Playlist April 7, 2010

Host: David Ryshpan

Brad Mehldau - "Into the City" (Highway Rider)

Christian Scott - "After All" (Yesterday You Said Tomorrow)

Brian Blade Fellowship - "Evinrude-Fifty" (Perceptual)

Interview w/ Fraser Hollins [@ Upstairs w/ Joel Miller, Jon Cowherd & Brian Blade April 16-17]

*Fraser Hollins - "Lost in the Maze" (TBA)

*Chet Doxas - "For Jim" (Big Sky)

Ellen Rowe - "Wishing Well" (Wishing Well)

James Zollar - "Spasmodic Movements" (Zollar Systems)

Myra Melford's Be Bread - "Through the Same Gate" (The Whole Tree Gone)

Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition - "Adana" (Apti)

Vijay Iyer - "Mystic Brew" (Historicity)

Stefano Bollani - "Brigas nunca mais" (Stone in the Water)

*Tommy Babin's Benzene - "Damaged" (Your Body is Your Prison)

Henry Threadgill - "Chairmaster" (This Brings Us To, vol 1)

Thomson Kneeland - "Mazurka for a Modern Man" (Mazurka for a Modern Man)

Playlist for March 24, 2010

Hosts: Stephanie Khoury and Melvin Backstrom

1. The Ratchet Orchestra, Live at Sala Rosa, "Love on a Far Away Planet."
2. Medeski, Martin & Wood, Zaebos, "Zagzagel."
3. John Zorn, George Lewis and Bill Frisell, News for Lulu, "News for Lulu."
4. Trio Derome, Guilbeault, Tanguay, 10 Compositions, "Canelle."
5. Cecil Taylor Unit w/ Roscoe Rudd Sextet, Mixed, "Bulbs."
6. Renee Rosnes, With a Little Help, "Upa Neguinho."
7. Kalmunity Vibe Jazz Collective, Live at Sala Rosa Feb. 13, 2008, Track 4.
8. The Grateful Dead, Dick's Picks Vol. 4, excerpt of "Dark Star."
9. Ingrid Jensen, Project O, "Now as Then."
10. Betty Carter, I'm Yours, You're Mine, "East of the Sun."
11. Derek Bailey, George Lewis, John Zorn, Yankees, "Who's On First."
12. Kenny Wheeler, Angel Song, "Nicolette."

Playlist for February 17th... sorry its so late:

1. Excerpt from Space is the Place (1972) Sun Ra
2. Old Time Religion (1969) Art Ensemble of Chicago
3. The Blessing Song (1972) Michael White
4. Mu (1969) Sun Ra
5. Excerpt from interview with Art Ensemble of Chicago
6. Theme de Celine (1970) Art Ensemble of Chicago
7. Chinampas (1987) Cecil Taylor
8. All Pervading (1978) Edward Larry Gordon
9. The African Look... Philip Cohran and the Artistic Heritage Ensemble
10. A little Jazz Exercise (1970) Oscar Peterson
11. Miss D D (1963) Mary Lou Williams
12. Intro+ Baby let me shake your tree (1970) Rahsaan Roland Kirk
13. Money Blues (1971) Archie Shepp
14. Ayo Ayo Nene (1973) Mor Thiam
15. Space is the Place (1973) Sun Ra
16. Space Oddesy (1974) Marcus Belgrave
17. All gods Children (1972) Archie Shepp
18. Black Thighs... Last Poets
19. Psych City ... Ohio Penitentiary 511 Jazz Ensemble

Playlist, March 3, 2010

Host: David Ryshpan

Banff Centre TD Jazz Creative Residency 2010

Peter Apfelbaum & New York Hieroglyphics - "Titiwa" (It is Written)

Dafnis Prieto Sextet - "En las ruinas de su infancia" (Taking the Soul for a Walk)

Uri Caine - "Most Wanted" (Live at the Village Vanguard)

*Phil Dwyer - "Speak Softly" (Road Stories)

Frieze of Life - "Desire" (Nuclear Frog Pond)

*Parc-X Trio - "Lalala" (Parc-X Trio)

*Amanda Tosoff Quartet - "Shorinji Kempo" (Wait and See)

Chris Jennings - "Riyaz" (Chris Jennings Quartet)

*David Occhipinti - "Sofia's Song" (Forty Revolutions)

Lina Andonovska/Curtis Macdonald - "Zoomtube"

Interview with Seb from Nextbop

Talkover: Roy Hargrove - "How I Know" & "Juicy" (RH Factor)

Christian Scott - "Angola, LA & the 13th Amendment" (Yesterday You Said Tomorrow)

Ben Allison - "Platypus" (Think Free)

Romain Collin Trio - "Onward, Upward" (The Rise and Fall of Pipokuhn)

*Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra - "Dropoff" (Treelines)

Jazz Euphorium February 24, 2010.

