Cpt. Z
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3 JULY
This week's show had a bit of an Independence Day theme, without beating it to death (I hope). Our country (and society) is a work in progress. Societal evolution through an open and democratic process has allowed us to move forward and upward while keeping the turmoil to a minimum (excepting the Civil War). I think racial equality will be one of the most significant results of our experiment in democracy. More than any place else on earth, the USA has faced up to what it means to be a human being, each with one vote.
I played a lot of music with a 'power to the people' vibe this week. 'We' kicked off with Archie Shepp doing a driving version of his spoken word / poetry(?) thing called "Mama Rose", a recollection of his youth and his grandmother. Damn... that thing just drives hard. Here's a taste of Mama Rose - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W2dRm_1onk&feature=related ... and here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHD7B3wJxz0 ... But I like the version from "Soul Song" the best.
Later on 'we' heard Archie Shepp doing "Things Have Got To Change". This is a side long (LP) piece from 1971 that jams intensely. The rhythm is from Africa and the electronics are from the first world. The chorus keeps repeating "things have got to change" until it becomes a mantra that sucks you in. If you're in the mood, this one is fist in the air, abrasive, trippy jazz. I like the fact that the LP version of this album has the music running right into the 'lead out' groove (where an LP ends). The electronic keyboard sound is captured in an endless M. C. Escher-esque sonic loop. Cool.
So, with my fist in the air, here's a salute to the red, white & blue! Long may she wave.
Malombo -- Ugh! -- Ugh!
Archie Shepp -- Mama Rose -- Soul Song
Juju -- Soledad Brothers -- A Message From Mozambique
Juju -- Freedom Fighter -- A Message From Mozambique
Last Poets -- True Blues -- Jazzoetry
Beaver Harris / Don Pullen -- Goree -- A Well Kept Secret
John Coltrane -- Song Of The Underground Railroad -- Africa Brass
Gil Scott Heron -- B Movie -- Reflections
UB40 -- Rat In Mi Kitchen -- Rat In The Kitchen
Michael Murphy -- Geronimo's Cadillac -- (compilation)
Sun Ra -- Nuclear War -- Nuclear War
Amiri Baraka -- In The Tradition -- New Music New Poetry
Pharoah Sanders -- Hum Allah-Hum Allah-Hum Allah -- Jewels Of Thought
Quincy Jones -- Bridge Over Troubled Water -- Gula Matari
Mike Westbrook -- Let The Slave -- The Westbrook Blake (Bright As Fire)
Mike Westbrook -- The Price Of Experience -- The Westbrook Blake (Bright As Fire)
Archie Shepp -- Things Have Got To Change -- Things Have Got To Change
Kahil El Zabar -- Freedom Of Speech -- Another Kind Of Groove
James 'Blood' Ulmer -- Family Affair -- Black Rock
James 'Blood' Ulmer -- I Belong In The USA -- America - Do You Remember The Love?
Tonio K -- Life In The Food Chain -- Life In The Food Chain
Mose Allison -- I'm Smashed -- Hello There Universe
Herbie Mann -- Memphis Underground -- Memphis Underground
MC 900FT Jesus -- If I Only Had A Brain -- One Step Ahead Of The Spider
Oliver Lake -- Don't Go Crazy -- Jump Up
Taj Mahal -- Everybody's Got To Change -- Taj Mahal
Michael Nesmith -- The Candidate -- And The Hits Just Keep On Coming
Michael Nesmith -- Harmony Constant -- And The Hits Just Keep On Coming
Michael Nesmith -- Keep On -- And the Hits Just Keep On Coming
Michael Nesmith -- Roll With The Flow -- And The Hits Just Keep On Coming |
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Cpt. Z
Joined: 22 Apr 2004
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10 JULY
One of the little things that I enjoy about doing a late night radio show is the drive to and from the station. Quite a bit of that trip is on roads with little man made lighting. Well, the clouds and rain finally departed and after two months of obscured skies, I got to see a glowing almost full moon hanging in the sky, lighting my way to New London. Then, during the return trip home, I noticed the blackness of the night sky just beginning to fade and I could see the silhouette of the trees starting to distinguish themselves from the background sky (astronomical dawn). A very bright planet Venus was shinning above the eastern horizon, running ahead of the sun and the big ol' moon was still doing its thing to the west. These little hints of the earth spinning in space, and my place on it, always give me a calm, centered feeling and make doing the late shift that much more enjoyable.
