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JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 987 – FLY RIGHT—A MONK SUITE

Episode 987 is coming from Radio Free Amsterdam headquarters in Detroit’s Cass Corridor at 55 Peterboro Street, and I wanted to start the New Year with an hour of music from my new album with New Orleans pianist Tom Worrell, recorded in early October by Mike Boulan at The Shop in Hazel Park. This project is a remake of my first album from 1991 with the late Cincinnati pianist Ed Moss, duet performances of 15 of my Thelonious Monk poems from always know: a book of monk performed to the Monk compositions they were inspired by. The Moss album was never released, the pianist and the producer both passed away, and the original tapes were lost in the confusement, so I decided to recut the program with Tom Worrell on piano for this album titled fly right—a monk suite. Hope you enjoy it!

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
FLY RIGHT—A MONK SUITE
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 987
Cass Corridor, Detroit, November 7, 2022 [23003]

Yusef Lateef: Happyology
John Sinclair & Tom Worrell: fly right
John Sinclair & Tom Worrell: bloomdido
John Sinclair & Tom Worrell: thelonious
John Sinclair & Tom Worrell: round about midnight
John Sinclair & Tom Worrell: an oscar for treadwell
John Sinclair & Tom Worrell: monk’s dream
John Sinclair & Tom Worrell: ruby my dear
John Sinclair & Tom Worrell: I mean you
John Sinclair & Tom Worrell: I surrender dear
John Sinclair & Tom Worrell: mysterioso
John Sinclair & Tom Worrell: rhythm-a-ning
John Sinclair & Tom Worrell: in walked bud
John Sinclair & Tom Worrell: bye-ya

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 Mike Boulan at The Shop in Hazel Park

© 2023 The John Sinclair Foundation

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Fly By Night 461 – Smoke My Peace Pipe


Steve Fly is selecting some classic cuts from his collection featuring Dr. John, Sun Ra, Thelonious Monk, Little Walter, Jimi Hendrix, The Meters, Wild Magnolias, Howlin’ Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, Delmar Evans & Johnny Otis and Dr Marshmallow Cubicle.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
Fly By Night Radio Show 461 – SMOKE MY PEACE PIPE
DJ Steve Fly, Trondheim, Norway, April 27, 2022.

[01] Dr. John – Locked Down

[02] Sun Ra – This Song Is Dedicated To Nature’s God

[03] Thelonious Monk – Bye Ya

[04] Dr. John – Didn’t He Ramble

[05] Little Walter – Too Late

[06] Jimi Hendrix – Hear My Train Coming

[07] The Meters – Live Wire

[08] The Meters – Stormy

[09] Sonny Boy Williamson – Fattening Frogs For Snakes

[10] The Wild Magnolias – Smoke My Peace Pipe

[11] Little Walter – Roller Coaster

[12] Delmar Evans & Johnny Otis – It’s Good To 

[13] Howlin’ Wolf – Smokestack Lightning

[14] Dr. Marshmallow Cubicle – Banksterdam

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Produced by Steve “The Fly” Pratt for Radio Free Amsterdam.

Post-production, editing & annotation by Steven Pratt

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

© 2022 Steve Pratt. Used with permission.

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FLY BY NIGHT 458 – WHERE PATHWAYS MEET

Steve The Fly is rosing to the occasion of the Easter season with this episode, playing music by Alice Coltrane, Mulatu Astatke, Yusef Lateef, Salah Ragab, Sun Ra & Hi Arkestra, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Thelonious Monk, Trilok Gurtu, and Lenny Bruce.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
WHERE PATHWAYS MEET
FLY BY NIGHT 458
Steve The Fly, Fly Agaric 23 Studio, Amsterdam, March 23, 2015 [22160]

Alice Coltrane: Isis and Osiris
Mulatu Astatke: Gubelye
Yusef Lateef: Eastern Market
Salah Ragab: Neveen
Sun Ra: Where Pathways Meet
Mahavishnu Orchestra: Vision Of A Naked Sword
Thelonious Monk: Monk’s Point
Trilok Gurtu: Monk-E-Desh
Lenny Bruce: On Contemporaries

A JOINT PRODUCTION
Produced by Steve “The Fly” Pratt for Radio Free Amsterdam (#99)
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

© 2015, 2022 Steve Pratt. Used with permission.

