shows

So I didn’t announce this on the show today as I had not yet entirely made up my mind, but next week will be the final show of The Return of CoolMojo for the foreseeable future. Hopefully, this will just be a temporary hiatus and I will come back at some point – but as…

A brand new show this week and we’re going back to basics with some foundational artists of the jazz on which we tend to focus. We have tracks from Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, Archie Shepp and Jeff Parker in the first hour, followed by Jemeel Moondoc & Hilliard Greene, Joseph Jarman, Abbey Lincoln and Amina…

Brand new show this week as we celebrate the birthdays of Steve Swell and Miroslav Vitouš as well as an early birthday notice for the Tom Waits. In the second hour. we have music from Johnny Dyani, Okay Temiz, and Mongezi Feza followed by a Thelonius Monk track as performed by Frank Lowe. We then…

Running late this week with some family commitments. I hope you all are having a wonderful Thanksgiving Weekend. 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.

If you happen to be in the NYC area (and why wouldn’t you be if you’re listening to a jazz show in Santa Barbara, California), then I recommend checking out the Talea Fall of Freedom Open Stage event tonight in Brooklyn. It’s free and will feature talented performers from the New York metropolitan area. So…

A short, in terms of content not length, playlist this week – but still some good stuff and most of it from live performances. Matana Roberts with a cover a song by Frankie Sparo, Leroy Jenkins with a tribute to Thelonius Monk, Charlie Parker, and Eddie Palmieri. More music from the Midwest with a song…