Favoriting Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman: Playlist from April 11, 2023 Favoriting

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Observations of Deviance is a vinyl focused, free form program that harkens back to early days of underground FM radio. Your host, David Mittleman, hunts down the most exotic, unusual and off-the-beaten-track music from around the world in a number of genres: Spiritual Jazz, Free Improvisation, Experimental Electronics, Ethnographic Oddities and World-Wide Psychedelic Funk. You are guaranteed to hear sounds you’ve never heard before.

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Favoriting April 11, 2023: Wadada Leo Smith Interview

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Approx. start time
 
Wadada Leo Smith  Love Supreme (For John Coltrane)   Favoriting Kulture Jazz  ECM  1993    0:02:41 (Pop-up)
Wadada Leo Smith and N'Da Kulture  Lotus Garden   Favoriting Golden Hearts Remembrance  Chap Chap  1997    0:06:30 (Pop-up)
Wadada Leo Smith  Nine (9) Stones On A Mountain   Favoriting Creative Music - 1 (Six Solo Improvisations)  Kabell  1972    0:18:40 (Pop-up)
Wadada Leo Smith and Orange Wave Electric  Muhammad Ali's Spiritual Horizon   Favoriting Fire Illuminations  Kabell  2023  https://wadadaleosmith1.bandcamp.com/album/fire-illuminations  0:24:06 (Pop-up)
 
Wadada Leo Smith  Interview Part 1   Favoriting Interview March 20, 2023  N/A  2023    0:30:29 (Pop-up)
 
Wadada Leo Smith  Rastafari   Favoriting Rastafari  Sackville  1983    0:54:44 (Pop-up)
Wadada Leo Smith  Freedom Song   Favoriting Human Rights  Kabell  1986    1:02:11 (Pop-up)
Wadada Leo Smith  Aura   Favoriting Solo Music Ahkreanvention  Kabell  1979    1:04:41 (Pop-up)
Wadada Leo Smith  Dred Scott, 1857   Favoriting Ten Freedom Summers  Cunieform  2012    1:07:45 (Pop-up)
 
Wadada Leo Smith  Interview Part 2   Favoriting Interview March 20, 2023  N/A  2023    1:21:45 (Pop-up)
 
Wadada Leo Smith  Blues: Jah Jah Is The Perfect Love   Favoriting Procession Of The Great Ancestry  1989  Chief    1:49:10 (Pop-up)
Wadada Leo Smith & Adam Rudolph  Fragrance of Light   Favoriting Compassion  Kabell / Meta  2006  recorded live June 29, 2002 at The Electric Lodge, Venice, CA  1:51:55 (Pop-up)
Wadada Leo Smith With Milford Graves And Bill Laswell  Social Justice - A Fire for Reimagining the World   Favoriting Sacred Ceremonies  TUM  2021    1:55:04 (Pop-up)
Wadada Leo Smith  Blue Green Gardens of the Indigenous People of the Great Plains   Favoriting Red Chrysanthemums Solos 1977  Corbett vs. Dempsey  2015  recorded live in Los Angeles December 1977  2:01:31 (Pop-up)
New Dalta Ahkri  T Wmukl-D - A Dedication To The Fishermen Of The World   Favoriting Reflectativity  Kabell  1975    2:03:05 (Pop-up)
Wadada Leo Smith and Ed Blackwell  Don't You Remember   Favoriting The Blue Mountain's Sun Drummer  Kabell  2010  recorded live on October 23, 1986 at Brandeis University  2:07:52 (Pop-up)
 
Wadada Leo Smith  Interview Part 3   Favoriting Interview March 20, 2023  N/A  2023    2:16:11 (Pop-up)
 
Wadada Leo Smith  Seven Rings Of Light In The Hola Trinity   Favoriting Kulture Jazz  ECM  1993    2:41:32 (Pop-up)
New Dalta Ahkri  Pneuma   Favoriting Song Of Humanity = Kanto Pri Homaro  Kabell  1977    2:43:50 (Pop-up)
Wadada Leo Smith and Orange Wave Electric  Tony Williams   Favoriting Fire Illuminations  Kabell  2023  https://wadadaleosmith1.bandcamp.com/album/fire-illuminations  2:45:27 (Pop-up)
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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:01pm
Yvang:

Hi David and deviants!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:01pm
zzz:

@Observations! Really excited for this show with the master Wadada Leo Smith
Avatar 7:03pm
Observations:

We are live!
Avatar 7:10pm
Listener Gregory:

I came for the Wadada, but I'm staying for the Leo Smith!
Avatar 7:11pm
Observations:

www.discogs.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:12pm
zzz:

so good
Avatar 7:14pm
Observations:

Going to play tracks from (almost) every KABELL release: www.discogs.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:16pm
zzz:

