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187 The Modern Jazz Quartet

The vibraphone-led cool jazz of the Modern Jazz Quartet took us into Winter, with a preshow featuring Charlie Parker’s band with the members of the quartet before their formation, and a postshow of collaborations.

Preshow

Title Artists Album Year
Perhaps Charlie Parker 1947-1949 2000
Steeplechase Charlie Parker 1947-1949 2000
Merry-Go-Round Charlie Parker 1947-1949 2000
Anthropology Charlie Parker Quintet Complete Savoy Live Performances 1998
Cheryl Charlie Parker Quintet Complete Savoy Live Performances 1998
What’s This? Charlie Parker Quintet Complete Savoy Live Performances 1998
Chi Chi Charlie Parker Quartet 1952-1954 2006
Si Si Charlie Parker 1951-1952 2003
Back Home Blues Charlie Parker 1951-1952 2003
Lover Man Charlie Parker 1951-1952 2003

Main Show

Bags’ Groove MJQ The Modern Jazz Quartet 1957
Medley MJQ The Modern Jazz Quartet 1957
Night In Tunisia MJQ The Modern Jazz Quartet 1957
Django MJQ Django 1956
One Bass Hit MJQ Django 1956
La Ronde Suite MJQ Django 1956
Fontessa MJQ Fontessa 1956
Woody’n’You MJQ Fontessa 1956
Fun MJQ The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn 1956
Bluesology MJQ Scandinavia, April 1960 1960
Vendome MJQ Scandinavia, April 1960 1960
Pyramid MJQ Scandinavia, April 1960 1960
Festival Sketch MJQ Scandinavia, April 1960 1960
Blues In B Flat MJQ Blues On Bach 1974
Precious Joy MJQ Blues On Bach 1974
Blues In C Minor MJQ Blues On Bach 1974
Don’t Stop This Train MJQ Blues On Bach 1974
Blues in H (B) MJQ Blues On Bach 1974

Postshow

The Late Late Blues Milt Jackson and John Coltrane Bags and Trane 1961
Bags & Trane Milt Jackson and John Coltrane Bags and Trane 1961
Django (Instrumental)  Michel Legrand Michel Legrand featuring Miles Davis Legrand Jazz 1958
Bags’ Groove (Take 2) Miles Davis Bags’ Groove 1957

The Modern Jazz Quartet

This week’s show offers a look at the Modern Jazz Quartet, formed in 1952 and going until 1997. A development of Dizzie Gillespie’s backing band, the group centred around the vibraphone as the lead instrument, making for a unique sound.

See you in the Cavern,
Malaclypse

021R Rarities and What-ifs 3 Remastered

A remastered show from 2015, and a very good selection too.

Preshow.

Title Artists Album Year
Come All Ye Fairport Convention Liege and Lief (Remastered 2002) 1969
Fourtyfour Fats Domino The Fabulous Mr D 1958
I Want You To Know Fats Domino The Fabulous Mr D 1958
Dog Eat Dog Fela Kuti Shuffering and Shmiling 1978
The Chain Fleetwood Mac Rumours 1977

Main Show

Joy To The World Three Dog Night Naturally 1970
She Blinded Me With Science Thomas Dolby The Golden Age of Wireless 1982
Wild Honey The Beach Boys Wild Honey 1967
Oh Well Fleetwood Mac Then Play On 1969
Who Made Who AC/DC AC/DC Live 1992
Silver Machine Hawkwind single 1971
Walking The Ghost Back Home The Bible Walking The Ghost Back Home 1986
Summertime Love Sculpture Blues Helping 1968
Herr von Ribbeck auf Ribbeck im Havelland Achim Reichel Regenballade 1978
Resurrection Shuffle Ashton, Gardner & Dyke Ashton, Gardner & Dyke (bonus track) 1971
Here Comes The Night The Beach Boys L.A. (Light Album) 1979
I Apologize Link Wray Indian Child 1993
Milk and Alcohol Dr. Feelgood Private Practice 1978
Rant Shawn Phillips Spaced 1977
Journey Of The Sorcerer Eagles One Of These Nights 1975
Shine On You Crazy Diamond Zither Manä Endzeit für Götter 1998
Blue Suede Shoes Carl Perkins Single 1956
Old Black Joe Crazy Cavan Live At The Rainbow 1978
She’s Mine Carl Wilson Youngblood 1984
Hot Blooded Foreigner Double Vision 1978
Ich Steh Dir Bei Heinz Rudolf Kunze Richter-Skala 1996
Stay With Me The Faces A Nod Is As Good As a Wink… to a Blind Horse 1971
Break Away The Beach Boys Singles 1969
House Of The King Focus In and Out of Focus 1971

