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Tonight on Jazz After Dark, 8 – 9 pm! Feb. 15 2011

Tue, 02/15/2011 - 6:57pm | Don Shor

Ella Fitzgerald/Ray Charles Singers
Jimmie Noone & Earl Hines
Benny Goodman
Charlie Parker Quintet
James Moody And His Bop Men With Art Blakey
Count Basie
Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson
Billie Holiday

-- cool jazz for the second half hour:
Tony Bennett (with Dave Brubeck)
Oscar Peterson
Paul Desmond
Jimmy Rushing
Dave Brubeck
Mose Allison
Miles Davis
James Moody
Al Jarreau

A director's cut kind of program

Mon, 02/14/2011 - 7:43pm | Bill Buchanan

For the Feb. 14 show, I interviewed the guy who does "Live Tracks" at KDRT, also known as my brother, Jim. We talked about his Thursday night program, a little about his experience as sound engineer for "Davisville," then headed into deeper waters with some questions about life in the 50s -- our 50s, that is. He and I talk about stuff like this all the time. I thought, why not try to capture some of that on the radio. And he was game, I hope not to his regret :-)

A mental image that might stick with you from this program is, Beware of collecting ashtrays. What starts out as fun becomes, after 30 years, a room full of things you have to step around. And don't make the mistake of thinking that comment is really about ashtrays.

If "Davisville" were ever presented as a boxed set, this experiment would be a hidden track. http://www.kdrt.org/node/4717

Vee's Beats Feb 3rd 2011

Tue, 02/08/2011 - 10:28pm | Veronica Shanti

I know its a bit late but here is the playlist for last weeks show

James Blake/ Wilhelms Scream
Nakita Quasam/ Freshman Year
RD/ Fever Ray
Unkle Ho/ Joy and Luck
Eryka Badu/ Gone Baby, dont be long
Hermitude/ Ruffwon
Hive/ Moves within Time
Nicolas Jarr/ Dubliner
Starky/ Paradise(+verb)rmx
Of Porcelain/ the call
Tarron the Tailor/ the salt
Bobby Caldwell/ What you wont do for love(dz rmx)
Nicolas Jarr/ Mini Calcutta
James Blake/ Buzzard and Kestral

Redbone, Lenny Kravitz, Nanci Griffith, Adrian Blevins and Bob Hicok; Mtn Mama from the heart

Thu, 02/03/2011 - 1:26pm | Nancy Bodily

Hi there … and welcome to Mountain Mama’s Earth Music … and today from the heart

http://kdrt.org/station/archives/123

1) Come and Get Your Love, Redbone 5:00
2) Love Aint for Keeping, the Who 2:10
3) Here Comes My Girl, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 4:25

Case Against April
By Adrian Blevins
For a long time I was absolutely idiotic,
by which I mean I lashed and pulsed
like the cosmos of tissue at present on fire
inside the bodies of my students—
it being springtime, it being the season
of being naked under the cherry trees.
I'm not saying dig a hole and fall in it;
I'm not saying buy a cabin and a nanny goat
and walk around re-naming the forget-me-nots
after the lovers who said they'd slay you
and, well, did—for who ever heard
of a plant named Greg? Nevertheless,
sex is laughable; it's ultimately ridiculous;
it's what God invented since he couldn't have
Comedy Central. And still the young people
who aren't pushing their tongues
against the tongues of others
are weeping like babies
being prodded with thermometers
for the lack of good tongues
to lean their own tongues against.
I hear them complaining

President of Davis' Freedom from Hunger returns to ‘Davisville’

Mon, 01/31/2011 - 6:29pm | Bill Buchanan

Chris Dunford, who will retire this year as president of Davis-based Freedom from Hunger, is a return guest on the current edition of “Davisville” on KDRT 95.7 FM.

Dunford last appeared on the program in early 2010. This time he draws a few lessons from his long career, updates news from Haiti and other topics from last year, and discusses whether he thinks the world is better, the same, or worse than it was when he started at the international charity nearly 30 years ago.

“Davisville,” hosted by Bill Buchanan, is recorded at Davis Media Access. The program airs at 5:30 p.m. on Mondays, 4:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, and 10:30 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. You can also find it at http://www.kdrt.org/node/4642.

Vee's Beats January 27th

Thu, 01/27/2011 - 6:18pm | Veronica Shanti

Vee here
I hope you enjoyed the show this week.
Here is the track list

Tabla by Wagawaga
Mini Calcutta by Nicolas Jaar
Signal the Captain/ Of Porcelain
Dusties N 808/ Soul Keita
Cuckoo/ Tipper
Her String/ Clown N Sunset Collective
So so lovely/ Shigeto
Paradise/ Starkey
Vardo/ Beats Antique
Fuckin Classy/ Sauce
Spread Ego/ ill Gates
Cant stop me now/ Pretty Lights
Five/ Ratatat
Dualistic/ Amon Tobin
Cant go to Cuba/ Nikita Quasin
I got a woman/ Nicolas Jaar
I mind/ James Blake

I was introduced to a new artist recently, Nicolas Jaar. Really liking it. I have also been really into James Blake. And the ever lovable Tipper. His new album Broken Soul Jamboree is amazing.!!!
Catch you next week for some more beats..

Tonight on Jazz After Dark, 8 – 9 pm! Jan. 25 2011

Tue, 01/25/2011 - 7:46pm | Don Shor

Glenn Miller * Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five * Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen * Fats Waller * Lena Horne * Tommy Dorsey * Billie Holiday * Benny Goodman * Ella Fitzgerald * Count Basie * Sarah Vaughan * Duke Ellington * Frank Sinatra And Lena Horne * Coleman Hawkins * Boots Randolph * Sidney Bechet * Lena Horne * Don Ellis