04/27/08

again, friends, i am unable to present another incarnation of RR this week. i am playing in a combo for a concert on campus. we are playing "evidence" by thelonious sphere monk. it is unfortunate that i have had to miss the last two weeks in april, but playing music live does win out over playing it on the air. the best part about this, though, is that captain al and ré are going to split my time so there will be a huge block of sweet soul music on the radio waves tonight. i will definitely be back on the first sunday in may to finish out the season with a bang. hope you all will tune in then.

04/20/08

tonight i won't be on the air. i have a performance to perform. to fill the space, captain al will go another hour with the r&b jukebox and ré will start for your pleasure at nine. there will be good stuff on. meanwhile, i am playing a concert with an mit ensemble that plays funk, soul, and hip-hop. also i don't know if i'll be back next week because i have another concert to perform in. i will keep you posted on that. for now, stay funky and enjoy the beautiful weather and yawning flowers. here is the event i'm playing:

04/13/08

that latin bit tonight for the last half of the program, possibly because my father is in peru at the moment. i thought manteca meant "grease," but rob told me it meant heroin. good to know. this show was a bit rough around the edges, but it had some nice stuff and i definitely liked the flow. runja told me about "bulletpoints" and i really dig it a lot. also: the amiri baraka composition blew me away. i won't be here next week but there will be good stuff on—always funky on sunday nights here at wmbr.

what is life but a whiskey dream:

Blue Monk / Clifford Jordan / Night of the Mark VII
Here Am I / Donald Byrd / Byrd in Hand
Till There Was You (take 3) / Sonny Rollins / The Freedom Suite
Nardis / Joe Henderson / The Kicker
Nardis / Bill Evans / At the Montreux Jazz Festival
Blues on the Corner / McCoy Tyner / The Real McCoy
Au Privave / Charlie Parker / Swedish Schnapps
The Way You Look Tonight / Tina Brooks / Minor Move
In Walked Bud / Thelonious Monk / Underground
In Walked Bud / Amiri Baraka
Un Poco Loco (take 2) / Bud Powell / The Amazing Bud Powell Vol. 1
Soy Califa / Dexter Gordon / A Swingin' Affair
Tijuana Gift Shop / Charles Mingus / Tijuana Moods
Moon Over Cuba / Duke Ellingon / Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band, 1940-1942
Rumbola / Dizzy Gillespie / Jazz Recital
El Manisero (The Peanut Vendor) / Stan Kenton Orchestra / Stompin' at Newport
El Manisero (The Peanut Vendor) / Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio / Supernova
Tin-Tin-Deo / James Moody and His Bobmen Featuring Chano Pozo / The Cu-Bop Days
Bullet Points / Roger Bonair-Agard
Manteca / Cal Tjader / Live at the Funky Quarters

04/06/08

swing swang swung. april is jazz appreciation month and poetry appreciation month so every week you'll hear jazz (of course) but also music-related poetry both famed and contemporary. today started with the obvious choice. i didn't mention this, but happy birthday bill hardman and art taylor. also i didn't have a chance to actually play charlie parker, but we can get to that next week or you can look it up as homework. either way.

This is what Charlie Parker
Said when he played, All is Well:

Twelve / Jaki Byard Quartet / Live! Vol. 1
Birdlike / Freddie Hubbard / Ready For Freddie
Change Partners / Art Farmer Quartet / Perception
What is This Thing Called Love? / Ahmad Jamal / Cross Country Tour: 1958-1961
Broadway / Oscar Peterson / Plays Count Basie
Basie Ain't Here / Frank Wess / Wess Point
Indiana / Art Tatum / The Complete Capitol Records
Wabash / Cannonball Adderley & John Coltrane / Cannonball & Coltrane
Reunion / Benny Golson Sextet / The Modern Touch
Half Nelson / Charlie Rouse / Social Call
Old World, New Imports / Hank Mobley / No Room For Squares
Passion Flower / Billy Strayhorn / Lush Life
Introduction/Tribute to Ellington / Randy Weston / Carnival
East of the Sun (West of the Moon) / Sonny Stitt Quartet / Personal Appearance
Good Spirits / Al Cohn / Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bob Brookmeyer
Five Brothers / Gerry Mulligan Quartet / Paris Concert
Monaco (alt. take) / Kenny Dorham / 'Round About Midnight At the Café Bohemia Vol. II
Charlie Parker / Jack Kerouac / Mexico City Blues