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Jake Xerxes Fussell has a great new cover of the neo-traditional, Prohibition-era ballad "Copper Kettle." Authorship of this song -- recorded by many, perhaps most memorably by Joan Baez -- is an enigmatic, almost gumshoe-like tale in itself. We won't tell that tale, but you can learn all you might want to know in Ross Altman's "Folkworks" blog.

Also on today's show: new music from Jon Boden, Lau, Andrew Marlin, and the Paul McKenna Band. And Brother Bill delves into '70s Brit folk rock with tracks from Jade, Magna Carta and others.

Tonight's program features Lester Young & The Kansas City Six, Billie Holiday, Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie & Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie & His Orchestra, Count Basie Kansas City Septem.

Show page here: https://kdrt.org/program/jazz-after-dark

Look for us on iTunes (you can listen to the live broadcast via their Radio link; just search for KDRT) or your favorite podcast site.

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Episode 55 wraps up my monthlong series on reopening the schools in the Davis Joint Unified School District. Last week's chats with elementary and junior high school students, and the two segments with high-school seniors this week, are among the more important interviews I've done this year. These young folks are going to be living with the post-pandemic reality for a very long time, and their varied perspectives are fascinating to hear. I believed it was important to give them a voice at this point in time.

This week we hear from Emme Dunning, who has lived in Davis her whole life, and is a senior at Davis High school. We also hear from DHS senior Daniel Engotto, who starts the interview by letting us know what we're about to hear is an unapologetic experience of what it's like to be a young black man, the son of immigrants, and a media and changemaker during this time. Both provided thoughtful and insightful interviews.

Episode airs live Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at noon PST on KDRT 95.7 FM amd kdrt.org, where it is archived for online listening and podcast download.

Tonight on Jazz After Dark! For our 500th episode I dug way back into my music collection for some of the very first jazz artists I listened to when I first fell in love with the genre. We’ll hear from Louis Armstrong, Tony Bennett, Thelonious Monk with Milt Jackson, Miles Davis, Mose Allison, Gerry Mulligan, Don Ellis, Ella Fitzgerald, Claude Bolling, Al Jarreau, Dianne Reeves, and The Dave Brubeck Quartet.

Jazz After Dark broadcasts locally at 8 pm Tuesdays.

Replays Wednesday at 3 p.m. and Thursday at 11 p.m.

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

Show page here: https://kdrt.org/program/jazz-after-dark

Look for us on iTunes (you can listen to the live broadcast via their Radio link; just search for KDRT) or your favorite podcast site.

https://player.fm/featured/jazz

This month, I’ve been focusing on the return to in-person instruction in the Davis Joint Unified School District. I’ve interviewed administrators, teachers, and parents, and now, I’m speaking with students from various grades throughout the DJUSD. This week you’ll hear from Harper Pfeifer and Henry Schumaker, who are 6th and 7th graders respectively, and on March 9, I’ll chat with two high school seniors who have had very different pandemic experiences, Emme Dunning and Daniel Engotto.

In the youth advocacy and mentoring work I do, I believe it’s critical to hear directly from young folks, especially when they’re so deeply impacted by decisions that adults are making for and around them. I want to be clear that I had no agenda when I talked with these kids around school reopening — I just wanted to know how they were feeling about it. And with the two student voices you’ll hear today, they have very different perspectives on the matter.

This month, I’ve been focusing on the return to in-person instruction in the Davis Joint Unified School District. I’ve interviewed administration, teachers, and this week in Episode 53, I’m speaking with parents who represent different viewpoints on reopening. Dr. Audrey Pan with Safe Classrooms, Safe Community - Davis joins me in the first interview, and Dr. Rachel Klein of DJUSD Parent Coalition/Open Schools California joins me in a second interview. Over the next 1-2 weeks, I will wrap this monthlong series by speaking with several DJUSD students. Tune in today at noon via KDRT95.7 FM or kdrt.org.

At some of the Thursday evening DJ meetings this winter, among other times, we've talked about what makes a good post for the show files that appear on the KDRT home page.

So, I wrote a list of suggestions based on my years trying to interest readers in the stories we posted at the papers where I've worked. KDRT isn't a newsroom and it isn't formal, so I'm not suggesting a bunch of Thou Shalts ... but this is a list of proven practices that will help listeners find and enjoy your work.

NOTE: I do suggest a small style change in here, namely, to Drop the Policy of Capitalizing Most Words in Titles. In my view, the style is stilted, mildly confusing, and archaic. But that's a call for the KDRT steering commitee, or whoever decides such things.

If you have questions, please feel free to ask!

thanks,

Bll Buchanan

Host, Davisville

                   Suggestions for information to include in show posts on the KDRT home page

Coming up tonight on Jazz After Dark we'll feature  Peggy Lee & Hal Mooney and His Orchestra, Ahmad Jamal, Sonny Stitt, Cannonball Adderley, Cannonball Adderley Quintet & John Coltrane, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Corea & Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Tony Bennett, Pat La Barbera & Don Thompson. Jazz After Dark broadcasts locally at 8 pm Tuesdays on KDRT-LP, 95.7 FM in Davis, CA with replays on Wednesdays 3-4 pm and Thursdays 11 pm -midnight.  Show page here: https://kdrt.org/program/jazz-after-dark  Look for us on iTunes or your favorite podcast site including https://player.fm/featured/jazz

This month I’m conducting a series of interviews devoted to the reopening of in-person instruction in the Davis Joint Unified School District. Last week I spoke with DJUSD Superintendent John Bowes, and I have two interviews today: teachers Amy George and Dianna Stommel. Dianna is also the current president of the Davis Teachers Association. Next week, I’ll speak to parents with different opinions about reopening.

Both teachers share what's it been like to teach remotely this year, and how they've worked to build and maintain community in their classrooms. We also discuss what would make them feel safe and valued as the shift to hybrid and in-person instruction commences. Dianna addresses the DTA's position on reopening.

The Davis Joint Unified School Board meets again this Thursday to continue discussions around reopening. In a previous interview, Bowes said the trustees had identified the first week in May as a timeline -- if schools have not returned to in-person instruction by then, they would remain virtual through the end of the academic year.

Tune in live today (Feb. 16) at noon at KDRT95.7FM or kdrt.org.

https://kdrt.org/audio/covid-19-community-report-feb-9th-2021

This month, I'm doing a series on the return to in-person instruction in area schools. This is Part 1, and future episodes will feature teachers, parents, and hopefully students.

My guest for Episode 51, which airs Feb. 9, 2021 is Dr. John Bowes, who has served as superintendent for the Davis Joint Unified School District since July 2016. For the past 30 years, he has led thousands of certificated, classified staff and students throughout the state, working to promote 21st century teaching and learning; to create safe and welcoming campuses; to close achievement and opportunity gaps, and to further the work of diversity, equity and inclusion.

I want to note we recorded this interview last week, on the heels of a school board meeting that lasted until 12:30 am—just one of many long meetings in recent weeks—and in the midst of a several-day website outage that’s part of a widespread external platform problem.