And really late during this shift I broke out some of guitarist / composer Steve Tibbetts music. Tibbetts is from Minneapolis and creates totally unique, otherworldly soundscapes, using the studio as an important instrument. He works alone or with small groups, with percussionist / right hand man Marc Anderson being a steady presence on most of his recordings. I chose to sample pieces from his album "Safe Journey". This album is my 'go to' Tibbetts album because it has a great feel and highlights all aspects of his playing. The album opens with 'Test', a piece that starts quietly enough and builds to a shattering climax (reminding me of Pete Cosey's solo on Prelude, from Miles Davis' Agharta album). It's a cathartic first act that leads us into open, floating spaces where we're free to look around ... to focus and un-focus.
Besides "Safe Journey, I highly recommend Tibbetts' album "Exploded View". This one is his 'rock' recording. It needs to be listened to at rock volume (11) levels. For more overtly world music / meditative listening, check out his two albums with Nepalese Buddhist monk Choying Drolma. These two albums unfold slowly before you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W_vxgXRMp8 All of Steve Tibbetts' albums are enjoyable. http://www.frammis.com/ Just remember to put your headphones on for the full effect.
Malombo -- Ugh! -- Ugh!
Ocote Soul Sounds -- Coconut Rock -- Coconut Rock
Orchestra Baobab -- Bul Ma Miin -- Specialist In All Styles
Antibalas -- I.C.E. -- Security
Ocote Soul Sounds -- Return Of The Freak -- Coconut Rock
Ocote Soul Sounds -- Cara de Yo No Fui' -- Coconut Rock
Mark McGranaghan -- Sekko -- Slip Away
Bajofondo -- Hoy -- Mar Dulce
Bajofondo -- Pa' Bailar -- Mar Dulce
Shirley Bassey -- Hey Big Spender (Wild Oscar mix) -- Diamonds Are Forever
Morcheeba -- Like A Military Coup -- The Antidote
Bajofondo -- Pulmon -- Mar Dulce
Morcheeba -- Ten Men -- The Antidote
Shirley Bassey -- Light My Fire (Kenny Dope mix) -- Diamonds Are Forever
Derek Trucks -- Oriental Folk Song -- Soul Serenade
Courtney Pine -- Translusance -- Devotion
various -- So What -- Miles From India
SFF -- Slow Motion -- Ticket To Everywhere
Copernicus -- Disco Days Are Over -- Deeper
Brad Mehldau -- Dear Prudence -- Largo
Bobby McFerrin -- Circlesong #8 -- Circlesongs
Weather Report -- Scarlet Woman -- Mysterious Traveller
Weather Report -- Jungle Book -- Mysterious Traveller
Meat Beat Manifesto -- Shotgun! -- At the Center
Don Cherry / Eddie Blackwell -- Street dancing -- El Corazon
John McLaughlin -- Are You The One? -- Electric Guitarist
Squarepusher -- #1 -- Music Is Rotted One Note
Squarepusher -- #3 -- Music Is Rotted One Note
Banco de Gaia -- Drunk As A Monk -- Big Men Cry
Gaudi / Nusrat Fatah Ali Khan -- Dil Da Rag Muka Jah Mahi -- Dub Qawwali
Steve Tibbetts -- Any Minute -- Safe Journey
John Surman -- On The Wing Again -- Such Winters Of Memory
Steve Tibbetts -- Mission -- Safe Journey
James Newton -- Solomon, Chief Of The Wise Men -- Axum
Steve Tibbetts -- Burning Up -- Safe Journey
Steve Tibbetts -- Going Somewhere -- Safe Journey |
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Cpt. Z
Joined: 22 Apr 2004
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17 JULY
Sometimes it seems that the more information we get, the less informed we become. The "media" have become so pervasive, in every nook and cranny of our existence, that our ability to interpret the news can get overwhelmed with 'stuff'. Before the digital revolution things were simpler, slower and clearer (or so it seemed). Walter Cronkite (RIP) represented a steady hand on the tiller, the no nonsense, evenhanded reporter who told us "That's the way it is". For me it was the Vietnam war that woke me up to the relationship between the government and the media and how that dance is played. Walter Cronkite may have had more influence than any other single person it turning public opinion against the war when he famously called a spade a spade after the Tet offensive of 1968; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdOb_183d1o&feature=fvw But just three years before that he was rah rah-ing the war as the USA dug itself into a deep hole. Here's an analysis of Cronkite and the media in general; http://www.democracynow.org/2009/7/20/walter_cronkite_1916_2009_legendary_cbs
