Jazz in the Afternoon

Bobby Torres guests with new Ensemble CD

Come today for Stories, new music, OCJP recap, and guest Bobby Torres during KBOO's Fall membership Drive.

Latin Jazz featuring Machito and his Afro-Cubans

Nick Gefroh has retired as leader of Portland's salsa band, Pa'lante, but the band lives on. We'll celebrate with the music of Machito and his disciples, Mario Bauza, Graciela, Bobby Sanabria, and Herbie Mann, to name just a few. Nick will be our guest to...

An Afternoon of Tony Bennett

We'll play as much as we can in2 hours.  We'll make our own duets, too.

Jazz in the Afternoon on 07/19/23

Kelly Joe Phelps remembered; Cathedral Park JF preview; Mike Winkle guests with new Conversation CD

...in that order.   No better way to pay homage to the Waterfront Blues Festival than remembering one of our best in Kelly Joe, whom we lost May 31, 2022.   Cathedral Park Jazz Fest July 14-15-16 lineup on www.jazzoregon.com We'll play a good cross-section of its artis...

New Music from Gordon Lee

We'll celebrate Astrud first at 2 pm, then welcome and present Gordon and his music at 3 pm.

Jazz in the Afternoon on 06/07/23

Memorial Day Jazz

An eclectic look at Portland jazz yesterday and today while we remember Frank Sinatra, Dave Frishberg, Sonny Russo.

2023 Mt. Hood Jazz Festival

This once very popular summer outdoor jazz festival has returned to the Mt. Hood Community College campus in Gresham, and has moved to spring, mostly indoors. MHCC Director of Jazz Studies, Dan Davey, produced a student-band-centered festival with many fine professional p...

Ahmad Jamal remembered

The pianist Eric Reed was quoted by The Guardian as saying Ahmad Jamal is to the piano trio what Thomas Edison was to electricity.      We'll broadcast some of that electricity today.      We'll also preview the Los Angeles Jazz Institute's anounced last multi-day jaz...

Carl Saunders memorial

Latin jazz bandleader Brent Fischer described Carl Saunders this way:      'Carl Saunders is on every single Brent or Claire Fischer large ensemble album since the 90s.  He never gave - or took - any BS and was always thinking about what was...

Dave Brubeck Quartet concert previewed

Another giant of jazz, Wayne Shorter, at 89, has passed.   We'll present as much of his music as we can muster.   We have Wayne's first 1959 LP as well as many of his classics.   We'll open the show with drummer Kurt Deutscher previewing his...

KBOO Alum Bob Dietsche Interviews Bud Shank with music - from 1985

This is jazz royalty on both sides of the microphone.   Both Bob and Bud were near the tops of their fields in 1985 - Bob in radio and jazz history, and Bud in jazz saxophone and flute.   Furthermore, Bud married a Portland girl; long...

Symphony Sid Special

Symphony Sid put jazz on radio's map with shows from 1937 to 1972 - an all latin show. All the original and best versions of his theme, Jumpin' With Symphony Sid, will be heard around his last interview by Phil Schaap, along with his favorites...

Bob Dietsche Memorial - and live local catch-up

Local jazz musician updates and gifts from the past - followed by notable interview from KBOO's jazz archives. Jazz calendar at 2:50 today.

Jazz in the Afternoon on 01/18/23

Christmas Jazz

This is Jazz In The Afternoon's 15th annual Christmas Show with your host, Bob Riddle, contining the tradition of my good friend and former host, the late Jim Andrews, for over 20 years of his own.  Please support KBOO at this time of our...

Robert Hicks guests

From Rex Reed: "...From horn choirs to big-band charts, expect one surprise after another, in an album that surpasses the season with a value that lasts all year long.   This is a triumph of wonder and joy." Robert Hicks brings this album live to...

Jimmie Herrod/George Colligan Live PSU Concert-with both live in studio

We'll start by musically remembering Portland pianist David Ornette Cherry, who we've lost suddenly and unexpectedly. Our Jazz To Be Thankful For  show continues with jazz from PSU faculty; finally, we are especially honored to have, and play for you, the excellent concert...

Bill Holman Celebration at LA Retrospective

Big Band Blockbuster shows Bill still Live at 95.   LA musicians showcasethe best of Big Bands past and present.

Jazz in the Afternoon on 10/26/22

Oregon Coast Jazz Party and Los Angeles Jazz Institute Bill Homan Tribute

Top music from near and far.      Festivals during first hour.      Art and Yvonne's Swing Machine Big Band in second hour.      Art's now enshrined in the Oregon Music Hall of Fame, class of 2022. Congratulations!

Jazz in the Afternoon on 09/28/22

Jazz in the Afternoon on 09/14/22

Jazz Hits featured

Joey's apparent sudden death comes at a shock to this host. We'll enjoy some of the outstanding music he's left us. The Jazz Hits feature returns after a long absence. Its very loose definition is 'the original jazz version of a song that's made...

The Long Cuts

Zawinul and Toots and Miles Hear how they came together yet stayed apart... from the mainstream

Gerald Caldwell remembered

Before Portland hotels fully opened to Blacks, many traveling jazz musicians were made welcome by local families.  Gerald Caldwell's was one of these. Such music and stories the first hour, followed by current Portland events and some of those performers making them.

