WFMU: Irene Trudel: Playlist from August 16, 2016

Listener comments!
	🥁 ♥ 9:17pm Jeff: I heard those fast muted guitar runs, and I thought... What's Al DiMeola up to these days?
	9:24pm Van in DC: Almost forgot what day it is, again. Hi Irene and all
	9:25pm Van in DC: Wow. I missed the greatest guitarist of all time, Al Di Meola. Dang it.
	9:33pm Van in DC: Hey I finally got my marathon swag. Now I'm up to, oh, I don't know, 300 shirts and about the same number of cd's...? Plus a ton of other stuff...
	9:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Sorry! Don't hate all Fusion.
	9:42pm jon: hi irene. hi everyone. it is a dark and stormy night in nj...
	9:45pm Van in DC: I had never heard Al Di Meola played here (he might have been but I missed it?), but he was absolutely considered the greatest ever, back in the day. Another greatest ever, Maynard Ferguson, on trumpet, I would bet heavily has never been played here either.
	9:48pm Van in DC: * by "here" I mean WFMU, not this show
	♥ 9:50pm Irene Trudel: HI Jeff, Van, Rev.Rabbit and jon! I was feeling a but fusion-y today. And a bunch of friends were emailing yesterday about The Mahavishnu Orchestra so I had to jump on it. I actually don't know what Di Meola is up to lately. But I've played his music before, just not for a long while.
	9:50pm Van in DC: Freeform is wide reaching, for sure, but even the great FMU shuns some of the greats that deserve to be heard. Im My Opinion.
	9:52pm Peter K.: Did you play that Mahavishnu track because John McLaughlin (the other one, the pundit who screamed at people on TV) died today?
	9:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: DiMeola may have a slight edge on McLaughlin on speed - but McLaughlin has more Soul, of his own kind (Eastern Meditation)? Tell me if I'm off base...Anyhow - they've worked together (Friday Night in San Francisco - w/ Flamenco master Paco de Lucía) & presumably mutual admire... We're the McLaughlin Group tonight Peter!
	9:53pm Van in DC: In the 70's, 80's... you ask anyone, who is the greatest guitarist alive? Anyone who knows anything about music? Al Di Meola. Maybe it was late 70's timeframe. Man was he awesome, and everyone knew it.
	9:55pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Zappa was too close to McLaughlin for comfort (Jan Hammer & such) - but said obviously you have to credit the technique. I've found Di Meola cold. What am I missing?
	9:55pm Van in DC: I officially request "Conquistador" by Maynard Ferguson. Look it up. I know it won't appear tonight, but check it out for maybe a future play?
	9:57pm Van in DC: (my birthday is next week, wink)
	9:59pm Van in DC: This would be it. www.youtube.com...
	♥ 10:04pm Irene Trudel: No, Peter, although I almost had a heart attack when I saw the headline on my phone! As for Al Di Meola, I did like him a lot but he often fell in that category of "too many notes!" Rev. Rabbit, I don't know if I'd put Zappa in that same category. He was something a bit other. I recommend seeing the new documentary about Zappa. Very entertaining and no narration, which is really refreshing. Van, Maynard is duly noted for next week. Please send me a reminder!
	10:05pm Van in DC: will do :) THANKS
	♥ 10:12pm coelacanth: rest in peace Mr. Hutchinson. ...hello Irene and others
	10:13pm Peter K.: Ben Monder, guitar and bass; Theo Bleckmann, voice; Ted Poor, drums. That's the entire personnel on that track.
	♥ 10:13pm coelacanth: (Hutcherson, der...)
	10:14pm Van in DC: Theo does great KaTe covers!
	10:16pm Alejandroool: hey coela, caught your hello haha. Thanks for the Tue night soundtrack Irene
	10:25pm JakeGould: Hello! I like xylophones!
	10:34pm Van in DC: Great photo
	10:34pm Mike tp: Hello Irene n all. The 2 vibes players I seen live was Lionel Hampton RUTH UNDERWOOD. PRETTY. Celestial n soothing is Bobby! ♥♥
	10:47pm Mike tp: Just want to say these Bobby Hutcherson tunes are quite new n refreshing to me.
