Cpt. Z
Joined: 22 Apr 2004
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8 MAY
There was an interesting contrast, on campus, between my last shows of last summer and this first show of the new summer. My last summer shows coincide with the first days of classes in September. Those Thursday nights find the campus alive and kicking with the students out and about in large numbers until well into the wee hours, enjoying life in a raucous manner! Yeah, baby! This Thursday I found the campus, on the last days of classes, in a much quieter mood. Random students or small groups of students sort of sprinkled by the station here and there. No music filled the air. Term papers and final exams had put the kabosh on the usual Thursday night start to their weekend. Maybe some of them were listening to WCNI while studying?
The first show of the summer schedule went off on an African tip.
Malombo - Ugh! - Ugh!
Toumani Diabate - Djelika - Djelika
Ali Farke Toure - Penda Tora - Savane
Adam Rudolph - Sogoso - Moving Pictues
Roswell Rudd - Jackie-ing - Malicool
M'Boom - Onomatopoeia - M'Boom
Letta Mbulu - Mahlalela - Hugh Masekala Presents the Chisa Years
Abdulla Ibrahim (remixed) - Mindif - Re:Brahim
Roswell Rudd - Malicool - Malicool
Baranta - Witch Doctor - Hugh Masekela Presents the Chisa Years
Hugh Masekala - Uhalanha - The Lasting Impression of Ooga Booga
" - Cantalope Island - "
Ben Allison - Third Rail - Peace Pipe
Adaneh Teka - Bob Marley - Ethiopiques #2
Mulugen Mellesse - Hedetch Alu - Ethiopiques #1
Pharoah Sanders - Deaf Dumb Blind - Deaf Dumb Blind
Mahmoud Ahmed - Kulun Mankwalesh - Ethiopiques #3
World Saxophone Quartet - Metamorphosis - Metamorphosis
Abdullah Ibrahim - Mannenberg Revisited - Water From An Ancient Well
Abdullah Ibrahim / Carlos Ward - Anthem For a New Nation - Live at Sweet Basil
" " - The Stride - "
Quincy Jones - Gula Matari - Gula Matari
'King' Sunny Ade - Ja Funmi - Juju Music
Manu Dibango - Oboso - Soul Makossa
'King Sunny Ade - Sunny Ti De Ariya - Juju Music
" - Ma Jaiye Oni - "
field recordings - 1,2,3 - Africa, Nonesuch Explorer Series
Francis Bebey - Akwaaba - Akwaaba
Baba Maal / Masour Seck - Djam Leeli - Djam Leeli
Laraaji - Dance #1 - Day of Radience
Mandingo Griot Society - Janjungo - Mandingo Griot Society
" - Mamamaneh - "
Musicians of Jajouka - Goat remix - Brian Jones Presents The Pipes of Pan
Catch all you night hawks next week. |
Wed May 13, 2009 11:49 am |
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Cpt. Z
Joined: 22 Apr 2004
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15 MAY
A little more life on campus tonight, as opposed to last week, as exams have finished and it was mostly graduating seniors still around and looking to live it up. I could hear a band or dj playing elsewhere inside the student center. Boom shacka lacka! Last chance to dance! Their parents will be coming in tomorrow, go to town tonight. Later during my show, I went out onto the loading dock and found a couple seniors hanging out there, chatting away. They said they were enjoying the music on our little loading dock speaker while taking in some fresh night air  On with the show:
Malombo - Ugh! - Ugh!
Donald Harrison - Indian blues - Indian blues
Herbie Mann - Hold On, I'm Coming - Memphis Underground
Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Ain't Nothing But a Party - Medicated Majic
Neville Brothers - Fever - Neville-ization
.. - Woman's Got To Have It - ..
.. - Mojo Hanna - ..
8 Bold Souls - Third One Smiles - Last Option
Donald Harrison - Big chief - Indian Blues
Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Ruler Of My Heart - Medicated Majic
Sun Ra - They Dwell On Other Planes - Blue Delight
.. - Gone With the Wind - ..
