<![CDATA[Jazz Radio & Podcasts Latest Topics]]>https://www.organissimo.org/forum/forum/25-jazz-radio-amp-podcasts/enAndy Kershaw (former BBC radio host) RIPhttps://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/93790-andy-kershaw-former-bbc-radio-host-rip/ It looks like cancer got him, dammit.

I guess it's a bit of a stretch to post here, as I don't think he ever hosted a jazz show on BBC and maybe never even guested on one.  His thing was originally "alternative music" and then later "world music."  I listened to him very regularly on his last stint on Music Planet and then the Kershaw Tapes.  Always sad that his personal problems overshadowed his work by the end.  I really appreciated his selections, even though he had a strong aversion to Fela Kuti, which I thought was a little odd.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/apr/17/bbc-radio-dj-andy-kershaw-dies-aged-66

I'm sure I have the Kershaw Tapes taped somewhere, and will have to dig them out.  I likely have at least a few of his Music Planet shows archived.

I was not aware that he had a podcast, so I'll see if those are floating around in the aether.

He was the force behind two compilations: Great Moments of Vinyl History and More Great Moments of Vinyl History (perhaps ironically the 2nd compilation was also available on CD!)  I'll listen to those as well.

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]]>93790Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:55:47 +0000Jazz From Blue Lake streams 24/7https://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/93664-jazz-from-blue-lake-streams-247/ Last year we set up a separate stream for Jazz From Blue Lake that allows those of you who can't stay up until 3 a.m. to hear the program the next day. Last night we celebrated Henry Threadgill's 82nd birthday by playing his recordings in the first 20 minutes of each hour and, man, was that enlightening. "I can't think of anything more mainstream than what I do," he told the crowd in 2014, which was quoted again on Jazz Night In America which we aired on Sunday. I couldn't agree more!

Tonight we're featuring Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble. They're playing tomorrow in Greenwich Village at NuBlu and then on the 21st at The MET Museum (800 plus, sold out). And tonight's program repeats throughout the day tomorrow. Etc. 

In any case, please join us on-line for Jazz From Blue Lake, which airs Monday through Friday from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. and Saturday mornings from 7-10 a.m. All of that programming repeats on the jazz stream.

Ah, to get to the jazz stream. Map. https://www.bluelakeradio.org You'll see the blue bar showing what's streaming live. If you're on a computer there should be a tile on the right of that blue bar that says "All Streams." Click that and then click the Jazz From Blue Lake stream. If you're on a smart phone there will be a star like icon on the right side of that blue bar. Click that and then click the Jazz From Blue Lake stream.  If you use the Blue Lake Public Radio mobile app there's a tile that says "All Streams." Click that and then the Jazz From Blue Lake stream.

And for our playlist there's this page: https://www.bluelakeradio.org/show/jazz-from-blue-lake

Thanks!

 

Lazaro Vega

Blue Lake Public Radio

The broadcast service of Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp www.bluelake.org 

 

]]>93664Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:42:52 +0000A Visit With Fred Hersch on WUTC-FM Sunday, April 12th from 6-8 PM EThttps://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/93757-a-visit-with-fred-hersch-on-wutc-fm-sunday-april-12th-from-6-8-pm-et/ Since my wife and are bringing Fred Hersch in for a solo piano benefit concert in Chattanooga on April 21st, I interviewed him recently for Timeless Jazz, which is scheduled to air on Sunday, April 19th from 6 to 8 PM ET. It will also stream live at WUTC.org, I have encouraged the station to have a podcast available by the next day on their home page, we'll see if they can do it, as it would be helpful for ticket sales, since they will receive the net revenue from them.

Beginning April 26th, my show moves to a 7 PM ET start time.

https://www.wutc.org/2026-03-25/wutc-presents-fred-hersch-at-utc-fine-arts-center

]]>93757Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:07:46 +0000Wayne Shorter rarities in Poland 2PM EST 3/21https://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/93734-wayne-shorter-rarities-in-poland-2pm-est-321/ Radio Poland. https://www.polskieradio.pl/

If I understand correctly, Polish radio will broadcast this live at 2PM EST Saturday 3/21 (40 minutes from now). Ambrose Akinmusire and his band with Dayna Stephens plus orchestra.

