Honoring the 100th anniversary of the birth of Wes Montgomery, guitarist Mimi Fox presents a new project featuring her original pieces and well crafted arrangements of Montgomery's famous compositions.

After touring and recording with such organ masters as the late great Joey DeFrancesco and Barbara Dennerlein, Mimi imbues the iconic B3 sound with dazzling virtuosity in a show that runs the gamut from greasy blues and funk, to luscious ballads and blazing bebop. Joining Mimi in the trio are Brian Ho and Lorca Hart, both of whom have played with many jazz legends and together with Mimi form an all-star group.

"This group, specially assembled for the 2023 Jazz on The Hill Festival, is comprised of current students and recent alumni of jazz groups at the College of San Mateo. Like the school's big band, this group focuses on a wide range of jazz repertoire, with a deep attachment to the roots of swing and bebop that led to the best modern jazz sounds.

Music presented today comes from composers like Duke Ellington, Al Cohn, Manny Albam, Mary Lou Williams, and more. The multiple generations of students represented include local jazz heroes like swing expert Nick Rossi on guitar, Bay Area Jazzmobile founder Omar Aran on drums, longtime trombone stalwart Scott Larson, and rising stars like Graham Messer on piano, Nathan Tokunaga on clarinet and saxophone, Eddie Sanchez on bass, and James Dunning on trumpet.

Joining them are director, CSM professor and and occasional KCSM DJ Patrick Wolff on alto saxophone and legendary guitarist Bruce Forman, whose virtuosity and humor are matched by his impeccable swing."

We are the Fresh Baked Calzones, a band from Berkeley High, although we originate from Nancy Boyles’ class at MLK middle school. We play a mix of classic jazz standards and less-known material, generally with a focus on upbeat fun.

We are a mix of brass band and jazz with an alto and tenor saxophone (Cole Colquhoun and Joe Chiappetta), trombone (Luke De Valpine), piano (Ariel Spagnolo), guitar (Dexter Griffin), tuba (Lily Crook), and drums (Flora Sullivan).

Harry Duncan, longtime Bay Area-based producer of black music concerts also produces and hosts In The Soul Kitchen, the weekly Roots & Rhythm radio show broadcast live on KCSM, the Bay Area’s jazz station.

Respected industry wide as an innovator, Duncan serves up his own freestyle Roots & Rhythm music mix: a rich, danceable musical stew of soul, funk, blues, jazz, roots reggae plus African, Latin and select World music when spinning live and while In The Soul Kitchen.

Duncan has appeared with a wide variety of artists including: Aretha Franklin, The Roots, George Clinton and P-Funk, Tedeschi-Trucks Band, Bonnie Raitt, Mavis Staples, India Arie, Tower of Power, Los Lobos, Boz Scaggs, Trombone Shorty, Galactic, Irma Thomas, Rebirth Brass Band, Cory Henry, Alice Smith, Lizz Wright, Antibalas, Femi Kuti, Steel Pulse, Ziggy Marley, Madness and The Specials.