Mike Schwartz / KSJS monthly guest list

[Mike Schwartz]

DG IN THE HOUSE!!

05/15
JC, Dallas, TX. and the World's one and only...
Dennis Gonzalez
Trumpeter/composer,new "Nile River Suite" CD

[Mike Schwartz]

Dennis in about one hour from now boys and girls...currently spinning the "Namesake" CD

[Dennis Gonzalez]

I'll talk atcha in a few! Looking forward.

If anybody can record it for me...my DSL is down, and since I'll be on the phone, I can't use the Dial Up!

Waah!

DG

[Mike Schwartz]

The weekly "Straight No Chaser" Broadcast each Sunday on 90.5FM KSJS San Jose, CA and www.ksjs.org 6-10AM Pacific/9AM-1PM Eastern times.

The Artist Feature utilizes the final hour of the program devoted to the guest.

06-05
Jim Nadel/Director Stanford Jazz Festival & Workshop
Preview of the activities that begin 06/25/05 including music from it's participants Slide Hampton, Lew Tabackin, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and many more... www.stanfordjazz.org

06-12
Pianist Alan Pasqua
New CD on Cryptogramaphone label

06-19
Vacation...I'm going to Colorado to attend my daughter's wedding!!!!

06-26
Saxophonist Javon Jackson
New Palmetto CD

[kedoane]

And I may be filling in for Mike Schwartz on 6/19 if on one else in the jazz department steps up to the plate.

As they say in broadcasting, stay tuned

[Mike Schwartz]

And I may be filling in for Mike Schwartz on 6/19 if on one else in the jazz department steps up to the plate.

As they say in broadcasting, stay tuned

Start taking your practice swings...no one else has volunteered as yet

[kedoane]

Start taking your practice swings...no one else has volunteered as yet

Currently doing that now. Hopefully one of the jazz newbies will past their DJ test and become qualified to do on air shifts.

[kedoane]

Stepping up to the plate, representing the KSJS alumni all-stars, number 65, Jazzcat.

Seriously, since no one else in the jazz department stepped up to the plate, I will be filling in for the father of the bride on the 19th.

[Mike Schwartz]

I'd like to thank the JazzCat for helping out here, as I did in person last nite.

From this coming Sunday till about the 24th, I would doubt that you'll see me post on these boards much if at all while I'm away.

[Valerie]

I'd like to thank the JazzCat for helping out here, as I did in person last nite.

From this coming Sunday till about the 24th, I would doubt that you'll see me post on these boards much if at all while I'm away.

hey, you, with the puffed out chest!!! MUCHO CONGRATS!! enjoy every minute of your time at your daughter's wedding.

p.s. actually, shouldn't her aunt valerie be there?!?!?

[kedoane]

hey, you, with the puffed out chest!!! MUCHO CONGRATS!! enjoy every minute of your time at your daughter's wedding.

p.s. actually, shouldn't her aunt valerie be there?!?!?

Val,
Her aunt Cat won't be there either, but I told Mike to send my congrats to his daughter. (Actually I have a perfect excuse for not being there: I am working in TV land.)

[Mike Schwartz]

hey, you, with the puffed out chest!!! MUCHO CONGRATS!! enjoy every minute of your time at your daughter's wedding.

p.s. actually, shouldn't her aunt valerie be there?!?!?

Amazing how my younger sister can tell I'm Kvelling in cyberspace;-))

[Mike Schwartz]

The weekly "Straight No Chaser" Broadcast each Sunday on 90.5FM KSJS San Jose, CA and www.ksjs.org 6-10AM Pacific/9AM-1PM Eastern times.

The Artist Feature utilizes the final hour of the program devoted to the guest.

07/03 - [no guest scheduled/holiday weekend]


07/10 - [bassist/composer] Drew Gress
-recent "7 Black Butterflies" CD on Premonition label

07/17 - members of the Bay Area based band Times4
-debut CD "Seductivity"

07/24 - [guest pending]

07/31 - [guest pending]
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[Lazaro Vega]

That new Drew Gress record is killin'.

[Mike Schwartz]

I agree...I love this guy in just about every situation he's in [and there are many]!

[Lazaro Vega]

The way he takes the "straight up" quintet, the bop quintet format, really, of alto, trumpet, piano, bass and drums and turns it to the personalities in the band..."Big Idea" is the one (I think that's the title) that slays me. Taborn sounds clear and unequivocal....killin

[Mike Schwartz]

The way he takes the "straight up" quintet, the bop quintet format, really, of alto, trumpet, piano, bass and drums and turns it to the personalities in the band..."Big Idea" is the one (I think that's the title) that slays me. Taborn sounds clear and unequivocal....killin

The perfect choice, seemingly, for the piano chair on the date...dense and percussive...a great combination.

[Lazaro Vega]

How much space do you have in your studio for live music? Just curious. Our's has been co-opted by the library, the classical, jazz and folk cd collection, to the point where we had to remove the piano. Any piano music we'll do off site and record as if live. Yet, in the fall, breaking new ground on a dedicated performance/recording space, large enough to hold a symphony with a seperate small room for jazz broadcasts (Blue Lake will use it in the summer for rehearsals and all, then off season it will be for the station's usage). Live radio is where it is at: there's a sense of helping to bring music to life, of being part of the process as opposed to the arrogant "the media is the message" position. The music is the message and the media, some media, is the tool to present it. Man you're fortunate to be around such an incredible pool of talent.

[Mike Schwartz]

Essentially none....
Our studio is the size of a bedroom.We do have a set of mics for guests to talk. We've rigged them to accomodate a singer with accoustic guitar. I had a saxophonist be kind enough to play a solo unaccompanied piece once.