Universe, Legend, Antigua plus some mystery charts for Lee Morgan.

 

]]>93734Sat, 21 Mar 2026 17:23:27 +0000Bop-Explosion: "Simmering", my new album ! Radio play at Austrian Ö1-Jazznachthttps://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/93720-bop-explosion-simmering-my-new-album-radio-play-at-austrian-%C3%B61-jazznacht/ Hi dear friends

Today, starting at 00:05 CET at austrian radio Ö1 (ORF) in the course of the one hour radio programm after two other acts will be spinned my composition "Simmering" from my new album with the same title, plus our vocal version of "Moanin´", if you wanna hear it.

 

Musically yours

Gerhard 

]]>93720Sat, 14 Mar 2026 19:01:31 +0000"Labeled", Cool Jazz Show Sunday afternoons on WKCRhttps://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/90216-labeled-cool-jazz-show-sunday-afternoons-on-wkcr/ Since the passing of Phil Schapp, there's been a serious lack of jazz facts obsessiveness on the air. However a new show, "Labeled" seems to be in contention to match PS' relentless concern over jazz minutia, but narrows its focus to Jazz Labels.

I don't know how long its been on, but two 30ish sounding guys play some great stuff, meticulously list the tune's title, composer, personnel and date of recording, and then proceed to tear into everything and anything related to the label it was recorded on! 

This can include the engineers, the head of the label, the studio it was recorded in, the labels the artist has previously recorded on- basically ANYTHING related to Jazz Labels!

Because there are two announcers (one of them is a writer on strike), there isn't a micro-second of dead air as they fight for domination of the subject matter, with one of them constantly giving in, and telling the other that he's absolutely correct, and he has covered the subject perfectly.

If you're a jazz label fanatic , your ship has come in. The hours are unclear, but they went from about two or three pm to 7:30 last Sunday, and had to be followed by an Eastern Music show, as i f to say another jazz show would upset the balance of the universe!

]]>90216Thu, 22 Jun 2023 00:53:15 +0000Mark Stryker on WFIU's "Just You and Me" todayhttps://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/66854-mark-stryker-on-wfius-just-you-and-me-today/Detroit Free Press music critic, Organissimo board member, and native Bloomingtonian Mark Stryker will be on our weekday afternoon jazz program today from 3:30-5 p.m. EST to discuss Detroit jazz both past and present. I'll be hosting; here's the link to the WFIU page:

WFIU

Just click on the "Listen Live" options for WFIU-HD1 on the righthand side of the page.

]]>66854Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:38:08 +0000Timeless Jazz - A Visit with David Balakrishnan of Turtle Island Quartethttps://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/93647-timeless-jazz-a-visit-with-david-balakrishnan-of-turtle-island-quartet/ My show for this Sunday features the music of Turtle Island Quartet and my interview with its founder, violinist and composer David Balakrishnan. I will be happy to share the files with anyone interested.

]]>93647Fri, 13 Feb 2026 07:19:07 +0000Sharing Radio Broadcastshttps://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/93638-sharing-radio-broadcasts/ I am thinking about offering a broadcast every week or so to those interested . I have hundreds of Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz shows, in addition to other NPR and APR/PRI and other broadcasts.

Share your email via pm to obtain the Piano Jazz with Ed Bickert. There is a three day limit to download once you receive it.

Maybe others will make similar offers, but I am not expecting anything in return.

]]>93638Sun, 08 Feb 2026 15:15:17 +0000Jazz on Old Time Radio Downloadshttps://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/93012-jazz-on-old-time-radio-downloads/ Does everyone know about this:  https://www.otrcat.com/p/duke-ellington?  As well as Ellington theres a lot of Basie, Goodman, Eddie Condon etc.  You can buy cds, mp3 cds or mp3 downloads (which are incredibly cheap -$5 for 25 or so 30 minute programs).  I just purchased 50 1/2 hour Eddie Condon Town Hall shows for $5. (Mainly for Pee Wee Russell). Of course you can also get a lot of old detective shows too. 