Nowadays our government couldn't get away with bombing, say, Cambodia without the public finding out about it. Yet our government can still easily pull the wool over the media's eyes and, say, sell a war using bogus claims, character assassination, and fear. Corporations, who own the mainstream news outlets, are in no mood to anger their symbiotic partners in the halls of government, so adversarial reporting is left to the scattered independents. One guy who I enjoy reading for his unique views on politics and pop culture is "Bartcop". He's a 50 something Okie from Tulsa (Knuckledrag) who enjoys rock n roll, tequila, weed, women, poker, packing 'heat' all with a left of center viewpoint. He's not a zombie 'Kos Kid' who thinks Obama walks on water. Bartcop may seem a bit rough around the edges to some, but the guy really builds a good case with facts, logic and humor. Check him out while he gives the right wingers the 'red ass' using his size 12 boot and IQ of 64. http://www.bartcop.com/
I dropped a few of soprano sax / composer Steve Lacy's tunes into the mix this week; http://www.pointofdeparture.org/PoD17/img/pod17_whatsnew_1.jpg His music was influenced by Sidney Bechet, Cecil Taylor, Charles Mingus and especially Thelonious Monk. The music is wide ranging and always fresh and adventurous with a form of logic that I feel really gives his music that extra zing. Here's a look at an interesting note, written by Lacy, describing the advice that Monk had given Lacy when he played in Monk's band @ 1960; http://1heckofaguy.com/2009/01/03/thelonious-monks-advice-archived-by-steve-lacy/
ALL REET!
If you'd like a more in depth look at Lacy, here's the first part of a program (Lift The Bandstand) that's broken up into three parts on youtube; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfRYwXErGjA
HIT IT!
Ugh! --Malombo -- Ugh!
Steve Lacy -- The Door -- The Door
Air -- B.K. -- Air Mail
Steve Lacy -- Clinkers -- Raps
John Carter -- Castles Of Ghana -- Castles Of Ghana
John Carter -- Evening Prayer -- Castles Of Ghana
Miles Davis -- Shhh-- In A Silent Way
Miles Davis -- Peaceful --In A Silent Way
Anthony Davis -- Wayang II -- Episteme
Anthony Davis -- Little Richard's New wave -- Hemispheres
Bobby Previte -- Canon -- Slay The Suitor
Anthony Davis -- Kiano -- Trio2
Steve Lacy -- Sad Advice -- Futurities (Part 1)
Ellery Eskelin -- Vertical Hold -- One Great day
Robert Wyatt -- Alifib -- Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt -- Alifie -- Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt -- Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road -- Rock Bottom
Eric Dolphy -- Jim Crow -- Other Aspects
Cecil Taylor -- Morning Of departure -- In Florescence
Cecil Taylor -- Fen Shui -- In Florescence
Rova (Sax 4tet) -- One And / Amino Acids -- Electric Rags II
Vienna Art Orchestra -- Aubade -- The Minimalism Of Eric Satie
Vienna Art Orchestra -- Meditation -- The Minimalism Of Eric satie
Vienna Art Orchestra -- Severe Reprimande -- The Minimalism Of Eric Satie
Tim Berne -- Betsey -- Fulton Street Maul
Sheila Chandra -- Quiet #1 -- Quiet
Tranquility Base -- Megamix -- Reich Remixed
Carl Stone -- Banteay Srey -- Mom's
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Cpt. Z
Joined: 22 Apr 2004
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24 JULY
Back 'in the day', when I was stationed at Fort Bragg, NC (early 70s), I sometimes drove out past the west end of the base into Southern Pines to check out the music and the scene happening there. It was a different atmosphere there compared to Fayette-nam, which is located just outside the base gates http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Fayettenam. Anyway, one night I was entering a club out there and in the lobby I saw that they had posters and whatnot for sale. I lingered over a Jimmi Hendrix poster a bit, hemming and hawing over whether I wanted to spring the couple bucks for it. I eventually turned down the urge to buy the poster but I've always remembered that drawing. It showed a pop art, electro-fro'ed Hendrix having just slashed his pick across his guitar. The guitar is disintegrating behind the thrust of the pick. The whole thing rocks. Well, thanks to the internet, I managed to trace that memory down. I found that poster... and it happened to be on sale for beau coup bucks. Who knew. http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/jimi-hendrix-poster/ZZZ006790-PO.html The fellow who drew this, Martin Sharp, http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=v0G&q=martin%20sharp&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi also wrote the lyrics to Cream's "Tales of Brave Ulysses" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_Brave_Ulysses and created Cream's best album cover, Desraeli Gears)
I did manage to buy one cool poster 'back in the day', though. http://www.flickr.com/photos/snaggs/468007872/ It has become relatively rare, thanks to Dizzney.
