RoCM Playlist: 01 Mar 2025
Welcome to March – things seem to be going great, don’t they? Yikes…
I finally watched the 2018 documentary on free jazz called Fire Music (2018). I think it’s… good. It definitely hits some of the high points and I will say, as a starting point or primer, it’s worth the viewing. I do think there are some gaps and omissions that hurt it a bit – in fairness, trying to cover everything in a 2 hour film is a bit tough – but over all quiteI liked it. There is some really great archival footage and interviews that make it really worth the time.
This week, quite a few tracks by artists we rarely hear from on the show. We have tracks by Prince Lasha, Ted Daniel, and a group known as Commitment. In the second hour, we have a track by Carlos Garnett, a rare track by Sounds of Liberation, with the hour rounded out with tracks by Charles Brackeen and Ornette Coleman.
And, we sadly say goodbye to Roberta Flack.
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 | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Baby I Love You | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | |
| 4:06:29 PM | Prince Lasha | Mayflower” (a.k.a. “Tracking Train”) | Inside Story | Prince Lasha – alto saxophone, flute, baritone saxophone |
| 4:24:23 PM | Ted Daniel’s Energy Module | The Probe | Innerconnection | Ted Daniel – trumpet, flugelhorn, French hunting horn, Moroccan bugle |
| 4:38:17 PM | Commitment (Will Connell Jr., Jason Kao Hwang, Zen Matsura, William Parker | Whole Grain | Commitment: The Complete Recordings 1981 / 1983 | Will Connell, Jr. – flute, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, wood flutes |
| 4:48:57 PM | Tom Waits | Drunk On The Moon | McCabe’s Guitar Shop (Live In Santa Monica, 31.01.1975) | |
| 5:00:12 PM | The Angel | Make It Betta (No Cuss Version) [feat. Slimkid3] | No Gravity | |
| 5:06:58 PM | Carlos Garnett | Taurus Woman | Black Love | Alex Blake – Bass |
| 5:19:09 PM | Sounds of Liberation | New Horizons (Back Streets of Heaven) | Unreleased | Byard Lancaster – alto saxophone |
| 5:31:19 PM | Charles Brackeen | Hour Glass | Rhythm X | Charles Brackeen – tenor saxophone |
| 5:42:53 PM | Ornette Coleman | Broad Way Blues | New York Is Now! | Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone |
| 5:53:17 PM | Tom Lehrer | So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III) | That Was the Year That Was |