↳ Observations @7:14
was there any word on whether Fire Illuminations would get a physical release or just digital?
Avatar 7:17pm
Listener Gregory:

Also, I am going to drink a "maple creemee milkshake IPA" (sic). May God have mercy on me.
Avatar 7:17pm
Observations:

↳ zzz @7:16
Yes, he will discuss that
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:20pm
zzz:

↳ Listener Gregory @7:17
adventurous music calls for adventurous beer drinking (but yeah that combo sounds kinda nasty!)
  7:25pm
Dave in Vermont on the phone:

With creemee in the name it must be from Vermont
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:26pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Evening. Appreciating.
  7:26pm
Dave in Vermont on the phone:

I’m gonna guess Burlington Beer Co
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:28pm
zzz:

↳ Song: "Muhammad Ali's Spiritual Horizon" by "Wadada Leo ...
i was on a flight earlier today and listened to this album twice, immediate repeat listen. rare practice for me. but it is so deep, so heavy really fantastic
  7:30pm
Listener Gregory:

@Dave, you are off by a couple of miles: Winooski, VT. Four Quarters Brewing. It’s a v good brewery, but am not that crazy about milkshake IPAs. Need some time to figure out what I think about this.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:37pm
doctorjazz:

Hello David and listeners!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:38pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Listener Gregory @7:17
This sounds really gross!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 7:39pm
WR:

Hi David and Observers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:44pm
doctorjazz:

I bought a few bottles of this Miles Davis/Bitches Brew beer because of the label.

www.dogfish.com...

(It's really bad, disappointing)
  7:47pm
Listener Gregory:

@doctorj, your beer SOUNDS better than my beer.
  7:47pm
Dean:

Dang, a bad stout? That's too bad. I love big beers: barleywine style, triple IPAs, etc., but somehow Dogfish Head often strikes me as too busy or too precious.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
zzz:

nice to hear him talk on this. i’ve always been curious WLS and his Rastafarian practice
  7:49pm
Dean:

This is one of my favorite beers of late. It's high-octane, but bitter, bitter, bitter, and quenching at the same time.
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/20430/81744/
Avatar 7:49pm
Observations:

Haile Selassie's address to the United Nations, 1963 en.wikisource.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:52pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Dean @7:47
I love a good stout or dark ale too, but, while I really wanted to like the Miles bottle, it was very bad.
Avatar 7:52pm
northguineahills:

of course, this is airing when I'm trying to finish my final project...
Avatar 7:55pm
northguineahills:

↳ Dean @7:49
outside my arm's reach, unfortunately....
  7:56pm
Listener Gregory:

@NGH, as a former teacher, I have to tell you: Listen on the archive, post-project! It will still be here.
  7:58pm
Listener Gregory:

Wow, Dean, that is super-strong! I would try two ounces of it, if you would drink the rest. I love the bitter.
Avatar 7:59pm
northguineahills:

↳ Listener Gregory @7:56
i'm still on jeff golick's wayne shorter tribute (granted, i didn't start until 9 days ago).
Avatar 7:59pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ Song: "Rastafari" by "Wadada Leo Smith"
This is not at all what I imagined from an album of this title. I probably should have known better.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:59pm
doctorjazz:

↳ northguineahills @7:52
What LG said-you've gotten this far, keep it going! The archives are a great thing! (and the interview is taped; will be just as fresh then)
Avatar 8:00pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ northguineahills @7:59
You can do it!
Avatar 8:00pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ northguineahills @7:59
Put on Wayne while finishing your project! At least there's no interview.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:01pm
doctorjazz:

(I just listened to Big Planet Noise in the archives this morning-too late for my beauty rest to be complete).
Avatar 8:01pm
northguineahills:

↳ doctorjazz @7:59
i already have ad-infinitum in queue as it is... the good thing about that, is adding more to the queue, it doesn't change the length....
Avatar 8:02pm
northguineahills:

↳ Listener Gregory @8:00
i keep on dipping into youtube segs about certain procdures (but, I should be done w/ that tonight)>
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:05pm
zzz:

↳ Song: "Freedom Song" by "Wadada Leo Smith"
wow doing the the ‘80s synthy thing. that was pretty cool
  8:10pm
Dean:

Have to confess (actually, brag) that during the last WFMU marathon I won a number of grand prizes, two of which were WLS's multi-disc sets.
Avatar 8:10pm
Observations:

↳ Dean @8:10
Kudos!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:14pm
zzz:

↳ Dean @8:10
awesome Dean. i wanted that grand prize box set of the drummer duos but missed out on it! had to immediately console myself with a purchase of the ed blackwell duo disc (Blue Mountain Sun Drummer). lol
Avatar 8:16pm
Observations:

"Ten Freedom Summers is one of my life's defining works."
– Wadada Leo Smith
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:17pm
doctorjazz:

