Retrospective 009: Jazz A Samba / Cosmic Chaos / Funky Drummer

Three all-star shows from George Klein, David Kunian and John Sinclair. Featuring music by Sun Ra, James Brown, Charles Neville, Wayne Kramer, Dizzy Gilespie, Planet D Nonet, Charlie Parker and Eddie Lockjaw Davis.

Jazz and funk to kick back and relax too this Sunday. 3 hours of quality music brought to you by masters of the craft.

Radio Free Amsterdam.

Keeping the music alive!

–Steve Fly


FUNKY DRUMMER

Episode 757 is coming from the Radio Free Amsterdam studios in Detroit’s Cass Corridor, where I’m recovering this week from cataract surgery and paying homage to my friend, saxophonist, poet and composer Charles Neville of New Orleans’ Neville Brothers, or “Charlie the horn man” as his brother Aaron always called him, who passed away last week at the age of 79. We’ll hear music recorded with his band Diversity at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in the early 1990s, a new poem in his honor composed and recited by Don Paul, music by Roger Lewis with Kirk Joseph from a recent Charles Neville memorial at Sweet Lorraine’s in New Orleans, selections by Charles with the Harvey Diamond Quartet and the Workingman’s Jazz Band, my recording of his poem “History 101” with Wayne Kramer and the Blues Scholars, and three cuts by the Neville Brothers from their album Live On Planet Earth.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

FUNKY DRUMMER

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 757

Cass Corridor, Detroit, May 13, 2018 [18267]

Yusef Lateef: Happyology

Planet D Nonet: Christopher Columbus

Billy Davis: I Come A-Crawling

Thornetta Davis: Set Me Free

The Neville Brothers: Her African Eyes

James Brown: Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine

James Brown: Funky Drummer

Dennis Coffey with the Lyman Woodard Trio: Wade In The Water

Cecil Taylor Unit: Windsor (Part 2)

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

© 2018 The John Sinclair Foundation


 

COSMIC CHAOS

David Kunian is playing his annual Sun Ra New Years show with extended musical selections interspersed with readings by Kunian from the poetic works of Ra.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

COSMIC CHAOS

JAZZ LUNATIQUE 164

David Kunian, WWOZ-FM, New Orleans, January 2, 2018 [18098]

Sun Ra & His Arkestra: Space Is The Place

Sun Ra & His Arkestra: Cosmic Chaos >

David Kunian Reads Points On The Space Age .

Sun Ra & His Arkestra: Cosmic Chaos

Sun Ra & His Arkestra: Intergalactic Research >

David Kunian Reads Strange Worlds In My Mind >

Sun Ra & His Arkestra: Intergalactic Research

Sun Ra & His Arkestra: Atlantis >

David Kunian Reads We Are Another Order of Being >

Sun Ra & His Arkestra: Atlantis

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by David Kunian for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced & recorded by David Kunian at WWOZ-FM, New Orleans

Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

© 2018 David Kunian. Used with permission.


JAZZ A SAMBA

George Klein continues to examine variations on the Bossa Nova with Duke Ellington, Vince Guaraldi, Cal Tjader, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Gabor Szabo, Bob Brookmeyer, Charlie Rouse, Ike Quebec, and Jackie McLean.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

JAZZ-A-SAMBA

BEYOND THE GROOVE YARD 238

George Klein, Groove Yard Studio, Ypsilanti, April 27, 2018 [18400]

Vince Guaraldi: Samba de Orpheu

Cal Tjader: Morning

Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis: Jazz-a-Samba

Dizzy Gillespie: And Then She Stopped

Dizzy Gillespie: Pau de Arara

Gabor Szabo: Little Boat

Bob Brookmeyer: Chara Tua Tristeza/Col. Bogey Bossa

Charlie Rouse: In Martinique

Ike Quebec: Blue Samba

Jackie McLean: Jossa Bossa

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.

John Sinclair Radio Show 754: Unit Structures

 

Episode 754 is coming from the Radio Free Amsterdam studios in Detroit’s Cass Corridor, where I’m featuring music this week in celebration of the life and music of the great pianist and composer Cecil Taylor, who passed away this month at the age of 89. From his myriads of albums since the mid-1950s I’ve selected three pieces from my own favorite Cecil Taylor album, Unit Structures on Blue Note Records, and offer a very rare hearing of the first half of Mr. Taylor’s performance with his Unit at the 1974 Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival in Exile in Windsor, Ontario.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

UNIT STRUCTURES

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 754

Cass Corridor, Detroit, April 22, 2018 [18225]

Yusef Lateef: Happyology

Cecil Taylor Unit: Tales (8 Whisps)

Cecil Taylor Unit: Steps

Cecil Taylor Unit: Windsor (Part 1)

Cecil Taylor Unit: Enter, Evening

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

 

© 2018 The John Sinclair Foundation

 

 

 

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