My #jazz show, The Return of CoolMojo, airs a brand new show today at 4pm PDT on KCSB-FM 91.9 with music by Shamek Farrah William Parker Anthony Braxton Music Inc. Alice Coltrane & John Coltrane Bobby Few Fred Anderson & Harrison Bankhead and more! #jazzsky Listen: kcsb.org Playlist: coolmojo.com

Tom Lehrer *literally* wrote a song about this back in the 1960s.

Happy birthday to the late great poet Shel Silverstein youtu.be/ohFHsOBuLc4?...

Happy birthday to the late great John Coltrane #botd #goat #jazzsky #jazz

Happy birthday Sunny Murray! Byard Lancaster – alto saxophone Jack Graham – alto saxophone Jacques Coursil – trumpet Alan Silva – bass Sunny Murray – drums Released - 1966 Recorded - January 1966 Studio - New York City Label - ESP-Disk #jazzsky

Billy Bang was born in Mobile, Alabama on this day in 1947 📸 Dany Gignoux, Willisau, Switzerland, 1982

My #jazz show, The Return of CoolMojo, airs a brand new show today at 4pm PDT on KCSB-FM 91.9 with music by Billy Bang’s Survival Ensemble Nicole Mitchell Neil Charles Tomas Fujiwara Bill Dixon Music Revelation Ensemble Wayne Shorter and more! #jazzsky Listen: kcsb.org Playlist: coolmojo.com

Not enough is made of the disaster the NY State Democratic Party has become under Jacob’s leadership. His incompetence has nuked from orbit almost all substantive (D) seats on Long Island and the fact that he still holds his job after the 2024 election cycle is inexcusable.

Happy birthday Muhal Richard Abrams! Muhal Richard Abrams - piano, synthesizer, conductor Ron Tooley - trumpet Jack Walrath - trumpet Cecil Bridgewater - trumpet Frank Gordon - trumpet Clifton Anderson - trombone Dick Griffin - trombone Jack Jeffers - bass trombone #jazzsky

I *love* these two films so so much. Blue In The Face is a bit tougher to wrap your head around (still great though) because it’s less of a story and more a collection of scenes but Smoke is a really beautiful film. And not for nothing, but the soundtracks are also really great.

RIP Robert Redford… man… www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...

Happy birthday Hamiet Bluiett! Hamiet Bluiett - baritone saxophone, clarinet, flute, bamboo flute Don Pullen - piano, organ Fred Hopkins - bass Billy Hart - drums, percussion Don Moye - Sun percussion Released - 1977 Recorded - Nov 1977 Label - Black Saint Producer - Giacomo Pellicciotti #jazzsky

My #jazz show, The Return of CoolMojo, airs a brand new show today at 4pm PDT on KCSB-FM 91.9 with music by Little Women Yusuf Mumin Frank Lowe Irreversible Entanglements Norman Connors and more! #jazzsky Listen: kcsb.org Playlist: coolmojo.com

Happy birthday Prince Lasha! Prince Lasha - alto sax, alto clarinet, flute Sonny Simmons - alto sax, english horn Bobby Hutcherson - vibraphone Buster Williams - bass Charles Moffett - drums Released - 1968 Recorded - Sept 27–29, 1967 Label - Contemporary Records Producer - Lester Koenig #jazzsky

Happy birthday Roy Ayers! Roy Ayers — vibraphone Charles Tolliver — trumpet Joe Henderson — tenor sax Ronnie Clark (Herbie Hancock appearing under a pseudonym) — piano Reggie Workman — bass Bruno Carr — drums Released - 1967 Recorded - March 6, 1967 Label - Atlantic Producer - Herbie Mann #jazzsky

I am pleased to announce my return to community radio after a long absence. My new show The Bendy Bus begins tonight at 9pm on Ithaca's WRFI 88.1 and on the web at www.wrfi.org

Happy birthday Marion Brown! Marion Brown – alto saxophone Stanley Cowell – piano Sirone (Norris Jones) – bass Rashied Ali – drums Released - 1968 Recorded - October 23, 1966 Label - ESP-Disk #jazzsky #botd

"In the 1950s and 60s, his songs stunned and delighted listeners with their irreverence, wit and nihilism. Then he gave it all up to teach mathematics. Lehrer is still alive – so I went in search of answers." Why did satirical genius Tom Lehrer swap worldwide fame for obscurity?:

95 today. One of the best ever to do it.

