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George Klein presents an hour of music by the Detroit tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson recorded for Blue Note Records in the 1960s with Kenny Dorham (Una Mas), under his own name (Page One, Our Thing, In and Out), and with the Horace Silver Quintet (Song for My Father).
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
RECORDA ME
THE GROOVE YARD 235
George Klein, WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti, April 26, 1992 [23582]
Kenny Dorham with Joe Henderson: Sao Paolo
Joe Henderson with Kenny Dorham: Blue Bossa
Joe Henderson with Kenny Dorham: Recorda Me
Joe Henderson with Kenny Dorham: Our Thing
Joe Henderson with Kenny Dorham: Back Road
Joe Henderson with the Horace Silver Quintet: Que Pasa
Joe Henderson with Kenny Dorham: Short Story
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by George Klein for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced & recorded by George Klein at WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti MI
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
© 1992, 2023 George Klein. Used with permission.
arwulf arwulf is holding forth at WCBN-FM, Ann Arbor with his weekly dose of great music featuring Jimmy Yancey, Champion Jack Dupree and Chicago blues saxophonist Buster Bennett with Washboard Sam & his Washboard Band, Jimmie Gordon & his Vip Vop Band, Monkey Joe & his Music Grinders, Big Bill Broonzy, Merline Johnson, Big Maceo Merriweather, and Tyrell ‘T’ Dixon.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
WASN’T HE BAD
FACE THE MUSIC 233
arwulf arwulf, WCBN-FM, Ann Arbor, July 8, 2023 [23581]
Jimmy Yancey: Slow and Easy Blues
Washboard Sam: Wasn’t He Bad
Jimmie Gordon & his Vip Vop Band: Trigger Slim Blues
Monkey Joe & his Music Grinders: Wise to the Jive
Buster Bennett: Signifying Woman
Big Bill Broonzy: Trucking Little Woman
Big Bill Broonzy, Buster Bennett, Big Maceo & Tyrell ‘T’ Dixon: Oh Baby
Buster Bennett: Don’t Jive Me Baby
Monkey Joe: Mountain Baby Blues
Merline Johnson (The Yas-Yas Girl): Don’t You Make Me High
Buster Bennett: Mellow Pot Blues
Monkey Joe: Taxes on My Pole
Big Bill Broonzy, Buster Bennett, Big Maceo & Tyrell ‘T’ Dixon: Humble Blues
Buster Bennett with Jimmie Gordon & his Vip Vop Band: L & N Blues
Buster Bennett with Washboard Sam: Don’t Fool with Me
Buster Bennett with Washboard Sam: Mourning Dove Blues
Buster Bennett with Washboard Sam: Louise
Buster Bennett: It Can Never Happen
Buster Bennett: I Want to Boogie Woogie
Champion Jack Dupree: Walking the Blues
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by arwulf arwulf for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced & recorded by arwulf arwulf at WCBN-FM, Ann Arbor
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
© 2023 arwulf arwulf. Used with permission.
Leslie Keros is bringing us Episode 48 of her blues show for WDCB-FM in Chicago called Mood Indigo with selections by Ray Charles, Ray Bryant, Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass, Leon Lee Dorsey, Mitch Woods, Ronnie Earl, the Cash Box Kings, Howlin’ Wolf, Elmore James, Arthur Crudup, Big Walter Horton, Howard Tate, Albert Collins, Eddy Clearwater, Lonnie Brooks, and Lonnie Mack.
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Ray Charles: Opening Theme
Ray Bryant: Me and the Blues
Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass: Why Don’t You Do Right
Leon Lee Dorsey: Home Cookin’
Mitch Woods with Ronnie Earl: 10th and Parker Blues
Ronnie Earl: You Give Me Nothing but the Blues
The Cash Box Kings: Oscar’s Motel
Howlin’ Wolf: I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
Howlin’ Wolf: Poor Boy
Elmore James: Madison Blues
Arthur Crudup: My Baby Left Me
Big Walter Horton: Gettin’ Outta Town
Howard Tate: How Blue Can You Get?
