WFMU RADIO: Give The Drummer Some 09/24/13

Listener comments!

All five hours of this brilliant documentary can be purchased directly from its creator, Steve Rowland: www.artistowned.com...

5:57pm Doug Schulkind:

Not purchased directly from our Creator, because that would be creepy.

5:59pm Parq:

What a splendid photo, man.

6:00pm Doug Schulkind:

Have you ever seen JC SMILING in another?

6:00pm Jeff Golick:

Paying respect/respects.

6:00pm northguineahills:

luckily, I still have 80 minutes left of work....

6:01pm Doug Schulkind:

Nice to see JG smiling, too.

6:02pm Jeff Golick:

There are some nice photos here, too: www.johncoltrane.com...

6:03pm Philo Gristle:

Thanks for playing the greatest of Coltrane's tunes, Doug! Will be listening, kat's here too, sends her love to all, but offlist, weary and frustrated ATT the world.

6:04pm Doug Schulkind:

Hello and welcome, northguineahills. Hello and welcome, Philo Gristle.

This radio documentary is nothing short of love made audible.

6:05pm Parq:

Going to do as much paper-pushing, no-brain work as I can, so's as to pay closer attention.

6:05pm Doug Schulkind:

I'm sure you will push, virtuosically, Parq.

6:06pm Jeff Golick:

I think I made this same comment the last time Doug aired this, but here goes again: Michael S. Harper was a prof of mine in college. One of my favorite classes, and one of two classes during which I was truly terrified.

6:07pm Jeff Golick:

(The other was taught by a former Jesuit priest.)

6:07pm Doug Schulkind:

Save that comment for when I re-air this again in 2019.

6:08pm Doug Schulkind:

Archie Shepp: "He was my leader."

6:13pm Doug Schulkind:

I miss Max Roach desperately. Today, I participated in a blind survey by a psychology student at Duquesne University. I was asked to use the name of someone else. "Pick someone you would like to be," was the suggestion.

I chose Max Roach.

6:20pm Doug Schulkind:

Coming next is another wild revelation about Coltrane and his songcraft, specifically concerning "A Love Supreme." Stunning. Mind-blowing. Holy.

6:22pm northguineahills:

You did, Jeff. I remember those shows vividly.

6:26pm Doug Schulkind:

Zita Carno once transcribed Coltrane's solo on his Blue Note recording performance of "Blue Train." She showed the transcription to Trane, and he said he couldn't play it. "It's too difficult," he responded.

6:30pm Doug Schulkind:

So painfully many of the artists interviewed for this work are now gone. Blessings upon you, Makanda Ken McIntyre.

6:33pm Doug Schulkind:

You can hear many selections of this interview with JC over at the official Coltrane website: www.johncoltrane.com...

6:34pm Jeff Golick:

@ngh: can't believe you remember that...also slightly aghast at how I'm repeating myself.

6:34pm Jeff Golick:

...also slightly aghast at how I'm repeating myself.

6:35pm Doug Schulkind:

Here is a story about Don DiMichael's infamous piece in Downbeat: pmpmagazine.wordpress.com...

6:35pm Doug Schulkind:

Jeff, you're aghast of your former self.

6:37pm Doug Schulkind:

John Coltrane: "I was so far in this thing, I didn't know where I was going to go next."

6:37pm Jeff Golick:

Well, Halloween is coming up...

6:39pm Doug Schulkind:

Here is Bobby Zankel's Facebook page: www.facebook.com...

6:42pm Doug Schulkind:

I'm so glad you're all "nutting out" with me this evening.

6:43pm northguineahills:

I pretty much memorized this back in 2007, Didn't get much work done when it was on.

6:46pm Doug Schulkind:

I will forever be grateful to Steve Rowland for (1) creating this amazing work. (2) Allowing me to air it on my show. (3) Permitting me to give it away as a marathon premium in spring 2008.

6:48pm Doug Schulkind:

Coltrane NOT a baseball fan? My heart is broken.

6:55pm cosmic matrix:

so so so so good

6:56pm Doug Schulkind:

The poem:

A Love Supreme

I will do all I can to be worthy of Thee, O Lord. It all has to do with it. Thank You God.

Peace. There is none other. God is. It is so beautiful. Thank You God.

God is all.Help us to resolve our fears and weaknesses.In you all things are possible.Thank you God.
We know. God made us so.Keep your eye on God.God is. He always was. He always will be.
No matter what... it is God.He is gracious and merciful.It is most important that I know Thee.
Words, sounds, speech, men, memory, throughts,fears and emotions--time--all related...all made from one... all made in one.
Blessed be his name.Thought waves--heat waves--all vibrations--all paths lead to God. Thank you God.
His way... it is so lovely... it is gracious.It is merciful--Thank you God.One thought can produce millions of vibrations and they all go back to God... everything does.
Thank you God.Have no fear... believe... Thank you God.The universe has many wonders. God is all.
His way... it is so wonderful.Thoughts--deeds--vibrations,all go back to God and He cleanses all.
He is gracious and merciful... Thank you God.Glory to God... God is so alive.God is.God loves.
May I be acceptable in Thy sight.
We are all one in His grace.The fact that we do exist is acknowledgement of Thee, O Lord.Thank you God.
God will wash away all our tears...He always has...He always will.
Seek him everyday. In all ways seek God everyday.Let us sing all songs to God.To whom all praise is due... praise God.
No road is an easy one, but they all go back to God.
With all we share God.It is all with God.It is all with Thee.
Obey the Lord.Blessed is He.
We are all from one thing... the will of God...Thank you God.
--I have seen ungodly--none can be greater--none can compare Thank you God.
He will remake... He always has and He always will.It's true--blessed be His name--Thank you God.
God breathes through us so completely...so gently we hardly feel it... yet,it is our everything.
Thank you God.
ELATION--ELEGANCE--EXALTATION--All from God.
Thank you God. Amen.

