Sunday, May 25, 2014

No Room For Squares


ArtistSongAlbumLabel
Hank Mobley No Room For Squares No Room For Squares Blue Note
Joe Henderson Short Story In 'N Out Blue Note
Jayne Cortez & Richard Davis Do You Think Celebrations & Solitudes Strata-East
Jayne Cortez & Richard Davis Making It Celebrations & Solitudes Strata-East
Jayne Cortez & Richard Davis So Long Celebrations & Solitudes Strata-East
Thelonious Monk Work Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins Prestige
Art Blakey & Thelonious Monk Rhythm-A-Ning Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk Atlantic
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Mildred Anderson That Old Devil Called Love No More In Life Bluesville
Al Smith Don't Worry About Me Midnight Special Bluesville
Ike Quebec Brother, Can You Spare A Dime Heavy Soul Blue Note
Lionel Hampton Orchestra featuring Little JImmy Scott Everybody's Somebody's Fool Hamp's Golden Favorites Decca
Billie Holiday Detour Ahead Shades of Blue Sunset
John Coltrane Central Park West Coltrane's Sound Atlantic
John Coltrane Like Sonny Coltrane Jazz Atlantic
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Sonny Rollins Surrey with the Fringe on Top Newk's Time Blue Note
Jackie McLean Lets Face the Music and Dance Swing Swang Swingin' Blue Note
Duke Ellington Orchestra Smada Monologue CBS - France
Duke Ellington Orchestra Rock Skippin' at the Blue Note Monologue CBS - France
Duke Ellington Orchestra Snibor Primping for the Prom CBS - France
Oscar Brown, Jr. One Foot in the Gutter Tells It Like It Is! Columbia
Louis Jordan What's The Use of Getting Sober (When You're Going to Get Drunk Again) The Best of Louis Jordan MCA
Louis Jordan Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens The Best of Louis Jordan MCA
Louis Jordan Beans & Cornbread The Best of Louis Jordan MCA
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Elvin Jones / Jimmy Garrison featurng Charles Davis Half & Half Illumination! Impulse
Gil Evans (Cecil Taylor) Pots Into the Hot Impulse
Eric Dolphy Love Me Jitterbug Waltz Douglas
Eric Dolphy & Richard Davis Come Sunday Jitterbug Waltz Douglas
Jayne Cortez & Richard Davis 3 Day New York Blues Celebrations & Solitudes Strata-East
Bessie Smith Backwater Blues (excerpt) Black Man in America Credo
James Baldwin & Studs Terkel James Baldwin on Bessie Smith Black Man in America Credo
Alberta Hunter Workin' Man Remember My Name Columbia
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Julian Cannonball Adderley One for Daddy-O Somethin' Else Blue Note
Bobby Bland Black Night Ain't Nothing You Can Do Duke
Marlena Shaw You, Me & Ethel - Dialogue Who Is This Bitch, Anyway? Blue Note
Duke Ellington Orchestra Boogie Bop Blues Primping for the Prom CBS - France
Duke Ellington Orchestra Walkin' & Singin' the Blues Primping for the Prom CBS - France
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Sarah Vaughn Slow Hot Wind Sarah Vaughn Sings the Mancini Songbook Mercury

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Khalil Gibran Muhammad on the Supreme Court decision, Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, and Sotomayor's dissent



Returning to New Day Jazz this Sunday afternoon, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Mr. Muhammad and I will be discussing the recent Supreme Court decision on affirmative action (Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action), Sonia Sotomayor's dissenting opinion, and whatever else the day might recommend.

