Last month, KCSM On-Air Host Harry Duncan, (In The Soul Kitchen and Thursday's Jazz In The Afternoon) spun a special late night set on the last night of The Fuji Rock Festival in Japan. In the legendary Crystal Palace venue, Duncan served up a hour’s worth of freestyle roots and rhythm to a very enthusiastic, open and diverse group of dancers. (click the subject line to see a short video.)

On Saturday July 26th the incomparable Sonny Buxton presented his last broadcast at KCSM JAZZ 91. With a 60-plus year career in broadcast media, Sonny decided to hang up his headphones to retire at the age of 88 from our Saturday Mid-Day Jazz Show. It was bittersweet but the response was overwhelming and filled with appreciation and well wishes. It was a gracious exit for a class act! In recent weeks we have seen the retirements of Dick Conte and Michael Burman as well as the untimely passing of Leslie Stovall from KCSM JAZZ 91 airwaves. Their presence is very much missed but the team at JAZZ 91 is here to serve our audience with the best in Jazz. (click the story subject line to see the new lineup)

Atlantic Records, Part 4 - 1952. Atlantic Records was the most influential, significant and important independent record label to come out of the late-1940s, during a time when there were many great, small indie labels being born. What gave Atlantic the advantage over Specialty, Chess, Modern, Vee-Jay, Exclusive, King, etc. is the breadth of material, variety of music styles and the sheer number of hit records that led to the Rock n' Roll explosion of the mid-1950s. This behemoth 14-part series celebrates the first 10 years of Atlantic's existence: 1947-57. This week in part four, we'll focus on 1952 and dig not only the hits Atlantic scored that year, but also on a few of the should-have-been-hits. The Clovers scored 2 more #1 records with "Fool, Fool, Fool," their 2nd release and "Ting-A-Ling," their 3rd and final career #1 record. Ruth Brown continued her hit streak as "5-10-15 Hours" topped the national charts and "Daddy Daddy" made it to #3. Big Joe Turner followed up "Chains Of Love," his debut release for Atlantic with the massively successful "Chill Is On" and "Don't You Cry." We'll also hear some gems from Odelle Turner and Lil Green that didn't chart, but are equally as compelling as Atlantic's hit material. So buckle in and prepare yourself for an in-depth, 14 part look at the history of Atlantic Records, which could also be described as a look at the history of American Music itself.

Join Jesse “Chuy” Varela as he welcomes College of San Mateo President, Dr. Manuel Alejandro Pérez for a lively discussion about the kick-off of National Hispanic Heritage Month at CSM. Dr. Manuel Alejandro Pérez is a first-generation scholar practitioner with nearly 20 years of professional experience in higher education across the California State University (CSU), University of California (UC), California Community College, and private university systems. His early beginnings in school as a community college student in Sacramento have greatly shaped his leadership and passion for strategic planning and action that is equity-informed and rooted in liberation for our communities.

Bob Parlocha was a jazz radio institution. He began spinning disks for KJAZ-FM over four decades ago in the San Francisco Bay Area. After the demise of KJAZ, Bob began syndicating, Jazz with Bob Parlocha through the new WFMT Jazz Network. This program filled the late-night airwaves in many cities across the USA bringing that KJAZ esthetic nationwide for about 20 years until Bob's death in 2015. On the tenth anniversary of his passing, we salute Bob Parlocha with two evenings of archived programs from his acclaimed Jazz With Bob Parlocha.

There are multi-instrumentalists and then there is Morgan Guerin. On this episode of Jazz Night, we dive into the multi-dimensional mind of saxophonist, bassist, drummer, keyboardist, producer, composer, and engineer whose solo work and collaborations with the likes of Esperanza Spalding and Terri Lyne Carrington have put him in a class of his own. Plus, we visit his home studio to hear tracks from his archives and session breakdowns from his record "Tales of The Facade".

Theron Brown Trio. From his work as Artistic Director with the I Promise School to his role overseeing the annual Rubber City Jazz and Blues Festival, Theron Brown is intimately involved with making Northeast Ohio a magnet for musical talent. For this performance, Theron brings the Fender Rhodes Mk II to life with his trio. This sold out trio performance, features Zaire Darden on Drums, Jordan McBride on Bass and Theron Brown on Piano and Fender Rhodes From an April 26th, 2024 performance, Daniel Peck is your host for the Theron Brown Trio – Live at the Bop Stop.

This episode includes the first "Give me my flowers" set saluting Missionary Essie Moss (pictured) of Detroit, MI; plus, music from the Sensational Six, Voices of Cosmopolitan, Sensational Nightingales, Daniels Singers, Church of Our Prayer Choir, and more.

Michael Thanos is the co-founder and owner of Forbidden Island, Alameda’s beloved Tiki Bar. Not just a local hangout, Forbidden Island is well known in the Tiki Bar Scene, and features one of the deepest Rum menus in the Bay Area. An Alameda fixture since 2006, Forbidden Island is literally keeping the tiki torch burning.

Dr. Martha Hodes, Part 2. Dr. Hodes is a History Professor at New York University and winner of the Lincoln Prize. Our conversation continues on this week’s program on her book, White Women, Black Men: Illicit Sex in the 19th Century South. This is part two of our two-part series.