Tonight on Jazz After Dark: focusing on jazz from the mid-1950’s to the mid-60’s. Peggy Lee, Jimmy Hamilton, Ahmad Jamal, Mose Allison, Chet Baker, Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Clark Terry with Paul Gonsalves, Benny Carter. We’ll also hear later works by Gerry Mulligan, and the Guitar Trio of Paco De Lucía, John McLaughlin & Al Di Meola.
The concept of feeding people--of ensuring this most basic need of enough to eat---has played such a big role in the COVID-19 pandemic that it was an easy pick for me to center the last episode of this show on the Yolo Food Bank. With a mission to end hunger and food insecurity in Yolo County, joining me are the food bank’s Executive Director, Michael Bisch, and Robb Davis, who recently joined the organization as its first Impact and Innovation Officer. This was an interesting discussion with two local heroes, looking back on this year, and also ahead. Link to yolofoodbank.org for more information.
You’ve probably heard people refer to southeast Woodland as north north Davis. Ever wonder how that comment plays in Woodland?
Today we talk with Jim Smith, who recently retired as editor of the Woodland Daily Democrat, about our neighbor to the north, how they view Davis, the growing overlap between the two communities, and things about Woodland you might not know (he cites its artists and restaurants).
We also talk about changes in local journalism during the 27 years he edited the paper, and where to find reliable news.
Stevland Hardaway Morris (born Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. A prominent figure in popular music during the second half of the 20th century, Wonder is among the top ranks of successful songwriters and musicians. A virtual one-man band, his use of synthesizers and electronic musical instruments during the 1970s reshaped the conventions of R&B. He also helped drive the genre into the album era, crafting his LPs as cohesive, consistent, socially conscious statements with complex compositions. Wonder, often hailed as a genius, has been credited as a pioneer and influence to musicians of various genres, including rhythm and blues, pop, soul, gospel, funk and jazz.
This morming -- after 13 long months of doing remote, prerecorded broadcasts, and then alternating between the studio and the phone line -- both of us are back in the studio! And man it feels great! We have new music from Keb Mo and Old Crow Medicine Show, Lau, Jon Boden, Rita Hosking and Sean Feder, Rick Shea, and much, much more from our ususal eclectic mix.
Tonight on Jazz After Dark, focus on swing! Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven, Louis Armstrong and His All Stars, Fats Waller, Glenn Miller Sound, Benny Carter, Earl Hines, Charlie Christian, Lester Young, Louis Prima, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Dave Brubeck Quartet, Claude Bolling; Louise Tobin with Peanuts Hucko and others in a tribute album to Louis.
Since launching this show on March 17, 2020 I’ve interviewed just shy of 100 people representing a breadth of experiences across Yolo County. We’ve heard from elected officials ranging from Congress to school board; from Yolo County’s public health staff, and from teachers, students, and parents. I’ve interviewed artists and musicians; journalists, businesses, and nonprofit leaders. I’ve focused on the science, interviewing epidemiologists, virologists, and hospital administrators. We’ve talked about mental health, homelessness, hopelessness, and resiliency. And through it all, I’ve tried to illustrate that the pandemic has meant many things to many people, and to highlight the ways it has illuminated the holes in our safety net, and the extra burdens borne by marginalized communities. Today I’ve pulled out what I thought were particularly poignant passages from the past 13 months.
For another week, most of today's Davis Garden Show focuses on TOMATOES! This is the second of a four-part, in-depth discussion about tomatoes -- info applicable wherever you grow them. But we also answer some listener questions and talk about other things: "volunteer" melon-squash-cucumber seedlings (mostly inedible crosses), what ripens AFTER you pick it?, Gesnariads including African Violets (there's a related garden club in Sac), the foibles of podcasting the Davis Garden Show, and other tidbits. Join Don Shor and Lois Richter for another lively discussion.
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On Jan. 29, 2021, The Center for the Arts in Grass Valley hosted Rita Hosking and Sean Feder for a livestream concert. Soon after receiving the audio tracks, they, with Conrad Sisk and Steve O'Neill, released the concert as “Live from Lockdown," available as a CD or download. Their daughters, Hava Feder and Kora Feder, illustrated and designed the album cover.
Rita's father, originally from the mountains in Northern California, worked the night shift at a sawmill as a part of the area’s logging industry. Her great-grandfather, from Cornwall, England, was an underground gold miner in the region. The stories of her family and upbringing find their way into Rita’s songs on this album.
