One Foundation: Curating Around Reggae

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One Foundation, Wednesdays 4-5pm on KDRT

November 17, 2017

As Cam and I have been getting ready to start our program, One Foundation, people have been asking us, "So is this a reggae show?" Our answer: No and Yes.

No, in the sense that we'll be playing a wide variety of musical styles from around the globe, especially from the Caribbean, Latin America, and the diasporas of those regions throughout the world. Reggae might be the majority of what we play, but you could say we're "hardly strictly reggae." 

Album of the Week for 11/29/2017 is "Nebraska" by Bruce Springsteen

Do you like loney? Do you like spare? 

Join me as we listen to an album of what were recorded as demos at home by Bruce on a 4 track. It's just acoustic guitar, harmonica, and Bruce singing about the evil in this world. It is the perfect mid-winter album, but I'm doing it early because, well, it's getting dark far too early every day. And at least one person dies in almost every song; eleven in the opening track!

We'll be listening to a reissued vinyl that was released specifically for Record Store Day a couple of years ago that I picked-up at Armadillo. I look forward to you joining me.

Jazz After Dark November 28 2017

Featuring some under-appreciated jazz artists on Jazz After Dark tonight: Gigi Gryce and Kenny Dorham with hard bop from the 1950’s, and Boogaloo Joe Jones with soul/funk jazz from the 1970’s. Plus a couple of more familiar names….Dianne Reeves, Gigi Gryce Quartet, Gigi Gryce, Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham, Jimmy Giuffre & Jim Hall, Boogaloo Joe Jones; Najponk with George Mraz  and Matt Fishwick.

Davisville, Nov. 27, 2017: Meet Anne Hance, if you don’t know her already

If you’re interested in Davis, then Anne Hance is someone you should know, or at least know about. A zoologist by training, she grew up in England during World War II, came to Davis in 1968, co-founded and helped lead the Explorit Science Center for a third of a century … and those details are just part of the story. We talk about those topics, and much more, on today’s program.

Jazz After Dark November 21 2017

Going way back tonight on Jazz After Dark with early jazz hits from 1902 – 1924, by later performers:

Benny Carter: Farewell Blues

Charlie Christian: Rose Room

Benny Goodman: The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise

Lu Watters, Kid Ory, Albert Nicholas: That's A Plenty

Louis Armstrong and His All Stars: The Memphis Blues (Or Mister Crump)

Erroll Garner: Some Of These Days

Earl Bostic: Avalon

Charlie Mariano: After You've Gone

Gil Evans: St. Louis Blues

Helen Humes: Bill Bailey

Pete Fountain: Tin Roof Blues

Ella Fitzgerald: The Man I Love

Coleman Hawkins & Stanley Black: Lady Be Good

Earl Hines: I Ain't Got Nobody

WDR Big Band Köln & Joe Williams, Milt Jackson: Smack Dab In The Middle

Chris Barber: I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate

Byron Colborn jazzes up Listening Lyrics on Friday 11/17/17 at 4:00PM

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Byron Colborn on KDRT 95.7 Davis, CA

"Byron Colborn was born in Santa Rosa, CA and grew up in Davis, CA. Byron studied music at many schools in California including Sonoma State University, Sacramento State, and the Jazzchool in Berkeley, CA before moving to Boston, MA where he studied at Berklee College of Music. He now resides in Sacramento, CA where he is a full time performer and teacher of music. Byron leads several local ensembles, including the Element Brass Band, a variety of small combos, and the 17-piece Byron Colborn Big Band.”

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Listening Lyrics is broadcast live on KDRT 95.7FM, if you are outside the listening area the full show is streamed on www.kdrt.org

Jazz After Dark November 14 2017

Swing and big band tonight! Some of the great performers of the 1930’s to 50’s.

Bunny Berigan, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Artie Shaw, Woody Herman, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Stan Kenton, Chico Hamilton , Illinois Jacquet, Cannonball Adderley, Count Basie and His Orchestra, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald & The Tommy Flanagan Trio, Dianne Reeves

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Davisville, Nov. 13, 2017: Our yearly guide to films with Davis critic Derrick Bang

Today I welcome back Davis movie critic Derrick Bang, who offers his entertaining opinions on films to see and avoid as 2017 winds down. This show is an annual feature on Davisville. The New York Times recently posted a list of about 100 films coming out in the next two months.  Seeing them all would take, what, about five weeks of full-time effort? This is why we need movie critics, to help sort 'em all out!

Jazz After Dark November 07 2017

Mostly traditional jazz tonight, with tributes to Louis Armstrong and more!

Diane Lines, Ella Fitzgerald & Buddy Bregman, Machito with Cannonball Adderley, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson; Buddy Bregman , Gene Ammons, Oscar Peterson, The Sackville All Stars,Melvin Rhyne, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Sue Palmer, Chico O'Farrill