Postshow

Don’t Stop Fleetwood Mac Rumours 1977
Waiting for the Morning Light Gene Simmons A**hole 2004
Angry Young Man Freddie Fingers Lee Rockin’ With My Piano 1981
You Can Run Freddie Fingers Lee Rockin’ With My Piano 1981
One’s a Lonely Number G.B. Band single 1981
I Don’t Want to Be Gavin DeGraw Chariot 2005
The Present Tense Geddy Lee My Favorite Headache 2000
Jesus He Knows Me Genesis We Can’t Dance 1992
Peace In The End Fotheringay Fotheringay 1970

 

Rarities and What-Ifs, pt. 3 remastered

This week, we’ll repeat ourselves with the third set of rare tracks and bits with a back story that originally aired six and a half years ago. Quite a diverse collection, too, even if we say so ourselves.

See you in the Cavern,
Malaclypse

186 Robert Wyatt

A lovely set confirming our commitment to bring you something different, out of the multiple stashes and overlapping preferences of our contributors. Robert Wyatt has a very rich catalog to draw from, covering a much wider range than almost anybody else. We did our best to hit the high points, and more than twenty of you agreed with us.

Preshow

Title Artists Album Year
Pataphysical Introduction – Part 1 Soft Machine The Soft Machine Volume Two 1969
A Concise British Alphabet – Part 1 Soft Machine The Soft Machine Volume Two 1969
Pig Soft Machine The Soft Machine Volume Two 1969
Dedicated to You But You Weren’t Listening Soft Machine The Soft Machine Volume Two 1969
Spaced Two Soft Machine Spaced 1969
Calyx Live Robert Wyatt EPs Disc 1 1999
I Was Wrong Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports 1981
Boo to You Too Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports 1981
I’m a Mineralist Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports 1981

Main show

I Should’ve Known Soft Machine Jet-Propelled Photographs 1967
Moon In June Soft Machine Third 1970
O Caroline Matching Mole Matching Mole 1972
Signed Curtain Matching Mole Matching Mole 1972
Nan True’s Hole Matching Mole Little Red Record 1972
Sea Song Robert Wyatt Rock Bottom 1974
I’m A Believer Robert Wyatt EPs Disc 1 1999
Yesterday Man Robert Wyatt EPs Disc 1 1999
Team Spirit Robert Wyatt Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard 1975
Shipbuilding Robert Wyatt EPs Disc 2 1999
Biko Robert Wyatt EPs Disc 3 1999
Gharbzadegi Robert Wyatt Old Rottenhat 1985
Pigs… (In There) Robert Wyatt EPs Disc 2 1999
Chairman Mao Robert Wyatt EPs Disc 2 1999
Shrinkwrap Robert Wyatt Dondestan 1998
The Duchess Robert Wyatt Shleep 1997
Blues In Bob Minor Robert Wyatt Shleep 1997
Lullaloop Robert Wyatt Cuckooland 2003
Stay Tuned Robert Wyatt Comicopera 2007

Postshow

Siam Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports 1981
Wervin’ Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports 1981
Hot River Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports 1981
Kew, Rhone John Greaves Songs 1994
The Song John Greaves Songs 1994
What A Wonderful World Wyatt/Atzmon/Stephen ……for the Ghosts Within 2010

Robert Wyatt

This week’s offering will be a look a the career of Robert Wyatt, originally drummer of prog rockers Soft Machine and Matching Mole, who had to switch to other instruments after an accident left him paraplegic. It’s a diverse career, with diverse instruments.

See you in the Cavern,
Malaclypse

056R Difficult Times Remastered

A show from five years ago, and at a point when we were getting really pretty good at doing this.  Dialog tightened up and the show trimmed for length, cutting two Dave Brubeck tracks.  We had a lot of those already.    Our first broadcast of the show had 20 listeners, and we broke that with 21 this time – a nice milestone

Here’s the playlist, and a link to the lyrics for Rush’s Losing It, as requested earlier (click on the track title)

Preshow

Unsquare Dance is possibly the second most famous Dave Brubeck track after Take Five. Klaus Doldinger’s Timesignature is the sleeper here – it is in common time, but has the relevant title…