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ArtistSongAlbumLabel
Hampton Hawes Blue Skies The Green Leaves of Summer Contemporary
Cassandra Wilson Blue Skies Blue Skies JMT
John Kirby & His Orchestra Blues Skies The Biggest Little Band in the Land Smithsonian
John Kirby & His Onyx Club Boys Rehearsin' for a Nervous Breakdown The Biggest Little Band in the Land Smithsonian
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Hip Chic 1938 Smithsonian
Albert Ammons Boogie Woogie Stomp Blue Note 1939-1949 Blue Note
LaVern Baker Soul on Fire LaVern Baker Atlantic
Ray Charles I Wonder Greatest Hits ABC-Paramount
Rahsaan Roland Kirk From Bechet, Byas, and Fats Rip Rig and Panic Limelight
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Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Johnny Come Lately Johnny Come Lately RCA
Duke Ellinton & Billy Strayhorn Johnny Come Lately Great Times! Prestige
Billy Strayhorn All-Stars Swamp Drum Billy Strayhorn All-Stars Prestige
Johnny Hodges All-Stars Lotus Blossom Johnny Hodges All-Stars Prestige
Johnny Hodges All-Stars Violet Blue Johnny Hodges All-Stars Prestige
Carmen McRae Easy to Love Easy to Love Bethlehem
Freddie Hubbard You're My Everything Hub-Tones Blue Note
Cassandra Wilson Let's Face the Music Days Aweigh JMT
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Hank Mobley Roll Call Roll Call Blue Note
John Coltrane Resolution A Love Supreme Impulse
Mahalia Jackson I Found the Answer Great Gettin' Up Morning Columbia
T-Bone Walker Mean Old World T-Bone Blues Atlantic
Ada Lee In the Dark Ada Lee Comes On Atlantic
Teri Thornton I Believe in You Somewhere In the Night Dauntless
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Don Byas & Slam Stewart I Got Rhythm Commodore Classics Commodore
Interview with Khalil Gibran Muhammad by Justin Desmangles Interview with Khalil Gibran Muhammad by Justin Desmangles Interview with Khalil Gibran Muhammad by Justin Desmangles Interview with Khalil Gibran Muhammad by Justin Desmangles
Maxine Sullivan As Long As I Live Great Songs From The Cotton Club by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler Stash
Ella Fitzgerald As Long As I Live Ella Swings Lightly Verve

Monday, April 21, 2014

Robin D.G. Kelley: A Conversation on Suzanne Césaire, Surrealism, Négritude, and Black Feminism


Returning to New Day Jazz this afternoon in the 5 o'clock hour, Robin D.G. Kelley, for a discussion of Suzanne Césaire, and the recently published collection of her writings for Tropiques, The Great Camouflage.

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ArtistSongAlbumLabel
Gato Barbieri La China Leoncia Arreo La Correntinada Trajo Entre La Muchachada La Flor De La Juventud Chapter One: Latin America Impulse!
Michael White The Land of Spirit and Light The Land of Spirit and Light Impulse!
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Andrew Hill Siete Ocho Judgement! Blue Note
Bobby Hutcherson Catta Dialogue Blue Note
Max Roach featuring Abbey Lincoln Garvey's Ghost Percussion Bitter Sweet Impulse!
Charles Mingus Passions of a Man Oh Yeah! Atlantic
Charles Mingus Tonight at Noon Tonight at Noon Atlantic
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Art Ensemble of Chicago featuring Fontella Bass Theme de Yoyo Les Stances a Sophie Nessa
Air G.v.E. Air Time Nessa
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Andrew Hill Diddy Wah One for One Blue Note
Andrew Hill Poinsetta One for One Blue Note
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Duke Ellington Fleurette Africaine (African Flower) Money Jungle United Artists
Interview with Robin D.G. Kelley by Justin Desmangles Interview with Robin D.G. Kelley by Justin Desmangles Interview with Robin D.G. Kelley by Justin Desmangles Interview with Robin D.G. Kelley by Justin Desmangles
Duke Ellington Fleurette Africaine (African Flower) Money Jungle United Artists
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Bob Dorough Small Day Tomorrow Beginning to See the Light Laissez-Faire
Ernestine Anderson Sunny Sunshine Concord

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Black Satin Amazon Fire Engine Cry Baby & The Witchdoctor's Son



New Day Jazz

Real Jazz, Real Talk

Where Every Month is Black History Month

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Sunday 3/30/2014 @ 3:00PM - 6:00PM

ArtistSongAlbumLabel


Count Basie featuring Lambert, Hendricks & Ross The King Sing Along with Basie Roulette



Carmen McRae Old Devil Moon You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To Bethlehem





Ray Charles & Betty Carter People Will Say We're In Love Ray Charles & Betty Carter ABC - Paramount
Betty Carter Beware My Heart Inside Betty Carter United Artists










Maya Angelou To a Man The Poetry of Maya Angelou Perception Records





Maya Angelou Faces The Poetry of Maya Angelou Perception Records





Johnny Dyani Radebe Witchdoctor's Son Steeplechase





John Tchicai Homage a Kay Timo's Message Black Saint






Warne Marsh Lennie's Pennies Ne Plus Ultra Revelation
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Woody Shaw Tapscott's Blues Moontrane Muse





Lester Bowie Mirage Rope-a-dope Muse




Margaret Walker Old Molly Means Anthology of Negro Poetry Folkways





King Pleasure Diaper Pin (Old Black Magic) Mr. Jazz United Artists





Tony Bennett & Bill Evans When in Rome The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album Fantasy





Tommy Flanagan In You Own Sweet Way Alone Too Long Denon





Tommy Flanagan Ugly Beauty Thelonica Enja
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Thelonious Monk featuring John Coltrane Trinkle, Tinkle Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane Jazzland





Steve Lacy Hornin' In Reflections New Jazz





Earl Coleman Say it Isn't So Earl Coleman Returns Prestige





Edward Kamau Brathwaite Calypso Rights of Passage Argo (U.K.)





