On November 10th, the SF International Boogie Woogie Festival was held at SF Jazz, with artists from the USA, Germany, Spain. The sold out concert was a spectacular evening hosted by KCSM's Kathleen Lawton.

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!

Bo Diddley, Part 2 - 1956-59.Last week featured every recording made by the innovative Bo Diddley during the year 1955. This week, the Juke picks it up in early 1956 and showcases Bo Diddley's influential and diverse releases through 1959. He remained mostly off the R&B Charts during this period. That's inexplicable, since many of the singles issued by Checker Records became R&B, Rock n' Roll and Blues standards. Many Blues greats have recorded and interpreted Bo's "Before You Accuse Me (Take A Look At Yourself)" and countless garage bands have taken a crack at "Who Do You Love." Matt The Cat also highlights the previously unreleased original recording of "Love Is Strange," recorded almost a whole year before Mickey & Silvia made it a #1 R&B smash. Why didn't Checker ever issue Bo's original? We close the program with Bo Diddley returning to the R&B and Pop Charts in 1959 with the doo wop ballad, "I'm Sorry," the Latin-tinged "I'm Crackin' Up" and the signifying "Say Man," which would become Bo Diddley's biggest selling record.

Christian Sands’ Christmas Stories (ENCORE).Pianist Christian Sands shares music and memories from his holiday record Christmas Stories. We’ll hear tales of his childhood in snowy New England, the ultimate Christmas party music, and a Jazz Night exclusive track.

Part 2 of Talkin’ About Grant Green with Larry Young & Elvin Jones, we’ll hear guitarist Green, organist Young, and drummer Jones, with two different additional soloists, vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson on Grant’s Street Of Dreams album, and Hank Mobley on Grant’s I Want To Hold Your Hand album. And we’ll also hear a couple of tracks as a bonus that feature Larry and Elvin without Grant Green, but instead with Woody Shaw and Joe Henderson, from Larry’s Unity album. Hope you can join us.

Pianist/composer/arranger/educator, Arturo O’Farrill brings the world together through his music, combining musicians from different cultures and musical influences from past and present. Arturo sees it all connecting in a spiritual, inspiring continuum, which he celebrates on his new CD Fandango at the Wall, which is now also a book and documentary.As the son of Chico O’Farrill, Arturo enjoyed music as a central focus of his life from the beginning. Additionally, he’s worked with some of the greatest musicians in jazz and continues to pursue collaborations which inspire him in new directions. I found Arturo’s attitudes about what we do with music, how we share it and what we learn from it, particularly inspiring, along with his commitment to put good thoughts and actions into the world.

Vanessa Rubin Holiday Special. Vanessa Rubin brings her trio to the Bop Stop to jump start the holidays with her signature swinging style of standards, originals, ballads and blues. Hosted by former Bop Stop Director Gabe Pollack, and from December 23rd, 2021, it’s the Vanessa Rubin Holiday Special-Live at the Bop Stop.

This episode includes a long set-in memory of Rev. Lawrence Roberts (pastor, producer, director of the Angelic Choir), plus music from the Caravans, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Corder Family of Nashville, Soul Stirrers, and others.

Dr. Jeanine Downie, an internationally recognized dermatologist talks about skin care.It's a fact of DNA: If you can trace your roots back to Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, India, Latin America, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, the South Pacific, or any group of Native Americans, your genes react similarly to genes in the darkest skin. And chances are, you may have received confusing advice -- or no advice at all -- about how to care for your skin. Although nearly half the population of the United States shares the hallmarks of skin of color, many dermatologists and beauty consultants routinely prescribe remedies created for Caucasian skin without understanding how sensitive and easily damaged skin of color is. It's no wonder, then, that many women and men of color continually battle skin problems, and it takes a terrible toll on their self-esteem.Finally, Beautiful Skin of Color unlocks the particular secrets of your skin and provides the answers you've been searching for. Dr. Fran Cook-Bolden and Dr. Jeanine Downie, internationally recognized dermatologists and women of color, and Barbara Nevins Taylor, an award-winning reporter on skin and hair issues, offer clear, specific advice to help you achieve and maintain a healthy, gorgeous complexion.

Roland Gresham is a jazz guitarist. Gresham discusses how he got his start in music after quitting his job as an electrician. Gresham speaks about the guidance and encouragement his musician father provided in his formative years in music. Gresham musical style and performances are inspired by some of his musical idols.