]]>93012Fri, 18 Jul 2025 23:21:58 +0000Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Databasehttps://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/87583-marian-mcpartlands-piano-jazz-database/ I found the pdf database of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz artists, which include most recording dates, initial broadcast date and some repeated schedules by quarter only. The database is neither 100% accurate or inclusive of every show, but it is very thorough for the most part. Thanks to McPartland's biographer Paul de Barros for sharing this information with me.

Please note there are no music files within this link, just the schedule by artist.

Among the shows omitted are the special fundraising shows with a single artist that were not compilations or repeats of previously broadcast music.

Feel free to ask any questions, I'll try to be of help.

https://archive.org/details/piano-jazz-index

It seems to be both viewable on line and downloadable.

 

 

]]>87583Thu, 17 Mar 2022 20:15:55 +0000"Jazz a la Sauter: Eddie Sauter" on Night Lightshttps://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/77951-jazz-a-la-sauter-eddie-sauter-on-night-lights/ This week's Night Lights show pays a centennial-year tribute to arranger Eddie Sauter and his work with Red Norvo, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Ray McKinley, the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, and Stan Getz.  You can listen to the program online here:

Jazz a la Sauter: Eddie Sauter

Next week:  "Crossing The Bridge: The Return Of Sonny Rollins."

 

]]>77951Fri, 28 Aug 2015 19:03:15 +0000"Proving Herself: Melba Liston"https://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/77617-proving-herself-melba-liston/Another recent Night Lights show up for online listening, devoted to the music and life of arranger and trombonist Melba Liston:

http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/proving-melba-liston-arranger-lady-trombone/

]]>77617Tue, 16 Jun 2015 14:09:06 +0000Cecil Taylor Interview 1959 (Five Spot)https://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/89877-cecil-taylor-interview-1959-five-spot/ interesting 11 min Claes Dahlgren interview (possibly his first recorded) with Cecil Taylor during a break at his 5 Spot stint in '59

From Lewis Porter's site

https://lewisporter.substack.com/p/cecil-taylors-first-recorded-interview

]]>89877Sun, 12 Mar 2023 23:16:17 +00001979 art blakey interview and selections(3 hrs)https://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/33490-1979-art-blakey-interview-and-selections3-hrs/nuff said.

]]>33490Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:07:25 +0000Phil Schaap R.I.P.https://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/86864-phil-schaap-rip/ A friend just sent me a link to this tweet from Schaap’s cousin:

Phil Schaap has died

]]>86864Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:24:09 +0000<![CDATA[NPR Producer & Host Tim Owens' Archives at UNT]]>https://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/93543-npr-producer-host-tim-owens-archives-at-unt/ Lewis Porter shared this link with me when I brought up the NPR series Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center:

https://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/TOJB/browse/?q=billy&t=fulltext&sort=

In addition to those shows, there are interviews by Owens, along with some (but not all) of the Jazz Alive! shows that he produced.

Enjoy!

Happy New Year!

 

 

]]>93543Thu, 01 Jan 2026 21:08:10 +0000Playback with Lewis Porter: My 2007 Interview with Sonny Rollinshttps://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/93527-playback-with-lewis-porter-my-2007-interview-with-sonny-rollins/ I was pleased when Lewis Porter asked me for a copy of my 2007 phone interview with Sonny Rollins during the summer, which was done to write a feature in Hot House promoting his 50th anniversary concert at Carnegie Hall. It was published today on his Playback with Lewis Porter Substack page, here is the link:

https://lewisporter.substack.com/p/sonny-rollins-phone-interview-with

I asked Lewis if I could edit the interview, as phone interviews inevitably have gaffs that would be edited out of a transcription or radio broadcast, but he believes it is important to share the conversation as it happened, He also shared a link to my original Hot House article. 

