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Today would have been the 84th birthday of jazz bassist Norris Jones – better known in jazz circles as Sirone. Since we feature Sirone quite a bit on the program, we are going to devote the entire show to tracks that feature the bass work of this amazing artist. Don’t forget that you can listen…

According the KCSB staff, there was a power outage at Santa Barbara’s Broadcast Peak – where the KCSB-FM transmitter resides – and the power outage was long enough for the backup generator to run out of fuel. So if you’re in Santa Barbara, the online stream at kcsb.org or the show archive will be your…

Today, Sept 14th, is the birthday of two regulars who frequently appear in our RoCM playlists: Oliver Lake and Joseph Jarman. I’ve played quite of bit of Oliver Lake over the last few weeks, and while my playlists aren’t exactly short on music by Joseph Jarman, I thought it would be nice to feature his…

So welcome to September, as time just keeps on chugging away. Not feeling on that profound this week. There’s been some unfortunate local news – this happened down the street from my home as well as my kid’s school – so I’m a tad distracted this week. But I still got a show out. Anyway,…

In spite of the fact that I am traveling this week, I had every intention of trying to get a show out. It appears that my reach did exceed my grasp so unfortunately we have a re-air of the show from last week. Here is the playlist. Don’t forget that you can listen online at KCSB-FM’s…

Lot’s of live recordings this week as we also celebrate the birthdays of both Hamid Drake and Roscoe Mitchell – both of whom were born on August 3rd and are still producing music. A little funny piece of trivia regarding Hamid Drake and the RoCM – while I haven’t done an official count, he’s likely…

So what a week, huh? This week, a quick tribute to Bernice Johnson Reagon – founding member of the Freedom Singers as well as Sweet Honey in the Rock – who passed away on July 16th. We also hear from the Die Like A Dog Quartet, Henry Threadgill, and very cool track by Cooper-Moore and…