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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…

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.

Back with a brand new show this week and we start off by celebrating the 100th birthday of legendary Sun Ra Arkestra band leader Marshall Allen who was born on May 25, 1924 – a birthday made all the crazier by the fact that he is still going at 100 years old. Amazing. We also…

Unfortunately, I have to re-air last week’s show as a just plain ran out of time this week after returning from a trip to see family. I will be back with a brand new show next week. Have a great Memorial Day Weekend, everyone. Here is the playlist – and don’t forget that you can…

I know I concluded last week’s show by all but promising a re-air for this week as I am travelling to see family, but alas, I was able to squeeze out a program. Lots of a long tunes, but still some good stuff here for your jazz listening pleasure. So here’s the playlist. Don’t forget…

This week, we celebrate the birthdays of Gary Peacock (b. May 12, 1935) and Carla Bley (b. May 11, 1936). The Carla Bley track is from a live performance in Germany that largely consists of tracks that were also found on the album European Tour 1977. The Gary Peacock track is from an amazing album…

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…

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…

Kind of quick and dirty show this week. Lots of great music, as always – new(ish) music from Mary Halvorson, my continued obsession with Archie Shepp, and a track by Dave Burrell, who has shown up quite a bit lately on other albums so he gets a track this week. Here’s the playlist. Don’t forget…

So welcome to the first RoCM of the KCSB-FM Spring 2024 programming quarter. Hard to believe it’s almost 4 years since we first launched. Crazy. This week was a bit tight as I had some professional commitments that kept me pretty occupied, so it’s largely just a straight up “great jazz” program. Lots of William…