Kids Talk Radio Podcasts

STEM News: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar talks with Bob Barboza on Kids Talk Radio

Sat, 12 May 2012 16:39:03 -0700

I never dreamed that I would ever meet Kareem Abdual-Jabbar in my lifetime. Thank you Kids Talk Radio. We invite you to listen to our audio podcast. This podcast was produced to introduce Kareem to our K-12 students and to act a an inspirational podcast for future scientists. We will join Kareem a second time at the 11th Annual Young Authors’ Faire in Orange County California. We posted our photos on http://www.KidsTalkRadioLA.com.

STEM News: Kareem Abdual-Jabbar talks with Stone Houston on Kids Talk Radio

Sat, 12 May 2012 16:30:36 -0700

Stone Houston is ten years old and he is a student backpack journalist for Kids Talk Radio in Long Beach, California. His first news assignment after training was to interview former Los Angeles Laker super star Kareem Abdual-Jabbar. You can find his photo essay at http://www.KidsTalkRadioLA.com.

Music: Roger Wagner Sings on Kids Talk Radio

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:16:55 -0700

Roger Wagner was awarded the CUE Leadership in Technology Award by the Computer Using Educators of California. He is a true expert in his field and is the creator of the award winning program “Hyper Studio.” He has helped thousands of teacher and students and is admired by educators around the world. Take the time to explore his updated version of “Hyper Studio.” This video podcasts is an example of just how multitalented Roger Wager is. Take the time to get to know him and explore his contributions to the field of educational technology.

Podcasting: How to create a podcast?

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:09:19 -0700

Michael Morera is the Dean of Jr. Business School. He has been on the radio in California and Vermont. Michael Morera is helping students to become student backpack journalists. This will allow them to join the Kids Talk Radio intern program. We invite you to listen to his Kids Talk Radio podcasting tips and tricks. We invite your questions and comments.

NAMM Show Music: John Mayer Kids Talk Radio Podcasts

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:00:09 -0800

Kids Talk Radio made a video podcasts of John Mayer announcing his new custom guitar. John did a nice interview. He seems like a fun person to be in a band with. We invite you to view our interview. Be sure to visit http://www.KidsTalkRadioUSA.com for more photos.

Ingrid Pastorius Interview Part 1 Kids Talk Radio

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:58:33 -0800

We had the pleasure of working with Ingrid Pastorius at Kids Talk Radio and Super School University. Our mission was to find creative ways of keeping jazz alive in the schools. This interview was the start of a program to record the history of the great musician that help to shape American Jazz. Ingrid was just perfect for this job. She was a school teacher, married to Jaco Pastorius and had the honor to go on the road with the great jazz group “Weather Report.”

Ingrid was very positive and a great person to work I had plans to come back with a third interview and capture her story about Nora Jones and Joni Mitchell. I called her cell phone and left a message last week and did not hear from her. She is great at returning calls. This interview helps me to remember her kind voice.

This interview has three parts. Parts one and two are about Ingrids life on the road all special memories. Part three is our Cape Verdean Jazz Morna that we have dedicated to the memory of Ingrid. This jazz morna has a very special meaning to me in 2011. In this same year, we lost Cesara Evora a popular Cape Verdean singer and wonderful person that brought Cape Verdean Mornas to the attention of the world.

Please share your comments and stories.

Bob Barboza

Ingrid Pastorius Interview Part 2 Kids Talk Radio

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:44:28 -0800

It is never easy to process an interview after a person has passed away. However, this is a very special person that we don’t want to ever forget. This could possibly be the only oral interview of Ingrid Pastorius. We are not sure of this fact. We welcome your stories and comments.

We asked Ingrid to send Super School University a Bio. This is what she sent.

July 29, 2009

My name is Ingrid Pastorius nee Horn Müller, born in Indonesia to an Indonesian mother and German father, Eveline and Jozef. Before the age of 20 when I arrived in CA, I had also lived in the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Antilles, and Puerto Rico. My father was a musician turned engineer, my brother Paul, a musician in San Diego, also teaches Math, my brother Peter is a linguist, teacher and poet. In 1979 I married Jaco Pastorius, who had revolutionized the bass guitar and become an impressive composer by the time he was 25. Our twins, Julius and Felix Pastorius, born June ’82, are now both musicians. Their father was murdered in ’87. While raising our sons I developed a passion for teaching and finding a way to bring awareness to kids and parents the importance of gaining confidence, self-worth and knowledge through the appreciation of Jazz, “America’s Classical Music”.

