Morning ! Thx for filling in. A good transition from WKCR's Prez & Bird observance - all our dedicated & detail-minded service & purity of purpose seeking ♍︎Virgo icon geniuses.
what a lovely way to begin a sunday. just go ask Alice. just go listen to Kim. Saludos from a quiet, cool, moist (post rain) morning in Mexico city. ❤️
Good morning DocJazz -
Sorry your vacation is coming to a close.Hope it was wonderful. Welcome and Safe journey home
10:01am
Polyus:
Was fortunate enough to see Faruq Z. Bey with the Northwoods Improvisers once circa 2009, not too long before he passed. He was sitting down and on oxygen but still sounded great.
Thanks for playing New Dalta Ahkri. I remember seeing them live at NYU Lobe Student center a very long time ago. That was the first time I heard Anthony Davis who went on to do great things.
I only recently discovered that I would have had a couple of opportunities to see Griot Galaxy around 1987, when they played up in Mt Pleasant where I was going to school. Kinda feel a little ill about it, like I missed something really amazing.
If there is one thing I know - you do not mess with Jazz fans ritual of Sunday morning.
One of the local public radio stations here - just canceled all Sunday jazz for more AAA non-com (blek) and the listenership is in an uproar.
Oh my god - really, Polyus... damn; I can understand that feeling. I saw Faruq gig in the late 80s - early mid 90s around Detroit. Are you a Central Michigan grad? My brother went there too.
I saw the Tribe tribute tour Carl Craig put together 10+ years ago. First time I heard of Marcus Belgrave, I bought this record at that show
10:22am
Polyus:
@Kim - I went to Central for a few years but eventually dropped out. But I happened to be there at a time when there was a great little dive that hosted a lot of bands from the Detroit / AA area as well as some pretty great national acts. Actually the time I saw Faruq was at a 20 year reunion for the closing of that place.
Thank you Polyus and Fred for the Detroit jazz love. I have always felt that the city's jazz legacy has been forgotten until recent years. I am glad it resonates with folks.
Looks like this album is available on Bandcamp in two different editions: 2014 via Nimbus West, 2019 Outernational… anyone know anything about provenance/mastering?
10:33am
Polyus:
Managed to find a copy of Mark Stryker’s book on Detroit jazz history but haven’t jumped in yet. I grew up a few hours north but we used to get the Free Press, and I would read about the Detroit Jazz Festival and wish I could go.
I don't DJPeter - but I played the Outernational version - I do not need to eq. It originally was release on Nimbus - so I would expect they used the master tapes
They said the fog and clouds were going to "burn off" in the morning, but perhaps the fog has realized that it doesn't actually burn, because it is still very overcast here.
Show is sounding good! For some reason, I’m being reminded of seeing Maynard Ferguson long ago. I actually talked to his drummer after the show. Guess who that was? Peter Erskine, who later joined Weather Report.
@DL, he did. Erskine's history (according to Wikipedia) is really very weird. Started out with Stan Kenton (!), moved to Ferguson, then played with Weather Report. No doubt there were other gigs and short-term bands, but that is still a bizarre jump in my view.
I believe Erskine is the drummer on Ferguson's "Birdland," always wondered what Zawinul thought of that interpretation.
Footnote: highly recommend "PEN15" on Hulu, co-creator and co-star Maya Erskine. Richard Karn plays the fictionalized Peter Erskine (a drummer on the motel lounge circuit). Erskine's wife plays "herself" (Maya's mom).
Another weird Ferguson sideman fact: Hugh Ragin had a stint with Ferguson c. 1982. I talked to one of the other trumpeters and asked "any of you soloing tonight" and he scoffed at Maynard letting any other trumpeter solo. "Hugh Ragin did when I saw you guys last year," I said. The reply: "Ragin's black."
Thanks Kim! You are always on top of these scheduling developments! Yes I volunteered to fill an hour of cha cha heels so that the Drummer stream would have live programming at least until 10. I'm a glutton for punishment haha.
PS just checked, Ragin is in the line-up that recorded Ferguson's "Live from San Francisco," but I don't think he solos on the record. That band leaned heavily on Denis DeBlasio
Also I am *not* actually filling an hour of Cha-Cha Heels. Producing something that amazing is not in my skill set. It will just be more Electric Lazy Susan
I think that's the famous NES composer "Hip" Tanaka. He is known for kinda being the artistic pinnacle of the 8-bit genre. Obviously by pilfering jazz records.
@Listener Gregory I completely understand from the point of view of a jazz purist the 70s would be a stale time for improvisation, but someone who loves hybrid jazz and pop jazz compositions would call the 70s The Golden Years.
Fun fact: Hugh Ragin is one of the sweetest people in music. He took over the jazz ensemble at Oberlin the year I was in it (fall 1980). Years later, I went to see him perform at a club in D.C. and when I came up to say hello after the set, despite there being absolutely no reason for him to remember me, he bellowed out my name and gave me a big hug. I'm still beaming from that night. Also, the tone of his horn is one of the most beautiful things in creation.
There were certainly many good groups and some good music being played in the 70s. But on jazz radio (which still existed), major labels, and the bulk of jazz that one would readily encounter, things were often dire. People would call up the station to complain if it played Ornette Coleman. If you went to your local record store, you would see a lot more Maynard Ferguson than Lester Bowie or Jeanne Lee. Anyway, the Heath Brothers group was an excellent example of a "mainstream" jazz group that wasn't playing warmed-over be-bop or trying unsuccessfully to rock out, so I give them credit. They get little attention now, because they weren't perhaps "innovative," but Jimmy's compositions and everyone's playing were superb. IN MY HUMBLE OPINION!
Another fun fact: After a late-summer hiatus, Stork is back. Stork and the Stork Club return to the Drummer Stream. He's up next right here with a Kenny Drew 94th birthday special: wfmu.org...
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I know it's only the stream, but Herbie Nichols feels like just the right lead-in groove.
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Morning, Andrew. Still shaking off the cobwebs over here
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Packing to go home (sob), checking in! 😢
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Sorry your vacation is coming to a close.Hope it was wonderful. Welcome and Safe journey home
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What a gift to see Faruq. I have seen him many times... incredible, underrated player - that was a tough loss.
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Thank you Rev Rabbit - Welcome and good morning to you
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One of the local public radio stations here - just canceled all Sunday jazz for more AAA non-com (blek) and the listenership is in an uproar.
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Welcome, Jon! Enjoy
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An emotional support kitty is always nice
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Footnote: highly recommend "PEN15" on Hulu, co-creator and co-star Maya Erskine. Richard Karn plays the fictionalized Peter Erskine (a drummer on the motel lounge circuit). Erskine's wife plays "herself" (Maya's mom).
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Must be the English teacher in me
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Well I hope @Gregory - today may have change your mind a touch about 70s era jazz.
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I have switched to Lion's Mane based coffee and I love love it!
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Took the words out of my mouth, Doug!!
STORK IS NEXT: wfmu.org...
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