Posted by Rafi Zabor
on May 19, 2012 @ 3:00 pm | Post a comment
Opening theme: Archie Shepp: You’re What This Day is All About; The Magic of Ju-Ju (Impulse)
1. Billy Hart: Song for Balkis; All Our Reasons (ECM)
2. Eli Degibri: Mr. R.C.; Israeli Song (ANZIC)
3. Kiran Ahluwalia: Musst Musst; Aam Zameen: Common Ground (Avokado Artist)
4. Masabumi Kikuchi: Last Ballad; Sunrise (ECM)
5. Steve Kuhn: Wisteria [title tune] (ECM)
6. Tineke Postma: Tell It Like It Is; The Dawn of Light (Challenge)
7. Kiran Ahluwalia: Yaar Naal; Aam Zameen: Common Ground (Avokado Artist)
8. Branford Marsalis: Treat It Gentle; Four MFs Playin’ Tunes (Marsalis Music)
9. Steve Kuhn: Good Lookin’ Rookie; Wisteria (ECM)
10. G.I. Gurdjieff/The Gurdjieff Folk Instrument Ensemble/Levon Eskenian: Trinity; Music of Georges I. Gurdjieff (ECM)
11. Branford Marsalis: My Ideal; Four MFs Playin’ Tunes (Marsalis Music)
12. Krysztof Penderecki/Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra/Antoni Wit: Sinfonietta No. 2; Penderecki – Sinfoniettas, Oboe Cappricio, etc. (Naxos)
13. Billy Hart: Imke’s March; All Our Reasons (ECM)
14. Johann Sebastian Bach/Frédérick Haas: Goldberg Variation No. 25; Variations Goldberg - Frédérick Haas – Clavecin Hemsch (La Dolce Volta)
15. Branford Marsalis: The Mighty Sword; Four MFs Playin’ Tunes (Marsalis Music)
Posted by Rafi Zabor
on May 14, 2012 @ 12:12 am | 2 Comments
Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Ninth Room; Tutankhamun (Black Lion)
1. Roscoe Mitchell Art Ensemble: Old; Old/Quartet Sessions (Nessa)
2. Roscoe Mitchell: Nonaah/Ericka/Nonaah: Nonaah (Nessa)
3. Roscoe Mitchell Art Ensemble: Quartet; Old/Quartet Sessions (Nessa)
4. Art Ensemble of Chicago: Tnoona; Fanfare for the Warriors (Atlantic)
5. Roscoe Mitchell: Chant; Wildflowers –Loft Jazz New York 1976 (Douglas)
Out theme: George Gershwin/Cleveland Orchestra/Ricardo Chailly: Lullaby for String Orchestra; Rhapsody in Blue, etc. (Decca)
Posted by Rafi Zabor
on May 6, 2012 @ 2:51 pm | Post a comment
Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Ninth Room; Tutankhamun (Black Lion)
1. William Bolcom/John Murphy: Eubie’s Luckey Day; Bolcom – The Complete Rags for Piano (Albany)
2. Leos Janacek/Pavel Haas Quartet: String Quartet No. 1, after Tolstoy’s “Kreutzer Sonata”; Janacek – String Quartet No. 1; Pavel Haas String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3 (Supraphon)
3. Sonny Rollins: It Could Happen to You; Live in Europe 1959 Complete Recordings (Ais)
4. Duke Ellington/Coleman Hawkins: You Dirty Dog; Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (Impulse)
5. Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn: L’Absinthe; Afro-Bossa (Reprise/Collectables)
6. Duke Ellington: Ko Ko; At Fargo 1940 Special 60th Anniversary Edition (Storyville)
7. Duke Ellington: Such Sweet Thunder [title tune] (Columbia)
8. Duke Ellington/Coleman Hawkins: Mood Indigo; Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (Impulse)
9. Duke Ellington/Louis Armstrong: Black and Tan Fantasy; The Great Summit – The Complete Sessions (Blue Note)
10. Duke Ellington: Tone Parallel to Harlem; Ellington Uptown (Columbia)
