Tuesday, March 29, 2011

—-The New Invasion of Africa—– by Amiri Baraka


—-The New Invasion of Africa—–

by Amiri Baraka

So it wd be this way

That they wd get a negro

To bomb his own home

To join with the actual colonial

Powers, Britain, France, add Poison Hillary

With Israeli and Saudi to make certain

That revolution in Africa must have a stopper

So call in the white people who long tasted our blood

They would be the copper, overthrow Libya

With some bullshit humanitarian scam

With the negro yapping to make it seem right (far right)

But that’s how Africa got enslaved by the white

A negro selling his own folk, delivering us to slavery

In the middle of the night. When will you learn poet

And remember it so you know it

Imperialism can look like anything

Can be quiet and intelligent and even have

A pretty wife. But in the end, it is insatiable

And if it needs to, it will take your life.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

This is a song for the genius child

Show description for Sunday 3/27/2011 @ 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Genius Child



This is a song for the genius child.
Sing it softly, for the song is wild.
Sing it softly as ever you can -
Lest the song get out of hand.

Nobody loves a genius child.

Can you love an eagle,
Tame or wild?
Can you love an eagle,
Wild or tame?
Can you love a monster
Of frightening name?

Nobody loves a genius child.

Kill him - and let his soul run wild.



Langston Hughes


ArtistSongAlbumLabel

Sonny Clark TrioBebopSonny Clark TrioBlue Note

Sonny Clark TrioSoftly, As In A Morning SunriseSonny Clark TrioBlue Note

Sonny Clark TrioI'll Remember AprilSonny Clark TrioBlue Note

Abbey LincolnSoftly, As In A Morning SunriseAbbey Is BlueRiverside

Abbey LincolnLost In The StarsAbbey Is BlueRiverside

Sheila JordanWhen The World Was YoungPortrait Of SheilaBlue Note

Sheila JordanLet's Face The Music And DancePortrait Of SheilaBlue Note

Sheila JordanHum Drum BluesPortrait Of SheilaBlue Note
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Kenny DorhamBlue Spring ShuffleQuiet Kenny New Jazz

Kenny DorhamI Had The Craziest DreamQuiet Kenny New Jazz

Tommy Flanagan TrioDelarnaOverseasPrestige

Tommy Flanagan TrioRelaxin At CamarilloOverseasPrestige

Jack KerouacSan Francisco Scene Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation Verve
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Slim Gaillard All-StarsSlim's JamCharlie Parker Memorial AlbumSavoy

Charlie Parker QuintetKlaunstanceCharlie Parker Memorial AlbumSavoy

Charlie Parker QuintetBarbadosCharlie Parker Memorial AlbumSavoy

Charlie Parker QuintetMerry-Go-RoundCharlie Parker Memorial AlbumSavoy

Charlie Parker QuintetKokoCharlie Parker Memorial AlbumSavoy

Charlie Parker QuintetWarming Up A RiffCharlie Parker Memorial AlbumSavoy

Dizzy Gillespie Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-BeeGroovin' HighSavoy

Dizzy GillespieOn The Sunny Side Of The StreetSchool DaysSavoy

Dizzy GillespieOh, Lady Be Good!School DaysSavoy

Langston HughesBlues MontageThe Weary BluesVerve
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Eddie JeffersonBirdland StoryEddie JeffersonSavoy

Eddie JeffersonBody & SoulEddie JeffersonSavoy

Annie RossThe Way You Look TonightAnnie RossSavoy

Annie RossBetween The Devil & The Deep Blue SeaAnnie RossSavoy

Lambert Hendricks & RossTwistedLambert Hendricks & RossColumbia

Babs GonzalezA Manhattan FableTales of Manhattan: The Cool Philosophy of Babs GonzalesJaro

William Parker Organ QuartetThe StruggleUncle Joe's Spirit HouseCentering Music
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Declared Enemy Black PanthersSalute To 100001 Stars: A Tribute to Jean GenetRogue Art