We split this week's episode into two, with the First hour of the program begins with the Basie Orchestra's swing, and moves to the fine sounds of the jazz guitar, and the second hour focuses on the "space ethnic voice" of June Tyson, vocalists for The Sun Ra Arkestra.

Hosts: Max &Aj

Count Basie - Atomic Swing - The Daily jump (arr.:Freddie Green)

Count Basie - Ken Burns Jazz: Count Basie - Topsy (Verve)

Kenny Burrell - Introducing Kenny Burrell - This Time the Dream's on Me (Blue Note)
Kenny Burrell- The Common Ground - Everydays (Verve)
George Benson - It's Uptown - Clockwise (Columbia)
George Benson - It's Uptown - Summertime (Columbia)
Wes Montgomery- The Incredible Jazz Guitar - D-Natural Blues (Riverside)
Wes Montgomery - Quintessential Wes - 'Round Midnight (Fuel)
Grant Green - Iron City - Black Orpheus (Muse)
Grant Green - The Best Of Grant Green Vol. II - The Final Countdown (Blue Note)

Sun Ra Arkestra - Nuclear War - Sometimes I'm Happy

(Atavistic Unheard Music Series)

Sun Ra Arkestra - Nuclear War - Smile -(Atavistic Unheard Music Series)

Space is the place clip

Sun Ra - Live In Cleavland - Enlightenment (leo records)

Sun Ra - Live In Cleavland - Theme of the Star Gazers(leo records)

Excerpt from an Interview With June Tyson originally aired in the early 80s on WKCR.

the interview can be listened to at weetstraw.com

Sun Ra - Live In Cleavland - Friendly Galaxy 2; I am the Brother of the Wind; I, Pharaoh

(leo records)

Playlist, February 3, 2010

Looking into the innovators of bebop drumming! Some of the early percussionists to introduce the bebop style of drumming in the early 1940's were Max Roach, Kenny Clarke, and Art Blakey.

Bebop was a style of drumming meant to be listened to (rather than danced to); it was more of an art form. It used faster tempos and introduced new forms of chromaticisms and dissonance into jazz - which is just a fancy way of saying that jazz was moving away from what was popular to something more challenging.

Initially, bebop was met with some hostility, but by the 1950's bebop had been accepted into the vocabulary of jazz...

...with great pleasure!



Max Roach - Parisian Sketches/Parisian Sketches
Max Roach - The Third Eye (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wnW2KLWE-g)
Max Roach - On the High-Hat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8syiOwwVyY)
Max Roach - Speak Brother Speak/Speak Brother Speak
Max Roach - To the Max!/Drums Unlimited
Max Roach + Abdullah Ibrahim - Stream of Consciousness/Consinguinity (*check this record out*)
Flowers - A Slow Secret
M'Boom - M'Boom/Rumble in the Jungle
Max Roach w/ the J.C. White Singers - Lift Every Voice and Sing/Motherless Child
Max Roach His Chorus and Orchestra - It's Time/Another Valley
Dizzy Gillespie - Oop Bop Sh'bam (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aksce4oJsU)
Art Blakey + The Jazz Messengers - Caravan
Flowers - Ikebana Tymbles
Art Blakey - A Night in Tunisia
Various Artists - The Best of Kenny Dorham/Minor's Holiday (Drums: Art Blakey)
Kathy Kennedy - Country Song
Miles Davis - Milestones/Straight No Chaser

*I do not have the album names for all tracks played.

Playlist, February 10, 2010

Host: Mike Chamberlain

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane: The Feeling of Jazz (Duke Ellington & John Coltrane)

Amir ElSaffar/Hafez Modirzadeh: Facet One (from Radif Suite)

Amir ElSaffar/Hafez Modirzadeh: Facet Two (Radif Suite)

Thom Gossage Other Voices: Impulsi (variation 2) (Impulsi)

THOM GOSSAGE INTERVIEW

Thom Gossage Other Voices: Impulsi (variation 1) (Impulsi)

Havard Wilk Trio: Malachi (The Arcades Project)

Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra: Red Cedar (Treelines)

Mary Halvorson/Jessica Pavone: Prairies (Prairies)

Antoine Berthiaume: Small Tease (Small Tease)

Steve Raegele: Janet Jackson (Last Century)

Michael Musillami Trio: Old Tea (Old Tea)

Muhal Richard Abrams/George Lewis/Roscoe Mitchell: Streaming (Streaming)

Playlist January 27, 2010

Host: Chris Tangredi

Joao Donato e Seu Trio - "Naquela Base" (Muito a Vontade)

Marcos Valle - "Batucada Surgiu" (Braziliance)

Dom Salvador - "Indio Perdido" (Tristeza)

Som Tres - "Carto de Ossanha" (Som 3)