11. Sonny Rollins; It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing); Live in Europe 1959 Complete Recordings (Ais)
12. Ennio Morricone: From Caravaggio to Canaletto; The Stendhal Syndrome: Original Soundtrack Recording (Drg)
13. Sonny Rollins: How High the Moon; Live in Europe 1959 Complete Recordings (Ais)
14. William Bolcom/American Composers Orchestra/Dennis Russell Davies: Symphony No. 5; Bolcom: Violin Concerto, Fantasia Concertante, Symphony No. 5 (Argo)
Out theme: Duke Ellington: Portrait of the Lion; 33 Best of Duke Ellington (Masters of Jazz)
Posted by Cliff Furnald
on May 2, 2012 @ 5:50 pm | Post a comment
RootsWorld Radio #9
Broadcast May 2nd and 5th, 2012
Artist | Song | Album | Label
Eliseo Parra | Fulgida luna | Viva quien sabe querer | Boa Music
Mariem Hassan | Arabi al Arabe | El Aiún On Fire | Nubenegra
Amadou and Mariem | Sans Toi | Folila | Nonesuch
The ensemble SANS recorded live in Kaustinen Finland perform “The marovantele song” introduced by Andrew Cronshaw
Martha Mavroidi Trio | Beloved | Portaki | artist release
Emel Mathlouthi | Hinama (When) | Kelmti Horra | World Village
Boot | Itku-Balkan | Soot | Caprice
Ricardo Tesi & Banditaliana | Kafkaffee | Madreperla | artist release
Malagache Connexion | Bilo | Bilo | Silex
Banda Olifante | African Dandy | 10,000 Migrants | Felmay
Slavic Soul Party | Alchohol to Arms | NY Underground tapes | Barbes
Kohichi Makigauri | Sukiaki Etoufee | Koroshi No Blues | EMI Japan
Bois Sec Ardion, with Dennis McGee, play “The Lake Charles
Two-Step,” recorded at Ardoin’s home in L’Anse de Prien Noir, Louisiana in 1965. Thanks to Dirk Powell for getting us the music.
Posted by Rafi Zabor
on April 28, 2012 @ 1:44 pm | 2 Comments
Opening theme: Archie Shepp: You’re What This Day is All About; The Magic of Ju-Ju (Impulse)
1. Jesse Winchester; The Nudge; Jesse Winchester (Wounded Bird)
2. The Band: Look Out Cleveland; The Band (Capitol)
3. Levon Helm: I Want to Know; The Midnight Ramble Sessions, Vol. 2 (Levon Helm Studios)
4. Masabumi Kikuchi Trio: Ballad #1; Sunrise (ECM)
5. William Bolcom/Richard Stoltzman/Lancaster Festival Orchestra/Gary Sheldon: Concerto for Clarinet: Ragomania – Music of William Bolcom and Clare Fischer (Marquis Music)
6. The Band: King Harvest (Has Surely Come); The Band (Capitol)
7. Billy Hart: Ohnedaruth; All Our Reasons (ECM)
8. Monica Zetterlund: Dream of You; Love Lips (Columbia Sweden)
9. The Band: Jawbone; The Band (Capitol)
10. William Bolcom/Lancaster Festival Orchestra/Gary Sheldon: Ragomania – A Classic Festival Overture: Ragomania – Music of William Bolcom and Clare Fischer (Marquis Music)
11. The Band: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down; The Band (Capiol)
12. Billy Hart: Nigeria; All Our Reasons (ECM)
13. Aaron Copland/San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson-Thomas: Appalachian Spring (Chamber Orchestra Version); Ives Holidays Symphony – Copland Appalachian Spring (San Francisco Symphony)
Out theme: The Shields [Don Burch & Levon Helm, composers): You Cheated, You Lied; The Doo-Wop Box (Rhino)
Posted by Cliff Furnald
on April 25, 2012 @ 5:10 pm | Post a comment
RootsWorld Radio Program #8
April 25 and 28, 2012
www.rootsworld.org
