RoCM Playlist: 4 Feb 2023

RoCM Playlist: 4 Feb 2023

So we’re finally through my least favorite month of the year in January and into my second least favorite month of the year in February – and on the off-chance you think I am being a tad bit melodramatic, here’s the temperature that I woke up to this morning. Check out that low temp… ain’t…

RoCM Playlist: 28 Jan 2023

RoCM Playlist: 28 Jan 2023

So while I am still fairly sad over the departure of Marta from the KCSB schedule this programming quarter, I am very happy to learn that longtime KCSB programmer Bernard Hits has returned to the airwaves. Bernard started programming at KCSB – and this is from memory so it may even be longer – in…

RoCM Playlist: 21 Jan 2023

RoCM Playlist: 21 Jan 2023

Welcome to the first show of the Winter 2023 KCSB programming quarter. So it looks like The Return of CoolMojo will be the only jazz show on the air at KCSB for this quarter, which is both exciting – “We’re Number 1! We’re Number 1!” – and stress inducing – “With great power, comes great…

RoCM Playlist: 14 Jan 2023

RoCM Playlist: 14 Jan 2023

Hopefully, all of you in Santa Barbara have survived the torrential rains this past week. It’s rare that Long Island weather is in a more desirable state than the weather in Santa Barbara – but it does happen. If it’s any consolation, we are getting snow flurries today with a high in the the mid-30s,…

RoCM Playlist: 10 Dec 2022

RoCM Playlist: 10 Dec 2022

So I would be remiss if I failed to mention that this passed Wednesday, December 7th was the 73rd birthday of Tom Waits – so we have a brief acknowledgement of that major event during this show – in addition to a number of really incredible jazz tunes. I mean, this week’s playlist is pretty…