	10:50pm P-90: @Jake: agreed: xylophones (and vibraphones) rule! @ DJ Irene: totally with you that di Meola falls into the "sometimes lots of notes seemingly just for the sake of lots of notes" category. Sometimes. He also played on some pretty classic things, I guess it depends a lot on who he was playing with. And how show-offy his agenda was at a particular moment in his career. Likewise, Zappa sometime played a helluva lot of notes when soloing, but I always felt like those notes all "counted", every single one of them. He's not as well recognized as an improvisational musician as he probably should be, partly because of all the other things he did so well...composer, producer/arranger, bandleader, and yes: a famously witty comedian of sorts.
	10:50pm Van in DC: Irene, so many thanks for all you do. Just wanted to say that, because it is not said enough I don't think,
	♥ 10:51pm Irene Trudel: Thanks, coelacanth, Alejandrool, Jake and Mike! I saw Bobby play live quite a few times and was blown away by the depth of styles he could play in. So inventive, at times reminding me of a fluttering hummingbird when he played.
	10:51pm P-90: Yeah, like what Van just said. Totally.
	10:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Di Meola - 'too many notes'. Zappa was pretty Fusiony sometimes - in terms of the whole band - if not quite the same animal as a Guitarist. He was, yeah, all cynical & Comical though, whereas McLaughlin was all Spiritually serious - which put them @ odds... Man - Jazz Giants are such treasures. Losing them - the consolation I guess is so many are paragons of a life lived fully.
	10:57pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I quote this Jackson Pollack so much I'm embarrassed - but: 'Technique is just a way of arriving @ a Statement.'
	♥ 10:59pm Irene Trudel: P-90, I agree with your point. Zappa's playing usually sounded like it was all a big composition with little improv spots (which is the most likely scenario). He came at the music through rock and classical music. Al Di Meola and others in his generation came at the music through jazz, which has a strong basis in improvisation. Two totally different approaches, IMO. And, yeah, Rev. Rabbit-- great quote!
	11:04pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Sometimes think Zappa had some highbrow - lowbrow confusion. But then think - who am I to say that?? 'Friday Night in San Francisco' - Di Meola, McLaughlin & de Lucia - just three acoustic guitars playing off each other. Haven't listened to that in decades maybe!
	♥ 11:04pm coelacanth: appropriately Beautiful tribute, Irene. Thanks.
	11:06pm Van in DC: Well, once again, I reference Clapton, nickname "God", of guitar. Asked by a writer once, "What's it like to be the greatest guitarist alive?" He said, "I wouldn't know. Go ask Prince."
	11:07pm Mike tp: IRENE you mentioned hummingbird the manner Bobby played in look up in my yard bingo! Hummingbird buzzing merrily about. It's still light out in Portland. Enjoying the sounds n the light n the hummingbird.
	11:07pm KP: I sense good vibes
	11:08pm Howard F: Great set, bittersweet. thanks!
	11:09pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...yeah - like Zappa would fine you if you played too much? & the Velvets had a supposed No Blues moratorium... I find Jazz such a refuge & a comfort. Thx for the photo too. Lovely man. Thank You Bobby Hutcherson.
	11:14pm Carmichael: Heya Irene. Great early setlist, right in my wheelhouse.
	11:21pm Van in DC: What a fantastic show. So many thanks, crashing now, will catch up tomorrow. Thanks again Irene
	♥ 11:26pm Irene Trudel: Rev. Rabbit, I saw them on that tour at a theater in NJ (name escapes me). Indescribably good!
	11:44pm JakeGould: I love Gregory Porter!
	11:54pm JakeGould: I like vibraphones equally.
	11:57pm KP: Great time, Irene!
	♥ 11:58pm Irene Trudel: Thanks Jake! I like 'em both too. Hey everybody, thanks for tuning in tonight. Catch you next week!