Ron Levy with Albert Collins: Defrostin’
Eddy Clearwater: Blues for a Living
Eddy Clearwater with Lonnie Brooks: Too Old to Get Married
Lonnie Mack: Wham!
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by Leslie Keros for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced & edited, by Leslie Keros at WDCB-FM, Chicago
Post-production, editing & annotatation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
© 2023 Leslie Keros. Used with permission.
Stella is solo for this episode, diving deep into 1990s music and taking on a new pilgrimage centered on Hildegard von Bingen. Then Stella gets into cosmic eggs and medieval fish lore before Just Sarah joins in and the conversation turns to road trips and the tyranny of time. There are tunes by Kate Bush, Vivan Goldman, Cold Beat, and Charles Mingus.
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JoJo & Stella, Valencia Radio, San Francisco, March 2, 2023 [23578]
Kate Bush: Babooshka
Vivan Goldman: Private Armies
Cold Beat: Mandelbrot Fall
Charles Mingus: Angry Reeds
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by JoJo & Stella for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced & recorded by Christian Greer at Valencia Radio, San Francisco
Post-production, editing & annotatation by John Sinclar
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
© 2023 J. Christian Greer & Michelle Oing. Used with permission.
Don Was and Ann DeLisi are back for Episode 05 of the Don Was Motor City Playlist, coming from WDET-FM in Detroit with lots of informed conversation between the hosts and great recordings from Chubby Checker, Shelly Manne & His Men, Mulato Astatke & the Black Jesus Experiment, and Mitch Ryder.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
Don Was & Ann DeLisi, WDET-FM, Detroit, July 21, 2022 [23577]
Chubby Checker: Let’s Twist Again
Shelly Manne & His Men: Frank’s Tune
Mulato Astatke & the Black Jesus Experiment: Unbossalembe
Mitch Ryder: Everybody Loses Sometime
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by Don Was & Ann DeLisi for Radio Free Amsterdam
PProduced by Don Was & Ann DeLisi at WDT-FM, Detroit
Recorded, edited & annotated by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
© 2023 Don Was & Ann DeLisi. All Rights Reserved.
Bob Putignano is playing the Sounds of Blue this week with music by the Beatles, Brian Auger & the Trinity, and Grant Green.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
CEASE THE BOMBING
SOUNDS OF BLUE 405
Bob Putignano, Sounds of Blue Studio, New York, September 9, 2022 [23577]
The Beatles: I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
Brian Auger & the Trinity: A Day In the Life
Grant Green: A Day In the Life
Grant Green: Cease the Bombing
Grant Green: Cast Your Fate to the Wind
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by Bob Putignano for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced by Bob Putignano at Sounds of Blue Studio, New York (SOB 400)
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
© 2022 Bob Putignano. Used with permission.
Steve The Fly has assembled a stupendous compendium of poetry & music for Episode 141 in 2015 featuring Charles Olson reading from Maximus IV, V, VI, Amiri Baraka with the Dinamitri Jazz Folklore unit and with the Billy Harper Sextet, the great Robert Creeley, and poet-saxophonist Archie Shepp.
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UP THE STEPS
FLY BY NIGHT 537
Charles Olson: Untitled Maximus Poem > Vida Upanishad Eda Than >
Kent Circle (Wrote My First Poems) > Further Completion of Plot >
Maximus Poem July 24, 1968
Amiri Baraka & Dinamitri Jazz Folklore: Kongo Bells
Charles Olson: Now Called Gravel Hill
Archie Shepp: Poem For Malcolm
Robert Creeley: Clemente’s Images
Amiri Baraka & the Billy Harper Sextet :Knowledge of Self
Charles Olson: Mayan Letter No. 5 (With Intro)
Amiri Baraka & the Billy Harper Sextet: Oh … If Only
Charles Olson: To Travel Typhon > Up the Steps > People Want Delivery
Chronicles I > Chronicles II
Produced by Steve “The Fly” Pratt for Radio Free Amsterdam (#141)
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Sidney Daniels
Sponsored by Ceres Seeds & The Hempshopper, Amsterdam
© 2015, 2023 Steve Pratt. Used with permission.