Music: A Cape Verdean Jazz Morna for Ingrid Pastorius

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:04:44 -0800

Kids Talk Radio and Super School University will never forget Ingrid Pastorius.

I interviewed Ingrid for both Super School University and Kids Talk Radio. We asked Ingrid to help us with our special project of keeping jazz alive in the schools. Ingrid agreed and you will find mention on her LinkedIn page. We started out on a journey interviewing different members of the music community and it was important that we interview Ingrid. This may be the only interview of Ingrid in her own voice. If there are more please let us know. There is something special about hearing Ingrid speak. You can get a sense about what a wonderful person she was. I loved talking with Ingrid over the phone. She was a walking jazz history book and the perfect person to lead Jr. Music School at Super School University. Ingrid helped with editing for Kids Talk Radio and strategic planning for helping to keep jazz alive in the schools. On about December 20, 2011, I called Ingrid and left a message on her cell phone. I had no idea that she had died. My plan was to invite her to California to be the narrator in a visual jazz opera. She was to speak over our Cabo Verde Jazz Morna and other songs written to go along with a special art collection. It was to be spoken word in a jazz opera. I wanted to call Ingrid last. It turns out that I waited too long.

About the Jazz Morna

I first learned about traditional mornas from the music of Ceasari Evora.

Ms. Évora’s music was in a style called morna, which is sung in taverns on the Cape Verde islands: slow, pensive ballads with an underlying lilt, suffused with sodade, the Cape Verdean creole term for a nostalgic longing that pervades music across Portugal (where the word is saudade) and its former empire.

I thought of this music like Cape Verde Blues. All of my influences were in American Jazz so I thought I would try and compose a “Jazz Mora”.

Cesária Évora, who brought the music of the tiny Cape Verde islands off Senegal to a worldwide audience, died on Saturday, December 18, 2011, in Mindelo, on São Vicente, her native island in Cape Verde. She was 70. In keeping with our project of making sure that music alive in the school. We will tell the youth that when Janet Jackson was asked who one of her favorite singers was, she said, “Cesaria Evora.”

This jazz Morna was performed by Michael Morera on sax, Jon Hartmann on keyborads, and Bob Barboza, bass and drums. It was written in California for the first Barboza Jazz Opera: Cabo Verde Dreams. This jazz opera was performed at Long Beach State University in the Richard and Karen Carpenter Theater.

Composer Bob Barboza is a Cape Verdean American. He was born in the United States and went to Cape Verde for the first time in on April 15, 2011. Barboza presented his ideas of Kids Talk Radio and keeping music alive in the schools at the Fifth Congresso in Cape Verde. You can find more information with a Google search of the Cabo Verde Tenth Island Project.

On November 28, 2011, Ingrid passed away. I have decided to dedicate our Cape Verdean Jazz Morna to Ingrid. She now has a jazz song written for her. The new name is A “Cape Verdean Jazz Morna for Ingrid.”
This song is sad. It was written to help you morn the death of a loved one. It works best when you are alone and just thinking life and death.

We will continue the work that we started. We will never forget Ingrid and her wonderful positive spirit. We are just going to think different and find creative ways to keep jazz alive in the schools.

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An e-mail from Ingrid:

Biography Ingrid Pastorius
July 29, 2009

My name is Ingrid Pastorius nee Horn Müller, born in Indonesia to an Indonesian mother and German father, Eveline and Jozef. Before the age of 20 when I arrived in CA, I had also lived in the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Antilles, and Puerto Rico. My father was a musician turned engineer, my brother Paul, a musician in San Diego, also teaches Math, my brother Peter is a linguist, teacher and poet. In 1979 I married Jaco Pastorius, who had revolutionized the bass guitar and become an impressive composer by the time he was 25. Our twins, Julius and Felix Pastorius, born June ’82, are now both musicians. Their father was murdered in ’87. While raising our sons I developed a passion for teaching and finding a way to bring awareness to kids and parents the importance of gaining confidence, self-worth and knowledge through the appreciation of Jazz, “America’s Classical Music”.

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We welcome your stories

Bob Barboza
Kids Talk Radio
Suprschool@aol.com
http://www.KidsTalkRadioUSA.com
http://www.KidsTalkRadioLA.com

December 24, 2011