	♥ 11:58pm coelacanth: Thank you Irene. good night mammals
	12:00am P-90: Thanks, Irene!
	🥁 ♥ 7:01am Sean in Bristol UK: Usually I comment straight after I listened via archive, completely forgot to add my thanks for another terrific show

Irene Trudel: Playlist from August 16, 2016

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August 16, 2016: Skipping over the hot rocks for cooler stone underneath, and love for Bobby Hutcherson.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Wall Matthews & Aleta Greene	Tildy's Prayer	The Color of Dusk	Clean Cuts
Al Di Meola World Sinfonia	Infinite Desire	La Melodia Live in Milano	Veliene Music	0:07:23 (Pop-up)
Erik Friedlander	Flycatcher "Flycatcher" by "Erik Friedlander"	Rings	SkipStone Records	0:16:56 (Pop-up)
Charles Lloyd / Billy Higgins	Beloved, Chimes at Midnight	Which Way Is East	ECM Records	0:25:41 (Pop-up)

The Mahavishnu Orchestra	The Dance of Maya	The Inner Mounting Flame	Columbia/Legacy	0:38:04 (Pop-up)
Larry Coryell / Ronu Majumdar / George Brooks / Vijay Ghate	Song of the Swan	Bombay Jazz: Live in London	Larry Coryell	0:45:09 (Pop-up)
Ben Monder	39 "39" by "Ben Monder"	Hydra	Sunnyside Records	0:54:43 (Pop-up)

R.I.P., Bobby Hutcherson. Here's a little love for this great vibes player, not to mention a sweet, smiling man. This photo is one I took when he and his wife Rosemary (R) and Martha Egan Keepnews (Orrin's wife-L) sat with Peter and I last November at a tribute to Orrin Keepnews (my father-in-law).
Bobby Hutcherson	I Wanna Stand Over There	Un Poco Loco	Koch Jazz	1:13:04 (Pop-up)
Bobby Hutcherson (with Tommy Flanagan)	Mirage	Mirage	Landmark Records	1:17:00 (Pop-up)
Bobby Hutcherson	Little B's Poem "Little B's Poem" by "Bobby Hutcherson"	Components	Blue Note	1:22:27 (Pop-up)
Bobby Hutcherson (McCoy Tyner, piano)	Verse	Stick-Up!	Blue Note	1:27:37 (Pop-up)
Bobby Hutcherson featuring Harold Land	Procession	San Francisco	Blue Note	1:36:58 (Pop-up)
Bobby Hutcherson	Ankara "Ankara" by "Bobby Hutcherson"	Patterns	Blue Note	1:42:47 (Pop-up)
Bobby Hutcherson (Herbie Hancock, piano)	Theme from "Blow-Up"	Oblique	Blue Note	1:46:59 (Pop-up)
Bobby Hutcherson, David Sanborn, Joey De Francesco	Hey Harold	Enjoy the View	Blue Note	1:55:22 (Pop-up)
Bobby Hutcherson (McCoy Tyner, piano)	8/4 Beat	Stick-Up!	Blue Note	2:02:48 (Pop-up)

Donnie McCaslin	Love What is Mortal	Fast Future	Greenleaf Music	2:21:45 (Pop-up)
The Robert Glasper Experiment	I Stand Alone	Black Radio 2	Blue Note	2:27:37 (Pop-up)
Peter Eldridge	Forever Blue "Forever Blue" by "Peter Eldridge"	Disappearing Day	Sunnyside Records	2:32:28 (Pop-up)
Gregory Porter	On My Way to Harlem	Be Good		2:37:58 (Pop-up)
Sugar Ponies	Find Your Own Railroad	It's a Sign	Sugar Ponies	2:45:27 (Pop-up)
Kamasi Washington	Re Run "Re Run" by "Kamasi Washington"			2:50:24 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	🥁 ♥ 9:17pm Jeff: I heard those fast muted guitar runs, and I thought... What's Al DiMeola up to these days?
