The Jazz Joint Jump Live Stream

The thickest concentration of jazz that swings in a jazz radio show format anywhere. The Jazz Radio page carries our live stream from 90.7 FM KFSR. Every Tuesday between 4-6 PM Pacific we swing down with records cut during the week throughout jazz history along with bringing you jazz musician birthday tributes.

•  Live jazz radio audio Tuesdays 4-6 PM Pacific

Our Jazz Radio Show Info Page
The sordid history of our jazz music radio show, est. 1985. Lends credence to the theory that FCC radio deregulation survival may be linked to narcissistically twisted disorders.

History Of Jazz Part 1
Early hot jazz bands, the hotel dance bands and the history of jazz music leading up to the Big Band era.

History Of Jazz Part II
The role of economics, early recording technology, and radio relative to jazz history and the Big Band era.

The Recording Ban Of 1942
Scans of a 1942 Down Beat magazine article detailing a dramatic event in jazz history during the Big Band era; the James Petrillo / AFM recording ban.

Webb Cuts Basie At The Savoy
Another of the many jazz magazine articles on the site detailing big events in jazz history. This piece recounts the Count Basie vs. Chick Webb big band music Battle Of Swing held at Harlem's Savoy Ballroom in January of 1938.