RIP Wayner Shorter (1933 – 2023)

By some miracle I was able to squeak out a show this week in spite of the fact that I am travelling. Call it my unwavering dedication to the undoubtedly devoted yet ever so quiet listenership of this unique program. Yeah – that’s the ticket! Anyhoo here’s the playlist for this week. Don’t forget that…

So this week in addition to acknowledging birthdays of Chuck Berry, Bobby Few, Fela Kuti, and Dizzy Gillespie, we say goodbye to legendary jazz composer and pianist Carla Bley who sadly passed away at 83 years old. Here is the playlist. Don’t forget that you can listen online at KCSB-FM’s website and there is an…

Lots of cool music this week – the track by Company is really something else and I’ll be digging into more of their work. Also – we celebrate the birthday of the late Jaimie Branch, who would have celebrated her 40th birthday this week. So here’s that playlist. Don’t forget that you can listen online…

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…

I really try to avoid complaining about things going on outside of the show, but this week was not kind scheduling wise so a good chunk of this show was recorded in my car in the parking lot of the Kathy & Alan Greenberg Sports Pavilion in Wheatley Heights, NY while my son was at…