RoCM Playlist: 03 June 2023 (Re-air of 1 Oct 2022) and about Iceland…

So I returned from Reykjavik, Iceland and leapt into the week as if we had never left in terms of professional and personal obligations (and jet lag) – the unfortunate casualty being that I was unable to devote any time to producing a show for this week – so instead I am re-airing the Pharoah Sanders tribute from last fall. While it is with good reason and it is still my first re-air of 2023 (I mean, come on, that’s impressive!), guilt is the gift that keeps on giving so please forgive me.

Iceland is an amazing place – very different than I anticipated – and I will have more to say about that next week. Some very cool photos from some of the sites we visited while there:

The weather was a tad unpredictable even by Long Island standards, and, according to locals, was much cooler and unpleasant than expected for late May. But aside from the difficult weather and the natural wonders, downtown Reykjavik had a ton of stuff going on and the scene there was pretty amazing. Lots of live music, food, art, and just a general pulse that was a joy to experience. Icelanders have shoved a civilization into the side of a fairly unforgiving island and are not only prospering but happily doing so with an infectious love for life. Þetta Reddast, indeed!

I also found a couple of gems at a local record called Lucky Records that miraculously survived the plane ride home:

Anyway, I hope we get a chance to go back.

Here is the playlist for this week (also linked above to the original post). 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. And I will see you with a brand new show next Saturday, June 10th.

Time	Artist	Song	Release	Song note
4:03:20 PM	John Coltrane	The Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost	Meditations	John Coltrane – tenor saxophone, percussion, band leader Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone, percussion McCoy Tyner – piano Jimmy Garrison – double bass Elvin Jones – drums Rashied Ali – drums
4:16:11 PM	John Coltrane Quartet	Compassion	Meditations	John Coltrane – tenor saxophone, percussion, band leader Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone, percussion McCoy Tyner – piano Jimmy Garrison – double bass Elvin Jones – drums Rashied Ali – drums
4:24:30 PM	Alice Coltrane	Ohnedaruth	Monastic Trio	Alice Coltrane – harp, piano Pharoah Sanders – bass clarinet Jimmy Garrison – bass Ben Riley – drums
4:34:08 PM	Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders	Movement 6 (feat. London Symphony Orchestra)	Promises (feat. London Symphony Orchestra)	Sam Shepherd – piano, harpsichord, celesta, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, Oberheim 4 voice, Oberheim OB-Xa, Solina String Ensemble, Therevox ET-4.3, EMS Synthi, ARP 2600, Buchla 200e, string writing, string arrangements Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone, voice London Symphony Orchestra – strings
4:42:59 PM	Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders	Movement 7 (feat. London Symphony Orchestra)	Promises (feat. London Symphony Orchestra)	Sam Shepherd – piano, harpsichord, celesta, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, Oberheim 4 voice, Oberheim OB-Xa, Solina String Ensemble, Therevox ET-4.3, EMS Synthi, ARP 2600, Buchla 200e, string writing, string arrangements Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone, voice London Symphony Orchestra – strings
4:54:12 PM	Larry Young	Saudia	Lawrence of Newark	Juini Booth – bass Stacey Edwards – conga, percussion James Flores – drums Art Gore – drums, electric piano Abdul Hakim – bongos, percussion Armen Halburian – bells, conga, percussion Diedre Johnson – cello Howard King – drums Poppy LaBoy – percussion Cedric Lawson – electric piano Charles Magee – electric trumpet, trumpet Dennis Mourouse – electric saxophone, tenor saxophone Umar Abdul Muizz – conga, percussion Don Pate – bass Abdul Sahid – drums Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone Jumma Santos – conga, cowbell, hi-hat, percussion, tambourine, tom-tom, whistling James Blood Ulmer – guitar Larry Young – bongos, keyboards, organ, percussion, producer, remixing, vocals
5:00:16 PM	Pharoah Sanders	Blues for Santa Cruz (Live 1984)	Live…	Walter Booker – Bass Idris Muhammad- Drums John Hicks – Piano Pharoah Sanders – Tenor Saxophone
5:11:48 PM	Pharoah Sanders & Sonny Sharrock	Little Rock	Live in Frankfurt 1992	Pharoah Sanders – saxes Sonny Sharrock – guitar Charnett Moffett – bass Pheroaan AkLaff – drums.
5:40:32 PM	Pharaoh Sanders	Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum Allah	Jewels of Thought	Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone, contrabass clarinet, reed flute, kalimba, orchestra chimes, percussion Leon Thomas – vocals, percussion Lonnie Liston Smith – piano, African flute, kalimba, percussion Cecil McBee – bass, percussion Idris Muhammad – drums, percussion Roy Haynes – drums