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It was a special Valentine's Day here at KCSM with Tiffany Austin turning the day into a celebration of everything you love about Jazz. Listeners turned their donations into "Jazz Love Notes" - dedicating their gift in honor of someone special and shared short notes about what jazz or their favorite artists meant to them. It was a fun, funny and inspiring day!

Turtle Island Quartet with Cyrus Chestnut. Hear Carry Me Home, a captivating program from the hardest working string quartet in jazz: Turtle Island, and their collaborator, pianist Cyrus Chestnut. This broadcast captures the fourth-ever concert performance of Carry Me Home, a remarkable journey ranging from gospel spirituals to Senegalese chants to jazz standards, recorded at the Anne and Ellen Fife Theatre in the Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech.

Part 1 of Duke Ellington: Reminiscing In Tempo: Suites & Other Extended Works. This week we present classic 1930s and 40s extended compositions from the pen of America's greatest composer. Including "Creole" Rhapsody", "Reminiscing In Tempo", "Black Brown & Beige" and more.

Join Jesse “Chuy” Varela as he welcomes Julia Keefe, the distinguished Native American vocalist, arranger, and bandleader to discuss her upcoming performance at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Playhouse presenting a truly one-of-a-kind ensemble, the Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band. The orchestra celebrates and extends the contributions of Indigenous and Native musicians, composers, and bandleaders throughout the rich history of jazz. Indigenous artists like Russell “Big Chief” Moore, Mildred Bailey, Oscar Pettiford, and Jim Pepper ascended into the limelight as star performers, but many other players were never recognized. Today Keefe’s dynamic ensemble shines a light on that legacy, featuring a “who’s who” of Indigenous musicians from a range of tribal affiliations across North and South America.

Antonio Adolfo Two. Brazilian composer/pianist Antonio Adolfo grew up listening to and being influenced by the music of Cole Porter, a favorite composer he celebrates on his CD, Love Cole Porter. Aldolfo feels there is a natural synergy between jazz, the American songbook and especially the poetic sounds of this favorite composer.

Music from Sis. Rosetta Tharpe, The Harmonizing Four (pictured), Thomas Whitfield Company, Treadwell Community Singers, Patterson Singers, two "send me my flowers" living legend sets for Rev. Ernest Franklin, and others."

Dave Smith is the Head Distiller at St. George Spirits. Host Scott Piehler talks with Dave about the history of America’s first craft distillery, his passion for whiskey that led GQ Magazine to dub him one of the “mad scientists of American whiskey,” and what it means to tell a story in a glass.

Chief Phillip Martin. An encore interview segment and spotlight on the late, Phillip Martin, Tribal Chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, a federally recognized tribe in east Central Mississippi.Their reservation included lands in Neshoba, Leake, Newton, Scott, Jones, Attala, Kemper, and Winston counties in Mississippi.Chief Martin had a 40-year record of service to the Tribal government, including 32 years as the Representative of the Tribe’s principal elected official.

Pathways to Education. Owen Christopher Hines shares some of the work done by Pathways to Education, a program that works with lower-income communities to address high school dropout rates and provide comprehensive support to students. He shares success stories of students who have overcome challenges and achieved their goals with the help of Pathways, and discusses some of the key strategies implemented by Pathways: include engaging parents and the community, adapting to individual needs, and celebrating collective achievements.