May 16th, 2008
9, and William Parker
I didn’t realize it at the time, but this morning was the 9th anniversary of my radio show on KZSU-FM. Yippee!
Although I forgot to celebrate on the air, there was a special event nevertheless: I had a fine 30-minute interview with iconic avant-garde bassist William Parker, who’s coming to Northern California this weekend. He’ll be up in Ukiah for the Penofin Jazz Festival on May 17 (tomorrow!), followed by a swing through Santa Cruz on Monday the 19th and one show only at Yoshi’s SF on Tuesday the 20th, all with his regular quartet. This is almost a stealth tour; go see him!
As you might imagine, the man is deep. I didn’t get around to half the stuff I wanted to ask, but it didn’t matter. I’ll try to post a transcription here in the next couple of weeks.
Whoops, almost forgot. Fellow DJ David Bug tipped me off that Parker will be back in the Bay Area on August 10, as part of the all-star Eddie Gale Collective performance at the Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society in Half Moon Bay.
Now, where’s that champagne?
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Congratulations on your 9th anniversary. You are easily the smoothest, coolest DJ on KZSU (and I’m not just saying that because I’m madly in love with you). Although I’m too much of a sleepy slacker to always catch your show, you never fail to put together a solid 3 hours of fabulous music.
Happy anniversary!
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