My #jazz show, The Return of CoolMojo, airs today @ 4p PDT on KCSB-FM 91.9 with music by Oliver Lake Don Cherry w/ Rena Rama Albert Ayler Frank Foster Black Artists Group Art Ensemble of Chicago and more! (Re-air of the 07 Sept 2024 RoCM show) #jazzsky Listen: kcsb.org Playlist: coolmojo.com

I really think RFK, Jr’s voice is completely unlistenable and I say this as a fan of free jazz and experimental music…

Cooper-Moore was born (Gene Y. Ashton) in Loudoun County, Virginia on this day in 1946. He turns 79 today. 📸 Jeff Caltabiano, C-M w. William Parker, NYC, 9.9.17

My #jazz show, The Return of CoolMojo, airs today @ 4p PDT on KCSB-FM 91.9 with music by T-Connection Archie Shepp Grachan Moncur III The Budos Band Henry Grimes Trio Amina Claudine Myers and more! #jazzsky Listen: kcsb.org Playlist: coolmojo.com

KILL THE COMPUTER episode where we talk about how spotify is using ai to make the music industry worse

This is a real work of art in the Youtube Video Essay genre. Funny, witty, hates the people I hate and genuinely insightful. Highly recommend. youtu.be/ewvRS3NwIlQ?...

Happy birthday Sonny Sharrock! Sonny Sharrock - electric guitar, acoustic guitar Dave Burrell - piano Norris Jones - double bass Milford Graves - drums Linda Sharrock - vocals Gary Sharrock - bells #jazzsky #botd #music

Linux Turns 34 Today! 🥳 🐧 From 1991 to 2025, it’s been 34 years of freedom, open source, and innovation.

My #jazz show, The Return of CoolMojo, airs today @ 4p PDT on KCSB-FM 91.9 with music by Jesse Sharps Sun Ra & Walt Dickerson Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre Muhal Richard Abrams Sheila Jordan Baikida E.J. Carroll Billy Bang and much more! #jazzsky Listen: kcsb.org Playlist: coolmojo.com

Today I helped my wife clear out her office as starting Sept 1st she will leave as a tenured professor of Sociology and begin work at a nonprofit. It's heartbreaking watching her dream come to an end - the very dream that brought us to NY and Long Island from CA - but alas. I am very proud of her.

Vernon Reid was born in London, England on this day in 1958. He turns 67 today. He performed with Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society from 1980-1986. He founded Living Colour in 1984. 📸 Jeff Caltabiano, Brooklyn, NY, 10.8.22

Wendy Carlos: How A Transgender Synth Pioneer Changed Music www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

As someone who has been playing his music on the radio for quite literally four decades I feel an obligation to share this. Too angry to really muster any further thoughts and resulting efforts seem trite… www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...

Spending two hours this evening fixing a broken door-handle on our dishwasher while being completely micromanaged by this one-eyed tyrant…

Milford Graves was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York on this day in 1941 📸 Val Wilmer, Graves w. an unidentified musician, Harlem Music Centre, NY, 1971

My #jazz show, The Return of CoolMojo, airs today @ 4p PDT on KCSB-FM 91.9 with music by Wesseh Freeman Mal Waldron Milford Graves & Bill Laswell Nicole Mitchell & Moor Mother Human Arts Ensemble McCoy Tyner Richard Davis and more! #jazzsky Listen: kcsb.org Playlist: coolmojo.com

"Wait'll they get a load of me!"

The best part of being at the DMV is waiting for your number to be called. It’s like bingo but you win some of your life back.

RIP Jesse Sharps (1953-2025) Announced by the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra in Los Angeles, which Sharps joined at age 14

Hang on one sec gotta update my LinkedIn

The timing of this amazing vinyl score at a random thrift store in Lompoc California is just uncanny.

Duke Henry: I am Henry the Red. Duke of Shale, Lord of the Northlands and leader of its peoples. Ash: Well hello Mister Fancypants. Well, I've got news for you pal, you ain't leadin' but two things, right now - Jack and shit... and Jack left town

So I’ll never really forgive Fallon for the bullshit he pulled mocking Peter Brötzmann and everything else he does just confirms that he’s not worth my time…

Leon Thomas vinyl find in Solvang at Off The Record… #jazz #jazzsky

The Scandinavians would have you believe, due to their huge propaganda campaign and control of western media, that the Danish sausage originated in Denmark. But truth seekers know that the *real* Danish sausage was invented by Donald Trump in Solvang, California.

Happy birthday Rahsaan Roland Kirk! Rahsaan Roland Kirk: tenor sax, stritch, manzello, flute, siren, oboe, castanets Jaki Byard: piano Richard Davis: bass Elvin Jones: drums Released - Dec 1965 Recorded - Jan 13, 1965 Van Gelder Studio, New Jersey Label - Limelight Producer - Jack Tracy #jazzsky

Legend

RIP Eddie Palmieri (1936-2025)

Bombshell reporting by the NYT shows Trump is coordinating directly with Cuomo in the NYC Mayor's race. archive.ph/Wg2xU