July 29, 2010

Program July 30, 2010

I'll start out this week's program with a tribute to Willem Breuker, the Dutch composer and bandleader (that's his ensemble, the Willem Breuker Kollektief, pictured above; Willem is fourth from the right in, you guessed it, the top row) who passed away on July 23.

Breuker's music is beyond category to be sure -- it encompasses the full scope of jazz history from New Orleans to free improvisation, the vernacular music of Breuker's native Amsterdam, more than a pinch of broad audio and visual humor, and so much more. If you'd like to know more about this absurdly under-appreciated artist, Kevin Whitehead's tribute on NPR's Fresh Air radio program is really worth a listen:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128819529

Also this week: salsa and mbalax from Senegal, the intoxicating sound of Kenyan benga, and one of those uniquely Global A Go-Go sets that finds a mere three degrees of separation between American semi-commercial rock and Bavarian brass band music.

Click "Read More" for today's tracklist. Podcast is here:

http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/44561


Song | Artist (Country) | Recording | Label | Year

Separation | Oliver Lake (USA) | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1996
Global A Go-Go | Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK) | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001

Amsterdam Rhapsody Overture | Willem Breuker Kollektief (Netherlands) | Willem Breuker Kollektief | About Time | 1984
Suho Ning Samo | Pierre Dorge & New Jungle Orchestra (Denmark) | Even The Moon Is Dancing | SteepleChase | 1985

Gendamou Na Wili We Gnannin | T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo (Benin) | The Kings Of Benin Urban Groove 1972-80 | Soundway | 1970's
Werente Serigne | Orchestra Baobab (Senegal) | Pirates Choice | World Circuit | 1982
Africa Challenge | Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra (Mali) | Boulevard De L'Independance | Nonesuch | 2006
Titeur | Etoile De Dakar (Senegal) | Once Upon A Time In Senegal: The Birth Of Mbalax 1979-1981 | Sterns | 1981

Top Floor, Bottom Buzzer | Morphine (USA) | The Night | DreamWorks | 2000
The Nod | Fat Freddys Drop (New Zealand) | Dr. Boondigga & The Big BW | Electrofone | 2010
Just A Closer Walk With Thee | The Dirty Dozen Brass Band (USA) | Funeral For A Friend | Ropeadope | 2004
Des Konnst Glam | LaBrassBanda (Germany) | Ubersee | Trikont | 2009

Wang Ni To Iringo (This Time You Will Flee) | D.O. Misiani & Shirati Jazz (Kenya) | The King Of History: Classic 1970s Benga Beats From Kenya | Sterns | 1970's
Wed Today Divorce Tomorrow | Gabriel Omolo & His Apollo Komesha (Kenya) | Kenya Dance Mania | Earthworks | 1974
Ilando Gima Onge | Extra Golden (Kenya-USA) | OK-Oyot System | Thrill Jockey | 2006
Mosese | Orchestra Makassy (Tanzania) | Legends Of East Africa | ARC | 1982

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