Milton Banana Trio - "Barquinho Diferente"

Cesar Mariano - "Sambinha" (Prestigo 13)

Eumir Deodato - "Amor No Mar" (Ideias)

Cesar Carmargo Mariano - "Triste Amor Impossive" (Prestigo 13)

Hareton Salvanini - "Slamandras" (S.P. 73)

Som Tres - "Samblues" (Som 3)

Joao Donato e Seu Trio - "Tim Dom Dom" (Muito a Vontade)

Milton Banana Trio - "Amanha"

Jorge Ben - "Mas Que Nada" (Samba Esquema Novo)

Geraldo Vespar - "Preciso Aprender e Ser So" (Samba Nova Geracao)

Geraldo Vespar - "Corcovado" (Eu e o Violao)

Dom Salvador - "Hey Voce" (Som Sangue e Raca)

Jorge Ben - "Comanche" (Negro E Lindo)

Dom Salvador - "Tema Pro Gaguinho" (Some Sangue e Raca)

Johnny Alf - "Um Tema Para Simon" (Nos)

Som Imaginario - "A3" (Matanca do Porco)

Marcos Valle - "Ele e Ela" (1970)

Gal Costa & Caetano Veloso - "Candeias" (Domingo)

Milton Banana Trio - "Cidade Vazia"

Ana Mazzotti - "De um Jeito So" (Ninguem Vai Me Segurar)

Milton Banana Trio - "Samba do Perdao" (O Trio)

Milton Banana Trio - "Voce" (Ve)

Milton Banana Trio - "So Tinha Que Ser Com Voce" (Ve)

Som Tres - "Caruara" (Som 3)

Joao Donato & Deodato - "Batuque" (Donato Deodato)

Playlist, December 23, 2009

Host: David Ryshpan

Duke Ellington - "Peanut Brittle Brigade" (Three Suites)

Favourites of the year & decade

Vijay Iyer - "Big Brother" (Historicity)

John Hebert - "Acrid Landscape" (Byzantine Monkey)

Henry Threadgill - "After Some Time" (This Brings Us To, volume 1)

Stefano Bollani - "Brigas nunca mais" (Stone in the Water)

The Bad Plus - "Comfortably Numb" (For All I Care)

Dave Douglas - "Twilight of the Dogs" (Spirit Moves)

Matt Wilson - "Shooshabuster" (That's Gonna Leave a Mark)

*Joel Miller - "Big Tiny" (Tantramar)

*Fieldtrip - "I am the Impostor" (No Destination)

*Michael Herring's Vertigo - "S-ow-ss" (Coniferous Revenge)

*Darcy James Argue's Secret Society - "Habeas Corpus" (Infernal Machines)

John Hollenbeck & Jazz BigBand Graz - "Abstinence" (Joys & Desires)

Guillermo Klein  y los Guachos - "Con Brasil Adentro-Fuga X" (Live in Barcelona)

Terence Blanchard - "On the Verge" (Bounce)

Brian Blade Fellowship - "Rubylou's Lullabye" (Season of Changes)

Duke Ellington - "Sugar Rum Cherry" (Three Suites)

Playlist December 16, 2009

Host: Chris Tangredi

Ahmad Jamal - "The World Is A Ghetto" (73)
Jose Roberto E Seu Conjunto - "Diamante Cor De Rosa" (Organ Sound, Um Nova Estilo)
Ramsey Lewis - "Where Is The Love" (Funky Serenity)
Gabor Szabo - "Stormy" (1969)
Jon Lucien - "You Are My Love" (Song For My Lady)
Les McCann - "Soaring (At Dawn) Part I" (Layers)
Calvin Keys - "Shawn-Neeq" (Shawn Neeq)
George Duke - "Someday" (I Love The Blues, She Heard My Cry)
Marlena Shaw - "Feel Like Making Love" (Who Is This Bitch, Anyways?)
Bob James - "Feel Like Making Love" (One)

Tarika Blue - "Revelation" (Tarika Blue)
Gene Russell - "For Heaven's Sake" (Talk To My Lady)
Henry Franklin - "3 Soft Spirit" (The Skipper At Home)
Jeff Lorber Fusion - "Rain Dance" (Water Sign)
Jack McDuff - "Wank's Theme" (Who Knows What Tomorrow's Gonna Bring?)
Ramsey Lewis - "My Love For You" (Funkin Serenity)
Marcos Valle - "Democestico" (Vento Sul)
Harvey Mason - "What's Goin On" (Funk In A Mason Jar)
Kimiko Kasai - "Butterfly" (Butterfly)
Milt Jackson - "Olinga" (Olinga)
Oz Noy - "For You"
James "Blood" Ulmer - "Odyssey" (Odyssey)
Weather Report "Yound and Fine" (Mr. Gone)