Rahsaan Roland Kirk Island Cry Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata Atlantic





Joseph Jarman Ode to Wilbur Ware Black Palladins Black Saint





Henry Dumas (Justin Desmangles) Black Paladins Knees of a Natural Man Thunder's Mouth
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Johnny Dyani Eyomzi Witchdoctor's Son Steeplechase
Woody Shaw Sanyas Moontrane Muse
Ntozake Shange (Trazana Beverley) One For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf Buddha
Gylan Kain Black Satin Amazon Fire Engine Cry Baby The Blue Guerrilla Juggernaut Records
Nina Simone Just Say I Love Him Forbidden Fruit Colpix
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Dinah Washington Mad About the Boy The Complete Recordings Vol. 8 Official (Denmark)
Bennie Green Stardust Bennie Green with Strings Prestige
Lester Young D.B. Blues The Complete Aladdin Recordings Blue Note Re-issue Series
Lester Young Tush The Immortal Lester Young Savoy
Jon Hendricks and the Dave Lambert Singers Cloudburst Cloudburst / Four Brothers Decca
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John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman Dedicated to You John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman Impulse

Monday, March 17, 2014

Armond White on the State of American Criticism, 12 Years a Slave, GWTW, Pauline Kael, Antonioni



 Joining us this afternoon, on the 5 o'clock hour, writer, film and cultural critic, Armond White.
 A full transcript of the interview can be read at Konch Magazine

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ArtistSongAlbumLabel
Charles Mingus II B.S. (Haitian Fight Song) Mingus Mingus Mingus Impulse
Charles Mingus Heart's Beat and Shades in Physical Embraces The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Impulse
Count Basie featuring Joe Williams Everyday I Have the Blues Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings Verve
Langston Hughes Ode to Dinah Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz Buddha
Ike Quebec featuring Milt Hinton Nature Boy Heavy Soul Blue Note
Miles Davis Circle Miles Smiles Columbia
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Dizzy Gillespie featuring Chano Pozo Cubana Be Cubana Bop Dizzy Gillespie and His Afro-Cuban Orchestra RCA
Dizzy Gillespie featuring Chano Pozo Manteca Dizzy Gillespie and His Afro-Cuban Orchestra RCA
Woody Herman featuring Bill Harris Bijou Woody Herman and His Orchestra Time-Life
Ella Fitzgerald and Ellis Larkins Someone to Watch Over Me Ella Sings Gershwin Decca
Ella Fitzgerald and Ellis Larkins My One and Only Ella Sings Gershwin Decca
Ella Fitzgerald Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did? Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook Vol. 3 Verve
Walter Davis, Jr. Sweetness Davis Cup Blue Note
Freddie Redd Music Forever The Connection Blue Note
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Miles Davis Sorcerer Sorcerer Columbia
Miles Davis Freedom Jazz Dance Miles Smiles Columbia
Martin Luther King, Jr. The Drum Major Instinct (excerpt) Free at Last Motown
Cecil Payne Martin Luther King, Jr. Zodiac Strata-East
Sarah Vaughn Words Can't Describe Swingin' Easy EmArcy
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Eddie Harris Listen Here (excerpt) The Electrifying Eddie Harris Atlantic
Interview with Armond White by Justin Desmangles Interview with Armond White by Justin Desmangles Interview with Armond White by Justin Desmangles Interview with Armond White by Justin Desmangles
Eddie Harris Listen Here (excerpt) The Electrifying Eddie Harris Atlantic
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James Carr The Dark End of the Street The Dark End of the Street Blue Side

Monday, March 10, 2014

William Parker Returns to New Day Jazz: Praise, Remembrance, Poetry & Freedom



Returning to New Day Jazz this afternoon, in the 5 o'clock hour, bassist, composer, William Parker, discussing his most recent release on AUM-Fidelity, Wood Flute Songs: Anthology / Live 2006-2012.
Also this afternoon, in honor of Ornette Coleman, born this day, March 9, 1930, we will revisit Coleman's earliest recordings alongside his son, Denardo Coleman, beginning with The Empty Foxhole, and carrying on through Crisis.