The vast majority of the artist interviews are done live via phone [occasionally pre-taped conversations...local musicians try to come to studio], with music featured from new or most recent recordings to support th cause.

[kedoane]

Essentially none....
Our studio is the size of a bedroom.We do have a set of mics for guests to talk. We've rigged them to accomodate a singer with accoustic guitar. I had a saxophonist be kind enough to play a solo unaccompanied piece once.

The vast majority of the artist interviews are done live via phone [occasionally pre-taped conversations...local musicians try to come to studio], with music featured from new or most recent recordings to support th cause.

Actually we have a little more room than what we had about 13 years ago. I remember when I was helping KSJS with their pledge drive (back in 1991) we were broadcasting literally out of a closet (Note to Mike S.: it is the current studio B in the lounge). The lounge was filled with vinyl records. Those records went upstairs into an empty room between the time that I have left KSJS in 2001 and when I came back earlier this year.

If my memory serves me right, KSJS moved into their current control room in either 1992 or 93. I was trained in the current control room and haven't had to broadcast out of the closet.

[Mike Schwartz]

Actually we have a little more room than what we had about 13 years ago. I remember when I was helping KSJS with their pledge drive (back in 1991) we were broadcasting literally out of a closet (Note to Mike S.: it is the current studio B in the lounge). The lounge was filled with vinyl records. Those records went upstairs into an empty room between the time that I have left KSJS in 2001 and when I came back earlier this year.

If my memory serves me right, KSJS moved into their current control room in either 1992 or 93. I was trained in the current control room and haven't had to broadcast out of the closet.

I used to use the old studio 'B' on a regular basis for analog production for the old "Jazz Concert Calendar" when jazz programing was blocked together on the weekends. Once or twice when today's on-air studio was down for repairs, including when the new board went in, I did at least a couple of shifts in the PHONE BOOTH;-)

[kedoane]

I used to use the old studio 'B' on a regular basis for analog production for the old "Jazz Concert Calendar" when jazz programing was blocked together on the weekends. Once or twice when today's on-air studio was down for repairs, including when the new board went in, I did at least a couple of shifts in the PHONE BOOTH;-)

Actually the oldtimers refer to studio B as the closet.

[Lazaro Vega]

LOL. The old WKAR studios in East Lansing were like that, behind the arches of the facade on the front of the University Auditorium, and the rooms were smaller than Victorian....So you're mostly talking interviews. There's actually a fair amount of live radio performances across the country, too. On the 18th we'll have tenor sax, guitar (with amp), B-3 Organ (with Leslie if that's how she's spelled) and drums, plus two talk mics. Should be cozy.

[Mike Schwartz]

Mike Schwartz/KSJS/July guest list

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The weekly "Straight No Chaser" Broadcast each Sunday on 90.5FM KSJS San Jose, CA and www.ksjs.org 6-10AM Pacific/9AM-1PM Eastern times.

The Artist Feature utilizes the final hour of the program devoted to the guest.

07/03 - [no guest scheduled/holiday weekend]


07/10 - [bassist/composer] Drew Gress
-recent "7 Black Butterflies" CD on Premonition label

07/17 - members of the Bay Area based band Times4
-debut CD "Seductivity"

07/24 - [guest pending]

07/31 - Bay Area Vocalist/Brazilian Jazz artist Sandy Cressman
-new CD and 08/01/05 Yoshi's CD release concerts

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upcoming: 08/07/05 Sue Mingus

[Mike Schwartz]

Originally Posted by Mike Schwartz
Mike Schwartz/KSJS/July guest list

The weekly "Straight No Chaser" Broadcast each Sunday on 90.5FM KSJS San Jose, CA and www.ksjs.org 6-10AM Pacific/9AM-1PM Eastern times.

The Artist Feature utilizes the final hour of the program devoted to the guest.

A couple of additions and changes...


07/17 - members of the Bay Area based band Times4
-debut CD "Seductivity"

07/24 - [bassist/composer] Drew Gress
-recent "7 Black Butterflies" CD on Premonition label
[Drew was rescheduled from 07/10 due to technical problems]

07/31 - Bay Area Vocalist/Brazilian Jazz artist Sandy Cressman
-new CD and 08/01/05 Yoshi's CD release concerts

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upcoming: 08/07/05 Sue Mingus

08/21 Percussionist/Bandleader John Santos
-Machete Ensemble 20th Anniversary!

08/28 [just confirmed]
- Kahil El 'Zabar

[Mike Schwartz]

Sue Mingus 21 minutes from now...

[Mike Schwartz]

The weekly "Straight No Chaser" Broadcast each Sunday on 90.5FM KSJS San Jose, CA and www.ksjs.org 6-10AM Pacific/9AM-1PM Eastern times.

The Artist Feature utilizes the final hour of the program devoted to the guest.

09/04 Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt
new "Identity" CD on MaxJazz label
also will play Jazz@Pearl's in SF 09/09-10

09/11 Vocalist Mary Stallings
new "Rememeber Love" CD produced by Geri Allen on Half Note label

09/18 TBD

09/25 Pianist Bill Mays
new "...Trio CD Live At Jazz Standard" CD on Palmetto label
[my daughter's 30th birthday!!]

[Valerie]

Great lineup!!!

[jazzy mary]

Ditto! Have you interviewed Jeremy before? You'll find he's very articulate.

[Mike Schwartz]

Ditto! Have you interviewed Jeremy before? You'll find he's very articulate.

Yes I did on his debut CD from a few yesrs back on Fresh Sound label.
Jeremy also makes some nice contributions on the new [Sue] Mingus "I Am Three" CD which is also on our current playlist.

I'll be speaking to him from Aspen, where he's playing the Jazz Fest there [and the area where my kids live and work]