I'm liking the artwork on Vijay Iyer's album, 'Reimagining' http://www.pirecordings.com/album/pi902 . The size of a CD doesn't do this artwork justice (and you only see 1/4 of the art there). It talks to me, baby. The art is by Stephen (Steven, Steve) Byram. His work for Screwgun Records takes his muse into sort of disturbing territory http://www.screwgunrecords.com/byram.php?pageid=byram .
There was a heaping helping of Rahsaan Roland Kirk served up on the show this week. I had a Kirk jones going down and had to scratch that itch. Dig... ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPATPXGJgKo
Please stop by the snack bar and try some of our delicious pop corn or yummy candy bars. We have hotdogs, hamburgers and french fries for the hungry set. Ice cold Cokes, too! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgRniQ7qZdQ Then, sit back, relax and enjoy our feature presentation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TwM4aRGsP4
Ugh! -- Malombo -- Ugh!
Rahsaan Roland Kirk -- Intro/Pedal Up -- Bright Moments
Carla Bley -- Floater -- Social Studies
Rahsaan Roland Kirk -- Intro/Jitterbug Waltz -- Bright Moments
Rahsaan Roland Kirk -- Sweet Georgia Brown -- Return Of The 5000 lb Man
Ken Nordine -- A Whistler -- Best Of Word Jazz
Rahsaan Roland Kirk -- I'll Be Seeing You -- Return Of The 5000 lb Man
Urszula Dudziak -- Quiet Afternoon -- Future Talk
Urszula Dudziak -- Double Bounce -- Future Talk
Rahsaan Roland Kirk -- Rip Rig and Panic -- Rip Rig And Panic
Rahsaan Roland Kirk -- Blue Rol -- Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith
29th Street Saxophone Quartet -- Wheel Within A Wheel -- The Real Deal
Vijay Iyer -- Song For Midwood -- Reimagining
Rahsaan Roland Kirk -- Freaks For The Festival -- The Case Of The 3 Sided Dream ...
Rahsaan Roland Kirk -- Dream/Portrait Of Those Beautiful Ladies/Dream -- The Case Of The 3 Sided Dream ...
David S Ware -- Sufic Passages -- Threads
Rahsaan Roland Kirk -- The Seeker -- Rahsaan Rahsaan
Vijay Iyer / Rudresh Mahanthappa -- All The Names -- Raw Materials
James Newton -- The Crips -- Water Mystery
Louis Sclavis -- Hors les Murs -- L'affrontment des pretendants
Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) -- Appena Un Poco -- Per Un Amico
Tosca -- Busenfreund (Walkner, Moestl Dub) -- Suzuki In Dub
Bang On A Can All-Stars -- In C -- In C
Alva Noto / Ryuchi Sakamoto -- Iano -- Insen
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Cpt. Z
Joined: 22 Apr 2004
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31 JULY
A little mood setter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDII0SQK8Qc
Every once in awhile I like to program some reggae music for you night owls. The spark, for me, was lit back in the early 80s when I noticed that the folk / country music club on Bank St., called 'Anna Christie's' (nice place), had closed and soon afterward a new sign went up above the entrance - "COOL RUNNINGS". Cool Runnings ... WTF? After a couple stops into the club I found myself in a new world of music (and good vibes). Pat & John Smith, a couple from Groton, who connected deeply with Jamaican culture, had opened a labor of love reggae club (where the Brass Rail is today), a classless bar that was all class. I can't say enough good things about this place other than to say that the music and people were cool. This wasn't a club where one heard only Bob Marley's big hits; this was a place where the whole range of Jamaican music was laid out, up front, for your dance floor enjoyment. With Hartford having the largest population of Jamaicans in the US (outside of NYC) and with Pat and John making regular visits to Negril, Cool Runnings had a nice mainline to the island. One could throw down a Dragon Stout or sip an Appleton Rum while reading The Gleaner newspaper, snack on a patty and listen to a DJ who's English was so thick with patois that you had no clue what he was saying. It was a total eye opening blast for a white boy like me. John Smith ended up doing a reggae show at WCNI for quite a few years. He owned 12 - 3 on Sunday afternoons. Yeah mon! Jah Bless!
