Caminhos do Jazz with Katchie

  Listen to this week's show      As our spring membership drive begins, we continue Women's History Month programming, adding primavera (and a few men) to the mix. The playlist includes spring tunes performed by Gal Costa , Malika Zarra , Savina Yannatou and Primavera en Salonico , Paula Morelenbaum , Uri Caine & Theo Bleckmann , Hubert Laws , Sara Serpa & André Matos , Dianne Reeves , Nancy Reed & David Liebman .    Now is the time to re-up your membership or become a member of KRTU , Trinity University's long-running listener-supported jazz station. Click the image below or follow the link above. Thanks for your support!   Click the image below to expand the playlist.    Caminhos do Jazz with Katchie airs live on Saturday mornings at 10 Central.  KRTU 91.7 FM in San Antonio, worldwide at KRTU.org. ...follow us on  Facebook ,  Instagram , and  All About Jazz . W hile you're at it, why not suppor...

    Listen to this week's show      Women's History Month is here, and we celebrate this week with a program of, by, and about women, featuring  Amelinha , Joyce Moreno , Renee Rosnes , Léa Freire , Gal Costa , Badi Assad , Tania Tigresa, Elza Soares , Lara Aufranc , Grupo Samba Delas, and Ananda Savitri. As a teaser, check this classic performance of Joyce's "Femina" (YouTube below).       Click the image below to expand the playlist.    Caminhos do Jazz with Katchie airs live on Saturday mornings at 10 Central.  KRTU 91.7 FM in San Antonio, worldwide at KRTU.org. ...follow us on  Facebook ,  Instagram , and  All About Jazz . W hile you're at it, why not support community radio by becoming a member of the station at  join.krtu.org ?  What's that catchy theme music for Caminhos do Jazz?  Damas Grátis  (Ladies Free) / 4:37 / 2007 /  Eduardo Neves  /  Gafieira de Bolso ...

Polly Harrison with Bucky Pizzarelli , Joseph Oldenhove de Guertechin and Stephane Grappelli , San Antonio TX 1992. Photo courtesy of Benedetto Guitars .     Listen to the show      With deep sadness, on this week's show (February 28, 2026) we mark the passing of the immensely talented 7-string guitarist  Polly Harrison ,  who died last week (February 20) on the gig, doing what she loved to do. Polly was  a revered member of the San Antonio jazz community for many years, as a performer (she played with just about everybody) and  as a mentor to up-and-comers and newcomers.  She and  drummer-singer Kyle Keener  had a five-decade partnership as the Small World band , gigging everywhere and hosting a virtually unbroken series of yearslong welcoming jam sessions. Her work was multifaceted and genre-spanning; we lean into her bossa nova and Brazilian jazz playing here.      For more of Polly's story, read Bett But...