Horn OK Please Orchestra of Mumbai | Louie Louie | artist release
Ensemble Sinawi | Indang Soo | Cadenza for Soul | artist release, Korea
Song Ja Chee | Jung Jung Mori | Gayageum Sanzo | AkdangEban, Korea
Ahmad Al Khatib & Youssef Hbeisch | Exode III | Sabîl | Institut Du Monde Arabe
Wendo Kolosoy | Mobembo | Wendo | Label Blue/Indigo
A Rootsworld interview: Michael Stones talks with members of the Kenyan band Sauti Sol
Sauti Sol | Nambee | Sol Filosofia | artist release
Flukt | Tra pa Rappen | Stille for stormen | Etnisk Musikklubb, Norway
Ryan McGiver | I wouldn’t Mind Dyin’ | Toubled in Mind | artist release
Tinariwen | Tiliaden Osamnat | Tassili | Anti-
Ebo Taylor | Yaa Aponsah | Appia Kwa Bridge | Strut
Annbjorg Lien | Natten | Khoom Loy | Grappa/Compass (release: summer, 2012)
Ry Cooder | No Banker Left Behind | Pull Up Some Dust | Nonesuch
www.rootsworld.org
Posted by Rafi Zabor
on April 21, 2012 @ 8:08 pm | Post a comment
Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Ninth Room; Tutankhamun (Black Lion)
1. Sonny Rollins: Blues for Philly Joe; Newk’s Time (Blue Note)
2. Duke Ellington: Snibor; . . . And His Mother Called Him Bill (Bluebird)
3. Miles Davis: Walkin’; The Paris Concert (JZCD)
4. Béla Bartók/Jennifer Koh/Grant Park Orchestra/Carlos Kalmar: Two Portres; Jennifer Koh - Portraits (Çedille)
5. Dmitri Shostakovich/Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Jårvi: Suite from Katerina Ismailova – Passacaglia; Five Ballet Suites (Chandos)
6. Jonny Greenwood/Aukso Orchestra: Popcorn Superhet Receiver; Krzysztof Penderecki/Jonny Greenwood – Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima, etc. (Nonesuch)
7. Radiohead: Pyramid Song; Amnesiac (EMI)
8. Bryan Ferry: Mamouna [title tune] (Virgin)
9. Radiohead: Knives Out; Amnesiac (EMI)
10. Bryan Ferry: Don’t Want to Know; Mamouna (Virgin)
11. Arnold Schoenberg/Jennifer Koh: Phantasy, Op. 47; Jennifer Koh - Violin Fantasies (Çedille)
12. Pavel Haas/Janacek Chamber Orchestra: Study for String Orchestra; Czech Music for Strings (Chandos)
13. William Bolcom/Louisville Orchestra/Lawrence Leighton Smith: Symphony No. 1; Bolcom – Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, Seattle Slew Suite (First Edition)
14. Béla Bartok/András Keller/János Pitz: Serbian Dance; 44 Duos for Two Violins (ECM)
Posted by Cliff Furnald
on April 18, 2012 @ 5:55 pm | Post a comment
Here’s the playlist for RootsWorld Radio program #7
The Church bells in the town of Hedalen, in Valdres disctict of Norway
Henning Andersen and Marit Mattisgard|Hedalen Song|Underlege makter (The Bells Ring)|Ta:lik
AppalAsia|Rainbow Sister|Pu An|artist release
Talabarte|Sara|Talabarte|Fol Musica
Bugel Koar|Ar Spes|Ar Solier (In the Attic)|An Naer
Regis Gizavo|Mahavatse|Mikea|Shanachie
Abana Ba Nasery|Abakhashi Bano|Nursery Boys Go Ahead!|Globestyle
Charlotte Dada|Don’t Let Me Down|Money No Be Sand|Original Music
Kamilia Jubran and Sabreen|For Those Who Had a Home|Ala Fein|artist release
Kamilia Jubran and Werner Hasler|Miraat al-Hijarah|Wameedd|artist release
eX|Ochon-Ho Hoame Jig|Shipwrecked|Heresey
Ragnhilde Furebotten|Robert and Roger|Never on a Sunday|Ta:lik
