07/26/09—moon curry & more

round trip / ornette coleman / new york is now! (1968)

bed:

live@MIT—part I / pillars & tongues / live@MIT (2008)

slurp / burton greene / presenting burton greene (1968)
john's children / byard lancaster / it's not up to us (1968)
beetles on the head / karel velebny / SHQ (1968)
dibango / joe lovano / folk art (2009)
meet in berlin / attila zoller / gypsy cry (1970)
walking on the moon / sun ra / my brother the wind volume II (1969)
ah! sun-flower / allen ginsberg / sings songs of experience (1969)
krishna / bob thiele and his new happy times orchestra / light my fire (1967)
tryin' times / roberta flack / first take (!970)

bed:

funky sterling / willis "gator tail" jackson / mellow blues (1970)

07/19/09—RR time machine blues

playlists are now also posted at track-blaster.com to enable realtime streaming on wmbr.org.

how could i be blue? / james p. johnson / father of the stride piano (1920s/1962)

bed:

honeysuckle rose / coleman hawkins / body and soul revisited (1950s)

no eyes blues / lester young / the complete aladdin recordings (1946)
we remember pres / jimmy rushing / livin' the blues (1968)
roll 'em pete / jimmy witherspoon & ben webster / previous unreleased recordings (1967)
sittin' in / chu berry / tenor giants (1938)
do nothing 'til you hear from me / louis armstrong & duke ellington / the great summit (1961)
jam for boppers / gene ammons & sonny stitt / jug & sonny (1967)
swingin' and rockin' / jimmy forrest / night train (1951)
cherokee (concept I) / herb ellis & joe pass / two for the road (1974)
stars over marrakech / elmo hope / trio and quintet (1953)
people will say we're in love / donald byrd & doug watkins / the transition sessions (1960)
but not for me / sun ra / holiday for soul dance (1961)
don't even kick it around / ramsey lewis trio / barefoot sunday blues (1963)
i like to recognize the tune / tal farlow / autumn in new york (1954)

bed:

he's got the whole world in his hands / count basie / pop goes the basie (1964)

get with it / king curtis & champion jack dupree / blues at montreux (1971)

07/18/09—backwoods sub

shine, shave, shower (it's saturday) / lefty frizzell (1950)
blues for big bob / mel brown (1967)
honky tonk train blues / lenny dee (1956)
just give me a chance / silas hogan (1972)
hot rod race / ramblin' jimmy dolan (1950)
whole lotta shakin' goin' on / bill haley and the comets (1969)
match box / carl perkins (1957)
what kind of fool (do you think i am) / the tams (1964)
talking about my baby / the impressions (1964)
two guitar boogie / rene hall (1953)
book of love / the monotones (1957)
ready teddy / buddy holly (1958)
everybody needs somebody to love / solomon burke (1964)
sookie sookie / don covay (1966)
it's you i love / fats domino (1957)
26 second song / shel silverstein (1971)
living with the shades pulled down / merle haggard (1973)
no back door to heaven / gene autry (1957)
blue guitars / light crust doughboys (1937)
shame on you / the quebe sisters (2008)
stumble / freddie king (1970)
wow! / joe morris (1948)
countless blues / lester young (1938)
after you've gone / art tatum (1944)
light up / buster bailey and his rhythm busters (1938)
smoke! smoke! smoke! (that cigarette) / tex williams (1960)
milk cow blues boogie / elvis presley (1954)*
lucille / little richard (1957)
shotgun / jr. walker & the allstars (1965)
black beauty / ike turner & his kings of rhythm (1969)*
heartbreaker / b.b. king (~1977)
sloppy drunk / jimmy rogers (1976)
strollin' with bones / clarence gatemouth brown (1981)*
you don't love me / albert king (1969)
who walks in when i walk out / bob wills & the texas playboys (1935)
jack, you're dead / louis jordan (1947)
the house that jack built / aretha franklin (1968)
jump & hop / the romancers (1956)
is there something on your mind / willie nelson (196x)
hello walls / faron young (1961)
ooby dooby / roy orbison (1956)
get on the right track / ray charles (1954)
lonely avenue / ramsey lewis trio (1963)
that's the way i feel / jimmy mcgriff (1963)
can i steal a little love / frank sinatra (1957)
daddy cool / the silhouettes (1957)
boo boo stick beat / chet atkins (1959)

* by request

07/12/09—today i learned i share my birthday with albert ayler

the earth / frank wright trio / frank wright trio (1966)
sunday morning comin' down / willie nelson / willie nelson sings kristofferson (1979)
deixa / baden powell / tempo feliz (1966)
samba em preludio / vinicius de moraes / live in buenos aires (1970)
samba de orfeu / antonio carlos jobim & luiz bonfá / orfeu negro soundtrack (1959)
firefly / kenny barron / lucifer (1975)
son of ice bag / hugh masekela / alive and well at the whisky (1967)
cigar eddie / hadley caliman / hadley caliman (1971)
cissy strut / big john patton / memphis to new york spirit (1969)
newkleus / sonny rollins / nucleus (1975)

bed:

my funny valentine / sarah mclawler and richard otto / we bring you love (1958)

07/05/09—WE ARE IN THE FUTURE

i love you truly / john kirby and his orchestra / the biggest little band: 1947-1941 (1940)
the beginning / sun ra / we are in the future (1961)
tobi ilu / art blakey & the afro-drum ensemble / the african beat (1962)
mumakata / collin walcott/don cherry/nana vasconselos / codona (1979)
identity / airto / identity (1975)
zambezi dance / eddie harris / instant death (1972)
the honey-bird / dollar brand / the children of africa (1977)
rocket #9 / nomo / rocket #9/nu tones (2006)
mulatu / mulatu astatke & the heliocentrics / inspiration information (2009)
aderetch arada / menelik wossenatchew & h.s.i. theatre band / philips 45 (197x)
hidri / zerai deres band / philips 45 (197x)
tessassategn eko / bahta gebre hiwot / amha 45 (197x)
alone in the crowd / mulatu astatke and his ethiopian quintet / afro-latin soul (1966)
woine alew beju / hirut bekele / kaifa 45 (1976)

plus assorted bits, effects, etc

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