6:58pm Doug Schulkind:

Greetings and welcome, cosmic matrix.

🥁

6:59pm duke:

This an amazing documentary about an amazing human

7:00pm Doug Schulkind:

amazing duke.

7:00pm cosmic matrix:

WOW!! hello and thanks doug! and WOW again, what a poem.

7:01pm cosmic matrix:

time for hearty white....! :)

7:01pm Doug Schulkind:

Two more BIG hours to go, cosmic matrix!

7:04pm Jeff Golick:

ooof --- and now to the subway, alas...

7:05pm Jeff Golick:

Thanks, Doug!!

...and a deep bow of thanks and reverence in JC's general direction.

7:05pm Doug Schulkind:

@Jeff Golick
Tell me how long you'll be on train.

7:06pm Jeff Golick:

Too long, my friend, too long. (And not the A train.)

7:08pm northguineahills:

Well, crap, I need to leave work, and I have to run some errands, so, I'll probably only get the tail end at home.

7:09pm Doug Schulkind:

Safe travels, ngh.

7:16pm Doug Schulkind:

"Very little meat." — Don Ellis

7:23pm Doug Schulkind:

The revelations come fast and furious.

7:25pm Doug Schulkind:

The bridge between Olatunji and Coltrane = Yusef Lateef

7:26pm Doug Schulkind:

One of Coltrane's earliest introductions to Eastern religion, non-Western music and instruments = Yusef Lateef

7:28pm Doug Schulkind:

On the bill with Coltrane at his last ever public performance (at Olatunji Center for African Culture) = Yusef Lateef

7:35pm Doug Schulkind:

It is almost too agonizing to carry the knowledge that Trane in his last few years played in almost unbearable pain. He had horrible mouth problems—the tenor sax requires a firm-gripping embouchure on the mouthpiece. For Trane, to play was to hurt. Unbearable indeed.

7:38pm Uncle Michael:

I'm a self-proclaimed mythical being too.

7:39pm Doug Schulkind:

"Art was not art." — Steve Coleman

7:39pm Doug Schulkind:

Merry evening, Uncle Michael!

7:40pm Uncle Michael:

Maybe art was not Art.

7:40pm Uncle Michael:

Hola Doug.

7:41pm Doug Schulkind:

You gotta have Art, Uncle Michael.

7:41pm Doug Schulkind:

The Pat Patrick you are hearing is the father of the current governor of Massachusetts.

7:46pm Doug Schulkind:

Trane now leaving for the frontier of tonality and sound. All aboard!

7:48pm Doug Schulkind:

Trane with Bob Thiele: 24.media.tumblr.com...

8:00pm Doug Schulkind:

Four more minutes of Hour #4 before we take a ride on Hour #5.

8:03pm Uncle Michael:

I'm with ya.

8:05pm davex:

Just want to say, we're out there, listening, and appreciating...

8:06pm Doug Schulkind:

Great to have you aboard, davex!

8:14pm Doug Schulkind:

"He ran out of horn." — Rashied Ali

8:45pm Doug Schulkind:

Remember, all five hours of this documentary can be purchased directly from its producer Steve Rowland: www.artistowned.com...

8:47pm Doug Schulkind:

"You start playing yourself after a while." — Rashied Ali

8:56pm Doug Schulkind:

"To be that good. A saxophone player." — Unidentified child

8:57pm Doug Schulkind:

Six more minutes. Then you can go get dinner.

8:59pm Uncle Michael:

That great African-American composer Eden Ahbez.

9:00pm Doug Schulkind:

Back to nature, boy.

9:01pm Doug Schulkind:

The late, great Jayne Cortez...

9:02pm Uncle Michael:

Thanks for sharing this, Doug.

9:06pm northguineahills:

I'm here!

9:07pm Doug Schulkind:

Uncle Michael, northguineahills and everybody. Big radio hugs to you all.

9:40pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I'm confused about when you played this
- but Thx!: I cassette taped this special off the radio (KCRW) years ago & am very glad to have all the dots connected about Steve Rowland & everything !

10:09pm Marmalade Kitty:

cooking late night xtra hot vindaloo! Good job drummer some is here

7:10am Doug Schulkind:

@Revolution Rabbit Nov63
This particular program ran from 6-9pm Tuesday night. Because this documentary is still available to purchase, I did not archive this program.

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