On Saturday, June 28,2025, Dick Conte and Michael Burman announced their retirement from the airwaves of KCSM JAZZ 91. We respect their decision and thank them for decades of service to our on-air community and the College of San Mateo.Starting in July you will be hearing new but familiar voices in their time slots. While it is impossible to replace the passion and knowledge Dick and Michael brought to JAZZ 91 we wish them health and happiness into their retirement years.

Here at KCSM, we lost someone very special—our friend and longtime host Leslie Stoval. If you’ve ever tuned in and found yourself carried away by just the right song, there’s a good chance Leslie was behind the mic. She had an incredible way of blending voice and music—thoughtful, soulful, and always from the heart. Her broadcasts weren’t just playlists—they were experiences. And for so many of us, she was a familiar presence we came to count on. We’ll miss her deeply. But her spirit—like the music she loved—keeps playing on.

What an incredible day it was—Jazz on the Hill 2025 brought the music, the sunshine, and the spirit of community to the College of San Mateo once again. From soulful solos to captivating ensembles, the energy was electric, and it was all thanks to you—our loyal listeners, volunteers, musicians, community leaders, vendors, and sponsors—who made this year’s celebration of jazz a true family affair. (click on story title to read more)

Alan Broadbent – Part One. In this two-part show, I talk with Alan about his early years in Los Angeles and his arranging for Natalie Cole, Diana Krall, Kristen Chenoweth, his love for Mahler and finally realizing a jazz symphony composition, the idea for which he had over twenty years ago.

Keigo Hirakawa is a jazz pianist with a unique sense of expression and rhythm section intersection. Sought after for his willingness to be musically spontaneous on stage, he brings highly personal and engaging style of improvisation to ensembles as you’ll hear in this performance in support of his latest release, Pixel.Both Keigo and Bassist Eddie Brookshire made the trek up from Dayton for this performance and were joined by Reggie Jackson from Columbus, Ohio on drums. Daniel Peck is your host as the trio joined us on stage for this August 17th, 2023 performance – Live at the Bop Stop.

Boogie Woogie Rhythm & Blues. Boogie Woogie has the natural ability to make you wanna tap your toes, shake your hips and just all around feel good! The blues style of Boogie Woogie piano features a strong left hand, playing repeated bass lines, leaving the right hand free to improvise around the keys. This produces an uptempo, rollicking feel with a solid groove that makes you want to get up and dance. Men such as Pete Johnson, Albert Ammon, Meade "Lux" Lewis and Fats Domino dominated the field, but some of the best Boogie Woogie you're ever going to hear was played by women. Hadda Brooks, Camille Howard, Dorothy Donegan and others not only held their own, but in many cases surpassed the men in their playing ability. Don't let the piano fool ya, Boogie Woogie can also be played on other instruments and so a few guitar and saxophone boogies to round out the program are featured.

Cory Wong (ENCORE). Hear a funky set from guitarist Cory Wong and the Wongnotes from the main stage of the Newport Jazz Festival, plus stories from Cory about his past, process and the evolution of the Minneapolis Sound.

The late guitarist Eddie Diehl is featured. Marc Myers writes: "If you had the misfortune as a jazz musician to come up in the early 1960s, you were likely ill-prepared to cope with the seismic shift in the music landscape as rock and soul swept away an entire generation of potential listeners. For many newcomers, opportunities to play and record jazz withered away as many struggling labels recorded only well-known artists. One of these victims was Eddie Diehl, a beautiful guitarist with gorgeous taste who found it increasingly difficult to earn a living playing the music he loved".

This episode includes music by Madame Edna Gallmon Cooke, Space Singers, Jessie Mae Renfro, Thomas Whitfield, Andrae' Crouch, Debra Snipes and the Angels (pictured), Florida Robins, and more.

Soul Force: The Legacy of Rev. James Lawson, Jr. A year ago, the world said goodbye to Reverend James Lawson Jr. On today's show, we look back at the work and legacy this leading figure in the Civil Rights Movement and advocate of nonviolence, with the help of the podcast Re: Work from the UCLA Labor Center.

Serafina Palandech is Executive Director of Sebastopol Center for the Arts (SebArts) in Sanoma County, California. The organization recently lost its National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) funding. Palandech shares her thoughts regarding the loss of SebArts NEA funding and the community’s positive response of financial support to the beloved local nonprofit organization based in Sonoma County.