The Casbah

The Casbah


Mainstream 120 (7/26/08)

July 20, 2013

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Our friend Bobby J has been at KSYM for nearly 25 years. One of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. His show, the Mainstream 120, airs Saturday mornings here in San Antonio. Each week, he carefully compiles the show... complete with discographies and musician bios. It's practically a college course on Jazz music. Bobby has long since been my main Casbah fill-in DJ. For years, You've heard me play his show promo.

At one time, I was lucky to host the Hammond Eggs show. The idea was to bridge KSYM's early morning programming into Jazz music. Hammond Eggs was the always the lead-in to the Mainstream 120. When I'd turn over the reigns to Bobby at the end of Hammond Eggs, I'd sometimes sneak in a blank CD-R to record an hour of his show. Here's one of those shows!

In this podcast, who'll hear many artists who's names you might recognize from the Mainstream 120, Hammond Eggs, and the Casbah. Stellar names like Art Pepper, Bill Evans, Hank Mobley, Doc Severinsen, Stanley Turrentine, McCoy Tyner, and Art Blakey (Who's manic drum solo takes us out at the end).

Good stuff. Play it loud!

Photo by H. Michael Karshis.