.. - Sometimes I'm Happy - Nuclear war
.. - Velvet - Jazz In Silhouette
Doc Severinsen - Fernandos Fantasy - Brand New thing
Sonny Sharrock - Gary's Step - Paradise
Al DiMeola - Mediterranean Sundance
Codona - Travel By Night - Codona 3
John Surman - Wizard's Song - Private City
Oystein Sevag - Miles In / Miles Out - Link
Nils Petter Molvaer - Platonic Years - Khmr
Jan Garbarek / Agnes Buen Garnas - Signa Lita - Rosenfole
.. .. - Lillebroer - ..
Jon Hassell - Power Spot - Power Spot
Erik Westberg Ensemble - Biegga Louhte (1&2) - Across The Bridge Of Hope
Jay Clayton - Love Is A Place - The Peace Of Wild Things
Terence Blanchard - Flow #1 - Flow
Matthew Shipp - Cohesion - Equilibrium
D J Wally - Out Of The Blue - Nothing Stays The Same
Adam Rudolph - Dream Garden - Dream Garden
.. - The Sphinx - ..
.. - Walking The Curve - ..
'unknown' - 'unknown' - an unmarked gift cd
Jay Clayton - No Words, Only Feeling - The Peace Of Wild Things
Mal Waldron / David Murray - Hooray For Herbie - Silence
Biosphere - Times When I Know You Will Be Sad - Substrata
.. - Hyperborea - - ..
.. - Kobresia - .. |
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Fri May 15, 2009 6:28 pm |
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Cpt. Z
Joined: 22 Apr 2004
Posts: 87
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22 MAY
I was thinking about Chip Miller's former jazz show, "Jazz and Cocktails". For about 10 years (?) he produced, IMO, the finest jazz listening ever to be beamed out by WCNI. From solid mainstream to ethereal avant-garde with stops all along the jazz spectrum, he gave us music to chew on. It's been, I think, around 10 years since he's done a show. I dug up one of his humorous show ID's from an old cassette tape of mine (1990-ish) and played it over the air for old times sake. I also mixed in some of the jazz that he enjoyed playing on his show into this show. Chip, here's to your health and good fortune. Salut!
P.S. - has anyone ever seen Chip Miller and Slim Cockroach together in the same room? Hmmmmm.
Malombo - Ugh! - Ugh!
Jim Pepper - Witchi Tia To - Comin' and Goin'
Charlie Haden / Pat Metheny - The Precious Jewel - Beyond the Missouri Sky
Jim Pepper - Squaw Song - Comin' and Goin'
Charlie Haden / Egberto Gismonti - Loro - In Montreal
Jim Pepper - Goin' down to Muskogee - Comin' and goin'
Cedar Walton / George Coleman - Bolivia - Eastern Rebellion
Ishmael Reed / Kip Hanrahan - Betty Ball's Blues - Conjure
" " - Untitled II - "
" " - Fool-ology - "
" " - From the Files of Agent 22 - "
'various' - Miles Runs the Voodoo Down - Miles From India
Ishmael Reed / Kip Hanrahan - Rhythm In Philosophy - Conjure
'various' / Miles Davis - Electric Red - Aura
Jane Ira Bloom - Wing Dining - The Nearness
Kenny Wheeler - We Salute the Night - Flutter By, Butterfly
Jane Ira Bloom - It's a Corrugated World - The Nearness
Branford Marsalis - Gutbucket Steepy - Trio Jeepy
Cassandra Wilson - Electromagnolia - Days Aweigh
" - Let's Face the Music - "
" - Days Aweigh - "
Michele Rosewoman - Univised - Quintessence
Pat Metheny - When We Were Free - Day Trip
Gary Peacock - Introending - Guamba
Gary Peacock - Gardinia - Guamba
Louis Sclavis - Rhinoceros - Acoustic Quartet
Dave douglas - Unhooking the Safety Net - Constellations
Jeff Covell - Approaching - Dear Chan
" - Julie Eliz - "
" - Blues - "
Kahil El Zabar / David Murray - All Blues - Golden Sea
Later ... Gator |
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Tue May 26, 2009 5:34 pm |
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Cpt. Z
Joined: 22 Apr 2004
Posts: 87
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29 MAY
In 1938 jazz first came to Carnegie Hall with a performance by the Benny Goodman Big Band. And what a performance it was. Such precision combined with so much energy! The show must have torn the house down. The concert was recorded (pre tape) directly onto acetate platters. Those platters were stored away until 1950 when they were mastered into 78s and later LPs.