OK, well I"LL have to catch the rest in the archive, gotta run, thanks David!
  8:19pm
Dean:

I did purchase Ten Freedom Summers upon release.
  8:38pm
Listener Gregory:

Smith mentions Alan Pakula, and I turn the page of the paper to read the review of a new film, “Alan Pakula: Going for Truth.” Yikes!
  8:44pm
Dean:

I need to hear that Blackwell disc,@zzz.
Avatar 8:45pm
Observations:

↳ Dean @8:44
stay tuned
  8:51pm
Listener Gregory:

There is a “more Kabell“ joke here, somewhere.
  8:52pm
Dean:

Smith was in New Haven long ago and again now? When was he in Valencia (or thereabouts) at Cal Arts?
Avatar 8:53pm
Observations:

↳ Dean @8:52
circa 1994-2014 roughly
  8:54pm
Listener Gregory:

Review of the maple creemee milkshake IPA: not bad. I ttook a few sips to get used to, but then it was pretty drinkable. However, I would personally greatly prefer Phaze, a regular IPA by Four Quarters over this. It’s a bit gimmicky.
  8:54pm
Dean:

That works. A buddy of mine was there during some of those years. Knew of him.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:55pm
zzz:

tzadik release compiling the early Kabell records
www.tzadik.com...
Avatar 9:03pm
northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Blue Green Gardens of the Indigenous People of th...
one of those recordings i've read about, but have never heard....
  9:09pm
Dean:

Oh, goodie.
  9:12pm
Listener Gregory:

Any day I hear Ed Blackwell is a good day.
  9:16pm
Dean:

Adam Rudolph recorded a bit with Yusef Lateef, yes?
  9:20pm
Listener Gregory:

I used to read Robert Palmer’s reviews in the Times when I was young. He was awesome. His book “Deep Blues” is fantastic.
Avatar 9:21pm
Observations:

Wadada does not improvise! He creates!!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:21pm
WR:

Many of Wadada's releases are available from his website:
www.wadadaleosmith.com...
  9:21pm
Dean:

Wow. Robert Palmer. The most salient experience I had with one of his reviews was when he covered Big Jay McNeely's return to performing at the Roundhouse in London, 1980s or thereabout. Prior to that review, I used to hear McNeely at a tiny bar on the eastern edge of LA Countuy. He was working for USPS, but was obviously poised to kickstart his musical career.
  9:23pm
Dean:

Instead of "improvisation," then, try "autoschediasm."
  9:23pm
Listener Gregory:

I find this critique of improvisation (or is it just the word “improvisation”?) to be peculiar.
  9:24pm
Listener Gregory:

@Dean, I will try it, but I’m not optimistic.
Avatar 9:25pm
Observations:

↳ Listener Gregory @9:23
Gary Bartz said similar thing, can't find exact quote right now
  9:26pm
Dean:

I wrote a paper in law school larded with the word "autoschediasm," c.2003. My professor, whom I adore, advised against using peculiar jargon, so I excised it. Fast forward to 2020 or so, and Tyshawn Sorey produces a work titled, Autoschediasms.
Avatar 9:28pm
Observations:

↳ Listener Gregory @9:23
See this twitter.com...
  9:30pm
Dean:

"Autoschediastic" connotes hasty improvisation, which suggests that there are modes of deliberate improvisation.
  9:36pm
Listener Gregory:

Ethan Iverson suggests that many solos are not very improvised. The soloist comes upon a good solo and then re-uses large portions of it in recordings or future performances. THAT I understand. Of course, some solos can be constructed that way, and others have to be spontaneous, because the musician hasn’t played that song before. Consider many BlueNote recordings from the 50s and 60s.
  9:41pm
Listener Gregory:

The fact that Smith is playing this well in his 80s is insane.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:42pm
zzz:

whole show and especially the interview segments really adding to my already huge love and admiration for Wadada Leo Smith, thanks @observations
Avatar 9:45pm
Observations:

↳ zzz @9:42
🙏🙏🙏
Avatar 9:54pm
northguineahills:

thanks, david, that was awesome!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:57pm
WR:

Thank you! Thank you! David!
Avatar 9:58pm
northguineahills:

↳ Dean @9:30
highly structured real-time processes of recursive composition?
  9:58pm
Listener Gregory:

Thanks a lot, David. You clearly did a huge amount of research for those interviews, and the music was fantastic. One for the record books!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:59pm
WR:

↳ Listener Gregory @9:58
what LG said!
  9:59pm
Listener Gregory:

Next week: greatest hits of bubblegum pop! Be there.
Avatar 10:01pm
Observations:

↳ Listener Gregory @9:58
thank you!
Avatar 10:01pm
Observations:

Thanks to one and all, I'll be back next week
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