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FLY BY NIGHT 454 – ROACHA-CHA BLAKEBEATS

Steve Fly dips into his wax collection and constructs a hanging garden of jazz drum delights featuring Art Blakey and Max Roach. Featuring songs by Thelonious Monk, Blakey’s Jazz Messangers, and Roach, the Fly spins bare back to back rhythms of the Afro-jazz bop persuasion. Special thanks to John Sinclair.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
ROACHA-CHA BLAKEBEATS
FLY BY NIGHT 454
Steve The Fly, Fly Agaric 23 Studio, Amsterdam, February 23, 2015 [22104]

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Dawn On The Harvest
Art Blakey: The High Priest
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Woody N’ You
Thelonious Monk: Who Knows
Max Roach: Jodie’s Cha-Cha
Thelonious Monk: Skippy
Max Roach: Conversation
Thelonious Monk: Hornin’ In
Buddy Rich vs. Max Roach: Casbah
Max Roach: Larry Larue
Thelonious Monk: Carolina Moon
Buddy Rich vs. Max Roach: Toot, Toot, Tootsie Goodbye

A JOINT PRODUCTION
Produced by Steve “The Fly” Pratt for Radio Free Amsterdam (#95)
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

© 2015, 2022 Steve Pratt. Used with permission.

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FLY BY NIGHT 453 – UNFUNKY UFO

Steve The Fly is flying the friendly skies in Epiode 94 with selections from Robert Anton Wilson, Parliament, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, James Brown, The Meters, and Sun Ra & His Arkestra.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
UNFUNKY UFO
FLY BY NIGHT 453
Steve The Fly, Fly Agaric 23 Studio, Amsterdam, January 29, 2015 [22090]

Robert Anton Wilson: On Finnegans Wake
Parliament: Unfunky UFO
Miles Davis: Nine (Part 1) (‘Ife’)
John Coltrane: Impressions
Thelonious Monk: In Walked Bud
Charles Mingus: Open Letter To Duke
James Brown: I’ve Gotta Move
The Meters: Same Old Thing
Sun Ra Arkestra: Circe

A JOINT PRODUCTION
Produced by Steve “The Fly” Pratt for Radio Free Amsterdam (#94)
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

© 2015, 2022 Steve Pratt. Used with permission.

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FLY BY NIGHT 357 – WIZZY DIG

Recorded by ‘Steve Fly’ at Fly Agaric Studios, Amsterdam. Tuesday 21st May. Inspired and dedicated to the music, poetry and writing of John Sinclair.


The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
WIZZY DIG
FLY BY NIGHT 357
Steve The Fly, Fly Agaric 23 Studios, Amsterdam, May 21, 2013 [20208]
Jack Kerouac: The Early History of Bop (Fragment)
Bird & Dizz: Mohawk
Ahmed Jamal: The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
Del Close & John Brent: The Loose Wig
Miles Davis: The Maids of Cadiz
Billie Holiday: You’ve Changed
Eddie Jefferson: A Crazy Romance (The Preacher)
Ella Fitzgerald: Let’s Face the Music and Dance
Coleman Hawkins: April in Paris
Buster Williams, Joe Sample & Kenny ‘Pancho’ Hagood: Let There Be Love
Thelonious Monk: Eronel
Jack Kerouac: The Early History of Bop (Fragment)
Allen Ginsberg: America
Jimmy Smith: The Champ


A JOINT PRODUCTION
Produced by Steve “Fly” Pratt for Radio Free Amsterdam (#18)
Edited & by John Sinclair
Executive annotated Producer: John Sinclair.
Sponsored by John Sinclair Foundation, Amsterdam.

(c) 2013 Steve Pratt. Used with permission