Thursday, July 22, 2010

Left, Right, Then Left Out, Again!


This is a response to a "status update", written by Ishmael Reed on his facebook page, regarding statements by Amy Goodman on CNN.
Reed's statement is as follows;

Amy Goodman, speaking on CNN ,from a “progressive convention,” held in Las
Vegas,

spoke of the “progressives” disappointment that Obama is not
Chavez of Venezuela.
...
They’re threatening to stay home in 2012 if they don’t get
their way. These are

the people who defeated Hubert Humphrey thus paving the way
for Nixon and

Reagan
To which I wrote the following;

Liberals and so-called progressives within the corporate sponsored broadcast and print media continue to report on issues of social justice within the United States with irony and detachment (as if the system-engine just needs a tune-up, and will work fine "only if"), all the while saving their most "passionate" and "engaged" commentaries for issues far beyond our borders, particularly the ones that most closely resemble their cartoon fantasies about revolution as the total seizure of power,vis-a-vis Chavez, Castro, Mao et. al., completely ignoring the facts that, with few exceptions, these revolutions took place in largely peasant societies, completely unlike the U.S.A., with our sprawling, multi-ethnic, technologically advanced classes. Meanwhile, after having lamented for much of the last century the left of the left's inability to gain solid grounding with blacks throughout the Americas, all the while refusing to accept black leadership on this very same question, they are now flouting this historic opportunity of Obama's popularity among this very constituency they claim to covet. Instead they are criticizing Obama with the very talking points used by his detractors on the organized right. Still, AFRICOM remains the most under reported story of the last 3 years, and when a Bush cabinet member was brought up on criminal charges by the Obama-Holder D.O.J., possibly paving the way for further work in this area, of course, it was one big yawn. Perhaps the left wing of the power structure here in the United States should take stock of the fact that it stands to the right of the rest of their beloved West, stop playing these ruse cards about solidarity with actual revolutionaries outside the United States, confront their own prejudice, and clean up their own backyard. Then maybe they could find time to do the homework necessary to accomplish something beyond this tired performance, one that is in the end just an attempt to gain more access to the powers they claim to oppose.

A Tiger In Each Eye by Bob Kaufman


White tiger I hear your
Hum on the drone
Flowing on beds of
Fresh snow on springs
Flowing back to the nether
source,
The truth is an empty
bowl of rice
Those cathode men who cage
you shall melt
In the summer sun,
For they are ugly bars
Who echo the sting of
Unholy rivers in their dried cracked
Bed.





from The Ancient Rain
by Bob Kaufman

Monday, July 19, 2010

Duke Ellington's America


Show description for Sunday 7/18/2010 @ 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

This afternoon, on the four o'clock hour, we are joined by Harvey G. Cohen, author of the recently published, Duke Ellington's America.

As part of our focus, this afternoon, on Ellington, we will revisit many of the earliest small group recordings lead by various members of the orchestra, including Johnny Hodges, Barney Bigard and Rex Stewart. Also included in this afternoons broadcast will be selections from the Ellington-Strayhorn oeuvre, such as Day Dream, Johnny Come Lately and After All.

Along the way we will listen in on many poems written contemporaneous with the Ellington era, including works by Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Arna Bontemps, Margaret Walker and Gwendolyn Brooks.

New Day Jazz


Justin Desmangles

Jazz music for lovers and the lonely.

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Jazz

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Duke EllingtonIt Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)Johnny Come LatelyRCA

Duke EllingtonSmadaMonologueCBS - France

Duke EllingtonRock Skippin' at the Blue NoteMonologueCBS - France

Duke EllingtonBrown BettyMonologueCBS - France

Langston Hughes (read by Ellen Holly)Mother to SonA Hand is on the GateVerve-Folkways

Duke EllingtonN.Y. City BluesMonologueCBS - France

Duke EllingtonGolden CressMonologueCBS - France

Robert Hayden (read by Moses Gunn)Frederick DouglassA Hand is on the GateVerve-Folkways

Duke EllingtonStop, Look & ListenMonologueCBS - France
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Duke EllingtonOn A Turquoise CloudMonologueCBS - France

