Blogs

Jazz After Dark September 03 2019

Coming up tonight on Jazz After Dark: soul jazz, hard bop, Afro-Cuban, and more.

Dave Bass with Karryn Allyson on vocals, Buddy DeFranco, Hank Mobley, Benny Golson Quartet, Cannonball Adderley, Don Ellis Orchestra, Ray Barretto, The Tommy Flanagan Trio.

Replays Monday 11pm, Tuesday 12 midnight, Wednesday 10 pm

Photo, clockwise from upper left: Dave Bass with Karryn Allyson, Benny Golson, Ray Barretto, Cannonball and Nat Adderley.

Album of the Week (8/28) Spoon ~ They Want My Soul

Spoon is a very solid American indie rock band. They're amazing live and on record. I'm going to play They Want My Soul during this week's episode because I can't find Hot Thoughts and also because it was my favorite thing going when it came out in 2014. They just finished a very long tour, upstaging The Shins on a double bill when I saw them at The Greek, crushing The Masonic, and finally settling down for a bit. Hopefully, that means they're recording and you will have discovered them with this radio show and fall in love before their next release and you'll go to their concert and jump for joy and it was all due to KDRT! 

Jeanne Edwards Pastoor - The Great American Songbook, August 30, 2019 at 4:00PM

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Jeanne Edwards Pastoor in the KDRT Studio

Jeanne Pastoor has been and is the co-host on Listening Lyrics. This week however we will make her our guest. Jeanne has loved music her whole life starting with the Great American Songbook tunes, rock, and many other genre's. She grew up in New Jersey and California, finally ending up in Ohio before moving back to California. She has known and met musicians all her life and loves the live music scene. That of course made her the perfect co-host. Today's show is all about Jeanne - her life and some of her favorite music. Listen in or go to www.kdrt.org since this show is streamed live. 

Jazz After Dark August 27 2019

Coming up tonight on Jazz After Dark: great vocalists and instrumentals.

Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey, Joe Marsala, Julie London, Ahmad Jamal, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Zoot Sims & Bob Brookmeyer, Mel Tormé, Herb Alpert, Lee Konitz & the Brazilian Band.

Live 8 pm Tuesdays on KDRT-LP 95.7 FM in Davis, CA.

Replays Monday 11pm, Tuesday 12 midnight, Wednesday 10 pm

Look for us on iTunes or your favorite podcast site.

https://player.fm/featured/jazz

Jazz After Dark August 20 2019

All jazz from 1959 tonight on Jazz After Dark. We’ll hear from the greats:  Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Nat "King" Cole, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges, Charles Mingus, Paul Desmond Quartet with Jim Hall, Cannonball Adderley Quintet & John Coltrane, Chet Baker, Gil Evans, Dave Brubeck Quartet

Photo, clockwise from upper left: Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Ella Fitzgerald.

High Country Music Radio debut show!

Tune into the debut show of High Country Music Radio tomorrow, Tuesday, August 20 at 11am and "leave the big city behind," as your host Rusty Nail says.   

Starting tomorrow, every Tuesday at 11am consider it your time to tap your feet to "music born from the mountains, plains, rivers and deserts"  - check out the show page here to listen to the archive if you can't make the debut:   https://kdrt.org/program/high-country-music-radio

Jazz After Dark August 13 2019

Coming up tonight on Jazz After Dark!

8 pm Tuesday at 95.7 FM, KDRT-LP in Davis CA

Live streaming at https://kdrt.org/page/listen-now

Nat King Cole, Don Ewell / Sidney Bechet, Johnny Smith, Ben Webster & Johnny Hodges, Billie Holiday, Benny Carter & Oscar Peterson Trio, Benny Carter, Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Dave Brubeck & Gerry Mulligan, Claude Bolling Big Band, Nancy Wilson & The Great Jazz Trio

Archives and playists here:

https://kdrt.org/blogs/don-shor-0

“Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering 2019.” August 16, 2019

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Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering

“Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering.” This episode will include poems and songs from some of the 40 artists who performed at the Arizona Cowboy Ppets Gathering, including Trinity Seely, Chris Isaacs, the Cowboy Way and many more.

Jazz After Dark August 06 2019

Coming up tonight on Jazz After Dark: cool jazz artists from 1954 – 2007.

Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete, Roy Haynes & Kenny Clarke, Kai Winding, J.J. Johnson, John Lewis, Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Gil Evans, Miles Davis, Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfá, Al Haig, Mel Tormé, Dave Brubeck Quartet ft. Jim Hall.

Live Tuesday 8-9pm. Replays Monday 11pm, Tuesday 12 midnight, Wednesday 10 pm.

Live-streaming at https://kdrt.org/page/listen-now

Check us out on iTunes, PlayerFM (https://player.fm/featured/jazz), and other podcast sites!

Blog with playlists at https://kdrt.org/blogs/don-shor-0

Woodstock 50th Anniversary Featured Aug. 14 and 15 with 7 Hours of Live Recordings from Back to the Garden

This August 15th  marks the 50th anniversary of the legendary 1969 Woodstock Music Festival, that included many of the most influential musicians of the sixties era.  Longtime KDRT programmers Wayne, Rodriguez, and Jim are pre-empting their regular programs this week to bring you 7 hours of live recordings selected from "Woodstock – Back to the Garden – 50th Anniversary Experience" - a 10 CD collection, including all 32 Woodstock bands. KDRT's special programing continues Thursday, August 15th, from 5-9pm with Rodriguez and Jim "Live Tracks" Buchanan. From 5-7pm, Rodriguez will feature selections from mid-concert bands such as Mountain, Grateful Dead, CCR, Janis, The Who, Jefferson Airplane and Joe Cocker.  At 7-9pm, Jim will continue with Country Joe and The Fish, The Band, Johnny Winter, CSN&Y, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, and Jimi Hendrix.  BONUS: Each Sunday in August, DJ Alligator will dedicate The Golden Road show 4-6 pm to live Woodstock recordings as well.