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RoCM Playlist: 1 Apr 2023

Bybryan

Pretty uneventful news week this week, eh? I love it when news breaks late on a Thursday after I have the show mostly in the can so that it seems totally strange that I am not mentioning events that are clearly on everyone’s mind. Anyhoo…

So we get a great album released by Angel Bat Dawid on March 24th, a 12 movement jazz suite called Requiem for Jazz of which I play the first two movements during this week’s show. The album took a great deal of inspiration from the 1959 Edward Bland documentary “The Cry of Jazz” – and low and behold there is a copy of it available on YouTube for your viewing pleasure:

The Cry of Jazz (1959) by Edward Bland

As I also reference during the show, here’s the video of James Mtume debating Stanley Crouch about the later period of Mile Davis’ career of which James Mtume was a substantial contributor (part two of this debate can be found here). While I tend to side with Mtume in this debate, I think the use of the word “destroys” in this video title is a tad bit unfortunate. Stanley Crouch would survive this debate and that kind of hyperbole is unnecessary. But aside from that, both parts of this are very much worth your time:

James Mtume & Stanley Crouch Debate Jazz Great Miles Davis’ Electric
period at the Amistad Center for Art & Culture in Hartford, CT (2010)

Interestingly enough – when clips of this debate initially made the rounds back in 2010, it elicited a brief response from none other than Ta-Nehisi Coates.

And lastly but hopefully not least, please enjoy the playlist for this week’s show. Don’t forget that you can listen online at KCSB-FM’s website and there’s an online archive available for two weeks after the show airs.

TimeArtistSongReleaseSong note
6:00:16 PMThe Little WilliesIt’s Not You, It’s MeThe Little Willies

Lee Alexander – Bass
Dan Rieser – Drums
Jim Campilongo – Electric Guitar
Richard Julian – Guitar, Vocals
Norah Jones – Piano, Vocals
6:05:55 PMAngel Bat DawidJazz is merely the Negroes cry of Joy & SufferingRequiem for Jazz
6:07:01 PMAngel Bat DawidINTROIT- Joy n’ Suff’rinRequiem for Jazz
6:10:34 PMAngel Bat DawidJazz is the musical expression of the triumph of the Negroes SpiritRequiem for Jazz
6:11:48 PMAngel Bat DawidKYRIE ELEISON- Lawd Hav’ MerciRequiem for Jazz
6:16:48 PMEmahoy Tsege Mariam GebruThe Last Tears of the DeceasedSpielt Eigen Kompositionen – EP

Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru – piano
6:27:31 PMThe Art Ensemble of ChicagoWhatever HappensThe Alternative Express

Malachi Favors – Bass, Percussion
Famoudou Don Moye – Drums, Percussion
Roscoe Mitchell – Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Percussion
Joseph Jarman – Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Percussion
Lester Bowie – Trumpet, Percussion
6:37:24 PMGrachan Moncur IIIWhenNew Africa / One Morning I Woke Up Very Early

Roscoe Mitchell – Alto Saxophone, Piccolo Flute
Alan Silva – Bass
Andrew Cyrille – Drums
Dave Burrell – Piano
Archie Shepp – Tenor Saxophone
Grachan Moncur III – Trombone
6:51:12 PMTom Waits2:19Orphans: Live in Cleveland – August 2006
7:00:15 PMGil Scott-HeronEnough (Radio Edit)Small Talk at 125th and Lenox
7:06:44 PMFrank FosterThe Loud MinorityThe Loud Minority

Gene Perla, Stan Clarke – Acoustic Bass, Electric Bass [Fender Bass]
Kenny Rodgers – Baritone Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Bass Clarinet
Omar Clay, Richard Pratt – Drums
Elvin Jones – Drums, Percussion
Harold Mabern, Jan Hammer – Electric Piano, Piano
Earl Dunbar – Guitar
Airto Moreira – Percussion
Frank Foster – Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Clarinet
Dick Griffin – Trombone
Marvin Peterson – Trumpet
Cecil Bridgewater, Charles McGee – Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Dee Dee Bridgewater – Vocals
7:21:14 PMAlbert “Toudie” HeathMaulanaKawaida

Buster Williams-Mchezaji – Bass
Ed Blackwell – Bells, Percussion
James Mtume – Congas [Conga Drums]
Toudie Heath-Kuumba – Drums
Herbie Hancock-Mwandisi – Piano
Jimmie Heath-Tayari – Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
Don Cherry-Msafari – Trumpet
7:36:57 PMThe Carla Bley BandSong Sung LongLive in Berlin 1979

Carla Bley – Piano, Vocals, Organ
Gary Windo – Tenor Sax
Carlos Ward – Alto Sax
D. Sharpe – Drums, Vocals
Arturo O’ Farrell – Piano
Gary Valente – Trombone
Michael Mantler – Trumpet
Earl McIntyre – Tuba
Steve Swallow – El Bass
7:47:42 PMPeter Brötzmann – Hamid DrakeIt’s an Angel on the DoorThe Dried Rat-Dog

Peter Brötzmann – Tárogató, e-flat Clarinet, Alto/Tenor Saxophone
Hamid Drake – Frame Drum, Tablas, Drums

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