Jazz After Dark, Nov. 12, 2024

Tue, 11/12/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

On tonight’s show: a retrospective on the career of Vince Guaraldi.

  • Some remastered early works by the Vince Guaraldi Trio: Fenwyck's Farfel, and Django, and Ossobucco (featuring Eddie Duran on guitar), from 1956.
  • Guaraldi playing with the Cal Tjader Quartet in 1957, Live at the Blackhawk: Lover Come Back to Me.
  • Two from his 1957 release, A Flower is a Lovesome Thing: Like a Mighty Rose and Autumn Leaves
  • From The Definitive Vince Guaraldi, a compilation of his work from 1955-66 at Fantasy Records, two of the popular songs from the TV specials: Charlie Brown Theme from 1964 and Skating from 1965.
  • Two from Guaraldi’s last recordings, done with the Warner label: Red Baron, from the Oh Good Grief album from 1968, and Alma-Ville, from the album of the same name, released in 1969.
  • A new release of Linus and Lucy by the Vince Guaraldi Quintet, from the 50th Anniversary edition of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, 2023.
  • Newly released songs from the soundtrack to You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown, the television special from 1972, with Guaraldi on vocals on Joe Cool, and then African Sleigh Ride.

Davisville, Nov. 11, 2024: Deciding what Davis citizen commissions should talk about

Mon, 11/11/2024 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

This week’s subject is narrow, but contains a question worth considering. It involves one of the ways that ideas emerge and ultimately shape public life in Davis. This specific path involves the Davis citizen commissions that advise the City Council on subjects including city spending, planning, police accountability, and several other areas.

A commission can take up a topic for various reasons, including if the council asks it to, if city staff needs it to, and on its own volition. The third option might be changing. This year the council will decide if a commission should get prior approval from its council liaison (or a council subcommittee) before putting an item on the commission’s agenda.

Why make this change, what’s good about it, what isn’t? Today on Davisville we hear from two proponents — Mayor Josh Chapman and Vice Mayor Bapu Vaitla, who form the council’s subcommittee on commissions — and Elaine Roberts Musser and Dan Carson, two of the change’s leading critics.

Electric Compost Heap -- Nov. 8, 2024

Fri, 11/08/2024 - 5:37pm | Dug Deep

Tonight at 6 p.m. PST on the Electric Compost Heap, host Dug Deep features some music by the Sex Organs, who will be playing in Locke (south of Sacramento) next Friday, Nov. 15!  He'll spin some new and newer music for you, as well as few songs of discontent and many other musical compostables. The official color of this evening's program is blue! Hope you can join us at KDRT.org

In the Key of Folk, Nov. 6, 2024

Wed, 11/06/2024 - 1:30pm | Karen Leyse

This afternoon at 2PM, tune in to In the Key of Folk to hear seletions by Kevin Burke and The Bothy Band, Solas, David Francey, Archived selections from Joni Mitchell's early days on the folk scene, Karine Polwart's song Laws of Motion, and more. Keep your ears tuned to music that soothes and calms ... a comfortable place to be on a windy day! So please join me for the hour at KDRT.org

Jazz After Dark, Nov. 5, 2024

Tue, 11/05/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Programming note: the Tuesday 8 p.m. broadcast is pre-empted by election coverage. This program will play at the Friday 11 p.m. rebroadcast time.

Upbeat jazz favorites tonight: 

  • Bunny Berigan (Kay Little vocals), Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
  • Nat King Cole, Route 66
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Misty
  • Vince Guaraldi, Skating
  • Jacy Parker, Here Comes Trouble Again
  • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra & Oscar Peterson, Take the "A" Train
  • Antônio Carlos Jobim, Takatanga
  • Gerry Mulligan, One to Ten in Ohio
  • Don Ellis, Sidonie
  • Rahsaan Roland Kirk, The Entertainer (Done in the style of The Blues)
  • Hubert Laws, Passacaglia, guitar solo
  • Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela, Kalahari Nights
  • Paco De Lucía, John McLaughlin & Al Di Meola, Manha de Carnaval

Divine Intervention – Nov. 1, 2024

Fri, 11/01/2024 - 5:00pm | Jess Goddésse

Don't miss Divine Intervention, hitting the airwaves and your eardrums at 6 p.m. Pacific with SO MUCH new music, including tracks from the Jackets, Los Mundos, and the Snares — all of whom are playing locally on Sunday! We'll also hear the latest from Fantastic Negrito, Funkrust Brass Band, the Hard Quartet, Naked Roommates, the Pixies, and PyPy; some tunes from our Goddess of the Month; and, of course, a Vinyl Vespers feature — all here on KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org!

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