Monday, May 25, 2015

Astra Taylor Discusses The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age.




Joining me this afternoon in the 5 o'clock hour, writer, director, Astra Taylor, discussing her most recent book,  The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age. Ms. Taylor will be appearing at the Oakland Book Festival
 the following Sunday, May 31, in a panel discussion, Radical Lives, Radical Cities: Oakland and Beyond, with Elaine Brown and Frank B. Wilderson III. 

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Sunday 5/24/2015 @ 3:00PM - 6:00PM

ArtistSongAlbumLabelComments
Kenny DorhamAfrodisiaAfro-CubanBlue Note
Horace SilverPretty EyesCape Verdean BluesBlue Note
Art Blakey & The Jazz MessengersPensativaFree for AllBlue Note
Phineas Newborn, Jr.MantecaA World of PianoContemporary
AIRBREAK
Modern Jazz QuartetDjangoDjangoPrestige
John Lewis featuring Eric DolphyAfternoon in ParisThe Wonderful World of JazzAtlantic
Dakota StatonSummertimeThe Late, Late ShowCapitol
Dakota StatonMistyThe Late, Late ShowCapitol
Teddy Edwards & Howard McGheeMistyTogether Again!Contemporary
Jimmy HeathGeminiTriple ThreatRiverside
AIRBREAK
Kenny DorhamBasheer's DreamAfro-CubanBlue Note
SantanaEl NicoyaAbraxasColumbia
SantanaSe a CaboAbraxasColumbia
Horace SilverNutvilleCape Verdean BluesBlue Note
Eddie JeffersonSister SadieThe Jazz SingerInner City
Eddie JeffersonSo WhatThe Jazz SingerInner City
AIRBREAK
Cecil TaylorConquistadorConquistador!Blue Note
Sun Ra & The Myth-Science ArkestraLove in Outer Space (excerpt)Planets of Life or DeathArt Yard / Strut
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Interview with Astra Taylor By Justin DesmanglesInterview with Astra Taylor By Justin DesmanglesInterview with Astra Taylor By Justin DesmanglesInterview with Astra Taylor By Justin Desmangles
Sun Ra & The Myth-Science ArkestraLove in Outer Space (excerpt)Planets of Life or DeathArt Yard / Strut
Herbie HancockRound MidnightThe Other Side of Round MidnightBlue Note
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John LewisTwo Degrees East, Three Degrees WestThe Wonderful World of JazzAtlantic

Monday, May 18, 2015

Nathaniel Mackey Discusses Blue Fasa on New Day Jazz with Justin Desmangles


Nathaniel Mackey joins me this week in the 5 o'clock hour, discussing his most recent collection of poetry, Blue Fasa, out this month from New Directions.

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ArtistSongAlbumLabel
Abbey LincolnHow High the Moon (la lune est grise . . . mon coeur aussi)The World is Falling DownVerve (Germany)
Tommy FlanaganUgly BeautyThelonicaEnja
Cecil McBeeUndercurrentCompassionEnja
AIRBREAK
John ColtraneSyeeda's Song FluteGiant StepsAtlantic
John ColtraneMoment's NoticeBlue TrainBlue Note
Jackie McLeanAppointment in GhanaJackie's BagBlue Note
AIRBREAK
Betty Carter30 YearsDroppin' ThingsBet-Car (Verve)
Betty CarterStar Dust / Memories of YouDroppin' ThingsBet-Car (Verve)
Stevie WonderYou Are the Sunshine of My LifeTalking BookMotown
Stevie WonderYou Got It Bad GirlTalking BookMotown
Sun Ra & His Myth-Science ArkestraLights on a SatelliteFate in a Pleasant MoodSaturn Records
AIRBREAK
Freddie HubbardThe Intrepid FoxRed ClayCTI
Dave HollandInterceptionConference of the BirdsECM
Caetano VelosoTriste BahiaTransaPhilips (Brazil)
Jackie McleanIsle of Java (excerpt)Jackie's BagBlue Note
AIRBREAK
Interview with Nathaniel Mackey by Justin DesmanglesInterview with Nathaniel Mackey by Justin DesmanglesInterview with Nathaniel Mackey by Justin DesmanglesInterview with Nathaniel Mackey by Justin Desmangles
Joe HendersonBlue BossaPage OneBlue Note