Friday, August 20th, 2004 ... 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ... KZSU, 90.1 FM

Format:
ARTIST -- "TRACK TITLE" -- ALBUM TITLE (LABEL, YEAR)

* Lafayette Gilchrist -- "The Return of Jes Grew" -- The Music According to Lafayette Gilchrist (Hyena, 2004)

Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble -- "10-16-if" -- Mother's Blue Velvet Shoes (self-released, 1998)

* The Exciting Trio -- "At a Place" -- In Chicago There Is Willy (482 Music, 2004)

* Ensemble Supermusique -- "Quitte Pour Quitte" -- Canevas "+" (Ambiances Magnetiques, 2004)

* Paul Dunmall and Paul Rogers -- "Pressure Response" -- Awareness Response (Emanem, 2004)

Three long tracks of athletic, free-jazzy bass (on the six-string "A.L.L. Bass") paired with Dunmall on reeds. In this case, "reeds" means border bagpipes, which Dunmall plays deftly for lots of saxophone-like effects.

Varied sound experiments that use heavily processed violin with various other instruments/effects. This one uses female vocals, long tones for a new-agey, Native American kind of landscape.

* The Vandermark 5 -- "Knock Yourself Out" -- Elements of Style, Exercises in Surprise (Atavistic, 2004)

* Carl Henry Brueggen -- "Sea-Sprite Hula" -- Cinzano and Cochaine (self-released, 2001)

From Chicago. Brueggen does little three-song EPs of breezy Bossa Nova, sort of a retro clubby kind of music.

* Greg Osby -- "Summertime" -- Public (Blue Note, 2004)

* Nikolai Yudanov, Peter Brotzmann, Sakari Luoma [drums, sax, electric guitar] -- "Monkey Wrench" -- V/A: Amalgam(e): 10 Years of Red Toucan (Red Toucan, 2004; orig. released on Fryed Fruit, 2001)

Short interview with Damon Zick, saxophonist who's bringing his quintet to town for a show at The Jazz House, Berkeley, tomorrow night. Damon will be back next week as part of the Industrial Jazz Group doing a live set, if we can pull it off.

* Dave Burrell Full Blown Trio -- "About Face" -- Expansion (High Two, 2004)

Not as explosive as the name implies, but still nice stuff. Burrell (piano) gets accompanied by William Parker (bass) and Andrew Cyrille (drums). A nice session featuring lots of straight jazz piano that shifts into free-jazz twistiness here and there.

Continuing our exploration of this CD, which collects home recordings of Sun Ra's early period with doo-wop vocalists ... This one's particularly amusing, as it's a Chicago tribute song written for a city-sponsored contest. Talks about how you should come see the tall buildings and the grandeur of Lake Michigan.

Continuing the latent Chicago theme, which I didn't intend but cropped up by itself. Plate o' shrimp.

Masada -- "Shevet" -- Zayin [Seven] (DIW, 1996)
* Masada Guitars [Mark Ribot, solo guitar] -- "Shevet" -- Masada Guitars (Tzadik, 2004)

Two versions of a Masada composition. First, the original Masada quartet doing a quick-footed bop take. Then, Ribot's slower, contemplative solo version. The Masada quartet was a John Zorn project exploring compositions that combined Jewish traditional scales/ideas with bebop-minded jazz. Zorn's been applying the music to other contexts lately.

* Spring Heel Jack with Mark Sanders (drums) and Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) -- "Autumn" -- The Sweetness of the Water (Thirsty Ear, 2004)

* Steuart Liebig, Michael Vatcher, Vinny Golia -- "Transit" -- In the Cusp of Fire and Water (Red Toucan, 2004)

Adam Lane Quartet -- "Intonations for Being" -- Fo(u)r Being(s) (CIMP, 2002)

Tim Berne's Paraphrase -- "Poetic License" [excerpt] -- Visitation Rites (Screwgun, 1997)

* = Item in KZSU rotation
! = Pop anomaly
? = Item not in KZSU library

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