RoCM Playlist: 13 May 2023
So I was in Manhattan having lunch with a with a friend who was briefly in town and I stopped by a record store in the Lower East Side called Rotten Island Records – and I found a copy of the Black Unity Trio‘s ground-breaking album Al-Fatihah. Yes – it’s the recent re-issue, but still. This was the debut album for the late Abdul Wadud. It’s an amazing album – and I’ve had a digital copy for a while, but it’s very cool to finally experience it the old school way.
It’s kind of funny – the Lower East Side, with all of its punk rock and jazz history, is now a relatively upscale experience – but I guess that’s largely true of most of the former grungier parts NYC at this point.
Here’s the playlist for this week. 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.
| Time | Artist | Song | Release | Personnel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:00:22 PM | Albert Ayler Trio | Spirits | Spiritual Unity | Albert Ayler – tenor saxophone |
| 4:11:38 PM | Roberto Miranda’s Home Music Ensemble | Dance of Blessing, Happiness & Peace | Live at Bing Theatre – Los Angeles, 1985 | Roberto Miranda – Double Bass, Congas |
| 4:17:56 PM | Black Artists Group | Echos | In Paris, Aries 1973 | Oliver Lake – reeds, flute, percussion |
| 4:32:54 PM | Sam Rivers | Glimpse | Celebration | Anthony Cole – Drums, Tenor Saxophone, Piano |
| 4:44:54 PM | Tommy Carroll | Renovation (feat. Stephanie Alma, Trevor Joe Hill & Karl Maher) | The Best Part of Capitalism is the Snacks (live on WZRD) [feat. Stephanie Alma, Trevor Joe Hill & Karl Maher] – Single | Tommy Carroll – drums |
| 4:52:57 PM | Tom Waits | God’s Away on Business | Live in Houston (06-22-08 Glitter and Doom) | |
| 5:00:13 PM | Stevie Wonder | I Love Every Little Thing About You | Music of My Mind | |
| 5:05:56 PM | Ahmed Abdullah Sextet | Assunta | Ali’s Alley – Live 1978-07-12 | Ahmed Abdullah – trumpet |
| 5:18:03 PM | Carla Bley Band | Ida Lupino | Live in Berlin | Carla Bley – Piano, Vocals, Organ |
| 5:27:40 PM | Frank Lowe | Epistrophy | Fresh | Abdul Wadud – Cello |
| 5:35:23 PM | Sunny Murray | Real | Sunshine | Kenneth Terroade – tenor saxophone |
| 5:45:02 PM | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | That’s All | Other Folk’s Music | Mattathias Pearson – Bass |
| 5:55:37 PM | Tom Lehrer | So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III) | That Was the Year That Was |
