RoCM Playlist: 5 Nov 2022

So I was in Manhattan having lunch with a with a friend who was briefly in town and I stopped by a record store in the Lower East Side called Rotten Island Records – and I found a copy of the Black Unity Trio‘s ground-breaking album Al-Fatihah. Yes – it’s the recent re-issue, but still….

We are back this week with a brand new show – also celebrating the birthdays of Rahsaan Roland Kirk (Aug 7th) and Abbey Lincoln (Aug 6th). Some RoCM news – for the rest of the summer, the show will also be re-aired on Wednesdays at midnight – so you now have two chances to catch…

So the beginning of the Summer 2023 programming schedule means it is the 3rd anniversary of The Return of CoolMojo, as we started way back when in 2020. Was it a simpler time back then? No. But when we started, I don’t think I expected to still be on the air 3 years later. Kind…

Another week, and another show – this week, we feature some Freddie Waits (he was born on April 27, 1943) and follow that with a track by his son, Nasheet Waits. And we have a few other outstanding tunes to round out the show. Here’s the playlist. Don’t forget that you can listen online at…

Happy Father’s Day weekend, everyone. Hard to believe that the year is almost half over as well. Another set of great jazz tunes this week. Today is the birthday of Nasheet Waits (b. June 15, 1971), son of legendary jazz drummer Freddie Waits. I was also recently introduced to the work of composer and saxophonist…

So last week was, in fact, a reair due to the uploading snafu that happened while I was travelling – so the new show *should* air this week. Unfortunately, this week was filled with both personal and professional obligations, so I have not had time to update the website accordingly – hopefully, I’ll have some…