The interview has never been broadcast or shared on line in any form.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

]]>93527Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:37:02 +0000Mulatu Astatke on NTShttps://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/93426-mulatu-astatke-on-nts/ No idea how long this will be available (it aired Sept. 28, 2025), and Mulatu apparently just recommended the tracks (mostly Ethiopian jazz with some classic Miles Davis and Mary Lou Williams mixed in) and doesn't really chat or provide any commentary.  Still, it is an interesting 1-hour mix that I enjoyed a lot, leading me to a few albums I wasn't aware of.  https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/mulatu-astatke-28th-september-2025

Apparently Mulatu is wrapping up a farewell tour and had a couple of nights in London.  I really hope one of these sets was recorded and will be broadcast later on the BBC, though that seems unlikely. 

I can certainly recommend his latest (final?) album Mulatu Plays Mulatu, available on various streaming sites and Bandcamp: https://mulatuastatke.bandcamp.com/album/mulatu-plays-mulatu

]]>93426Sat, 22 Nov 2025 13:42:00 +0000R.I.P. Harry Abrahamhttps://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/52545-rip-harry-abraham/Thanks to Tom Marcello for posting this link on Facebook. Back in the late 1960s-1970s I listened religiously (yes, I think that's the right word) to "The Best of All Possible Worlds" on clear-channel WHAM-AM from Rochester. Harry Abraham was one of my role-models (perhaps the major one) in how I approach doing radio. R.I.P. to a master broadcaster.

Harry Abraham remembrance...

]]>52545Fri, 15 May 2009 01:46:38 +0000Steve Lacy zoom listening session tonight with Jason Weisshttps://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/93246-steve-lacy-zoom-listening-session-tonight-with-jason-weiss/ Putting this here for anyone who is interested… via the JazzBoston Hot Club which Bill Goldberg directs.

7pm ET tonight

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86215122439?pwd=ZHA5bnpWVFNFVXkxRE01K1I1aWhvZz09

]]>93246Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:30:57 +0000“Jazz From Monterey, 1963: Dizzy For President!”https://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/85492-%E2%80%9Cjazz-from-monterey-1963-dizzy-for-president%E2%80%9D/ In 1963 the sixth annual Monterey Jazz Festival included a blues duet between Gerry Mulligan and Peewee Russell, the festival debuts of Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk, a moving performance from Jack Teagarden just four months before his death at the age of 58, and a dedication from the Modern Jazz Quartet to Martin Luther King Jr., weeks after his “I have a dream” speech and days after the deaths of four African-American girls in a Birmingham, Alabama church bombing. Oh, and Dizzy Gillespie launched his “Dizzy For President” campaign as well. Last week’s Night Lights show up for online listening:

Jazz From Monterey, 1963: Dizzy For President!

]]>85492Mon, 21 Sep 2020 13:18:20 +0000Tribute to Eddie Palmieri on WBAIhttps://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/93095-tribute-to-eddie-palmieri-on-wbai/ From 2:00pm to 4:00 Felipe Luciano is hosting a tribute to Eddie Palmieri with former band members joining by phone. NOW! 99.5 FM

]]>93095Sat, 09 Aug 2025 19:12:52 +0000Interview of Alan Broadbent for Timeless Jazz (WUTC-FM) and Promoting His Chattanooga Concert (September 11, 2025)https://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/93034-interview-of-alan-broadbent-for-timeless-jazz-wutc-fm-and-promoting-his-chattanooga-concert-september-11-2025/ I talked to Alan Broadbent today and will edit it to fit into a Timeless Jazz broadcast some time in late August.

If you anywhere close to Chattanooga (Nashville, Huntsville, Knoxville, Atlanta, Birmingham), please make plans to attend his solo piano concert in Chattanooga. It is a fundraiser for WUTC-FM and ticket proceeds benefit the station.

 

]]>93034Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:33:44 +0000Dick Hyman 95th Birthday Salutehttps://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/87533-dick-hyman-95th-birthday-salute/ I've got a fair amount of Dick Hyman's discography, so I saluted his 95th birthday with a sampling of his recordings. 

It streams live on Sunday, March 6, on WUTC.org at 3 PM ET, though most will find it easier to stream or download at this link:

https://archive.org/details/timeless-jazz-3-5-2022-dick-hyman

 

 

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