Blues Jazz Reefer
Steve The Fly is playing music this week by The Heliocentrics, Jimmy Smith & Kenny Burrell, B.B King, Snooks Eaglin, Dr. John, Ramsey Lewis, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Pat Metheny, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and Yusef Lateef.
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Episode 899 is coming from WWOZ-FM, New Orleans, as the second hour of the station’s Mardi Gras Special 1994 with Dr. John, written & produced by John Sinclair. with live music from Jazz Fest and around New Orleans by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Danny Barker, Robert Lowery & Virgil Thrasher, Beau Jocques & the Zydeco Hi Rollers, Dr. John, John Mooney & Bluesiana, Germaine Bazzle & the Red Tyler Band, Charles Neville & Diversity, the Algiers Stompers Brass Band with the Perfect Gentlemen Social Aid & Pleasure Club, Dr. John & Tommy Ridgley, the Rebirth Brass Band, the Fred Kemp Quintet with Smokey Johnson, and the Guardians of the Flame.
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Cary Wolfson is spinning at the Red Rooster Lounge with great blues sides by Hubert Sumlin, Nora Jean Bruso, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Adams, Sunnyland Slim, King Sid & The Four Princes, Nick Moss & The Flip Tops, Curtis Salgado, Mojo Buford, Shawn Pittman, Jeremy Spencer, and Little Brother Montgomery.
Continue reading “RED ROOSTER LOUNGE 445 – Stairway To Heaven”Episode 898 is coming from Radio Free Amsterdam headquarters in the Cass Corridor of Detroit with another hour of reefer tunes from the 5000-song stash contributed to RFA in 2020 by our listener named Paul Paul, with tunes by Bob Dylan, Country Joe & The Fish, The Fugs, Sly & the Family Stone, Minister Roddy Charlton, Champion Jack Dupree, Ray Charles, John Lennon, Arlo Guthrie, Lenny Bruce, La Playa Sextet, Clive Watson & The Satellites, Fraternity of Man, Janis Joplin & the Dick Oxtot Jazz Band, Count Owen & His Calypsonians, Los 5 Del Norte, Sam Gopal, and Peter LaFarge.
Continue reading “JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 898 – FLYING HIGH”Episode 896 is coming from Radio Free Amsterdam headquarters in the Cass Corridor of Detroit with a wide-ranging hour of music by Yusef Lateef, Little Wiilie John, Little Sonny, Jay McShann with Lamonte Hamilton, Larry McCray, Walter Noons, John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars, Robin Eichele, ML Liebler & the Magic Poetry Band, Martha & the Vandellas, Laith al-Saadi, Laura Rain & The Caesars, and Charlie Parker with strings with our closing theme.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
LIVE WIRE
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 896
Cass Corridor, Detroit, January 19, 2021 [21077]
Yusef Lateef: Happyology
Little Wiilie John: All Around The World
Little Sonny: Blues Medley
Jay McShann with Lamonte Hamilton: Hard Working Man’s Blues
Larry McCray: Strong Companion
Walter Noons: Funky Soulstice
John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: monk suite
Robin Eichele: Journal Entries—October 2020
M.L. Liebler & the Magic Poetry Band: I Ain’t Never Gonna See Bobby Rush No More
Martha & the Vandellas: Live Wire
Laith al-Saadi: No One Left To Blame
Laura Rain & The Caesars: Bus Stop
Charlie Parker: They Can’t Take That Away From Me
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Program produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
© 2021 The John Sinclair Foundation
Episode 895 is coming from Radio Free Amsterdam headquarters in the Cass Corridor of Detroit with the third of three programs with music contributed by my old friend Jules Bauduc of Louiaiana, known in musical circles as The Maestro, who sent me 4 CDs worth of rare music on 45 rpm discs, including most of this week’s program of tunes by the Duke Elllington Orchestra, Ray Bauduc, Pete Fountain, The Viscounts, The Champs, Bill Doggett, Link Wray, Eddie Harris, Cozy Cole, Dave “Baby” Cortez, Preston Epps, Santo & Johnny, Al Hirt, and the Average White Band, preceded by an opening set by Michel van Dijk & the LONE Project, Abbie Hoffman on Phil Ochs, Robin Eichele reading from his recent Journals, John Sinclair & Planet D Nonet from our new album Monk’s Dream, and Charlie Parker with our closing theme.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
PICK UP THE PIECES
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 895
Cass Corridor, Detroit, December 29, 2020 [21063]
Yusef Lateef: Happyology
Michel van Dijk & the LONE Project: Let It Rain On Me
Abbie Hoffman: Brother Phil
Robin Eichele: Journals Nov-Dec 2020
John Sinclair & Planet D Nonet: Monk’s Dream
Duke Elllington Orchestra: Take The A Train
Ray Bauduc: The Big Crash From China
Pete Fountain: A Closer Walk
The Viscounts: Harlem Nocturne
The Champs: Tequila
Bill Doggett: Honky Tonk (Part 1)
Link Wray: Rumble
Eddie Harris: Exodus
Cozy Cole: Topsy (Part 2)
Dave “Baby” Cortez: The Happy Organ
Preston Epps: Bongo Rock
Santo & Johnny: Sleepwalk
Al Hirt: Java
Aveerage White Band: Pick Up The Pieces
Charlie Parker: They Can’t Take That Away From Me
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Program produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
Special thanks to Jules Bauduc, Michel van Dijk, Robin Eichele, and Michael Simmons
© 2021 The John Sinclair Foundation