JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 1000 – BIRD LIVES

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW #1000

Episode 1000 of the John Sinclair Radio Show appropriately features the genius of the alto saxophone and progenitor of modern jazz, Mr. Charlie “Yardbird” Parker, in a series of live recordings from the late 1940s and early 1950’s, including sessions with Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, an all-star Washington DC big band, and others at venues including Storyville in Boston, St. Nicks Arena in Harlem, Jazz at the Philharmonic, Massey Hall in Toronto, and The Washington Concerts.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
BIRD LIVES
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 1000
Cass Corridor, Detroit, February 13, 2023 [23208]

Yusef Lateef: Happyology
Charlie Parker: Ornithology
Charlie Parker: Confirmation
Charlie Parker: Now’s the Time
Charlie Parker: Star Eyes > 52nd Street Theme
Charlie Parker: Flyin’ Home
Charlie Parker: Lester Leaps In
Charlie Parker: A Night in Tunisia
Charlie Parker: Hot House
Charlie Parker: Out of Nowhere

A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced, edited & assembled by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve “Fly” Pratt

May 9, 2022

John Sinclair Radio Show 957 – A Joyful Noise

Episode 902 is coming from the Funky Butt Club on Rampart Street in New Orleans, the site of a memorial concert for the great writer and musical expert named Robert Palmer, who passed away from liver failure while a resident of Barracks Street in the Crescent City. Palmer was a close friend and mentor to me and well loved by everyone on the scene, so we came together at the Funky Butt to honor Bob’s memory with performances by an unidentified artist, Manny Lander, Charlie Miller & Jonathan Frelich, Mark Bingham, Tav Falco, JoBeth Britton with James Grauerholz & Daniel, and The Grand Finale with Michael Ray, with titles approximated and an unrelated added number by John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars with Dr. Dorothy Moore recorded at the Detroit Jazz Festival in 2006.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

A JOYFUL NOISE

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 957 (902)

Funky Butt Club, New Orleans, 1995 [21161]

Yusef Lateef: Happyology

[Unidentified Artist]: There Will Never Be Another You

Manny Lander, Charlie Miller & Jonathan Frelich: A Little Latin Thing

Mark Bingham: When I Die

Tav Falco: My Heart’s Demand

JoBeth Britton with James Grauerholz & Daniel: When I Look Back

JoBeth Britton with James Grauerholz & Daniel: [Unidentified Selection]

Grand Finale with Michael Ray: A Joyful Noise—The Musings of Robert Palmer

Grand Finale with Michael Ray: Junco Partner > Without No Drawers On

John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars with Dr. Dorothy Moore: Dedication Suite

Charlie Parker with Strings: 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 Manny Lander and James Grauerholz.

March 24, 2022

FACE THE MUSIC 165 – DELIRIUM

arwulf arwulf is holding forth at WCBN-FM, Ann Arbor with his weekly dose of great music featuring The Georgians, the Wolverine Orchestra, the Original Memphis Five, Red & Miff’s Stompers, E.C. Cobb & his Corn Eaters, the Eddie Condon Quartet, the Chicago Rhythm Kings, Miff Mole & his Little Molers, Duke Ellington & his Orchestra, Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra, Fats Waller & his Rhythm, Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra, Big Sid Catlett with Barney Bigard, Dizzy Gillespie’s All Star Quintette with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie & his Orchestra with Chano Pozo, and Earl Hines leading members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
DELIRIUM
FACE THE MUSIC 165
arwulf arwulf, WCBN-FM, Ann Arbor, January 31, 2022 [22165]

February 15, 2022

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 946 – MOUTH HARP BLUES

Episode 946 is coming from Radio Free Amsterdam headquarters in Detroit’s Cass Corridor on New Year’s Eve 2021 as one of three special programs drafted by my pal Jules Bauduc in Louisian, better known as The Maestro, who contributed tracks for programs on Quarantine Times, Doo Wop Classics, and Harmonica Classics, which make up episodes 945, 946 and 947. This is program 946 with mouth harp numbers by Little Walter, Jimmy Reed, Delbert McClinton, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Sonny Boy Williamson I, Taj Mahal, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Levon Helm, Charlie Musselwhite, Canned Heat, Bruce Channel, Slim Harpo, and Sonny Boy Williamson II.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
MOUTH HARP BLUES
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 946
Cass Corridor, Detroit, December 31, 2021 [22047]

Yusef Lateef: Happyology
Little Walter: Juke
Jimmy Reed: Honest I Do
Delbert McClinton: Before You Accuse Me
Paul Butterfield blues Band: Walking By Myself
Sonny Boy Williamson: Good Morning Little School Girl
Taj Mahal: She Caught The Katy
Stevie Wonder: I Was Made To Love Her
Jimmy Reed: Found Love
The Beatles: Love Me Do
Delbert McClinton: Never Been Rocked Enough
Levon Helm: Baby Scratch My Back
Charlie Musselwhite: Sanctuary
Canned Heat: On The Road Again
Delbert McClinton: Better Off With The Blues
Bruce Channel: Hey Baby
Slim Harpo: Raining In My Heart
Sonny Boy Williamson: Don’t Start Me To Talking
Charlie Parker: They Can’t Take That Away From Me

A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced, edited & assembled by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve “Fly” Pratt
Special thanks to Tom Morgan, Ravi, Claudia, Steve Fly, Nick Smith, and Sunny, Celia & Beyonce Sinclair

April 26, 2021July 10, 2021

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 907 – RUNNING IN THE RED

Episode 906 is coming from Radio Free Amsterdam headquarters in Detroit’s Cass Corridor with selections by Yusef Lateef & His Men, Langston Hughes With Leonard Feather, Jack Kerouac & Steve Allen, David Amram Quintet with Lynn Sheffield, Eric Burdon, Pete Cornelius & The DeVilles, Dave Gross, Robbie Smith, Measured Chaos, The Macpodz, Del Close & John Brent, Kenneth Patchen With the Chamber Jazz Sextet, Shorty Petterstein, Lenny Bruce, and Charlie Parker.

March 12, 2021March 3, 2021

ANCESTOR WORSHIP 18 – BIRD & DIZ AT TOWN HALL

Episode 18 from 2012 features a “live” concert by the Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker sextet with Don Byas, Al Haig, Curley Russell, Max Roach, and special guest drummer Big Sid Catlett at Town Hall in New York City on June 22, 1945, introduced by Symphony Sid, and “live” sessions featuring Bird with the Jazz at the Philharmonic All Stars of Norman Granz recorded in 1946 (or either 1947) and 1949.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

BIRD & DIZ AT TOWN HALL

ANCESTOR WORSHIP 18

John Sinclair, Temple Dragon Temple, Amsterdam, December 21, 2012 [21133]

Charlie Parker: Another Hairdo

Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie: Intro by Symphony Sid

Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie: Bebop

Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie: A Night In Tunisia

Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie: Groovin’ High

Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie: Salt Peanuts

Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie: Hot House

Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie: Fifty Second Street Theme

Charlie Parker: Oh, Lady, Be Good!

Charlie Parker: The Closer

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, and Alec 622

February 11, 2021February 28, 2021

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 896 – LIVE WIRE

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

November 16, 2020

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 100^th 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)