Declared Enemy AbdallahSalute To 100001 Stars: A Tribute to Jean GenetRogue Art

Darius Jones & Matthew ShippMotherboxxCosmic LiederAUM-Fidelity

Darius Jones & Matthew ShippBlack LighteningCosmic LiederAUM-Fidelity

Odean PopeCustody Of The American SpiritUniversal SoundsPorter
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Neil YoungYou And MeHarvest MoonReprise

Neil YoungHarvest MoonHarvest MoonReprise

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Charlie Parker by Frank Marshall Davis



Charlie Parker




Who named him Yard Bird?
He was a homing pigeon
With no home to fly to

Sky unlimited
Route uncharted
Eagle strong
He scorched his wings
Haunting the heavens
Buzzing the sun
As the feebler fowl
Looked up in awe
But played it safe

In the rambling sky
He lived!
Here he rendezvoused
With freedom
Flashing feathers
Of burning blue
Dipping, darting
In strange and wild
Ecstatic arcs
Dazzling with his daring
Flying
As none before had ever flown

Even as eagle tires
And returns to his airy crag
A homing pigeon
Cannot soar forever
But this majestic bird
Had no home
To go to;
Helpless
On the ground
He wandered aimlessly
Pecking in the garbage
Like a common sparrow
With a weary wing
And he was trapped
And hooked
And cooked -
That's the simple story
Of the heaven - haunting pigeon
Who flew his way to glory

Monday, March 21, 2011

Something to live for . . .

Show description for Sunday 3/20/2011 @ 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM

"Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon never out of sight never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men. Now, women forget all those things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly."


— Zora Neale Hurston,

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Photo by Roy Decarava


ArtistSongAlbumLabel

Count Basie featuring Joe WilliamsRoll'em PeteCount Basie Swings Joe Williams SingsVerve

Count Basie featuring Joe WilliamsTeach Me TonightCount Basie Swings Joe Williams SingsVerve

Count Basie featuring Joe WilliamsMy Baby Upsets MeCount Basie Swings Joe Williams SingsVerve

Count Basie featuring Joe WilliamsPlease Send Me Someone To LoveCount Basie Swings Joe Williams SingsVerve

Phineas Newborn Jr.Please Send Me Someone To LovePlease Send Me Someone To LoveContemporary

Phineas Newborn Jr.Rough Ridin'Please Send Me Someone To LoveContemporary

Al YoungStraight, No ChaserSomething About The BluesSource Books
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Albert AylerSonnymoon For TwoHoly GhostRevenant

Albert Ayler(Blues)Holy GhostRevenant

David Meltzer featuring Bob DoroughMisspliced SermonPoet With JazzSierra Records
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Ella FitzgeraldLet's Do ItThe Jazz SidesVerve

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongThey Can't Take That Away From MeThe Jazz SidesVerve

Ella FitzgeraldOne For My Baby (And One For The Road)The Jazz SidesVerve

Frank SinatraI've Got The World On A StringThe Capitol YearsCapitol

Frank SinatraWitchcraftThe Capitol YearsCapitol

Oscar PetersonWitchcraftA Jazz Portrait Of Frank SinatraVerve

Bill Evans TrioWitchcraftPortrait In JazzRiverside

Johnny HodgesDay DreamThe Essential Duke Ellington Vol. 9 & !0RCA - France

Charles Mingus (Hank Jones Trio)Day DreamComplete Debut RecordingsDebut

Billy StrayhornDay DreamLush LifeRed Baron

Duke EllingtonDay Dream
RCA

Frank O'Hara Having A Coke With YouPrivate RecordingPrivate Recording
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Andrew HillSpectrumPoint Of DepartureBlue Note

Eric DolphySomething Sweet, Something TenderOut To LunchBlue Note

Molly PeacockHave You Ever Faked An Orgasm?CornucopiaW. W. Norton & Company

Billy Strayhorn featuring Ozzie BaileyLove CameLush LifeRed Baron

Billy Strayhorn featuring Ozzie BaileyA Flower Is A Lovesome ThingLush LifeRed Baron

