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).

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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.

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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HOW BLUE CAN YOU GET?

MOOD INDIGO 48

Leslie Keros, WDCB-FM, Chicago, March 11, 2023 [23579]

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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EGG SHAPED

NEON SHRINES 34

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.

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EVERYBODY LOSES SOMETIME

DON WAS MOTOR CITY PLAYLIST 05

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.

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CEASE THE BOMBING

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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

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Steve The Fly, Fly Agaric 23 Studio, Bristol UK, December 24, 2015 [23575]

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

• The Coast > Tesserae Commissure > Older Than Blybos >

Chronicles I > Chronicles II

A JOINT PRODUCTION

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.