that you can listen to the RoCM online at KCSB-FM’s website and there’s an online archive available…

Another Saturday, another edition of RoCM. Leading off is a track from the Music Revelation Ensemble as led by James Blood Ulmer. We revisit albums by Rashied Ali and Arthur Rhames and as well as Archie Shepp and Kahil El’Zabar – ending the hour with a great track by Fay Victor. The second hour starts…

So today’s show is the first show of the KCSB Spring 2025 programming quarter. While I do wish everyone a happy spring, every day forward in time seems to yield a new series of horrors so your mileage may vary. This week is we have a pre-released track of an album coming out in May…