Duke EllingtonLady of the Lavender MistMonologueCBS - France

Duke EllingtonThe Clothed WomanMonologueCBS - France

Duke EllingtonFancy DanMonologueCBS - France
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Robert Hayden (read by Gloria Foster, Moses Gunn & James Earl Jones)Runagate, RunagateA Hand is on the GateVerve-Folkways

Barney BigardLament for a JavanetteThe Indispensible Duke Ellington & the Small GroupsRCA-France

Rex StewartMenelik the Lion of JudahThe Indispensible Duke Ellington & the Small GroupsRCA-France

Johnny HodgesDay DreamThe Indispensible Duke Ellington & the Small GroupsRCA-France

Margaret Walker (read by Gloria Foster)We Have Been BelieversA Hand is on the GateVerve-Folkways

Duke EllingtonJohnny Come LatelyJohnny Come LatelyRCA
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Duke Ellington & Billy StrayhornTonkThe Indispensible Duke Ellington & the Small GroupsRCA-France

Duke Ellington & Billy StrayhornDrawing Room BluesThe Indispensible Duke Ellington & the Small GroupsRCA-France

Interview with Harvey G. Cohen By Justin Desmangles

Verve-Folkways

Barney BigardNoir BleuThe Indispensible Duke Ellington & the Small Groups

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Matthew Shipp's NIGHT LOGIC

Show Details

Show description for Sunday 7/11/2010 @ 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Matthew Shipp returns to New Day Jazz this week on the four o'clock hour. Among the most innovative and inspiring of contemporary artists, Shipp will be discussing his most recent recording, Night Logic (RogueArt), featuring one of the most important alto saxophonists in the history of music, Marshall Allen, as well as longtime collaborator, Joe Morris, on bass.


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Justin Desmangles

Jazz music for lovers and the lonely.

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Jazz

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Declared EnemyFlowersSalute to 1000001 Stars: A Tribute to Jean GenetRogueArt

Declared EnemyAlberto's WorkshopSalute to 1000001 Stars: A Tribute to Jean GenetRogueArt

Declared EnemyMettraySalute to 1000001 Stars: A Tribute to Jean GenetRogueArt

Declared EnemyBlack PanthersSalute to 1000001 Stars: A Tribute to Jean GenetRogueArt
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Matthew Shipp4D4DThirsty Ear

Matthew ShippThe Crack in the Piano's Egg4DThirsty Ear

Matthew ShippEquilibrium4DThirsty Ear

Matthew ShippTeleportation4DThirsty Ear
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Marshall Allen-Matthew Shipp-Joe MorrisArk of the Harmonic CovenantNight LogicRougueArt

Marshall Allen-Matthew Shipp-Joe MorrisBow in the CloudNight LogicRougueArt

Interview with Matthew Shipp by Justin Desmangles Part One




Marshall Allen-Matthew Shipp-Joe MorrisNight LogicNight LogicRougueArt

Interview with Matthew Shipp by Justin Desmangles Part Two

AYLER MAJESTY COMES NOW, DRESSED IN BIRTH


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Show description for Sunday 7/11/2010 @ 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Justin Desmangles sits in for Brian Ang this week, celebrating the birth of one of the most controversial figures in the history of jazz, indeed the 2oth century, Albert Ayler. We will be listening in on scarce recordings of Ayler music, as well as rare interviews with Ayler himself. Also, in the 6 o'clock hour, we will hear from trumpeter, composer, Don Cherry, on his first meeting with Ayler, in Copenhagen.

Farewell Transmission


Brian Ang

Opaque art thing.

