Becoming a fan of live jazz with Ralph Towner (1940-2026) and John Abercrombie

In January 1984, I got two free tickets from Stanford student radio station KZSU and went with my friend Paul Baer to a concert at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco by guitarists Ralph Towner (1940-2026) and John Abercrombie. Along with another Great American Music Hall concert later

Fifty years ago today: The Grateful Dead at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall on 13 August 1975

Sometime in 1982-1983, I found an LP in the KZSU Stanford library: "Make Believe Ballroom", by The Grateful Dead, a radio-broadcast bootleg ...

From the Mountain to the Crossing: Remembering Sheila Jordan (1928-2025)

For Winter Quarter 1986, I called my morning-jazz program on Stanford's student-run radio station KZSU "From the Mountain to the Crossing". ...

KZSU Stanford 90.1 FM

Listening to R.E.M. and remembering their debut "Murmur" when it came out in 1983

Today, my binge listening has been to R.E.M. First, my shuffle suggested their second album "Reckoning" (1984), then I tu...

Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition, "Album Album"

Listening to a jazz playlist of mine on shuffle on my pocket computer, I had the pleasure of hearing "Third World Anthem," from  " Albu...

My Federal Communications Commission Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit

While hunting for (and eventually finding) my daughter Sara's Social Security card from the United States (because we nee...