Jazz

KBOO is open to the public! To visit the station, contact your staff person or call 503-231-8032.


Radio Lost & Found for 6/11/20

Airs at: Thu, 06/11/2020 at 10:00pm - Fri, 06/12/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for Radio Lost and Found
Radio Lost & Found, coming once again from my home studio high atop Larch Mountain in Washington State. After an initial glitch, we are on the air. I also mixed in some live (at the time) audio from activist DeAndre Marquise, who was live streaming Portland police brutalit... Read more

Ezra Weiss' We Limit Not The Truth of God - and 2015 KBOO Interview with Lee Konitz

Airs at: Wed, 06/10/2020 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for Jazz in the Afternoon
  Porttland's own Ez Weiss  impactful big band suite brings today's justice - and injustice - to the forefront.   To start the show we'll re-broadcast the 2015 then-live KBOO interview with altoist Lee Konitz to help memorialize his 75-year career. Nick Gefroh moderates... Read more

Radio Lost & Found for 5/28/20

Airs at: Thu, 05/28/2020 at 10:00pm - Fri, 05/29/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for Radio Lost and Found
My second show streaming live to KBOO studios from my home. Everything went well but I had one weird local network hiccup that killed the stream for about two minutes (I edited it out of the archive) but managed to get back on once I realized it.  Lots of stuff that’s been... Read more

Lee Konitz memorial tribute - part 1

Airs at: Wed, 05/27/2020 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for Jazz in the Afternoon
     We lost saxophonist Lee Konitz on April 15 after an active career that spanned 75 years - from 1944 through 2019.      Today, in this first of three parts, aired just after the 2 p.m. news headlines, we'll hear Lee from his very beginnings.      In 2 weeks, part ... Read more

Reflection and Local Musician Showcase Part II

Airs at: Wed, 05/13/2020 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for Jazz in the Afternoon
     The best excuse for some good jazz music is no excuse.  Just assume whatever position feels the best and enjoy.      During the second hour, we'll be your jazz club since they've had to stop the music for now.      The next scheduled Jazz In The Afternoon, May 27,... Read more

Sherlock Holmes and The Case of the Headless Monk

Airs at: Mon, 05/11/2020 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for The Monday Sampler
Back for another month and we start off with a jam pack show. In the second hour we will feature a classic radio drama featuring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in an ordinal Mystery called The Case of the Headless Monk. But before that Emily... Read more

Alfa Gunga Din, Zaratustra de Alejandro Jodorowsky y Los Divinos Placeres de Rafael Corkidi

Airs at: Fri, 05/08/2020 at 10:00pm - Sat, 05/09/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for La Ruleta
This Friday evening we have prepared from our own collection three rare recordings.  We will start with Alfa-Gunga-Din, from 1968, under the direction of Alexandro Jodorowsky, which includes versions of songs by Gilberto Gil, Bacharach, Purcell, Bach Hendrix and the Beatle... Read more

Annual Baseball and Jazz Program

Airs at: Wed, 04/22/2020 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for Jazz in the Afternoon
  During our 'stay-homin' basement productions, we offer our show from 2013 with Dave Frishberg, then live in our now-virus-closed studio, narrating his min-disc unreleased opus "The Catbird Seat".   A big thank you to Dave for this very special afternoon, heard only on... Read more

Remember To Wash Your Hands

Airs at: Mon, 04/27/2020 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for The Monday Sampler
The Sampler is back for the last Monday in April. We will present another story by James Thurber, read to us by Katherine Dunn, "More Alarms At Night". It seems that the Thurber family is always getting up to some strange things in the middle of the night. A follow up story... Read more

Tino Contreras "Éxitos" 3 LP Set

Airs at: Sun, 04/26/2020 at 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for La Voz Del Sabor
This is a fantastic 3 LP Set released in 1968 by Musart with drummer TIno Contreras. He is now 96 years old and going stong!! Read more