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Diego Rivera

Born: November 28, 1977

A world-class musician, composer, arranger and educator, Diego Rivera has entertained audiences for over 20 years. Rivera is known for his muscular tone and unique blend of straight-ahead jazz fused with music inspired by his Latino background and heritage. He is a tenured Associate Professor of Jazz Saxophone at Michigan State University where he also serves as Associate Director of Jazz Studies. 

Rivera was born in Ann Arbor, MI and raised ‘just up the road’ in East Lansing, MI. Born into a Mexican-American family, his Chicano heritage has always been important to him and shaped his creative endeavors. His parents named him after the famed muralist, Diego Rivera. A trip to the Detroit Institute of Arts at a young age inspired him to make his own mark with the Saxophone rather than the brush. He attended Michigan State University where he studied with Andrew Speight, Branford Marsalis, Ron Blake and Rodney Whitaker. 

Stevie Wonder, Vanisha Gould, Sarah Pillow, Amy London, Julieta Eugenio, Marianne Solivan, Jocelyn Gould & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
October 19, 2026

This broadcast includes new music from Angela O'Neill, Stevie Wonder, Sarah Pillow, Amy London, Julieta Eugenio, Marianne Solivan, Jocelyn Gould, Vanisha Gould, with birthday shoutouts to Lee Wiley, Pam Fleming, Violeta Parra}, Roxana Ahmed, Emma Larsson, Amy Cervini and Honorable Men Thelonious Monk and Johnny O'Neal, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you ...

Michael Mordecai: The Man Who Keeps Austin Jazz Moving

by Hank Hehmsoth
June 15, 2026

Michael Mordecai has spent decades inside the machinery of Austin jazz: on the bandstand, behind the phone, at the booking desk, in the contractor's chair and in the community rooms where musicians, venues and advocates try to keep the music visible. His work has never fit neatly into a single category. Mordecai is a trombonist, bandleader, ...

Still We Dream

By Josh Lawrence

Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Long As You're Livng; Still We Dream; Op. 29: Impromptu No. 1; Boo Boo's Birthday; Pure Imagination; Evidence; Kradoudja; Light Blue; Op. 36: Impromptu No. 2; Trinkle, Tinkle; Op. 35: Funeral March From Piano Sonata No. 2; America.

West Circle

By Diego Rivera

Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: West Circle; The Maze; Ebb And Flow; Both-Siding; Frida; Cumbia; Fungque; Debatable; Just Before Silence; Mr. Styx.

In Jazz We Trust

By Posi-Tone Swingtet

Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Invocation; Free Time; Mal's Totem; Mirror; Simmer; Stepped Out; Don't Look Behind You; Le Rendez-vous Final; Changing Trains.

In The Beginning

By Something Blue

Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Trapdoor; Undercurrents; Dream For Donte; Sun Sound; This One's For You; Like Miles; Portrait Of Harlem; Lockout; Sea Of Sand.

Peace Unknown

By Art Hirahara

Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Peace Unknown; Anonima; Irons In The Fire; The More Things Change; Drawing With Light; Brooklyn Express; The Looking Glass; Father's Song; Two Cubes.

Force & Grace

By Blue Moods

Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Crisis; First Light; Latina; Brigitte; On The Que-Tee; Little Sunflower; Gibraltar; D Minor Mint; Sky Dive; Happy Times; Lament For Booker; Soul Surge.

Grant Stewart, Margherita Fava, Stevie Holland, Nat Adderley, Jr., Kelsey Mines, Affinity Trio & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
October 20, 2025

This broadcast includes new releases from Grant Stewart, Margherita Fava, Stevie Holland, Nat Adderley, Jr., Kelsey Mines and Affinity Trio, with birthday shoutouts to Thelonious Monk, Pam Fleming, Amy Cervini, Violeta Parra (Gracias A La Vida), Johnny O'Neal, Nancy Kelly, and Nona Hendryx, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, ...