Raising the Standards

Episode 909 - The Jazz Side of St. Augustine With Ali Ryerson 05.07.2026 37:00 ↓

Jazz flautist Ali Ryerson shares background on her family and her new CD, The Aly Ryerson Quartet. We also check in with our friend the College Boy, to check on his progress.

Episode 908 - Music Meets Charity and World Cub 28.06.2026 1:06:30 ↓

Good show with Jaana Narsipur talking about her new CD, The Re-Collections. Tiffany Harbrecht from Rancho Cielo fills us in on a wonderful annual promotion called Veggieboxes , Pat Sign reminisces about when the world came to Los Gatos in 1994 and we give an emotional Liner Notes goodbye to Stephen Colbert.

Episode 907 - Stanford Jazz, Nicolas Bearde and Blossom Dearie 21.06.2026 45:02 ↓

A fun show on upcoming Jazz and Classic standards.

Episode 906 - A Career of Living Dangerously 14.06.2026 45:22 ↓

An intriguing chat with jazz author James Gavin about his new book Cool Heat: Anita O'Day And Her Dangerous Jazz Life. James shares some terrific insights about a jazz legend. Liner notes features Billy Eckstein and Boulevard of Broken Dreams .

Episode 905 - Great Sax and Golf 07.06.2026 36:35 ↓

Saxaphone player Jeff Lederer talks about his new release, There's a Yearnin' and Manny Freitas from San Juan Oaks Golf Club talks about U.S. Amateur qualifying. Also a bit of Nat Cole with Oscar Peterson.

Episode 904 - Rock & Roll Icon 31.05.2026 38:12 ↓

Fascinating interview with the directors of Peter Asher Everywhere Man . Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller talk about their remarkable new documentary on Peter Asher. Weekend liner notes gives Peter a nod with his and Gordon's biggest hits.

Episode 903 - Judy and Janis 24.05.2026 42:17 ↓

Wonderful chat with Judy Wexler about her recent appearance at 54 Below in New York, her memories of all the wonderful artists she has seen and her future plans. Liner notes featured the great Janis Joplin.

Episode 902 - Stand by New York New York 17.05.2026 42:21 ↓

We chat with Todd Lefkovic, owner of Foods of NY about his terrific tour business, along with the effects of tourism. Also, we heard a wonderful version of Stand By Me by Ben E. King.

Episode 901 - Triple D and College Boy 10.05.2026 43:13 ↓

We talked to Chef Hasham from El Halal Amigos which was recently featured on Diners, Drive Ins and Dives. He shares how his appearance came together and why Guy Fieri was so impressed with his restaurant. Also our underachieving friend College Boy joined us.

Episode 894 - Talking Baseball with Jeff Idelson 21.03.2026 36:37 ↓

Jeff Idelson joined Michael Jacobi and Bill Wolverton. We heard about the Willie Mays Foundation. Say Hey! Jeff and Willie became friends when Jeff was the president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. These days Jeff is busy with Grassroots Baseball .

Episode 893 - Great Museum and Great Hotel 08.03.2026 51:20 ↓

We hear of the National World War Two museum in New Orleans, from the curator, Erin Clancy Curator, as well as of the Eliza Jane Hotel there, from the concierge John Fitzpatrick

Episode 890 - A Bit of Jazz, A Bit of Western, A Whole Lot of Fun 31.01.2026 54:07 ↓

Jacobi had to settle for looking across the studio at Bill Wolverton instead of Rachael Shelton. Everything else was really good. Mark Winkler schooled us on song writing, and talked about the creation of a music video. Hilary Gardner shared stories of her new album, and more. Herb Alpert appeared in the Liner Notes.

Episode 898 - Perfectly Frank 03.01.2026 53:59 ↓

Jacobi and Bill Wolverton were in the studio to pay tribute to Frank Sinatra, shortly after the 110th anniversary of his birth. They were joined in the effort by Chuck Granata , of San Diego's Jazz 88.3 FM - KSDS. His show Sinatra Standard Time is live there every Sunday. Then several stories of life with Sinatra were told by The Man Who Made Sinatra Laugh, Tom Dreesen . Liner notes featured the s...