Genre

Experimental, Poetry

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Albert Ayler QuintetTruth Is Marching In / OmegaHoly GhostRevenant

Albert Ayler QuintetJapan (traditional) / Universal IndiansHoly GhostRevenant

Albert Ayler QuintetOur PrayerHoly GhostRevenant
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Albert Ayler Quartet featuring Don Cherryspoken radio introductionHoly GhostRevenant

Albert Ayler Quartet featuring Don CherrySpiritsHoly GhostRevenant

Albert Ayler Quartet featuring Don CherryVibrationsHoly GhostRevenant
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Ayler interview w/ Birger Jorgensen, Dec. 64travel and plansHoly GhostRevenant

Ayler interview w/ Birger Jorgensen, Dec. 64HolbaekHoly GhostRevenant

Ayler interview w/ Birger Jorgensen, Dec. 64the New BluesHoly GhostRevenant

Ayler interview w/ Birger Jorgensen, Dec. 64Christmastime statesideHoly GhostRevenant
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Albert Ayler Quintet[untitled minor waltz]Holy GhostRevenant

Don & Mocqui Cherry interview with Daniel Caux, 1970
Holy GhostRevenant

Albert Ayler Quintetconcert announcement by Ralf Schulte-BahrenbergHoly GhostRevenant

Albert Ayler QuintetGhosts / BellsHoly GhostRevenant
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Ayler interview with Kiyoshi Koyama for Swing Journal, 1970current activityHoly GhostRevenant

Ayler interview with Kiyoshi Koyama for Swing Journal, 1970AntibesHoly GhostRevenant

Ayler interview with Kiyoshi Koyama for Swing Journal, 1970Japan / Coltrane's funeralHoly GhostRevenant

Ayler interview with Kiyoshi Koyama for Swing Journal, 1970clubsHoly GhostRevenant

Ayler interview with Kiyoshi Koyama for Swing Journal, 1970ahead of my timeHoly GhostRevenant

Ayler interview with Kiyoshi Koyama for Swing Journal, 1970home lives: Brooklyn and ClevelandHoly GhostRevenant

Ayler interview with Kiyoshi Koyama for Swing Journal, 1970Impluse, pt. 1: hippiesHoly GhostRevenant

Ayler interview with Kiyoshi Koyama for Swing Journal, 1970"space music"Holy GhostRevenant

Ayler interview with Kiyoshi Koyama for Swing Journal, 1970DonHoly GhostRevenant

Ayler interview with Kiyoshi Koyama for Swing Journal, 1970"Thank God for Women"Holy GhostRevenant

Albert AylerThank God for WomenHoly GhostRevenant

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Ted Joans Birthday Celebrations with Robin D.G. Kelley




Show description for Sunday 7/4/2010 @ 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Robin D.G. Kelley returns to New Day Jazz this Sunday in the four o'clock hour to discuss Black Brown & Beige: Surrealist Writings From Africa & the Diaspora, co-edited with the late Franklin Rosemont. Also this afternoon, we will be celebrating the birthday of the great Black, Beat, Surrealist, Poet, Painter, Filmmaker, TED JOANS.

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Justin Desmangles

Jazz music for lovers and the lonely.

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Jazz

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Thelonious MonkLet's Cool OneThe Complete Blue Note RecordingsMosaic

Charlie ParkerOrinthologyThe Complete Dial RecordingsWarner Brothers

Dizzy GillespieDizzy AtomosphereIn The BeginingSavoy

Charles MingusLock'em UpThe Complete Candid RecordingsMosaic

Calvin C. HerntonJitterbugging In The StreetsNew Jazz PoetsBroadside

Ted Joans (Read By Justin Desmangles)Poem WhyA Black Manifesto In Jazz Poetry & Prose


Ted Joans (Read By Justin Desmangles)Pygmy Stay Away From My DoorAll Of Ted Joans & No More


Thelonious MonkApril In ParisThe Complete Blue Note RecordingsMosaic

Thelonious MonkOff MinorThe Complete Blue Note RecordingsMosaic

Charles MingusReincarnation of a LovebirdThe Complete Candid RecordingsMosaic

Charlie ParkerBird Of ParadiseThe Complete Dial RecordingsWarner Brothers

Ted Joans (Read By Justin Desmangles)Jazz Me Surreally DoDouble Trouble


Ted Joans (Read By Justin Desmangles)Poet Key World TodayDouble Trouble


Sonny RollinsReflectionsSonny Rollins Volume TwoBlue Note

Robin D.G. Kelley interviewed by Justin Desmangles




Joe HendersonCarribean Fire DanceMode For JoeBlue Note