Tune in for a variety of unique features created by producers from within KPFA and around the Bay Area.
A Six-hour series highlighting the life, career and influence of jazz legend, Miles Davis. HOUR #6-BEHIND THE SCENES WITH MILES DAVIS Hour features NEVER BEFORE BROADCAST out takes from the Columbia record vaults, featuring Miles’1955 band, his 1967 band and an unused take from the Sketches of Spain sessions. We then come into a modern … Continued
A Six-hour series highlighting the life, career and influence of jazz legend, Miles Davis. HOUR #5 — MILES DAVIS-RETIREMENT AND REBIRTH Hour features interview segments with Guitarist Carlos Santana, African saxophonist Fela Kuti, saxophonist Gary Bartz, producer Tommy DiPuma, Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, Miles Davis and many others. Hour begins with Miles creation of … Continued
A Six-hour series highlighting the life, career and influence of jazz legend, Miles Davis. HOUR #4 –THE 60’S ARE ELECTRIC Hour features interviews segments with critic Nat Hentoff, saxophonist Wayne Shorter, drummer Lenny White, keyboardist Joe Zawinul, bassist Dave Holland, percussionist Airto Moreira, Miles Davis and many others. Hour finds Miles at yet another transition … Continued
A Six-hour series highlighting the life, career and influence of jazz legend, Miles Davis. HOUR #3-MIDNIGHT IDOL (1956-60) Hour features interview segments with arranger Quincy Jones, pianists Keith Jarrett and George Duke, singer songwriter Joni Mitchell, drummer Jimmy Cobb, dancer Jeri Gray (wife of saxophonist Wardell Gray), Miles’ ex wife, Frances Taylor Davis, Miles Davis and many others. Hour finds … Continued
A Six-hour series highlighting the life, career and influence of jazz legend, Miles Davis. HOUR #2—”NEW YORK TO PARIS AND BACK (1946-1956) Hour features interviews segments with critics Ira Gitler, Martin Williams, Clayton Riley, Stanley Crouch, writer Ishmael Reed, drummers Roy Porter and Art Taylor, trumpeter Art Farmer, pianists Walter Davis, JR. and Walter Bishop, … Continued
A Six-hour series highlighting the life, career and influence of jazz legend, Miles Davis. HOUR #1—MILES DAVIS, THE EARLY YEARS (1926-1946) Hour features interview segments with trumpeters Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Jon Faddis, Olu Dara and Lester Bowie, childhood friend, Millard Curtis, first bandleader Eddie RANDLE, drummer Art Blakey, singer Roberta Flack, bebop poet, PAINTER … Continued
Revisiting Stevie Wonder – the 1980’s forward music mix by DJ Wazir Part 2 Join the Amandla Collective on African Liberation Day from 9 AM-Midnight as we celebrate the life and legacy of the living legend Stevie Wonder… We’ll cover Stevie through the decades, from the Motown years through the year 2000. We’ll also include … Continued
Revisiting Stevie Wonder – the 1980’s forward music mix by DJ Wazir Part 1 Join the Amandla Collective on African Liberation Day from 9 AM-Midnight as we celebrate the life and legacy of the living legend Stevie Wonder… We’ll cover Stevie through the decades, from the Motown years through the year 2000. We’ll also include … Continued
Let’s Talk Music Stevie Through Time: 1980 to 2000 (Producer/Host D-Minor) Join the Amandla Collective on African Liberation Day from 9 AM-Midnight as we celebrate the life and legacy of the living legend Stevie Wonder… We’ll cover Stevie through the decades, from the Motown years through the year 2000. We’ll also include Stevie’s influence on … Continued
If You Want to Hear Stevie’s Views, Let’s Get Political Part 2 (Producer/Host Rickey Vincent) Join the Amandla Collective on African Liberation Day from 9 AM-Midnight as we celebrate the life and legacy of the living legend Stevie Wonder… We’ll cover Stevie through the decades, from the Motown years through the year 2000. We’ll also … Continued
