2021-07-04

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2021-07-04 04:03 am
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Post Midnight Cool

For [livejournal.com profile] pigshitpoet and [livejournal.com profile] realbesamemucho.

Kit Downes Trio - In Brixen



Gato Barbieri - Why Did She Choose You?



Jacob Mann - Sloth Dream



Toshiko Akiyoshi - The Village



ENJOY
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2021-07-04 06:16 am

Early Morning Cool

Some cool sounds for a Sunday -

Smog - Left Only With Love



Ane Brun - Laid in Earth



Bob Dylan - Simple Twist of Fate



Antony and the Johnsons - Another World



ENJOY
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2021-07-04 11:08 am
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Some 17s

Music about being seventeen .. oh my ..long time ago for me ..

Saint Etienne - When I Was Seventeen



Janis Ian - At Seventeen



Ladytron - Seventeen



Broken Social Scene - Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl



BSS is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1999 in Toronto, Ontario.

ENJOY
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2021-07-04 08:29 pm
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Sunday Sonorities

Well, another day in which it rained for a while. Still, at least it was mild and a bit muggy.
Luch was cottage pie with extra mash. It was delicious. Anyway, I was getting prepared for my Sunday Classical Gas event, which I thought might be a good idea to get residents in for the day to have a chat and listen to music. It was quite a success as I had seven people in including Mary.

Although it did not stay on classical since I introduced artists such as Jono Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, and Ian Dury. Then I thought afterward that it's best just to call it a music Sunday across all genres. So that is what it will be like in the future. Based on the highest Wire approved conditions of course.



At least we had wine. Lots of it to lubricate the listening and chatting. The common room does not get used enough.

Two hours wnet by quickly.
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2021-07-04 09:30 pm
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Nucleus

Time for some cool prog jazz-rock grooves -

Nucleus - Elastic Rock (1970)(Jazz Fusion)



Track Listing
00:00 - 1916
01:10 - Elastic Rock
05:16 - Striation
07:32 - Taranaki
09:08 - Twisted Track
14:27 - Crude Blue's Part 1
15:22 - Crude Blue's Part 2
17:57 - 1916(Battle Of Bugaloo)
21:05 - Torrid Zone
29:46 - Stonescape
32:26 - Earth Mother
37:42 - Speaking For Myself
39:12 - Peresphones Jive

ENJOY
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2021-07-04 10:14 pm

Mary Lou Williams

BBC Radio 3 Podcast is still available.

Composer Of The Week - Mary Lou Williams

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07vs4sj
Mary Lou Williams’ music stands out from the crowd because, as Duke Ellington recognised, “her writing and performing have always been just a little ahead throughout her career.” A prolific composer and arranger, she was also a gifted pianist. A master of blues, boogie woogie, stride, swing and be-bop, Williams was quick to absorb the prevailing musical currents in her own music, naturally able to exploit her ability to play anything she heard around her. It is this restless musical curiosity that defines her own compositions, and led her to become friends with and mentor many younger musicians, among them Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.

Born around 1910 in Atlanta, Georgia, Williams grew up in Pittsburgh, where she had to overcome racial segregation, gender discrimination and the disadvantages of an impoverished family to realise her musical ambitions. Learning to play entirely by ear, she was performing locally by age six. Barely into her teens she was touring professionally as a pianist, living proof that - contrary to the prevailing views - women really could play jazz as well as men. But her artistic success came at some personal cost, with instances of domestic abuse, two divorces, a gambling addiction, and the ongoing strain of trying to support her extended family, all taking its toll over the years. After taking a spiritual path, she spent some years trying to rehabilitate addicted musicians, and developed an interest in writing sacred jazz pieces, and after a long career of some sixty years she took on the mantle of educating future generations about the cultural roots of jazz.

Over the course of the episode, Donald Macleod follows Mary Lou Williams as her life and musical pathways intertwine, from the early years playing Kansas City swing, to embracing be-bop, religion, and modern jazz.

Music featured:
The History of Jazz (excerpt)
Rosa Mae
My mama pinned a rose on me
Willis
Nite Life Variations
Close to Five
Lonely Moments
Cloudy
Kool Bongo
Walkin’ and Swingin’
Corky Stomp
Froggy Bottom
Lotta Sax Appeal
Mess-A-Stomp
The Rocks
Little Joe from Chicago
Sammy Cahn & Saul Chaplin, arr. by ML Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
A Mellow Bit of Rhythm
Twinklin’
Jelly Roll Morton, arr. ML Williams: The Pearls
What’s Your Story, Morning Glory
Scratchin’ in the Gravel
Roll ‘Em
Gjon Mili Jam Session
Boogie misterioso
Zodiac Suite (excerpt)
In the land of Oo-bla-dee
Mary Lou Williams Orchestra
In the land of Oo-bla-dee
A Fungus A Mungus
Nicole
Irving Berlin, arr. by ML Williams: Blue Skies (Trumpets no end)
Tisherome
New Musical Express
Hymn to St. Martin de Porres
The Devil
O.W.
Mary Lou’s Mass
ML Williams, Sonny Henry: Lazarus
Zodiac Suite
Syl-o-gism
Why?
Chunka Lunka
Ode to Saint Cecilie
Medi II
Blues for Timme
Praise the Lord


Presented by Donald Macleod
Produced by Johannah Smith for BBC Wales

For full tracklistings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Mary Lou Williams https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000bdx1
And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z Read less