Billy Strayhorn featuring Ozzie BaileyPassed Me ByLush LifeRed Baron

Billy Strayhorn featuring Ozzie BaileySomething To Live ForLush LifeRed Baron

Billy Strayhorn featuring Ozzie BaileyYour Love Has FadedLush LifeRed Baron

Billy Strayhorn featuring Ozzie BaileyMulticolored BlueLush LifeRed Baron
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Angela DavisYoung Black Men & PrisonThe Prison Industrial ComplexAK Press Audio

Angela DavisTechnologies Of PunishmentThe Prison Industrial ComplexAK Press Audio

Angela DavisThe Specter Of CrimeThe Prison Industrial ComplexAK Press Audio

Angela DavisPolitical PersecutionThe Prison Industrial ComplexAK Press Audio

Angela DavisEnemies Are NeededThe Prison Industrial ComplexAK Press Audio

Angela DavisTargeting WomenThe Prison Industrial ComplexAK Press Audio

Angela DavisAnti-Immigrant RhetoricThe Prison Industrial ComplexAK Press Audio

Ishmael ReedIf I'm A Welfare Queen Where Are My Jewels And FursFor All We KnowKonch Records
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Jayne CortezCultural OperationsTaking The Blues Back HomeVerve - Harmolodic

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Matthew Shipp and the Cosmic Piano


Show description for Sunday 3/6/2011 @ 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Composer, pianist, Matthew Shipp, returns to NDJ, to discuss his most recent release, Art of the Improviser.

Later in the program we are joined by saxophonist, arranger, poet, Roy Nathanson, to talk about his most recent project with The Jazz Passengers, Reunited.

Also, this afternoon, a special tribute to Lou Reed, who celebrated his 69th birthday this past week.


ArtistSongAlbumLabel

Matthew Shipp SoloModuleArt of the ImproviserThirsty Ear

Matthew Shipp SoloGamma RayArt of the ImproviserThirsty Ear

Matthew Shipp SoloPatmosArt of the ImproviserThirsty Ear
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Matthew Shipp TrioThe New FactArt of the ImproviserThirsty Ear

Matthew Shipp Trio3 In 1Art of the ImproviserThirsty Ear
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Interview with Matthew Shipp by Justin Desmangles Part OneInterview with Matthew Shipp by Justin Desmangles Part OneInterview with Matthew Shipp by Justin Desmangles Part OneInterview with Matthew Shipp by Justin Desmangles Part One

Bud Powell Glass EnclosureThe Amazing Bud Powell Volume TwoBlue Note

Interview with Matthew Shipp by Justin Desmangles Part TwoInterview with Matthew Shipp by Justin Desmangles Part TwoInterview with Matthew Shipp by Justin Desmangles Part TwoInterview with Matthew Shipp by Justin Desmangles Part Two
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The Velvet UndergroundThe Murder MysteryThe Velvet UndergroundVerve

Lou Reed & John CaleSmalltownSongs for DrellaSire

Lou Reed & John CaleOpen HouseSongs for DrellaSire

Lou Reed & John CaleImagesSongs for DrellaSire
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The Jazz PassengersThe National AnthemReunitedYellowbird

The Jazz PassengersThink of MeReunitedYellowbird

The Jazz PassengersOne Way Or AnotherReunitedYellowbird

The Jazz PassengersAugie the RatImplemented YourselfNew World
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Interview with Roy Nathanson by Justin DesmanglesInterview with Roy Nathanson by Justin DesmanglesInterview with Roy Nathanson by Justin DesmanglesInterview with Roy Nathanson by Justin Desmangles
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Roy NathansonDear BrotherSubway MoonYellowbird

Lou ReedDirty Blvd.New YorkSire
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Lou ReedHanging Around (Demo)TrasformerRCA