I started you off with some Bunny Wailer, at the top of this blog, from his album "Rock & Groove". The thing to know about this (fantastic) LP is that it has never been duplicated in any digital version. They've cut out the dubby portions of the songs on all the CD versions. Now, those dubby portions are not some extended drugged out jams that would bore one to death if one weren't high. They're relatively short riddim breaks that take the mood to a more refined space. If you want to hear this LP in its original form you have to either find the LP (it's findable) or find a pirated digital copy of said LP. Don't accept the easy to get CDs or mp3s (or my sample) as the be-all and end-all of this album.
One artist who I didn't get around to playing this week is the late Tenor Saw. He died in 1988 in a hit and run accident when he was in his early 20s. He was on the cusp of the Dance Hall explosion. This video shows us a bit of Trench-Town and a peek inside a Jamaican record plant while Tenor Saw 'Rings the Alarm'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRCao607WH4
Here's a little more early dance hall / rub-a-dub. It's a remake of Peter Tosh's "Stop That Train". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTPuhEC71Wg
Any look at reggae will eventually bump into Lee (Scratch) Perry. I found this crazy-good mix from him on DJ Spooky's compilation of Trojan Records singles called - "In Fine Style". The double disk compilation is killer, and this cut kicks butt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9PcNQxM_cQ&feature=related
Light 'em up if you've got 'em ...
Malombo -- Ugh! -- Ugh!
Police -- Reggatta De Blanc -- Reggatta De Blanc
Seke Molenga / Kalo Kawongolo -- Moto Ya Motema -- African Roots from the Black Ark
Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra -- Sharpeville -- Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra
Sugar Minott -- Rub a Dub Sound -- Extra Hot
Nazarenes -- Song of Creation -- Songs of Lifre
Toots and the Maytals -- Bim Today (Bam Tomorrow) -- Pressure Drop (comp)
Prince Buster -- Madness -- Original One Step Beyond (comp)
Wailers -- One Love -- Original One Step Beyond
Skitter -- Mr. Kruschev -- Scandal Ska (comp)
King Edwards -- Russian Roulette -- Scandal Ska
Theophilious Beckford -- Now That Your dead -- Scandal Ska
Toots and the Maytalls -- 54-46 Was My Number (raw version) -- Pressure Drop (comp)
John Holt -- O.K. Fred -- Original One Step Beyond (comp)
Prince Buster and the Allstars -- Al Capone -- Original One Step Beyond
Winston Williams -- Sweet Like Candy -- In Fine Style (comp)
English Beat -- Doors of Your heart -- Beat This (comp)
Dave & Ansell Collins -- Double Barrel -- Original One Step Beyond
Toot and the Maytalls -- 54-46 Was My Number (less raw version) -- Pressure Drop (comp)
Toots and the Maytalls -- Funky Kingstown -- Pressure Drop
Dennis Alcapone -- Shades of Hudson -- In Fine Style (comp)
Val Bennett -- The Russians Are coming -- In Fine Style
Clint Eastwood & General Saint -- Stop That train -- Stop That Train
B.B. Seaton -- Summertime -- In Fine Style
Lee Perry -- Disco Devil -- In Fine Style
DJ Spooky -- Mr. Brown (remix) -- Creation Rebel
DJ Spooky -- Soul Rebel (remix) -- Creation rebel
Bob Marley -- Kaya -- One Love (comp)
Cool Runnings -- Real Life -- 12" single
Bob Marley -- Soul Rebel -- One Love
Horace Andy -- Elementary -- Skylarking (comp)
Horace Andy & Massive Attack -- Spying Glass -- Protection
Peter Tosh -- Buk-in-hamm Palace -- Mystic Man
Bob Marley -- Lively Up Yourself -- Natty Dread
Dennis Brown (& Big Youth) -- Money In My Pocket -- 12" single
Bunny Wailer -- Cool Runnings -- Rock & Groove
Sugar Minott -- Mix Up (aka - Send Come Call Me) -- 12" single
Bunny Wailer -- Jammins -- Rock & Groove
Barrington Levy -- Run Come Ya Man -- Run Come Ya
Gregory Isaacs (& U Brown) -- The Border -- 12" single
Eddy Grant -- Living On The Front Line -- 12" single
Time to slide on out of here - One Love ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0W-P-3QiSI |
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