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Apologies – while I did type this all up, I never hit the publish button on this last Saturday. Another week and another playlist. This week, another shorter playlist with some longer tracks as we hit up Jerome Cooper, Billy Bang, Rashied Ali, and Albert Ayler. The Albert Ayler track is from a favorite of…

Quite a week in the world of living in a 2025 reality. Not sure what else to say about it all. At least we still have music. A quick ‘n dirty show this week as we say goodbye to Roy Ayers, who passed away last week at the age of 84. We also hit up…

Welcome to March – things seem to be going great, don’t they? Yikes… I finally watched the 2018 documentary on free jazz called Fire Music (2018). I think it’s… good. It definitely hits some of the high points and I will say, as a starting point or primer, it’s worth the viewing. I do think…

A big thank you to all of those you donated to KCSB during our annual fund drive. While the drive officially ended last night, it’s not too late to donate by visiting KCSB’s online merchandise store or you can simply donate via Network For Good. A simple show this week as we listen to song…

This week we feature a few artists that we’ve never heard from before and yet have some great offerings. We start off with an album by Marc Edwards and then a track by a frequent collaborator of Marc Edwards, bassist Hilliard Greene. We also hear a track by the influential pianist Hasaan Ibn Ali. After…

Happy February, everyone. I, for one, am happy to bid January a farewell, but if I am being complete honest, I don’t think February is looking all that promising. But you certainly don’t tune in for my negativity, so perhaps I should just keep it to myself? Where were we? Ah yeah… So this week…

So welcome to to what is looking like the final season of America – which is kind of like Game of Thrones, in that we had some highlights with a lot of potential but overall a pretty disappointing run with way more incest than necessary. Looking at you, Trump voters. Anyway… As far as this…

Welcome to 2025 everyone – and Happy New Year. This week, unfortunately, got away from me a bit as I had some professional obligations that had to take priority so this show – while musically solid – was thrown together last minute. Hopefully, next week will be a bit quieter. Here is the playlist. Don’t…

The final playlist for 2024 as we close out the year with some of my personal favorite tunes. I don’t have a lot to say this week but I do want to thank everyone who has tuned into the show over the last 12 months. I have no idea what is in store for 2025,…