2020—12-December-Program-Guide
John Sinclair Radio Show 887 – And They Danced
Episode 887 is coming again from the Center for the Study of World Religions at the Harvard University Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts where I’m in residence until the enf of October, and tonight I’m presenting a program of musical highlights and rarities by the Young Guardians of the Flame, John Boutte, journal entries by Robin Eichele, tunes by Woody Guthrie, Marshall Allen & the Sun Ra Arkestra, and Marion Brown, and a pair of closing numbers from the new album by Bob Dylan including his tribute to the great Jimmy Reed and his treatment of the John F. Kennedy assassination called “Murder Most Foul.”
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
AND THEN THEY DANCED
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 887
Harvard University Divinity School, Cambridge MA, October 22, 2020 [20677]
Yusef Lateef: Happyology
Young Guardians of the Flame: Oo Na Nae
John Boutte: Two Bands Rollin’
Robin Eichele: Journal Entries, October 7, 2020
Woody Guthrie: Tear The Fascists Down
Marshall Allen & the Sun Ra Arkestra: Song For The Sun
Marion Brown: And Then They Danced
Bob Dylan: Goodbye Jimmy Reed
Bob Dylan: Murder Most Foul
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Program produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
© 2020 The John Sinclair Foundation
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 886 – 100 YEARS OF BLUES
Episode 886 is coming again from the Center for the Study of World Religions at the Harvard University Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts where I’ve been in residence for the month of October, and tonight I’m featuring a program of music from the brand new album by Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite called 100 Years of Blues, interspersed with segments of a long conversation between Elvin Bishop and Robert Jr. Whiitall & Sugar Mae Owens of Big City Rhythm & Blues magazine.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
100 YEARS OF BLUES
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 886
Cass Corridor, Detroit, October 22, 2020 [20663]
Yusef Lateef: Happyology
Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite: One Hundred Years of Blues
Elvin Bishop Conversation with Robert Jr. Whitall & Sugar Mae Owens
Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite: What The Hell?
Elvin Bishop Conversation with Robert Jr. Whitall & Sugar Mae Owens
Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite: Birds of a Feather
Elvin Bishop Conversation with Robert Jr. Whitall & Sugar Mae Owens
Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite: Old School
Elvin Bishop Conversation with Robert Jr. Whitall & Sugar Mae Owens
Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite: If I Should Have Bad Luck
Elvin Bishop Conversation with Robert Jr. Whitall & Sugar Mae Owens
Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite: Good Times
Elvin Bishop Conversation with Robert Jr. Whitall & Sugar Mae Owens
Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite: Blues For Yesterday
Elvin Bishop Conversation with Robert Jr. Whitall & Sugar Mae Owens
Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite: Help Me
Elvin Bishop Conversation with Robert Jr. Whitall & Sugar Mae Owens
Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite: Blues Why Do You Worry Me
Elvin Bishop Conversation with Robert Jr. Whitall & Sugar Mae Owens
Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite: South Side Slide
Charlie Parker: They Can’t Take That Away From Me (July 5, 1950)
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Program produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
© 2020 The John Sinclair Foundation
ANCESTOR WORSHIP 03 – DIG
John Sinclair visits two important Miles Davis recording sessions for Prestige Records from the early 1950s: a sextet date on October 5, 1951 with the youngsters Sonny Rollins on tenor saxophone and Jackie McLean on alto, and The Musings of Miles session from the spring of 1955 with Red Garland on piano, Oscar Pettiford on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
DIG
ANCESTOR WORSHIP 03
John Sinclair, NE Sector, Detroit, August 27, 2012 [20657]
Charlie Parker: Another Hairdo
Miles Davis: Dig
Miles Davis: Out Of The Blue
Miles Davis: Bluing
Miles Davis: I Didn’t
Miles Davis: A Gal in Calico
Miles Davis: Will You Still Be Mine?
Miles Davis: A Night in Tunisia
Miles Davis: Green Haze
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced, recorded, edited & assembled by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
Special thanks to Sunny, Celia & Beyonce Sinclair
© 2012, 2020 The John Sinclair Foundation
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 885 – HOT HOUSE
Episode 885 is coming once again from the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts where I’m featuring a fifth and final hour of music from Charlie Parker in honor of the 100th aniversary of his birth in Kansas City on August 29, 1920. This hour features music Bird recorded for Norman Granz releases on the Norgran, Mercury & Verve labels in the first half of the 1950s, and several cuts from what’s called “The Greatest Jazz Concert of All Time” at Massey Hall in Toronto with Bird, Dizzy, Bud Powell, Mingus & Max Roach on May 15, 1953. Bird passed away at the age of 34 just two years later, on March 12, 1955. Bird lives!
