Month: May 2018

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Mood Indigo 83: If You Live

Leslie Keros is remembering bassist Bob Cranshaw and pianists & vocalists Mose Allison and Leon Russell with music from their recordings with Sonny Rollins, Sonny Red, Sonny Criss, Horace Silver, Stanley Turrentine, and those headed by Mose Allison.

 

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

IF YOU LIVE

MOOD INDIGO 83

Leslie Keros, WDCB-FM, Chicago, November 16, 2016 [18302]

 

Shirley Scott & Stanley Turrentine: Trouble No. 2

Sonny Rollins: If Ever I Would Leave You

Sonny Red: Breezin’

Sonny Criss: Paris Blues

Mose Allison: Young Man’s Blues

Mose Allison: The Seventh Son

Mose Allison: If You Live

Horace Silver: Liberated Brother

Horace Silver: Nutville

Stanley Turrentine: The Hustler

 

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by Leslie Keros for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced & recorded by Leslie Keros for WDCB-FM, Chicago

Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

 

© 2016, 2018 Leslie Keros. Used with permission.

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Beyond The Groove Yard 231: Black Talk

George Klein presents music showing that while jazz began in the U.S.A., it has flourished around the world. Selections include tunes by Gabor Szabo, Duke Ellington, Andy Narell, Dave Brubeck, Art Ensemble of Chicago, the Joe Harriott-John Mayer Double Quartet, Cal Tjader, Steve Turre, and Chris Collins.

 

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

AFRO-BOSSA

BEYOND THE GROOVE YARD 231

George Klein, Groove Yard Studio, Ypsilanti, March 23, 2018 [18301]

 

Gabor Szabo: Gypsy Queen

Duke Ellington: Afro-Bossa

Andy Narell: Sea of Stories

Dave Brubeck: Nomad

Art Ensemble of Chicago: Strawberry Mango

Joe Harriott-John Mayer Double Quartet: Overture

Cal Tjader: Borneo

Steve Turre: African Shells 2nd Interlude

Chris Collins: Mulqueeny’s

 

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by George Klein for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced & recorded by George Klein in Ypsilanti MI

Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

 

© 2018 George Klein. Used with permission.

 

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Blues & Roots 22: Festival Blues

Episode 22 is featuring recordings produced by John Sinclair at the Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival and oher Detroit-area venues from his personal archives, including cuts by Eddie Kirkland, The Rockets, Mister Bo, Boogie Woogie Red, Roosevelt Sykes, Victoria Spivey, Eddie Taylor, Mojo Boogie Band, John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars, Baby Boy Warren, Eddie Burns, and the Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop with George Adams and Don Pullen.

 

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

FESTIVAL BLUES

BLUES & ROOTS 22

John Sinclair, WWOZ-FM, New Orleans, 1998 [18300]

 

Little Walter: Juke

Eddie Kirkland: I Got The Blues

The Rockets: Who Do You Love

Mister Bo: Don’t Want No Woman

Boogie Woogie Red: If You’se A Viper

Roosevelt Sykes: Dirty Mother For Ya

Victoria Spivey: Black Snake Moan

Eddie Taylor: Big Town Playboy

Mojo Boogie Band: Traveling Riverside Blues

John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: friday the 13th

Baby Boy Warren: She’s Fine

Eddie Burns: Better Watch You’re Doing

Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop: Festival Blues

Little Walter: Lights Out

 

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

Special thanks to Leni & Sunnny Sinclair

 

© 1998, 2018 The John Sinclair Foundation

 

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Highway 61 Blues 41: Boogie Chillen

Highway 61 takes us to Clarksdale, Mississippi, Detroit, Michigan and Oakland, California in Episode 41 to investigate the works of the great John Lee Hooker from the late 1940s to the 1990s with commentary by Scott Barretta.

 

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BOOGIE CHILLEN

HIGHWAY 61 BLUES 41

Scott Barretta, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, July 5, 2008 [18299]

 

John Lee Hooker: Boogie Chillen

John Lee Hooker: Hobo Blues

John Lee Hooker: House Rent Boogie

John Lee Hooker: I’m in The Mood

John Lee Hooker: It Hurts Me Too

John Lee Hooker: It’s A Long Time Baby

John Lee Hooker: Taxi Driver

John Lee Hooker: I’m Ready

John Lee Hooker: That’s My Story

John Lee Hooker: Tupelo Blues

John Lee Hooker: Blues For Abraham Lincoln

John Lee Hooker: One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer

John Lee Hooker: Peace Loving Man

John Lee Hooker: Mustang Sally & GTO

John Lee Hooker: Don’t Look Back

John Lee Hooker: Dimples

 

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by Scott Barretta for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced & recorded by Joe Yorke at the University of Mississippi

Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

 

© 2008, 2018 Scott Barretta. Used with permission.

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Red Rooster Lounge 306: Blues With A Feeling

Cary Wolfson is spinning at the Red Rooster Lounge with great blues sides by B.B. King, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, the Ford Blues Band, T-Bone Walker, plus an interview with Mike Bloomfield.

