RoCM Playlist: 01 Feb 2025
Happy February, everyone. I, for one, am happy to bid January a farewell, but if I am being complete honest, I don’t think February is looking all that promising. But you certainly don’t tune in for my negativity, so perhaps I should just keep it to myself? Where were we? Ah yeah…
So this week we hit up two artists from the Clifford Thorton album we listed to last week – Noel McGhie and Beb Guérin. There’s a very cool tune by The Piano Choir (even if the recording is a bit rough), and we round out the show with some tracks from albums we’ve visited on previous occasions.
Here is the playlist. Don’t forget that you can listen to the RoCM online at KCSB-FM’s website and there’s an online archive available for two weeks after the show airs.
| Time | Artist | Song | Release | Song note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:00:16 PM | Erma Franklin | Baby, What You Want Me To Do | Piece of Her Heart – The Epic and Shout Years | |
| 4:04:09 PM | Noël McGhie & Space Spies | Ubet | Trapeze | Gorge Joao – Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone |
| 4:17:22 PM | Léon Francioli – Beb Guérin – Bernard Lubat – Michel Portal | A La Niche – 1, 2, 3, 4 – Angels – Los Inclassables | Chateauvallon 76 | Michel Portal – Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Bandoneon, Bass Clarinet, Clarinet |
| 4:33:45 PM | Peter Brötzmann, Fred Hopkins, and Rashied Ali | No Messages | Songlines | Peter Brötzmann – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, tárogató |
| 4:48:17 PM | Tom Waits | San Diego Serenade | 1975 Live at Tucson [Lee Furr’s Studio, Tucson, USA] | |
| 5:00:11 PM | James ‘Iron Head’ Baker | Black Betty | Big Brazos (Texas Prison Recordings, 1933 And 1934) | |
| 5:04:42 PM | The Piano Choir | Sanctum Saintorium | Handscapes | Stanley Cowell – piano, electric piano, vocals, percussion, African piano, harpsichord |
| 5:18:18 PM | James Mtume | Maulana | Kawaida | Buster Williams-Mchezaji – Bass |
| 5:33:35 PM | Henry Threadgill | Beneath The Bottom | Proof | Liberty Ellman – Acoustic Guitar |
| 5:42:18 PM | The Odean Pope Saxophone Choir | Heavenly | Live at Moers | Odean Pope – tenor sax |