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
HOT HOUSE
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 885
Cass Corridor, Detroit, October 7, 2020 [20649]
Yusef Lateef: Happyology
Charlie Parker with the Miles Davis Sextet: Serpent’s Tooth (January 30, 1953)
Charlie Parker: Kim (December 30, 1952)
Charlie Parker: All the Things You Are (May 15, 1953)
Charlie Parker: Hot House (May 15, 1953)
Charlie Parker: Perdido (May 15, 1953)
Charlie Parker: Wee (May 15, 1953)
Charlie Parker: Old Folks (May 25, 1953)
Charlie Parker: In The Still of the Night (May 25, 1953)
Charlie Parker: Chi Chi (July 28, 1953)
Charlie Parker: Now’s the Time (July 28, 1953)
Charlie Parker: They Can’t Take That Away From Me (July 5, 1950)
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Program produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
© 2020 The John Sinclair Foundation
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 874 – HOW HIGH THE MOON
Episode 874 is coming once again from Radio Free Amsterdam’s Detroit headquarters in the Cass Corridor where I’m featuring an hour of music by Charlie Parker in honor of the 100th aniversary of his birth in Kansas City on August 29, 1920. Our first hour of Bird some time ago featured his early sides for Savoy and Dial Records in the mid-1940s; this week we’ll hear music recorded by Norman Granz for Bird’s releases on the Clef, Norgran, and Mercury labels in the late 1940s.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
HOW HIGH THE MOON
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 874
Cass Corridor, Detroit, August 21, 2020 [20495]
Yusef Lateef: Happyology
Charlie Parker: Lady Be Good (JATP, January 28, 1946)
Charlie Parker: Repetition (Neal Hefti, December 1947)
Charlie Parker: No Noise (Machito, December 20, 1948)
Charlie Parker: Mango Mangue (Machito, December 20, 1948
Charlie Parker: Okiedoke (Machito, January 1949)
Charlie Parker: Cardboard (Feb-March 1949)
Charlie Parker: Segment (May 5, 1949)
Charlie Parker: Embraceable You (JATP, September 18, 1949)
Charlie Parker & Ella Fitzgerald: How High The Moon (JATP, 1949)
Charlie Parker: Everything Happens To Me (November 30, 1949)
Charlie Parker: April In Paris (November 30, 1949)
Charlie Parker: Ballade (October 1950)
Charlie Parker: They Can’t Take That Away From Me (July 9, 1950)
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Program produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
© 2020 The John Sinclair Foundation
NEW ORLEANS MUSIC SHOW 16 – HASTA LA VISTA
John Sinclair is spiining pure D music from New Orleasn at the 420 Café in Amsterdam in May 2008 with cuts by Eluard & Co, James Andrews, the Naked Orchestra, Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen, the live masterpiece by the ReBirth Brass Band at the Maple Leaf Bar produced by Jerry Brock, and Walter “Wolfman” Washington.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
THE MAIN EVENT
NEW ORLEANS SHOW 15
John Sinclair, 420 Café, Amsterdam, May 21, 2008 [20447]
Eluard & Co: Gumbolia
] James Andrews: James 12
Naked Orchestra: Sunny’s Late Night Hammer
Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen: More Hipper
ReBirth Brass Band: The Main Event
Walter “Wolfman” Washington: Landslide
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced & edited by John Sinclair at the 420 Café
Recorded by Larry Hayden
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
Sponsored by the 420 Café, Amsterdam
© 2008, 2020 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved.
FOUNDING FATHERS 06 – THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
This is the final hour of Dj Papa Saint Juan’s 6-hour travelogue tied to Independence Day under the title Founding Fathers, with selections by Tim Hardin, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Joe Cocker & The Grease Band, Jimi Hendrix, Chip Monck, Janis Joplin, Woody Guthrie, Winds Of Change, Bob Marley & The Wailers, and Sonny Rollins.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
FOUNDING FATHERS 06
DJ Papa Saint Juan, Los Angeles, June 20, 2020 [20434]
Tim Hardin: How Can We Hang On To A Dream?
Crosby Stills Nash & Young: Find The Cost Of Freedom
Joe Cocker & The Grease Band: With A Little Help From My Friends
Jimi Hendrix: The Star Spangled Banner
Chip Monck: Good Wishes, Good Day, And A Good Life
Janis Joplin: Me And Bobby McGee
Woody Guthrie: This Land Is Your Land
Theme Music: Howling Winds Of Change For George Floyd
Bob Marley & The Wailers: Get Up Stand Up
Sonny Rollins: The Freedom Suite
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by DJ Papa Saint Juan for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced & recorded by DJ Papa Saint Juan in Los Angeles
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
© 2020 John Feins. Used with permission.