“Sittin In” is a one hour jazz music and interview show featuring artists that range from the greatest names in jazz to the best of the “up and comers”! 

Each week, host Helen Borgers invites a different jazz artist to “sit In” on her nationally syndicated public radio show. WIth a 30 year tenure in jazz radio, Helen and most of the musicians and artists who visit are on a first name basis.

In the studio with Helen, guests get d.j. duty. They bring the music to go with the great stories that make one terrific show! And occasionally listeners are treated to some exciting surprises—new and/or unreleased music from the private collections of professional jazz artists for the exclusive enjoyment of Sittin' In listeners. read more >

The Playboy Jazz Festival’s annual ‘Jazz on Film’ night, presented by noted jazz archivist Mark Cantor, on Thursday evening, June 10th at 7:30 p.m., will celebrate the legacy of jazz with a move to a new location in Mid-City Los Angeles this year.

A longtime fixture at LACMA’s Bing Theatre, the event will be held in cooperation with the Ebony Repertory Theatre at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center on Washington Boulevard. Admission is free, although tickets are required and available on a first come, first serve basis.

Tickets will be available beginning at noon on June 10th at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center box office. There is a limit of 4 tickets per person. read more >

Between Shows With Karrin Allyson

Great American Jazz Vocalist Karrin Allyson was in Hollywood for a string of shows at World Famous Catalina Jazz Club. We were invited in to the same hotel suite overlooking the pool where Janis Joplin had given interviews in the 1960's. Cuddled into her couch, feet tucked under, Karrin settled back for a dynamic hour of reminiscing and reflecting on her career, her personal life and working with ...

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"Desire"ing Tierney!

RIckey Woodard 2.0

We named this edition of the show Rickey 2.0. It's his second time in 12 months that Rickey has sat in with us in studio. When you are expecting someone as prolific as Rickey, you are certain he's got another CD under his arm, and once again he did not disappoint. This CD is titled... read more >

Catching Up With Roy McCurdy

He started dragging his drum kits in and out of the subways in New York City in the late 1950’s and though he is off public transportation these days, Roy McCurdy is still sitting behind a drum kit somewhere in the world today!  His latest collaboration resulted in a new CD... . read more >

photo by AllenQueenDrummer.com

Exclusive "Shoemake/Shearing" Project UNRELEASED Tracks!
Vibraphone master Charlie Shoemake slipped into our mobile studio set up backstage at last year's "West Coast Jazz Party" in Irvine, California. We ran into Charlie in the hallway and he kept teasing us with a CD he was carrying, the unreleased, audition tracks for a new touring act, "The Sounds Of Shearing". We agreed to sit down and talk about it if Charlie ducked upstairs and brought us down a copy. You will hear 4 cuts on the hour-long version and the 2 minutes episodes.

charlie shoemake (photo by Steve E. Miller)

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