RoCM Playlist: 25 Mar 2023

So as I mentioned to open the show, I recently had a couple of follow up colonoscopies after my first one back in October revealed a growth that alarmed my doctors. The good news is that I am all clear as of this past Monday – but if you’re over the age of 45, which is now the recommended age for your first colonoscopy, please talk to your doctor about getting checked out. I saved myself a lot of potential issues by not waiting until after I turned 50. Had I waited, according to my doctors, I would have most likely had some form of cancer so I really dodged a huge bullet by not putting it off.

Anyway, enough about my colon (ahem) – on with the show…

So two birthdays today – the late, great Cecil Taylor – who was born on this day in 1929 and the late, great Aretha Franklin who was born on this day in 1942.

We have a few other birthdays this week as well – Chad Taylor (March 19th), Fred Anderson (March 22nd), and Amina Claudine Myers (March 21st) – as well as some great tunes by other folks as well.

So here is the playlist for this week – I am working on a new formatting that includes the musicians that play on the track – we’ll see how this works out.

Time	Artist	Song	Release	Performers
6:00:26 PM	Aretha Franklin	See Saw	Aretha Franklin: 30 Greatest Hits
6:08:19 PM	Chad Taylor & James Brandon Lewis	Matape	Live in Willisau	Chad Taylor – Drums, Mbira James Brandon Lewis – Tenor Saxophone
6:17:34 PM	Fred Anderson – Hamid Drake	For Brother Thompson	From the River to the Ocean	Fred Anderson – tenor sax Hamid Drake – drums Harrison Bankhead – piano Josh Abrams – bass
6:27:33 PM	Billy Bang’s Survival Ensemble	Subhanallah	Black Man’s Blues / New York Collage	Henry Warner – Alto Saxophone, Bells, Shaker, Percussion William Parker – Bass Khuwana Fuller – Congas Rashid Bakr – Drums Bilal Abdur Rahman – Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Horn [Bull Horn], Percussion Billy Bang – Violin, Voice [Poetry], Bells, Shaker, Percussion
6:41:46 PM	Sonny Sharrock	Peanut	Black Woman	Sonny Sharrock – guitar Dave Burrell – piano Norris Jones – bass Milford Graves – drums Linda Sharrock – voice
6:51:00 PM	Tom Waits	Ol ’55	Storming Heaven: Live at the Raven Theater 1996
7:00:14 PM	R.L. Burnside	Please Don’t Stay	Come On In
7:05:06 PM	Cecil Taylor	Niggle Feuigle	The Great Paris Concert	Jimmy Lyons – Alto Saxophone Alan Silva – Bass Andrew Cyrille – Drums Cecil Taylor – Piano
7:16:58 PM	Amina Claudine Myers	Have Mercy Upon Us	Song For Mother E	Amina Claudine Myers – piano, organ, giggle stick, voice Pheeroan akLaff – drums, gong, little instruments, voice
7:29:51 PM	Khan Jamal Creative Arts Ensemble	Inner Peace	Drum Dance to the Motherland	Billy Mills – Bass, Electric Bass [Fender] Dwight James – Drums, Glockenspiel, Clarinet Alex Ellison – Drums, Percussion [African] Mario Falgna – Effects [Sound] Monnette Sudler – Guitar Khan Jamal – Vibraphone, Marimba, Clarinet
7:45:43 PM	Rachel Therrien Quintet	I Am Alone	WDYT (Why Don’t You Try)	Rachel Therrien – Trumpet Benjamin Deschamps – Sax Charles Trudel – Piano Simon Page – Bass Alain Bourgeois – Drum
7:54:23 PM	Tom Lehrer	The Vatican Rag	That Was the Year That Was

Don’t forget that you can listen online at KCSB-FM’s website and there’s an online archive available for two weeks after the show airs.