RoCM Playlist: 16 Aug 2025
Back after a couple of weeks of traveling with a brand new – starting off by acknowledging the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mal Waldron. We have two tracks that feature powerhouse duos – the first being the team of Milford Graves and Bill Laswell followed by a recording of a live performance featuring the work of Nichole Mitchell and Moor Mother.
In the second hour, we start with an offshoot of the Black Artists Group called the Human Arts Ensemble, followed by tracks by McCoy Tyner and Richard Davis.
And as mentioned, before Tom Lehrer passed away he released all of his music – recordings, sheet music and all – to the public domain. The Tom Lehrer song played today is a previously unreleased song that is available on his website – https://tomlehrersongs.com.
The entire playlist is below. Don’t forget that you can listen to the RoCM online at KCSB-FM’s website and there’s an online archive available for two weeks after the show airs.
| Time | Artist | Song | Release | Song note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:00:16 PM | Wesseh Freeman | Unknown | Oil Can Guitar Video | |
| 4:05:13 PM | Mal Waldron, Billy Higgins & Reggie Workman | Changachangachanga | Up Popped the Devil | Mal Waldron – piano |
| 4:19:34 PM | Milford Graves & Bill Laswell | Autopossession | Space/Time • Redemption | Milford Graves – drums, percussion |
| 4:29:34 PM | Nicole Mitchell and Moor Mother | Up Out Of The Ugly | Offering – Live at Le Guess Who | Camae Ayewa – voice, texts, electronics |
| 4:47:31 PM | Tom Waits | Way Down in the Hole | Live in Atlanta (2008) | |
| 5:00:13 PM | Handsome Boy Modeling School | The Truth (feat. Roisin & J-Live) | So…How’s Your Girl? | |
| 5:07:56 PM | Human Arts Ensemble | A New World | Whisper Of Dharma | Charles “Bobo” Shaw – drums, small Instruments |
| 5:30:42 PM | McCoy Tyner | Survival Blues | Extensions | McCoy Tyner – piano |
| 5:45:45 PM | Richard Davis | What’d You Say | Dealin’ | Richard Davis – bass, electric bass, vocals |
| 5:54:57 PM | Tom Lehrer | The Love Song of the Physical Anthropologist | Website – Previously Unreleased |
