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)

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".

Born Riley B. King on September 16, 1925 in the Mississippi Delta, B. B. King was a celebrated blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer who introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato, and staccato picking that influenced many later electric guitar blues players. He is recognized as "the single most important electric guitarist of the last half of the 20th century". On the centennial of his birth, we celebrate BB King, highlighting his brilliant career.

Our second evening of our salute to the one and only Bob Parlocha, 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.

The Bobby Hutcherson & Harold Land Recordings, Part 2. The great vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and the great tenor saxophonist Harold Land joined forces many times between 1967 and 1990. On Part 2 we’ll hear from sessions they did together betwee 1970 and 1982. In the company of Joe Sample, George Cables, and members of the Timeless All-Stars cooperative band that included Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton, Buster Williams, and Billy Higgins.

Tonight we are celebrating the life of Akiko Tsuruga, who tragically passed away on September 13 after a short battle with illness. Raised in Osaka, Japan, this talented musician began studying the organ at the age of three, at the famed Yamaha Music School. After discovering her passion for jazz very early on in her musical journey, Akiko launched her career immediately after graduating from the Osaka College of Music. While living and playing in Osaka, she had many opportunities to perform with world-renowned jazz musicians from the United States.

Selections from Mighty Clouds of Joy (pictured), Sister Ida Maxey, Devella Norton Tuck, Brother Joe May, International Gospel Singers, Sensational Propheteers and others.

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.

Starletta Dupois, Part 1. Starletta Dupois is an actress with countless movie and film credits. Dupois was cast as Whitney Houston’s mother in the film, “Waiting to Exhale”. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dupois shares her memories during the Like It Is interview about her career as an activist, poignant Civil Rights moments during formative years and her career as an actress. Part one of a two-part series.