	9:24pm Van in DC: Almost forgot what day it is, again. Hi Irene and all
	9:25pm Van in DC: Wow. I missed the greatest guitarist of all time, Al Di Meola. Dang it.
	9:33pm Van in DC: Hey I finally got my marathon swag. Now I'm up to, oh, I don't know, 300 shirts and about the same number of cd's...? Plus a ton of other stuff...
	9:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Sorry! Don't hate all Fusion.
	9:42pm jon: hi irene. hi everyone. it is a dark and stormy night in nj...
	9:45pm Van in DC: I had never heard Al Di Meola played here (he might have been but I missed it?), but he was absolutely considered the greatest ever, back in the day. Another greatest ever, Maynard Ferguson, on trumpet, I would bet heavily has never been played here either.
	9:48pm Van in DC: * by "here" I mean WFMU, not this show
	♥ 9:50pm Irene Trudel: HI Jeff, Van, Rev.Rabbit and jon! I was feeling a but fusion-y today. And a bunch of friends were emailing yesterday about The Mahavishnu Orchestra so I had to jump on it. I actually don't know what Di Meola is up to lately. But I've played his music before, just not for a long while.
	9:50pm Van in DC: Freeform is wide reaching, for sure, but even the great FMU shuns some of the greats that deserve to be heard. Im My Opinion.
	9:52pm Peter K.: Did you play that Mahavishnu track because John McLaughlin (the other one, the pundit who screamed at people on TV) died today?
	9:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: DiMeola may have a slight edge on McLaughlin on speed - but McLaughlin has more Soul, of his own kind (Eastern Meditation)? Tell me if I'm off base...Anyhow - they've worked together (Friday Night in San Francisco - w/ Flamenco master Paco de Lucía) & presumably mutual admire... We're the McLaughlin Group tonight Peter!
	9:53pm Van in DC: In the 70's, 80's... you ask anyone, who is the greatest guitarist alive? Anyone who knows anything about music? Al Di Meola. Maybe it was late 70's timeframe. Man was he awesome, and everyone knew it.
	9:55pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Zappa was too close to McLaughlin for comfort (Jan Hammer & such) - but said obviously you have to credit the technique. I've found Di Meola cold. What am I missing?
	9:55pm Van in DC: I officially request "Conquistador" by Maynard Ferguson. Look it up. I know it won't appear tonight, but check it out for maybe a future play?
	9:57pm Van in DC: (my birthday is next week, wink)
	9:59pm Van in DC: This would be it. www.youtube.com...
	♥ 10:04pm Irene Trudel: No, Peter, although I almost had a heart attack when I saw the headline on my phone! As for Al Di Meola, I did like him a lot but he often fell in that category of "too many notes!" Rev. Rabbit, I don't know if I'd put Zappa in that same category. He was something a bit other. I recommend seeing the new documentary about Zappa. Very entertaining and no narration, which is really refreshing. Van, Maynard is duly noted for next week. Please send me a reminder!
	10:05pm Van in DC: will do :) THANKS
	♥ 10:12pm coelacanth: rest in peace Mr. Hutchinson. ...hello Irene and others
	10:13pm Peter K.: Ben Monder, guitar and bass; Theo Bleckmann, voice; Ted Poor, drums. That's the entire personnel on that track.
	♥ 10:13pm coelacanth: (Hutcherson, der...)
	10:14pm Van in DC: Theo does great KaTe covers!
	10:16pm Alejandroool: hey coela, caught your hello haha. Thanks for the Tue night soundtrack Irene
	10:25pm JakeGould: Hello! I like xylophones!
	10:34pm Van in DC: Great photo
	10:34pm Mike tp: Hello Irene n all. The 2 vibes players I seen live was Lionel Hampton RUTH UNDERWOOD. PRETTY. Celestial n soothing is Bobby! ♥♥
	10:47pm Mike tp: Just want to say these Bobby Hutcherson tunes are quite new n refreshing to me.
