Portland drummer Dick Berk is able to join us live

(on his birthday!)

with his choice of his own recordings

from his very swinging near-60-year jazz career.

First, we'll remember Alice Brown,

the "Grande Dame" of Portland jazz audiences.

We invite anyone with stories,

or Alice's favorite music,  to our June 5 show

to share.

After the 3:30 May 22 jazz calendar,

we'll preview Anandi's new CD,

and close with 2 tunes to celebrate this friday's

National Tap Dance Day.

Hope you'll tune in and enjoy.

With regards,

your host,

Bob Riddle

Jim Pepper: Re-imagining a Jazz Sensibility on KBOO 90.7FM

Tune into KBOO 90.7FM this Saturday May 25 2:00-3:30pm PST for an hour and a half of rare Jim Pepper audio tracks, Jim PepperFest 2013 updates and sparkling, witty and erudite conversation on The Motif’s show.

Live streaming here: http://kboo.fm/themotif

One of the great things about KBOO (Full Strength Community Radio) is that the station’s programmers have such wide latitude with their time, with time itself, in that they can play tracks that most stations won’t touch because of their length.

Jim Pepper never recorded for pop radio. Probably 95% of his recorded tracks are longer than five minutes. You need a long attention span to really hear and understand his music.

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