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"I was born in Sacramento, CA" (William Allen Mays) Feb. 5, 1944. "There was always music in our home. My dad, Bill Sr., was a minister, and played the piano, organ, trombone, guitar and harmonica, so gospel music was the first music I heard. My mom, Martha, a homemaker, had a beautiful, very natural, voice and I have vivid memories of him playing the accordion while she sang. Dad's trombone was an old, silver valved one. I loved that sound—it’s probably the reason I took up the baritone horn and trumpet in junior high school. We had a spinet piano, a Baldwin Acrosonic, and I was at it from a very early age. I had some great teachers down through the years but the one who really set the stage, at around age eight, was Ethel Bush

Album

Ray's Hat Trick

By Ron Vincent

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Angelica; Dear Old Stockholm; Ray’s Hat Trick; Pick Yourself Up; Still Life; Is That So; New Moon; Restitution; I Hear You; Mike; Wee.

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Embrace

By Mattias Svensson

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: My Toots Toots (For Toots); Bluetiful; Erik Satir; Shagit; Fredriksson 2; Steps (Ahead); Theme From Emmerdale; Tomorrow’s Trickster; Cheddar; Längtar Till Fredag (Theme From N.P. Möller); T’ai the Chi(t) Together; A Shorter Way; Fredriksson 3.

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Restitution

November 15, 2026

Album: Ray's Hat Trick
By Ron Vincent
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 07:18

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Faye Carol, Denise Donatelli, Miki Yamanaka, Alex Hamburger, Nicolle Yvette, Ilaria Capalbo, Jazz Leos & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
August 24, 2026

This broadcast includes new music from Faye Carol, Denise Donatelli, Miki Yamanaka, Alex Hamburger, NicolleYvette, Ilaria Capalbo, plus birthday shoutouts to Bernice Petkere (Close Your Eyes, Lullaby of the Leaves), Gladys Bentley, Terry Pollard, Trudy Pitts, Cyrille Aimee, Mary Stallings, Roberta Donnay, Lenora Zenzali Helm, and Honorable Men Dave Brubeck and Bill Evans, among others. Happy ...

Song of the Day

Shagit

February 12, 2026

Album: Embrace
By Mattias Svensson
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 07:55

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The Journey

By Gabriele Comeglio

Label: Dodicilune Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Shuffle Tune; Bassic Instinct; Song for Caterina; Bop Street; Just in Case: For My Parents; Night Roads; South; Che M’importa Del Mondo; Frully; Alice; Lullaby of the Leaves; Prelude.

News: Award / Grant

Bob Magnusson Joins Former Trio Mates Wofford, Plank In San Diego Hall Of Fame

October 11, 2025

Legendary jazz bassist Bob Magnusson, who cut his teeth in Buddy Rich’s big band before joining Sarah Vaughan’s combo, was inducted into the San Diego Music Hall of Fame on Saturday, September 27, 2025. Magnusson joins 2024 inductee Jim Plank (drums) and 2023 inductee Mike Wofford (piano), the three of whom comprised the classic house band ...

Article: Album Review

The DIVA Jazz Orchestra: Tappin' Thru Life

Read "Tappin' Thru Life" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
July 21, 2025

Tappin' Thru Life is more than the title of a jazz album; it is a philosophy, one that guided Maurice Hines through most of his 80 years and all of his epic career as an acclaimed tap dancer and entertainer. The album is based on Hines' autobiographical stage show of that name whose music director, drummer ...

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Fun House - guest on Todd Strait Project feat. Bill Mays

By Todd Strait

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Baby Don't You Quit Now, When I Fall in Love, Roundabout, Lucky to Be Me, Pretty Eyes, Remind Me, Nothing Like You, Never Let Me Go