Kadri Gopalnath|Om Shambo Shiva Shambo|Gem Tones: Saxophone Supreme|Globestyle
Luisa Cottifogli|An Italian in Bombay|Aiò Nenè|artist release
Tabadoul Orchestra|Ya Ward Meen Yeshtereek|World Wide Wahab|Westpark
Robert Randolph and the Family Band|Dry Bones|We Walk This Road|Warner
More info at www.rootsworld.org
Posted by Rafi Zabor
on April 16, 2012 @ 1:32 pm | 2 Comments
Opening theme: Archie Shepp: You’re What This Day is All About; The Magic of Ju-Ju (Impulse)
1. Lee Morgan: Fire; Expoobidence (Vee-Jay)
2. Lee Morgan: Midtown Blues; Leeway (Blue Note)
3. Lee Morgan: Fire [take 8]; Expoobidence (Vee-Jay)
4. Jackie McLean: Demon’s Dance [title tune] (Blue Note)
5. Lee Morgan: The Hearing; Expoobidence (Vee-Jay)
6. Charles Ives/San Francisco Symphony and Chorus/Michael Tilson-Thomas: Holidays Symphony; Holidays Symphony – Appalachian Spring (San Francisco Symphony)
7. Dorothy Love Coates: I Shall Know Him; The Best of Dorothy Love Coates and the Original Gospel Harmonettes (Specialty)
8. Soeur Marie Keyrouz: Alleluia; Chant Byzantin – Passion et Resurrection (Chant du Monde)
9. Marion Williams: Poor Little Jesus; My Soul Looks Back (Shanachie)
10. Unknown Ladino Vocalists: Chad Gadya [title tune] (Folkways)
11. Georg Friedrich Handel/Choir of Clare College/Freiberg Barockorchester/René Jabobs: Worthy is the Lamb/Amen; Messiah (Harmonia Mundi)
12. Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Forgive Me Lord and Try Me Again; Best of Southern Gospel (Northquest)
13. Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers: Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone; Sam Cooke’s SAR Record Story 1959 – 1965 (ABKCO)
14. Georg Friedrich Handel/The Eighteen/Harry ChristophersAmen; Messiah (Coro)
15-16. Johann Sebastian Bach/Carol Hall/Monteverdi Choir/English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner: Agnus Dei, Dona Nobis Pacem; Mass in B Minor (Archiv)
Posted by Rafi Zabor
on April 10, 2012 @ 12:20 pm | Post a comment
Opening theme: Art Ensemble of Chicago: The Ninth Room;Tutankhamun (Black Lion)
1. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Ping Pong; Three Blind Mice, Vol. 2 (Blue Note)
2. Dave Soldier/Kurt Vonnegut/Manhattan Chamber Orchestra/Richard Van Aulden: Ice-9 Ballads [title tune] (Mulatta)
3. Cecil Taylor: Tales (8 Whisps); Unit Structures (Blue Note)
4. Frédéric Chopin/Alfred Cortot: Prelude in C-Sharp minor; Alfred Cortot - The Master Pianist (EMI)
5-7. William Bolcom/Marc-André Hamelin: Twelve New Etudes, 1, 2, 6; M-A Hamelin – Works by Bolcom and Wolpe (New World)
8. Claude Debussy/Katia & Marielle Labêcque: En blanc et noir (1st mvt); Debussy/Stravinsky (KML)
9. Claude Debussy/Orchestre National de Lyon/Jun Märkel: En blanc et noir (2nd mvt); Debussy – Complete Orchestral Works (Naxos)
10. Claude Debussy/Katia & Marielle Labêcque: En blanc et noir (3rd mvt); Debussy/Stravinsky (KML)
11. Max Frankl: Der Bär Kommt Heim; Home (Material)
12. Dane Rudhyar/Stephen Schleiermacher: Third Pentagram; Dane Rudhyar – Works for Piano (Hat Art)
13. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: This is for Albert; Caravan (Riverside)
Out theme: Art Blakey and the Afro-Drum Ensemble: Ife l’Ayo; The African Beat (Blue Note)