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Give the Drummer Radio
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April 12, 2013
A protean shake for your ears | ||
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Theme Music: Sarah Webster Fabio |
Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues |
Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues
(Folkways 1976) |
ECD | In Tempo |
Major Force: The Original Art-Form
(Mo' Wax 1990) |
Talkover Music: Earl Hooker |
I Can't Hold Out Much Longer |
The Moon Is Rising
(Arhoolie 1969) |
Talkover Music: 9 Lazy 9 |
Black Jesus |
Paradise Blown
(Ninja Tune 1994) |
Talkover Music: Bobby Montez |
Kon-Tiki |
Jungle Fantastique!
(Cu-Bop 1958) |
Talkover Music: Odell Brown & the Organ-izers |
Tough Tip |
Ducky
(Cadet 1968) |
Talkover Music: Blind Idiot God |
Death Hollow Canyon, Utah |
Cyclotron
(Avant 1992) |
Talkover Music: DJ Food |
Dub Lion (Remake) |
Big Noise
(Mambo Inn 1994) |
Closing Theme: John Lee Hooker |
Stand By |
I Feel Good
(Jewel 1971) |
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Yes indeed. That was "Khalid of Space" from Larry Young's Lawrence of Newark album. And good afternoon to you! | |
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Tak, Van! Hvordan går det? :) | |
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@Van: Taking advantage of the "danish" -- "Thanks, Van! How are you?" @Van's office: Oh, that's terrible--danishes have been disappeared all around here, lately... | |
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So sorry 'bout last night, UM. Sounds nightmarish. | |
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Pittsburgh or Gilead. Same difference. HELLO to you, hard working Brother Paul Sherratt. | |
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Also: go hang a salami i'm a lasagna hog | |
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I'm ashamed to say I tossed all my old Wire issues when I moved. I feel so bad about it. | |
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Yup. Volumes 5 & 6 just came out. The last several have delved into West African territory. One can only imagine how great it will be when this series starts to include contributions from the South African ex-pat scene in London. Wow! | |
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For anthropological research only. @AndrewC I dearly hope you're talking about The Wire and not Maxim. | |
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Yes, I think I read about that in Maxim. | |
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Just be sure to use your knowledge for good and not evil. | |
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Actually, an evil villain wearing a so-so moustache is even worse than that--if you're going to be evil, at least devote enough time to getting your evil moustache right!!! | |
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Keep that West African sound intuition handy for later. Just sayin'. | |
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Will the show be like your Hinky-Dinky show? | |
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Thanks everyone. | |
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What's the temp/precipitation like right now? Warmed up into spring in VA (80s F), nice the past two days, heavy April Showers right now. | |
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"Whaur the Pig Gaed On the Spree"...like I've said, I love Scottish when it's "barely English"! | |
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April 8, 2013 on Irene's show: wfmu.org... May 12, 2012 on Jeffrey Davison's Shrunken Planet show: wfmu.org... | |
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It's a wee gambol from Alasdair Roberts' beautiful records on Drag City to the old stuff. | |
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I suppose I would rather be associated with "resuscitating it," but I'll take it. | |
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I've made a note of that. | |
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At least you're here for the high-protein portion of the show. | |
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www.youtube.com... | |
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Considering how small Prince Lasha s (pronounced La-shay) catalog is, anything new is an event. Insight was recorded and released by CBS in the U.K. in 1966. It featured the American saxophonist and flutist in the company of great British jazzmen. They include pianists Stan Tracey or Mike Carr (lesser known but equally brilliant), trumpeter Chris Bateson, trombonist John Mumford, drummer Joe Oliver, two pair of bassists playing simultaneously, in Rick Laird (later of Mahavishnu Orchestra fame), and Jeff Clyne, or Dave Willis and Bruce Cale. Finally, the addition of David Snell s harp in a major role adds to the textural and extended harmonic reach of this set. That said, this is not an exploratory outside date, but a straight-ahead session of originals and standards, divided between uptempo numbers and ballads. The set opens with a Lasha original called Nuttin Out Jones, written for drummer Elvin Jones, whom Lasha played with. It s one of the standouts here, with all three frontline horns kicking off a brightly swinging head that s airy, bright, and breezy. The first solo is a tight, hard bop taken by the harp and backed beautifully by the dancing drums of Oliver and Laird s bassline playing pizzicato before Clyne comes in under the radar playing arco. Lasha takes the next solo on his plastic white alto saxophone, bluesing it up and bopping it out. This is followed by the standard Out of Nowhere, that showcases Snell s harp leading a heady groove with a guitarist s nimble facility. His solo is dynamite. The ballad Body & Soul is the first place we hear Lasha s signature wood flute playing, and it s utterly lovely. The lilting, sparse phraseology he uses is deeply emotive and songlike, as is the trumpet solo by Bateson. Side two kicks off with another Lasha original, called Impressions of Eric Dolphy. The intro is slow and graceful, with harp, flute, and trumpet leading the way. Yusef Lateef is credited as co-writer for the intro and the cadenzas. Shortly after this elegant stroll, the tune breaks into a sprint with Lasha s alto solo followed by the other horns; the taut bass section pushes the tempo envelope, and the hard-swinging drumming of Oliver underscores. Two standards close out the set: there's an archetypical reading of Everything Happens to Me, on which Tracey adds his percussive piano touches in an otherwise extremely restrained ballad, and the final cut, Just Friends, sends the set out the way it came in, on a fingerpopping groove with Lasha using an edgier tone on his alto solos -- the only place on the record that even resembles outside. Here again, Tracey is physical in his savvy, swaggering fills and comps. For all its traditionalism, this is indeed a major date for Lasha and reveals how deeply ensconced he was in the bop and swing lineages. Thanks to Dusty Groove, this rare gem has finally been released in North America for the first time in any form. ~ Thom Jurek, Rovi | |
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Is the leader in the clubhouse with a seven-syllable word. Can anyone top him? | |
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Greetings and welcome! I love Blind Idiot God. A friend took me to see them at CBGB's in the very early '90s and I was (almost literally) blown away. It was the loudest music show I've ever been to. What fascinated me was that it, inside the spine-numbing loudness, it was really beautiful. And I immediately fell for Ted Epstein. That fellow can play magnificently. @Uncle Michael That just sounds so dirty. | |
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Was that the "No Age" compilation? | |
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This one: www.discogs.com... | |
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With all that talk of dribbling, I thought at first you were referring to our recent cultural delegate to North Korea. | |
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Doesn't Mapfumo live in the States now. In Portland, Oregon, maybe? | |
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Peerless as ever, Doug. | |
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Till next time. | |
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Thanks Doug, have a GREAT weekend everyone! | |
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