There’s no place like home. KCSM Station Manager Robert Franklin traveled to Jackson, Mississippi, home of Bobby Rush, the legendary and acclaimed 2024 Grammy Award Winner for Best Traditional Blues Album. We had a great time talking about his love of the South, his life, legacy and current plans for the coming year. Rush headlined the 47th Annual Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival held in Greenville, Mississippi in September.

San Francisco's GG Park featured, "A Love Supreme: A Tribute to John Coltrane" on September 21st Tem saxophonists (representing the entire family, from sopranino to bass) and a drummer performed a suite of Coltrane music arranged by the late Andrew White, a life-long Coltrane devotee. The event is a yearly labor of love brought together by Craig Bright's organization tranetraxx.org. Craig is an avid and passionate supporter of Jazz in all of its forms, and of KCSM as well. The saxophonists (left to right) included Lyle Link, Dave Salvator, Steve Nelson,Bob Kenmotsu, Charles McNeal, Jared Cruz, Jayn Pettingill, Dan Gonda, Doug Rowan, Michael Young. Drummer Deszon Claiborn kept it all inspired and Charles McNeal not only played but conducted. James Graves MC'd. Stay tuned for next year!

On Saturday night, June 15, The Dick Conte Quartet (Dick on piano; Steve Webber, bass; Steve Heckman, saxophones; Jimmy Hobson, drums) performed at the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley during their annual concert to benefit the Dick Conte Piano Scholarship Fund which helps young jazz pianists.

Samara Joy (ENCORE). We bring you the story of rising jazz star Samara Joy. Find out how the young vocalist went from TikTok sensation to two-time Grammy winner. We hear her taking on the Great American Songbook at Dizzy’s Club in New York City.

Remembering Oscar Peterson (Originally aired 08/14/2016). This program was produced by host Richard Hadlock when the great pianist, Oscar Peterson died on December 23, 2007. In this hour you will hear Oscar Peterson, who was born August 15,1925 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from his earliest recordings in 1945 to his numerous sessions for producer, Norman Granz (who discovered him).

The Hot Club of San Francisco (AKA 'Le Jazz Hot') has become an institution here in the Bay Area. With guitarist Paul Mehling at the helm, this group has swung its way through small clubs and large theaters locally, regionally and nationally. They even played various rooms in Hong Kong last year to enthusiastic audiences. For decades now, they've spread the word (so to speak) of Gypsy Jazz and a myriad of its derivatives with passion, dedication and sheer love. With their fifteenth recording hitting the streets this week, the Hot Club of San Francisco, shows no signs of slowing down. With Django Reinhardt firmly in their minds, Le Jazz Hot claims not to be Gypsies but rather proud and dedicated followers of his music that originated in France many years ago. This new CD release - entitled 'Original Gadjo' - mixes authenticity with original and contemporary thinking to make for a most remarkable and entertaining presentation... Enjoy a glimpse of their music here in my Doodlin' Lounge.

Chicago based drummer and Director of percussion at Elmhurst University, Bob Rummage is an old-style swinger. Bob has brought his groove to tours and recordings with Dizzy Gillespie, Nat Adderley, Benny Golson and many other jazz giants.Bob Rummage and guitarist Andy Brown joined me onstage at the Dixon Historic Theatre in Dixon Illinois in March 2022 as part of my Jazz Inspired onstage series to talk, play music and swing like mad!

Stephen Philip Harvey’s works sit squarely at the intersection of popular culture and jazz – and nothing better illustrates this than his recent release smash. For this project – celebrating the release of his album - Harvey uses contemporary big band writing styles and genre-blending idioms to bring comic book inspired pieces to life. These compositions combine elements of big band jazz, fusion, funk, rock, and cinematic score to bring classic characters and scenes off the page.But wait! There’s more. Sean Jones joins the group as a special guest on trumpet. With a six-year stint as lead trumpet in the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and time with the San Francisco Jazz Collective to his credit – Sean Jones graces the stage with his presence and his talent.From July 7th, 2022 it’s the Stephen Phillip Harvey Jazz Orchestra, featuring Sean Jones – Live at the Bop Stop.

This episode includes a long set-in memory of Reverend Quincy Fielding Jr., plus music from the Barrett Sisters, Simmons-Akers Trio, First Church of Deliverance Choir, Harmonizing Four, a track from the forthcoming four-CD survey of the gospel music of Louisville, and more.

Home Schooling Children

Leon Von Brown is the nephew of the late and acclaimed jazz trumpeter, Clifford Brown. Leon shares memories of his uncle and efforts create a lasting legacy about him. Von Brown also talks about his amazing career. Brown has theater and dance credits to include singing/acting/dancing /choreography. I have worked on set with Alfre Woodard, Laurence Fishburne and Malcolm Jamaal-Warner and co-starred with Samuel L. Jackson. Developed performances for the Atlanta Ballet, Agnes Scott College and Clark-Atlanta University. He recorded and toured with the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir with shows at Radio City Music Hall and Carnegie Hall and performed in the Opening Ceremonies of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games on NBC-TV.