	10:50pm P-90: @Jake: agreed: xylophones (and vibraphones) rule! @ DJ Irene: totally with you that di Meola falls into the "sometimes lots of notes seemingly just for the sake of lots of notes" category. Sometimes. He also played on some pretty classic things, I guess it depends a lot on who he was playing with. And how show-offy his agenda was at a particular moment in his career. Likewise, Zappa sometime played a helluva lot of notes when soloing, but I always felt like those notes all "counted", every single one of them. He's not as well recognized as an improvisational musician as he probably should be, partly because of all the other things he did so well...composer, producer/arranger, bandleader, and yes: a famously witty comedian of sorts.
	10:50pm Van in DC: Irene, so many thanks for all you do. Just wanted to say that, because it is not said enough I don't think,
	♥ 10:51pm Irene Trudel: Thanks, coelacanth, Alejandrool, Jake and Mike! I saw Bobby play live quite a few times and was blown away by the depth of styles he could play in. So inventive, at times reminding me of a fluttering hummingbird when he played.
	10:51pm P-90: Yeah, like what Van just said. Totally.
	10:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Di Meola - 'too many notes'. Zappa was pretty Fusiony sometimes - in terms of the whole band - if not quite the same animal as a Guitarist. He was, yeah, all cynical & Comical though, whereas McLaughlin was all Spiritually serious - which put them @ odds... Man - Jazz Giants are such treasures. Losing them - the consolation I guess is so many are paragons of a life lived fully.
	10:57pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I quote this Jackson Pollack so much I'm embarrassed - but: 'Technique is just a way of arriving @ a Statement.'
	♥ 10:59pm Irene Trudel: P-90, I agree with your point. Zappa's playing usually sounded like it was all a big composition with little improv spots (which is the most likely scenario). He came at the music through rock and classical music. Al Di Meola and others in his generation came at the music through jazz, which has a strong basis in improvisation. Two totally different approaches, IMO. And, yeah, Rev. Rabbit-- great quote!
	11:04pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Sometimes think Zappa had some highbrow - lowbrow confusion. But then think - who am I to say that?? 'Friday Night in San Francisco' - Di Meola, McLaughlin & de Lucia - just three acoustic guitars playing off each other. Haven't listened to that in decades maybe!
	♥ 11:04pm coelacanth: appropriately Beautiful tribute, Irene. Thanks.
	11:06pm Van in DC: Well, once again, I reference Clapton, nickname "God", of guitar. Asked by a writer once, "What's it like to be the greatest guitarist alive?" He said, "I wouldn't know. Go ask Prince."
	11:07pm Mike tp: IRENE you mentioned hummingbird the manner Bobby played in look up in my yard bingo! Hummingbird buzzing merrily about. It's still light out in Portland. Enjoying the sounds n the light n the hummingbird.
	11:07pm KP: I sense good vibes
	11:08pm Howard F: Great set, bittersweet. thanks!
	11:09pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...yeah - like Zappa would fine you if you played too much? & the Velvets had a supposed No Blues moratorium... I find Jazz such a refuge & a comfort. Thx for the photo too. Lovely man. Thank You Bobby Hutcherson.
	11:14pm Carmichael: Heya Irene. Great early setlist, right in my wheelhouse.
	11:21pm Van in DC: What a fantastic show. So many thanks, crashing now, will catch up tomorrow. Thanks again Irene
	♥ 11:26pm Irene Trudel: Rev. Rabbit, I saw them on that tour at a theater in NJ (name escapes me). Indescribably good!
	11:44pm JakeGould: I love Gregory Porter!
	11:54pm JakeGould: I like vibraphones equally.
	11:57pm KP: Great time, Irene!
	♥ 11:58pm Irene Trudel: Thanks Jake! I like 'em both too. Hey everybody, thanks for tuning in tonight. Catch you next week!
	♥ 11:58pm coelacanth: Thank you Irene. good night mammals
	12:00am P-90: Thanks, Irene!
	🥁 ♥ 7:01am Sean in Bristol UK: Usually I comment straight after I listened via archive, completely forgot to add my thanks for another terrific show

Irene Trudel: Playlist from August 16, 2016

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