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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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Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Comments | Approx. start time | ||||
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The Quincy Jones Big Band |
Ghana
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Lausanne 1960 | TCB | 1994 | 0:02:04 (Pop-up) | |||||
Beti |
Obama Ondoua Ebini
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Musiques Du Cameroun | Ocora | 1965 | 0:06:41 (Pop-up) | |||||
Naná Vasconcelos |
"My religion is the berimbau because the berimbau, it centers me."
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N/A | https://x.com/jazzisdeadco/status/1795804025285202298 | 0:11:58 (Pop-up) | ||||||
Naná Vasconcelos |
Aboios
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Africadeus | Altercat | 2023 | 0:12:26 (Pop-up) | |||||
Niney & The Observers |
One Saturday Night (aka Saturday Night Observer Style)
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King Tubby’s Wants The Channel – Dubbing With The Observer 1976-1978 | Doctor Bird / Cherry Red | 2024 | https://www.cherryred.co.uk/niney-and-the-observers-tubby-s-want-the-channel-dubbing-with-the-observer-1976-1978-2cd | 0:18:11 (Pop-up) | ||||
Rahsaan Roland Kirk |
Side Four
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The Case Of The 3 Sided Dream In Audio Color | Atlantic | 1975 | 0:21:00 (Pop-up) | |||||
Uri Katzenstein |
Voices Cricket
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Audio Works | Black Truffle | 2022 | 0:22:23 (Pop-up) | |||||
Paiter Merewá |
Cantos De Hoeietê
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Paiter Merewá: Cantam os Suruís de Rondônia | Memória | 1984 | 0:25:18 (Pop-up) | |||||
Sonora Nelson Ferreyra |
Mucho Ritmo
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Guaracheros | VampiSoul | 2024 | https://vampisoul.bandcamp.com/album/guaracheros | 0:33:08 (Pop-up) | ||||
Sun Ra and his Arkestra |
UFO (Live, Grendel's Lair, 1978)
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On Jupiter | Sun Ra LLC | 2021 | 0:35:26 (Pop-up) | |||||
Lou Rawls |
Dead End Street
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I Can't Make It Alone - The Axelrod Years | Stateside | 2004 | 0:41:17 (Pop-up) | |||||
Arnaud Dolmen & Léonardo Montana |
Zouky Monky
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LéNo | Quai Son Records / Samana Production | 2024 | https://arnauddolmen.bandcamp.com/album/l-no | 0:45:13 (Pop-up) | ||||
Agustín Pereyra Lucena |
Berimbau
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Agustin Pereyra Lucena | Far Out Recordings | 2024 | https://apereyralucena.bandcamp.com/album/agustin-pereyra-lucena-3 | 0:51:06 (Pop-up) | ||||
Phil Haynes' 4 Horns & What? |
A'Lil Iowa Get-Down
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The Complete American Recordings | Corner Store Jazz | 2024 | https://philhaynesmusic.bandcamp.com/album/4-horns-what-the-complete-american-recordings | 0:56:14 (Pop-up) | ||||
Lahu Nyi |
Pensées
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Thaïlande (Musiques Et Chants Du Triangle D'Or : Peuples Meo, Lisu, Shan, Lahu Nyi, Yao, Akha, Karen Skaw) | Frémeaux & Associés | 2023 | 1:04:29 (Pop-up) | |||||
Rahsaan Roland Kirk |
Jammin' With A Wolf
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Dog Years In The Fourth Ring | 32 Jazz | 1997 | 1:13:23 (Pop-up) | |||||
Nara Leão |
Berimbau
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Nara | Elenco | 1964 | 1:13:49 (Pop-up) | |||||
Uganda |
Alur Horns
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African Gems | SWP | 2014 | 1:16:20 (Pop-up) | |||||
Luc Ferrari |
6'07" [OoD Drums Edit]
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Danses Organiques | Elica | 1999 | 1:22:56 (Pop-up) | |||||
Cecil Taylor |
# 5'07
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Chinampas | Leo | 1999 | 1:24:34 (Pop-up) | |||||
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band |
I Love You, You Big Dummy
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Lick My Decals Off, Baby | Reprise | 1970 | 1:31:34 (Pop-up) | |||||
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band |
Peon
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Lick My Decals Off, Baby | Reprise | 1970 | 1:34:24 (Pop-up) | |||||
Shelley Hirsch |
(Untitled)
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Just Another Asshole #5 | Atavistic | 1995 | 1:36:47 (Pop-up) | |||||
Mae Menininha Do Gantois |
Despacho Para Exú
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Candomblé : Musica Religiosa Afro-Brasileira Serie III | Editora Xauã | 1962 | 1:37:31 (Pop-up) | |||||
Milford Graves |
Gathering
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Grand Unification | Tzadik | 1998 | 1:40:25 (Pop-up) | |||||
Phil Haynes' 4 Horns & What? |
A'Lil Iowa Get-Down (Live at BAM)
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The Complete American Recordings | Corner Store Jazz | 2024 | https://philhaynesmusic.bandcamp.com/album/4-horns-what-the-complete-american-recordings | 1:49:30 (Pop-up) | ||||
Khamkian Mungsin คำเขียน มุ่งศิลป์ หมอแคน |
Long Yao Yai Salap Toei ล่องยาวใหญ่สลับเต้ย
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Fables, Flirting, and the Forest: 1960s Thai-Isan Mokhaen & Molam from 78rpm Discs | Canary | 2024 | https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/album/fables-flirting-and-the-forest-1960s-thai-isan-mokhaen-molam-from-78rpm-discs | 2:01:27 (Pop-up) | ||||
Love |
The Daily Planet
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Forever Changes | Elektra | 1967 | 2:04:24 (Pop-up) | |||||
Paul Smoker-Vinny Golia Quartet |
Kites in Kommen
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Halloween `96 | CIMP | 1997 | 2:07:46 (Pop-up) | |||||
Krahó |
Krahó: Women-and-Men's choir, conducted by traditional choir-leader
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Anthology of Brazilian Indian Music | Folkways | 1962 | 2:19:08 (Pop-up) | |||||
The 13th Floor Elevators |
Roller Coaster
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The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators | International Artists | 1967 | Mono | 2:23:50 (Pop-up) | ||||
Mukelenge Mulolo Ensemble / D.R. Congo |
Tshisani
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African Gems | SWP | 2014 | 2:32:02 (Pop-up) | |||||
Fred Anderson / Steve McCall |
Within
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Vintage Duets: Chicago 1-11-80 | Okka Disk | 1994 | 2:39:18 (Pop-up) | |||||
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Listener comments!
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Listener Gregory:
There’s a good DVD of this Quincy Jones band playing in Europe, perhaps this recording?
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wfmu.org...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
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Ellery Eskelin, tenor sax
Andy Laster, alto + bari sax & flute
Joe Daley, low brass
Phil Haynes, drum set & compositions
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wimpy:
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
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Clarence 'Herb' Robertson, multi-brass
John Tchicai, tenor sax
Andy Laster, alto + bari sax, clarinet & flute
Phil Haynes, drum set + percussion & compositions
Documented direct-to-stereo by engineer Jon Rosenberg (while the cats often strolled around the stage, way off-mic)
Recorded at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, NYC
Friday, October 13, 1995
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wimpy:
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Bass – Ken Filiano
Trumpet – Paul Smoker
Drums – Phil Haynes
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THE HOTWIRE MANDATE with Mike Lupica
wfmu.org...
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