05/18/08

last show of the spring 2008 season for me. i am traveling the spaceways on thursday morning to return home for the summer. this show was quite enjoyable for me; funky experimental sounds all the way to a horace silver ballad and the essential sun ra. i didn't play any bill evans or mandrill, but that can wait. good music is endless, you know. also happy birthday to cecil mcbee. i hope the summer will prove to be both productive and relaxing. that is, if i survive these next few days. anyways, hope you've enjoyed listening as much as i've enjoyed putting these things together. i'll be back in the fall with some secret slabs to display. until then, this is real life.

from planet to planet:

Go Ahead John / Miles Davis / Big Fun
Beaux J. Poo Boo / Les McCann / Invitation to Openness
Hold On, I'm Coming / Herbie Mann / Memphis Underground
Say a Little Prayer / Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Volunteered Slavery
Money Won't Save You / Boscoe / Boscoe
Switch #2 / Jonas Gwangwa & African Explosion / Who (Ngubani) ?
Give It Away / Young-Holt Unlimited / Just a Melody
Willie & Laura Mae Jones / The Jazz Crusaders / Penthouse '69
Trio Absolute / Dafnis Prieto / About the Monks
Cuerpo Y Alma / Esperanza Spalding / Esperanza
Bogota / Ahmad Jamal / Outertimeinnerspace
The Time of the World Is At Hand / Billy Gault / When Destiny Calls
Cantaloupe Island / Herbie Hancock / Empyrean Isles
You Happened My Way / The Horace Silver Quintet / Finger Poppin'
We Travel the Spaceways / Sun Ra / We Travel the Spaceways

05/11/08

today is irving berlin's birthday. and, oddly, it is carla bley's birthday too. the music tonight was generally jazzy-funky. i was happy to host don byron on the program. we discussed his love for mandrill and his musical origins from about 9-9:30. thanks again don for stopping by. he has been a visiting professor at mit and i've learned a great deal by working with him. listen to the archive if you'd like to hear his opinion about early jazz clarinet sounds, pierre boulez and the new york philharmonic, west indian boat rides around manhattan, growing up in the bronx in the 70s, and his early musical activities.

lovers will rise and rule the earth forever:

Comin' Round the Mountain / Funkadelic / Hardcore Jollies
The Funk Surgeon / Eddie Henderson / Comin' Through
Do It Again / Deodato & Airto / In Concert
Inmate Man / Steve Grossman / Terra Firma
Gut Level / The Blackbyrds / Night Grooves
Green and Gold / Roy Ayers / Virgin Ubiquity
Wind Parade / Donald Byrd / Places and Spaces
A Shorter Path No. 2 / Karl Denson / Dance Lesson #2
Fencewalk / Don Byron / Nu Blaxploitation

conversation with Don Byron

Klang / Don Byron / You Are #6
Lovers / Cannonball Adderley / Lovers
Cannon Ball / Weather Report / Black Market

05/04/08

love in outer space:

Maybe Tomorrow / The Jackson 5 / Goin' Back to Indiana
Honey / Erykah Badu / Honey single
I Adore You / Esperanza Spalding / Esperanza
Ponta de Areia / Milton Nascimento / Minas
Black Narcissus / Flora Purim / Encounter
Black Narcissus / Joe Henderson / Power to the People
Peruvian Blue / Kenny Barron / Peruvian Blue
Let It Ride / Nicholas Payton / Into the Blue
Tim Bits / Dave Douglas / Meaning and Mystery
Ida Lupino / Paul Bley / Turns
Undercurrents / Chico Freeman / The Outside Within
Jug Ain't Gone / Chico & Von Freeman / Freeman & Freeman
The New Chicago Blues / Clarence Wheeler / The New Chicago Blues
Wee / Johnny Griffin / Live in Tokyo
Good Girl Blues / Ornette Coleman / The Complete Science Fiction Sessions
Love in Outer Space / Sun Ra / The Night of the Purple Moon
Praise Innocence / Michael White / Spirit Dance