2 pm - trumpeter Dick Titterington, leader of the swinging quintet PDXV

2:30 - Dave Frishberg's piano jazz

3:00 - David Friesen introduces his new CD "Brilliant Heart"

3:30 - PDX Vocalese and Jazz Society HOF retrospective

Hope you'll join me in giving thanks for

Portland's many world class jazz talents.

Sincerely, your host, Bob Riddle

Renowned jazz drummer and long-time Portland resident Dick Berk

will be featured and honored today during KBOO's 45th anniversary

Spring Membership Drive.  Dick's discography is too extensive

to cover in one show, so today we'll showcase Dick's many years

of wonderfully swinging music leading his Jazz Adoption Agency.

Dick is ailing and can't be with us in person today.

We ask you to send a get-well card to Dick in care of Bob Riddle, KBOO-FM,

20 SE 8th ave., Portland, OR 97214.  We aim to get him well

to hear his voice for Part II of Dick Berk's specials -

featuring his music with Billie Holiday from the first 1958 Monterey Jazz Festival,

his years with Cal Tjader and much more - planned for his birthday, May 22.

Chuck Israels will be my guest at 2 p.m. for a musical showcase

of both his years as bassist with the Bill Evans Trio,

and his present Chuck Israels Jazz Orchestra.

A memorial to the rich life of trombonist Sonny Russo will follow

with a partial re-broadcast of Sonny's 83rd birthday celebration

first broadcast on KBOO in March 2012.  Sonny's hand-picked music

will illustrate why Sonny's favorite expression was "It's a bone world!".

With regards,

Bob Riddle

From 2:30 to 3:30, we'll re-broadcast a blockbuster interview

from KBOO's past, between two giants of jazz -

pianist Gene Harris and then-radio host of "The Joy of Jazz" -

Bob Dietsche. 

   To help celebrate KBOO's 45th anniversary year, Bob will be my in-studio guest with

his remembrance of this 29-year-old momentous event, which has been re-engineered by

KBOO member Kirby Allen.

   Before, we'll tip our musical hat to New Orleans, which is warming up

for a wild February:  hosting the Super Bowl this weekend,  and then Mardi Gras

February 12.

   After, Glen Moore will stop by to talk about,