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…
A minor computer crash earlier this week meant that I had to get the show out in fairy short order this week. The good news is that I was able to scramble together a pretty decent musical selection – but the bad news is that these are all tracks from albums that I have previously…
Another week and another edition of the program. No real themes this week, just a selection of great jazz tunes for your listening pleasure. Here’s the playlist. Don’t forget that you can listen online at KCSB-FM’s website and there’s an online archive available for two weeks after the show airs.
A slightly different playlist for this week, as we delve into some a slightly different style of jazz than normal. The Marshall Trammell / Rob Magill Duo and the Joy Guidry are really interesting – and I highly recommend checking those folks out. There are some standard here as well – Bobby Few, Muhal Richard…
So we’ve nearly made through all of January 2024, and I don’t know about you but it absolutely flew by. It still feels like New Year was just last week. I mention the film Lone Star (1996) during the show – and I’ll just reiterate that it is an absolutely beautiful film and I highly…
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…
So we end September with a two song dedication to the bass stylings of Sirone – a founding member of The Revolutionary Ensemble but he is also one of those bassists that tends to turn up on a lot of albums. We are also featuring some new music from the late, great jaimie branch, whose…
Honestly, July 4th was kind of a bust this year. In addition to it being on a terrible day – who really wants to party on a Tuesday of all days – it seems some of the locals on Long Island decided to go nuts with the fireworks until fairly late into the evening. I…