George Klein – Radio Free Amsterdam

January 5, 2023January 4, 2023

THE GROOVE YARD 196 – THE THESPIAN

George Klein presents a second hour of the music of pianist/composer Freddie Redd, recorded for Blue Note Records in 1960-61, and also featuring Jackie McLean on alto saxophone along with Tina Brooks on tenor sax. Plus there’s a closing cut by Jackie McLean from one of his own Blue Note albums.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
THE THESPIAN
THE GROOVE YARD 196
George Klein, WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti, November 24, 1991 [23010]

Freddie Redd: Melanie
Freddie Redd: The Thespian
Freddie Redd: Blues, Blues, Blues
Freddie Redd: Shadows
Freddie Redd: Cute Dute
Freddie Redd: Old Spice
Freddie Redd: Blues for Betsy
Freddie Redd: Somewhere
Jackie McLean: Old Gospel

A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by George Klein for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced & recorded by George Klein at WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti MI
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

December 22, 2022December 16, 2022

THE GROOVE YARD 194 – CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS

George Klein presents his first annual Christmas program on WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti in 1989 with an hour of 1950s & ‘60s Christmas jazz by Gene Ammons, Bobby Timmons, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis & Shirley Scott, Charlie Parker, Bob Dorough, Roland Kirk, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Paul Bley, Jimmy Smith, Lionel Hampton, and Chico Hamilton.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS
THE GROOVE YARD 194
George Klein, WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti, December 24, 1989 [22580]

Gene Ammons: Christmas Song
Bobby Timmons: White Christmas
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis & Shirley Scott: Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Charlie Parke: White Christmas
Bob Dorough with Miles Davis: Blue Xmas
Roland Kirk: We Free Kings
MJQ: England’s Carol
Paul Bley: Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Jimmy Smith: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Lionel Hampton: White Christmas
Chico Hamilton: Winter Wonderland
Charlie Parker: They Can’t Take That Away from Me

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

December 16, 2022

THE GROOVE YARD 193 – THE CONNECTION

George Klein presents an hour of music by pianist Freddie Redd from his Blue Note albums from 1960, including the entire soundtrack for Jack Gelber’s play The Connection, composed by Freddie Redd, followed by two cuts from his follow-up album called Shades of Redd, all reissued by Mosaic Records in a box set called The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Freddie Redd.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
THE CONNECTION
THE GROOVE YARD 193
George Klein, WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti, November 3, 1991 [22566]

Freddie Redd: Who Killed Cock Robin
Freddie Redd: Wigglin’
Freddie Redd: Music Forever
Freddie Redd: Time to Smile
Freddie Redd: Jim Dunn’s Dilemma
Freddie Redd: O.D.
Freddie Redd: Swift
Freddie Redd: Ole
Freddie Redd: Theme for Sister Salvation

December 9, 2022

THE GROOVE YARD 192 – HIP FUNK

George Klein presents an hour of music by guitarist Grant Green from four previously unreleased Blue Note albums from 1961-1962 that were
recently unearthed and issued by Mosaic Records in a box set called The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Grant Green with Sonny Clark.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
HIP FUNK
THE GROOVE YARD 192
George Klein, WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti, November 3, 1991 [22552]

Grant Green: Hip Funk
Grant Green: Someday My Prince Will Come
Grant Green: If I Should Lose You
Grant Green: Back in Your Own Back Yard
Grant Green: Cool Blues
Grant Green: Born to Be Blue
Grant Green: Granada

December 1, 2022December 1, 2022

THE GROOVE YARD 191 – THE SONG IS YOU

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
THE SONG IS YOU
THE GROOVE YARD 191
George Klein, WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti, November 3, 1991 [22538]

Grant Green: On Green Dolphin Street
Grant Green: Gooden’s Corner
Grant Green: The Things We Did Last Summer
Grant Green: The Song Is You
Grant Green: It Ain’t Necessarily So
Grant Green: Little Girl Blue
Grant Green: Tune-Up

March 31, 2022March 24, 2022

THE GROOVE YARD 168 – THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA

George Klein presents the 6th and final hour of a feature on tenor saxophonist Stan Getz who died in June 1991. This hour focuses on some very popular bossa nova recordings with Brazilians Laurindo Almeida, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto & his wife Astrud, who served as interpreter for the recording session and was called on to sing “The Girl from Ipanema,” which became a very big hit. After another recording with Astrud, the emphasis shifts to some straight ahead recordings from the late 1960s, where the Getz feature ends.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA
THE GROOVE YARD 168
George Klein, WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti, July 21, 1991 [22181]0
Stan Getz & Laurindo Almeida: Minica Moca (Young Lady)
Stan Getz & Laurindo Almeida: Outra Vez (Once Again)
Stan Getz-Antonio Carlos Jobim-Joao & Astrud Gilberto: The Girl From Ipanema
Stan Getz with Astrud Gilberto: Corcovado
Stan Getz: Stan’s Blues
Stan Getz: Here’s That Rainy Day
Stan Getz: Grandfather’s Waltz
Stan Getz: Sweet Rain
Stan Getz: Con Alma
Stan Getz: A Summer Afternoon

March 12, 2022

THE GROOVE YARD 165 – BRONX BLUES

George Klein presents another hour in the multi-part series commemorating Stan Getz, who had passed away in 1991. The focus is on 1955-61 featuring Getz recording in Stockholm with a Swedish rhythm section, and his collaborations, organized by Norman Granz, with Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, and Gerry Mulligan.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
BRONX BLUES
THE GROOVE YARD 165
George Klein, WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti, July 14, 1991 [22138]

Stan Getz: Indiana
Stan Getz: Everything Happens to Me
Stan Getz with Dizzy Gillespie: Wee
Stan Getz with Dizzy Gillespie: Lover Come Back to Me
Stan Getz with Oscar Peterson: Bronx Blues
Stan Getz with Oscar Peterson: I Want To Be Happy
Stan Getz with Gerry Mulligan: This Can’t Be Love

February 27, 2022

THE GROOVE YARD 163 – OPUS DE BOP

George Klein presents the first of a multi-part series commemorating Stan Getz, who had recently passed in 1991. The focus is on early recordings, starting in 1945 with Kai Winding, Jimmy Raney, Terry Gibbs, Horace Silver and others that reveal Getz’s lyricism as well as the new emphasis on bop.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
SPLIT KICK
THE GROOVE YARD 163
George Klein, WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti, July 7, 1991 [22110]

Kai Winding: Get Your Ax Max
Kai Winding: Always
Stan Getz: Opus de Bop
Stan Getz: Running Water
Stan Getz with Jimmy Raney: Diaper Pin
Stan Getz with Jimmy Raney: Interlude in Bop
Stan Getz with Jimmy Raney: As I Live and Bop
Terry Gibbs: Terry’s Tune
Terry Gibbs: Cuddles
Stan Getz: Sweetie Pie
Stan Getz: Hershey Bar
Stan Getz with Horace Silver: Melody Express
Stan Getz with Horace Silver: Penny
Stan Getz with Horace Silver: Potter’s Luck
Stan Getz with Horace Silver: Split Kick
Stan Getz with Jimmy Raney:: The Way You Look Tonight