The sound quality of the acetate masters is well below the quality of what we have become accustomed to today. They have that effect of skewing the timbre and adding surface noise, things that we instantly recognize when we listen to recorded music from the pre-WWII era . Since the advent of digital recording technology, there have been several attempts to ‘clean up’ the sound from those acetates. You can find versions of this concert that have had the surface noise removed … but the jury is out as to whether this is a good thing or not . There is always some collateral damage to the surrounding music when noise cancellation is inserted. To some folks ears, the noise takes away too much from the listening enjoyment, so its disappearance is worth the trade off. Others feel that they would rather get the full sound captured on the acetates and treat the associated noise as part of the patina of age.
Columbia/Sony found some aluminum sub-master disks that had been cut directly from the acetate masters. They digitally reproduced the sound from those aluminum sub-masters without any digital trickery. They released that version in 1999, so look for it if you want to get as close to the sound and ambiance as is possible. Otherwise, look for one of the other, cleaner sounding, versions as long as you’re not too fussy of an audiophile.
The version that I played on this show is an old LP copy from our station library. I couldn’t hear the noise from the acetates because our copy of this concert has been handled and spun many, many times, so the LP’s surface noise really dominated the proceedings. That said, I think this concert kicks patootie and no amount of sonic degradation can stop its ability to thrill.
P.S. – here’s a link that gives us a little glimpse into the magic in music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2p5augniQA&feature=related
Malombo - Ugh! - Ugh!
Joe Jackson - Is you Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby - Jumpin' Jive
Benny Goodman - Stompin' At The Savoy - 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert
Joe Jackson - Tuxedo Junction - Jumpin' Jive
Count Basie - Whirlybird - Atomic Basie
Benny goodman - Dizzy Spells - 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert
" - Sing Sing Sing - "
Gil Evans - Blues In Orbit - Svengali
Don Sebesky - Psalm 150 - Giant Box
" - Skyliner - The Rape Of El Morro
Pierre Dorge - Full Moon For A Rhino - Even The Moon Is Dancing
Gil Evans - Castles Made Of Sand / Foxy lady - ... Plays The Music Of Jimi Hendrix
Pierre Dorge - The Mooch - Music From The Danish Jungle
Bob Moses - Trevor - When Elephants Dream Of Music
' - Picolo and Lulu - "
Don Ellis - Tears Of Joy - Tears Of Joy
Julius Hemphill - At Harmony - J. H. Big band
Dollar Brand - Tintiyana Pt. 2 - African Space Program
Charles Mingus - Solo Dancer - Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Lester Bowie - For Louie - All The Magic
Charles Mingus - Duet Solo Dancer - Black saint And The Sinner Lady
Toshiko Akiyoshi - Kogun - Kogun
Either Orchestra - Temptation - The Half Life Of Desire
Colosseum - Bolero - The Grass Is Greener
Claus Ogerman - Night Will Fall - The Gate Of Dreams
" - A sketch Of Eden - "
Yes - The Fish - Fragile
Dave Grusin - Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow - Discoverd Again
Sopwith Camel - Sleazy Street - The Miraculous Hump Returns From the Moon
Pat Metheny - Opening - The Way Up |
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