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Sunday 3/09/2014 @ 3:00PM - 6:00PM

ArtistSongAlbumLabel
Phineas Newborn, Jr. The Blessing The Newborn Touch Contemporary
John Coltrane & DonCherry The Blessing The Avant-Garde Atlantic
Myron O'Higgins (Gloria Foster) To a Young Poet A Hand is on the Gate Verve-Folkways
James Vaughn (Roscoe Lee Browne) from Four Questions A Hand is on the Gate Verve-Folkways
Owen Dodson (Leon Bibb) Counterpoint A Hand is on the Gate Verve-Folkways
Ornette Coleman Song for Che Crisis Impulse
Ornette Coleman Space Jungle Crisis Impulse
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Lennie Tristano Intuition Crosscurrents Capitol
Lennie Tristano Digression Crosscurrents Capitol
Lee Konitz You Go to My Head Subconscious-lee Prestige
Louis Armstrong Stardust Louis Armstrong Favorites Vol. 4 Columbia
Louis Armstrong Stardust (Oh, Memory) Louis Armstrong Favorites Vol. 4 Columbia
Countee Cullen (James Earl Jones) From the Dark Tower A Hand is on the Gate Verve-Folkways
Langston Hughes (Ellen Holly) The Negro Speaks of Rivers A Hand is on the Gate Verve-Folkways
Robert Hayden (Moses Gunn) Frederick Douglass A Hand is on the Gate Verve-Folkways
Tommy Flanagan Parisian Thoroughfare Alone Too Long Denon
Jack Wilson Glass Enclosure The Two Sides of Jack Wilson Atlantic
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Muddy Waters Mannish Boy The Real Folk Blues Chess (France)
Howlin' Wolf Everybody's in the Mood The Legendary Sun Performers Charly R&B
Ornette Coleman Good Old Days The Empty Fox Hole Blue Note
Richard Pryor Grandmothers - Leroy Are You Serious? Laff
Roscoe Mitchell Sextet Ornette Sound Delmark
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William Parker Daughter's Joy Wood Flute Songs: Anthology/ Live 2006-2012 AUM-Fidelity
William Parker Late Man of This Planet Wood Flute Songs: Anthology/ Live 2006-2012 AUM-Fidelity
Interview with William Parker by Justin Desmangles Interview with William Parker by Justin Desmangles Interview with William Parker by Justin Desmangles Interview with William Parker by Justin Desmangles
Son House John the Revelator Father of the Blues Columbia
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Ruby & The Romantics Our Day Will Come Our Day Will Come Kapp

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Matthew Shipp: Mystic Vocation & Root of Things



This afternoon, on the 5 o'clock hour, we are joined by pianist, composer, Matthew Shipp, for a discussion of his most recent recording, Root of Things. 

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Sunday 3/02/2014 @ 3:00PM - 6:00PM

ArtistSongAlbumLabel
William Parker Orchestra Caravan Essence of Ellington: Live in Milano Centering Records
Duke Ellington Rain Check . . . and his mother called him Bill Bluebird
Billy Strayhorn featuring Ozzie Bailey A Flower is a Lovesome Thing Lush Life Red Baron
Billy Strayhorn featuring Ozzie Bailey Love Passed Me By Lush Life Red Baron
Billy Strayhorn featuring Ozzie Bailey Something to Live For Lush Life Red Baron
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Matthew Shipp Module One Thirsty Ear
Matthew Shipp GNG Harmonic Disorder Thirsty Ear
Matthew Shipp Trio Jazz It Root of Things Relative Pitch
Ran Blake & Jeanne Lee You Stepped Out of a Dream You Stepped Out of a Cloud Owl
Ran Blake & Jeanne Lee Newswatch You Stepped Out of a Cloud Owl
Roscoe Mitchell Ride the Wind Conversations Wide Hive
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David S. Ware featuring Muhammad Ali Duality is One Planetary Unknown AUM-Fidelity
Steve Coleman & Five Elements Cerebrum Crossover Functional Arrhythmias Pi Recordings
Sam Rivers / Dave Holland / Barry Altschul Disc Two: Part 4 Reunion: Live in New York Pi Recordings
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Matthew Shipp Trio Code J Root of Things Relative Pitch
Matthew Shipp Trio Path Root of Things Relative Pitch
Interview With Matthew Shipp By Justin Desmangles Interview With Matthew Shipp By Justin Desmangles Interview With Matthew Shipp By Justin Desmangles Interview With Matthew Shipp By Justin Desmangles
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Ivo Perelman Serendipity (excerpt) Serendipity Leo