JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 1005 – THE DIZZY GILLESPIE STORY I—GROOVIN’ HIGH

Episode 1005 features the first hour of music from The Dizzy Gillespie Story, a 4-CD set that profiles Dizzy’s career until 1950 and starts with Disc One: Groovin’ High, featuring sides by Teddy Hill & His Orchestra, Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra, Cab Calloway & His Orchestra, Alice O’Connell with Glenn Hardman & His Trio, Lucky Millender & His Orchestra, Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra, Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra, the Joe Marsala Sextet, and the Dizzy Gillespie All Stars, Sextet, All Star Quintet, and with Charlie Parker.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
THE DIZZY GILLESPIE STORY I—GROOVIN’ HIGH
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 1005
Cass Corridor, Detroit, April 11, 2023 [23283]

Yusef Lateef: Happyology
Teddy Hill & His Orchestra: Blue Rhythm Fantasy
Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra: Hot Mallets
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra: Pickin’ the Cabbage
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra: Bye Bye Blues
Alice O’Connell with Glenn Hardman & His Trio: Once in a Lovetime
Lucky Millender & His Orchestra: Little John Special
Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra: Woody ‘n’ You
Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra: Disorder at the Border
Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra: I Stay in the Mood for You
Dizzy Gillespie All Stars: Good Bait
Dizzy Gillespie All Stars: Bebop
Joe Marsala Sextet: Cherokee
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet: A Night in Tunisia
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet: Groovin’ High
Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker: All the Things You Are
Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker: Dizzy Atmosphere
Dizzy Gillespie & His All Star Quintet: Salt Peanuts
Dizzy Gillespie & His All Star Quintet: Shaw’ Nuff
Dizzy Gillespie & His All Star Quintet: Hot House

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

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]

March 7, 2022

FLY BY NIGHT 456 – JAZZ BREAKS SUCKER

Steve Fly skims the vinyl trenches of his collection for Jazz breaks with a certain swing. Cuts are roasting on rotation and reproduce music by Buddy Rich, David Axelrod, the Upsetters, Dizzy Gillespie, Modern Jazz Group Freiburg, Tyrone Washington, Funkadelic, Billy Cobham, Bobbi Humphrey, The Heliocentrics, Bunk Johnson, Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra, John Handy III, and Wanda Robinson. Listen for the breaks in the jazz and the jazz in the breaks.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
JAZZ BREAKS SUCKER
FLY BY NIGHT 456
Steve The Fly, Fly Agaric 23 Studio, Amsterdam, March 3, 2015 [22132]

Buddy Rich: Three Day Sucker
David Axelrod: Urizen
Upsetters: Popcorn
Dizzy Gilespie: Alligator
Modern Jazz Group Freiburg: Big P
Tyrone Washington: Submission
Funkadelic: One Of Those Funky Things
Billy Cobham: Moon Germs
Bobbi Humphrey: Jasper Country Man
The Heliocentrics: Big Bang Reincarnation
Bunk Johnson: Just A Closer Walk With Thee
Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra: Two Tones
John Handy III: No Smiles Please
Wanda Robinson: A Possibility (Back Home)

A JOINT PRODUCTION
Produced by Steve “The Fly” Pratt for Radio Free Amsterdam (#97)
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

February 15, 2022

FACE THE MUSIC 159 – GET OFF STUFF

arwulf arwulf is holding forth at WCBN-FM, Ann Arbor with his weekly dose of great music featuring Eubie Blake, Vance Dixon & his Pencils, Ikey Robinson & the Pods of Pepper, Red Nichols & his Five Pennies, Rudy Vallee & his Connecticut Yankees, the Benny Goodman Sextet, The Three Deuces, Artie Shaw’s Gramercy Five, Fats Waller & his Rhythm, the King Cole Trio, Erskine Hawkins & his Orchestra, Count Basie & his Orchestra, the Charlie Parker Sextet, Bud Powell, the Lester Young Quartet, the Dizzy Gillespie Sextet, Jimmy Forrest, and Yusef Lateef.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
GET OFF STUFF
FACE THE MUSIC 159
arwulf arwulf, WCBN-FM, Ann Arbor, December 2021 [21779]

Eubie Blake: Strut Miss Lizzie
Vance Dixon & his Pencils: Hot Peanuts
Ikey Robinson & the Pods of Pepper: Get Off Stuff
Red Nichols & his Five Pennies: Oh! Peter (You’re So Nice)
Rudy Vallee & his Connecticut Yankees: Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries
Benny Goodman’s Sextet: Blues in B
The Three Deuces: The Last Time I Saw Chicago
Artie Shaw & his Gramercy Five: Summit Ridge Drive
Fats Waller & his Rhythm: Mamacita
King Cole Trio: Hit that Jive Jack
Erskine Hawkins & his Orchestra with Ida James: Jumpin’ in a Julep Joint
Charlie Parker Sextet: My Little Suede Shoes
Bud Powell: The Last Time I Saw Paris
Lester Young Quartet: Thou Swell
Lester Young Quartet: In a Little Spanish Town
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet: Tin Tin Deo
Jimmy Forrest: Big Dip s
Yusef Lateef: Outside Blues

A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by arwulf arwulf for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced & recorded by arwulf arwulf at WCBN-FM, Ann Arbor
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclar
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

February 15, 2022February 27, 2022

FLY BY NIGHT 452 – BLUEMOON & BOP 2

Steve The Fly is back spinning from 2015 with an all-vinyl show in Episode 92 with cuts by Lester Young, Ella & The Ink Spots, Bud Powell, Jimmy Smith, Kai Winding, Wes Montgomery, John Coltrane & Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Yusef Lateef, and The Moonglows.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
BLUEMOON & BOP
FLY BY NIGHT 451
Steve The Fly, Fly Agaric 23 Studio, Amsterdam, January 29, 2015 [22062]

Lester Young: I Can’t Get Started
Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots: Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
Bud Powell: Celia
Jimmy Smith: Kiki’s Voice
Kai Winding: A Night on Bop Mountain
Wes Montgomery: The Trickbag
Bud Powell: I Want To Be Happy
John Coltrane & Cannonball Adderley: Limehouse Blues
Sonny Rollins: With A Song In My Heart
Dizzy Gillespie: Blue Moon
Miles Davis: Bye Bye Blackbird
Yusef Lateef: Train Stop
Lester Young: On The Sunny Side Of The Street
The Moonglows: The Beating Of My Heart

A JOINT PRODUCTION
Produced by Steve “The Fly” Pratt for Radio Free Amsterdam (#92)
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

February 15, 2022

FLY BY NIGHT 451 – BLUEMOON BOP

Steve The Fly is back spinning from 2015 with an all-vinyl show in Episode 92 with cuts by Lester Young, Ella & The Ink Spots, Bud Powell, Jimmy Smith, Kai Winding, Wes Montgomery, John Coltrane & Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Yusef Lateef, and The Moonglows.
 The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
BLUEMOON & BOP
FLY BY NIGHT 451
Steve The Fly, Fly Agaric 23 Studio, Amsterdam, January 29, 2015 [22062]

A JOINT PRODUCTION
Produced by Steve “The Fly” Pratt for Radio Free Amsterdam (#92)
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

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

March 8, 2021March 3, 2021

FLY BY NIGHT 403 – MR. WRIGGLES

Steve The Fly is playing music this week by Yusef Leteef, The Meters, Dave Serano, Dizzy Gillespie, Lalo Schifrin, James Brown, Camile Bob, The Visioneers, Eddie Henderson, Tribe, Lee Michaels, Fat Larry’s Band, and Parliament.