 

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

BLUES WITH A FEELING

RED ROOSTER LOUNGE 306

Cary Wolfson, Red Rooster Radio Network, April 16, 2018 [18298]

 

Harlem Nocturne Theme

B.B. King : See That My Grave Is Kept Clean

Butterfield Blues Band: Mellow Down Easy

Butterfield Blues Band: Our Love Is Drifting

Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper: Don’t Throw Your Love On Me So Strong

Mike Bloomfield: WDLA

Mike Bloomfield: City Girl

Ford Blues Band: Stop

Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper: Mary Ann

Mike Bloomfield Interview

Ford Blues Band: Blues With A Feeling

Butterfield Blues Band: Our Love Is Drifting (Live)

T-Bone Walker: Blues For Marilii

 

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by Cary Wolfson for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced & recorded by Cary Wolfson at Red Rooster Studios [#1676]

Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

 

© 2018 Cary Wolfson. Used with permission.

 

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The Blues Show 337: Hell In A Handbasket

Bruce Pingree is playing in Episode 337 by Joiners Five Trumpets, Walter Trout, Curtis Salgado & Alan Hager, Tinsley Ellis, Tommy Castro & The Pain Killers, Cash Box Kings, Preston Shannon, Barry Goldberg & Harvey Mandel, Catfish Keith, Afrissippi, and Ali Farka Toure.

 

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HELL IN A HANDBASKET

THE BLUES SHOW 337

Bruce Pingree, WUNH-FM, Durham, NH, January 28, 2018 [18297]

 

Joiners Five Trumpets: This Changing World

Walter Trout: We’re All In This Together

Curtis Salgado & Alan Hager: Hell In A Handbasket

Tinsley Ellis: Sound of a Broken Man

Tommy Castro & The Pain Killers: Live Every Day

Cash Box Kings: Don’t Let Life Tether You Down

Preston Shannon: All In Time

Barry Goldberg & Harvey Mandel: Low Down Funk

Catfish Keith: Mississippi River Blues

Afrissippi: We Have Some Stuff Right From Africa

Ali Farka Toure: Savane

 

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by Bruce Pingree for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced by Bruce Pingree at WUNH-FM, Durham, NH

Recorded by Joe McDonough

Editing, post-production, & annotation by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

 

© 2018 Bruce Pingree. Used with permission.

 

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Fly By Night 263: I See With My Third Eye

Steve The Fly is playing sides in Episode 263 by Clifford Brown, Sonny Rollins, Medeski, Martin & Wood with Nels Cline, King Tubby, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Elle Fitzgerald, Jackie McLean, and John Sinclair with Michael Ray & Steve Fly.

 

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I SEE WITH MY THIRD EYE

FLY BY NIGHT 263

Steve The Fly, Fly Agaric 23 Studio, Amsterdam, April 30, 2018 [18296]

Clifford Brown: Sandu

Sonny Rollins: Toot, Toot, Tootsie

Medeski, Martin & Wood with Nels Cline: Looters

King Tubby: Dub Incorporated Dub

Rahsaan Roland Kirk: I See With My Third Eye

Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Lady E

Elle Fitzgerald: We Can’t Go On This Way

Jackie McLean: Omega

Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Soul Bossa Nova

Sonny Rollins: I’m An Old Cowhand

John Sinclair with Michael Ray & Steve Fly: i mean you

 

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Produced by Steve “The Fly” Pratt for Radio Free Amsterdam

Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

 

© 2018 Steve Pratt. Used with permission.

 

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John Sinclair Radio Show 759: Flip Flop And Fly

Episode 759 is coming once again from the Radio Free Amsterdam studios in Detroit’s Cass Corridor with a program of msuic dug out of my archives, where I went looking for one thing and came up with two totally other things: a set of baseball rhythm & blues songs by Buddy Johnson, The Treniers, Sam Bush, Les Brown, and Mabel Scott, lifted from Bob Dylan’s great radio series called Theme Tme Radio some years ago, and music from two volumes of the Atlantic Records Rhythm & Blues Story by Big Joe Turner, The Coasters, Ray Charles, Clyde McPhatter, The Drifters, and The Robins, plus a closing number just received from my friend J.P. Morgan in Holland.

 

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

FLIP FLOP AND FLY

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 759

Cass Corridor, Detroit, May 24, 2018 [18295]

 

Yusef Lateef: Happyology

Big Joe Turner: Flip Flop And Fly

The Coasters: Young Blood

Ray Charles: The Night Time Is The Right Time

Clyde McPhatter: Long Lonely Nights

The Drifters: Ruby Baby

The Coasters: Poison Ivy

Buddy Johnson: Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?

The Treniers: Say Hey!

Sam Bush: The Wizard of Oz

Les Brown: Joltin’ Joe

Mabel Scott: Baseball Boogie

The Robins: Smokey Joe’s Cafe

Clyde McPhatter: A Lover’s Question

Ray Charles:         Drown In My Own Tears

Big Joe Turner: The Chicken And The Hawk

Ray Charles:         A Fool For You

The Coasters: Down In Mexico

J.P. Morgan: Calida Brisa en l

Charlie Parker: They Can’t Take That Away From Me

 

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

Special Thanks to J.P.Morgan

 

© 2018 The John Sinclair Foundation