Imagine sitting back with a steaming cup of coffee and the scent of cinnamon and warm donuts while you enjoy this baker's dozen (more or less) of western tunes.
7th anniversary show of Jazz After Dark, and our annual fall fundraiser at KDRT-LP! Familiar sounds tonight: jazz standards and classic performances. Featuring Ella Fitzgerald & the Delta Rhythm Boys, Fats Waller & His Rhythm, Stan Getz with Gerry Mulligan, Charles Mingus, Dave Brubeck, John Coltrane Quartet, Boots Randolph, Carmen McRae, Pete Fountain, Paul Desmond, James Rivers, Harold López-Nussa, Chuck Mangione
KDRT is broadcasting live from the Davis Fire Relief Benefit today, Sunday, October 22nd, featuring live music from the West Nile Ramblers, the Smoke Shovelers, Sometimes Warren, and the Byron Colborn Trio. Please help our North Coast Neighbors. Turn us on and join us at Sudwerk's this afternoon til 4 PM. Your entry ticket is simply a gift card from a store that sells clothing or food. Proceeds from today's event go to fire victims in Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, and Lake Counties.
Here’s what the rest of 2017 looks like on That's Life:
Oct 26 = Mel Russell continues the series on WWI “Lest We Forget”
Nov 2 = Scott Love, "The Modern LIBRARY -- What it offers and how to access things"
Nov 9 = Alison Borkowska returns!
Nov 16 = John McNerney (City of Davis), "Parks to Enjoy" and an urban critter update
Nov 23 = station closed for turkey day!
Nov 30, Dec 7, Dec 14 = GONE (no live show)
Dec 21 = Chris DeWees' new book is out!
Dec 28 = CLOSED (no live show)
AND .. Here’s what the summer/fall programs were [archives at https://kdrt.org/programs/thats-life ]:
July 6 and 13th replayed “Bats”
July 20 = "Yolo Hospice” (Micah and Craig)
July 27 = Ken Bradford and I'Talia McCarthy from "Davis Food Coop”
Aug 3 = Betty Berteaux and Sally Besser "Yolo County Fair, Friends of Art, and a Silent Auction to benefit local schools' art programs”
Aug 10 = Anne Cowles “Astrology: What It Is and How it Works"
Ryan McBride's stellar guitar music charms his toddler students as they learn to appreciate music through singing, dancing, and playing fun, wacky instruments! All parents with their children ages 2 - 5 are invited to his singing group on Saturdays, 10-11 AM at the Partners In Learning Tutoring Center. Visit them at https://www.facebook.com/TutoringDavis/
Ryan is also part of the band THE BIG POPPIES which is gaining a lot of attention in Northern California.
For those outside the listening area this show is streamed live on www.kdrt.org
News flash - our new antenna is up and running, and now we ask you to let us know how we are sounding. This short survey will take less than a minute and will give us valuable information about how well the signal is carrying throughout Davis.
We are very grateful to all the listeners who helped us last year with our first Listener Survey where about 40% reported fair to poor or variable signal reception. We expect to see an improvement this time around now that the new and improved antenna has been installed, so please take a moment to let us know.
Thank you! Link to https://kdrt.org/fall2017survey
Western Music Association 2017 Award Nominees. The WMA awards are like the Grammys, but for Western music. On this episode, Nancy will play songs from musicians who have been nominated for Entertainer of the Year, Duo/Group of the Year and Traditional Western Music Album.
Spanning the decades of jazz tonight, from 1950 to 2017. Virtuoso instrumentals and lovely vocals, coming up on Jazz After Dark. 8 pm, KDRT-LP in Davis CA, live-streaming and available by podcast everywhere. Featuring Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, Herb Ellis & Stuff Smith, Thelonious Monk, Zoot Sims, Cornell Dupree, Ximo Tebar, Catherine Russell, Ahmad Jamal, Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela and more!
Join the KDRT Live DiRT crew for October's 2nd Friday ArtAbout with recording star Nancy Northrup broadcasting live from the Armadillo Music stage in downtown Davis, October 13, starting at 6:30 p.m
Route 66 is known as America's Mother Road. As one of the first highways, it was the gateway to the west. Dust Bowl migrants of Texas and Oklahoma in the 1930s and easterners in the 1940s relied on the road to take them to new lives in the west. In the 1950s, the highway was packed with station wagons of vacationing families headed for California. Route 66 is a symbol of American freedom, opportunity, adventure and the promise of the open road. This week's program features western songs about Route 66, towns along the route, the call of the road and the travel spirit.