Leroy Vinnegar Tribute - part II

Not only has Carey Campbell performed prominently with Leroy Vinnegar in Portland - including the 6th annual Cathedral Park Jazz Festival (the 42nd was last weekend) - Leroy gifted her with many rare vintage LPs of his performances from the 1970s and 1980s. We'll feature...

Miles, Oscar, Sassy

The best of jazz from these two timeless performers' follwed by and mixed with some summer fun from Oscar Brown, Jr., Mose Allison, Cannonball, Eddie Jefferson, Marlena Shaw, King Pleasure, Ernie Andrews, Dave Frishberg, Bob Dorough till time runs out.

Brasil!

Just as the sun comes out, a trip way south of the border for the incomparable music of Brazil, with domestic stops along the way, working our way to Portugal, too.

Live at 2022 Mt. Hood Festival of Jazz

The crowd was limited due rain May 6. An indoor venue was added late and not everyone got the word. If you missed the performance, KBOO has it for you today. New CD by guitarist Alfredo Muro will close the show after the jazz calendar.

Leroy Vinnegar Tribute - part I

Here's a long overdue memorial to The Boss of the Walking Bass, 1928-1999, and a Portlander from 1986.   Music and stories in abundance 2 to 3:30 pm with emphasis on Mel and Leroy's joyous Portland performances together.   Show will close with a musical nod to...

Baseball and Jazz Annual

The song Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year applies to Baseball and Jazz in 2022. Hope you'll agree that it still sounds good. This is the first such show since we lost Dave Frishberg. Thanks to his recordings, Dave is still with...

J.A.M on 4/13/22

Marcia Hocker interviews Portland drummer Christopher Brown, an acclaimed musician, composer, bandleader and educator who seeks to be a voice within the advocacy of Jazz music and American culture. His musical experiences include synthesizing the Jazz principles with the...

March Madness

Our March musical madness will have nothing todo with basketball. Pianists Jessica Williams, and Mark Levine, also a noted author, were not household names, but both were perceptive, tasteful performers. Each had a strong Portland connection and made memorable music.

Women's History Month and Irish (American) Jazz Celebration

We're a day early, and my colleague Don Jacobsen airs a day late, but we'll team up here at KBOO to warm you up, then wind you down, for what should be a rip-roaring St. Paddy's Day, while celebrating Women's History Month (in jazz), too. And,...

Jimmy Smith, Ernie Andrews R.I.P., Mel Brown, Darrell Grant

Dick Bogle passed in late FEB 2022. His faves were organ players and Black male vocalists. We'll feature both, and focus on Ernie Andrews who just passed at 94. After the jazz calendar, we'll salute Mel Brown, the Grand Marshal of Portland's Mardi Gras...

Benny Carter's 9-Decade Career:1920s through 2001

We'll hear Benny playing alto, tenor, trumpet, and piano leading his orchestra and combos from the 1930s, 1940s,1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 2000s. We'll also hear others performing his many compositions and arrangements and sharing facts from his life, 1907-2003.

Pannonica

Fans of any of these will get their jazz fix today

Annual Gene Harris Special

The significant contributions to jazz music created by Darrell, Gene, and Marilyn, and connections therefrom, will be presented for your enjoyment this Wednesday.

Barry Harris remembered and West Side Story celebrated

Music by the late Barry Harris today, followed by jazz scores of the Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheil play, and newly released Steven Spielberg movie West Side Story as well.

Christmas Jazz

Robert Hicks has released Wassail Suite Beat, a downloadable single, featuring Paul Mazzio, Stan Bock, David Evans, Willie Matheis, Mike Horsfall, Billy Hagen, Tim Gilson, and himself, co-produced with Bobby Torres. Bill Mays is calling his treat Happy Holidays - an online...

Winter Membership Drive

KBOO's historical storehouse of special, unique programming is here today to remember Dave by.  Yes, he preferred to be a sideman.  Vocal requests at the end. We'll also slip in a West Side Story tune just before Steven Spielberg's new movie release December 10.

Dave Frishberg memorial tribute

Dave was a unique individual, a wry commenter on American social mores, and an engaging and unforgettable man. Today we will start with a program dedicated to him, his wife, and his legion of fans.  The tribute will continue with a set of...

Portland Jazz Music Scene

...stop press... ...but first, tune in Marcia Hocker on her return to the Jazz Lives live airways from noon to 2 today.. Her voice, soul, and great taste have been missed.

Memorial to Ray Rom and David Kennedy/music by Art Abrams Swing Machine and Dave Frishberg

Plenty of Jazz gems...live in-studio

Jazz in the Afternoon on 10/13/21

Jazz in the Afternoon on 09/29/21

Vibes!

95-years-young festival founder George Wein and his now-programmer Christian McBride, inspired by the one George presented in 1967 featuring Lionel Hampton, Bobby Hutcherson, Milt Jackson, Red Norvo and Gary Burton, presented 3 young up-and-comers on the vibraphone this ...

Jazz in the Afternoon on 08/18/21