Friday, October 22nd, 2004 ... 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ... KZSU, 90.1 FM

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

* Tunnels -- "Prisoners of the Knitting Factory Hallway" -- The Art of Living Dangerously (Buckyball, 2004)

Cuong Vu -- "I Shall Never Come Back" [excerpt] -- Pure (Knitting Factory, 2000)

Get it? The Tunnels song mentions the Knitting Factory, then I play something from the Knit's record label. OK, it's not so clever ... anyway, Cuong Vu spins some very pretty, drifting pieces that also incorporate some strange sounds and biting, fast trumpet solos. Well worth checking out.

* Roxanne Turcotte -- "Y---Ow" [excerpt] -- Libellune (Empreintes Digitale, 2004)

Sound collages (a specialty of this record label) ... in this case, incorporating lots of telephones and human voices.

* Jonas Tauber -- "Stepping Stones" -- Storm Walking Singing (Origin, 2004)

* Less of Five -- "Cus Cus" -- Acrobati Folli e Innamorati (Nine Winds, 2004)

* Joe Maneri, Barre Phillips, Mat Maneri -- "Number 2" -- Angles of Repose (ECM, 2004)

*! Your Friend -- "Love Ate the Wheelbarrow" -- V/A: Blue (Dreams by Degrees, 2004)

Interesting collection where artists were asked to create musical sketches of what the color blue would sound like.

* Sam Rivers, Adam Rudolph, Harris Eisenstadt -- "Sussuration" -- Vista (Meta, 2004)

* James Armstrong Trio -- "Beijing Girl" -- Out of the Underground (self-released, 2004)

* DJ Spooky -- "Nommos Ascending Remix" [excerpt] -- Celestial Mechanix (Thirsty Ear, 2004)

*! The Gentlekin -- "Something Changes Here" -- The Gentlekin (self-released, 2004)

A great local pop band with a harmonious '60s-pop sound. This particular song is one they've played live for a few years now, and it's my fave.

* Patricia Barber -- "Whiteworld" -- Live: A Fortnight in France (Blue Note, 2004)

* Mario Pavone -- "Not Five Kimono" -- Boom (Playscape, 2004)

* Dave Douglas, Louis Sclavis, Peggy Lee, Dylan Van Der Schyff -- "Retracing 2" -- Bow River Falls (Premonition, 2004)

* Pierre Langevin and Pierre Tanguay -- "Danse du Vent Comme Dans le Temps" -- La Bouzaille (Ambiances Magnetiques, 2004)

* Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey -- "Walking with Giants" -- Walking with Giants (Hyena, 2004)

* Steve Swallow/Ohad Talmor Sextet -- "Making Ends Meet" -- The Bum's Tale (Palmetto, 2004)

* Young Jazz Giants -- "Family" -- Young Jazz Giants (Birdman, 2004)

* Groundtruther -- "Arctic Circle" -- Latitude (Thirsty Ear, 2004)

* Six Organs of Admittance -- "The Manifestation" [excerpt] -- The Manifestation (Strange Attractors Audio, 2004)

* Dan Plonsey -- "G" [et.al.] -- Portcullis (Unlimited Sedition, 2004)

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

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