Title Artists Album Year Time signature
Subdivisions Rush Signals 1982 7/8
The Tango King Bruce Hornsby Hot House 1995 4/4 + 5/4
Kid Gloves Rush Grace Under Pressure 1984 5/4 alternating 4/4
Timesignature Klaus Doldinger Constellation 1983 4/4
In The Dead Of The Night UK UK 1978 7/4
Take Five Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Out 1959 5/4

The Show

I Say A Little Prayer Dionne Warwick The Windows of the World 1967 4/4, 10/4, 11/4
Far More Blue The Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Further Out 1961 5/4
Living in the Past Jethro Tull Living in the Past 1972 5/4
Here Comes The Sun The Beatles Abbey Road 1969 Chorus 3/4 5/4 2/4
Good Morning Good Morning The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967 5/4, 4/4, 3/4
Happiness Is a Warm Gun The Beatles The White Album 1968 complicated
Nothing Else Matters Metallica single 1992 6/8
Heart of Lothian Marillion Misplaced Childhood 1985 7/4 + 5/4
Dance of the Little Fairies Sky Sky 2 1980 7/4
Solsbury Hill Peter Gabriel Car (Remaster) 1977 7/4
Money Pink Floyd The Dark Side Of The Moon 1973 7/4 + 4/4
Superconductor Rush Presto 1989 7/4 alternating 4/4
Rubylove Cat Stevens Teaser And The Firecat 1971 7/8
Wade In The Water CCS Whole Lotta Love 1970 7/4 then 13/8
Blue Rondo a la Turk Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Out 1959 9/8
Losing It Rush Signals 1982 11/8
Golden Brown Stranglers La folie 1981 13/8
Schism Tool Lateralus 2001 12/8 as 5/8+7/8
Turn It On Again Genesis Duke 1980 13/4 – 4/4 – 9/4 – 13/4 – 4/4 – 9/4
Happy Jack The Who A Quick One 1966 13/4
Tubular bells – Intro Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells 1973 15/8
Discipline King Crimson Discipline 1974 Drums 17/16, everyone else all over the place.
Hell’s Bells Bill Bruford One of a Kind 1979 19/16 then 7/4

Postshow

Aretha’s version of Say A Little Prayer is the second best, after the Dionne Warwick original.

Unsquare Dance is possibly the second most famous Dave Brubeck track after Take Five.

Vix 9 is by Bela Fleck and the Wooten brothers, Victor on bass and Roy “Futureman” Wooten on drumitar, his own drum controller made in roughly the shape of a guitar.   Bela Fleck is playing an electric banjo and synth pedals, and the live video of them playing this on Youtube is very impressive to watch.

I Say A Little Prayer Franklin, Aretha The Very Best Of Vol.1 1994 4/4, 10/4, 11/4
Unsquare Dance The Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Further Out 1961 7/8
Caesar’s Palace Blues UK Danger Money 1979 5/4
The Fish (Shindleria Praematurus) Yes Fragile 1971 7/4
Vix 9 Bela Fleck & The Flecktones Three Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest 1993 9/8
Kashmir Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti 1975 Drums 4/4, all else 3/4 + 9/8
Experience Gentle Giant In A Glass House 1973 9/8
Modern Love Peter Gabriel Car (Remaster) 1977 11/8, 4/4
Night Illusion Gong Gazeuse! 1976 13/8, 17/8

Difficult Times, remastered

This week’s remastered show will be our first look at unusual time signatures, excluding the cheap 3/4 time. We will have something in almost every odd time signature from 2/4 all the way up to 19/16 changing to 7/4, and the title of that track will mislead many to believe it is by a different band and featuring an opener in 13/4 played over 4/4… but that is for another show on the same theme to resolve.

See you in the Cavern,
Malalcpyse

185 Curved Air

Seventies prog rockers Curved Air, featuring Sonja Kristina as its only constant member, and still touring today, were the focus of our show.  A sizeable audience, once again, up to 33 at one point.

Preshow

Title Artists Album Year
Vivaldi Curved Air Air Conditioning 1970
You Know Curved Air The Best of Curved Air 1976
Propositions Curved Air Live 1975
Melinda (More or Less) Curved Air Live At Under the Bridge 2019
Magnetism Curved Air North Star 2014

Main show

It Happened Today Curved Air Air Conditioning 1970
Screw Curved Air Air Conditioning 1970
Hide and Seek Curved Air Air Conditioning 1970
Back Street Luv Curved Air Second Album 1971
Young Mother Curved Air Second Album 1971
Puppets Curved Air Second Album 1971
Piece of Mind Curved Air Second Album 1971
Phantasmagoria Curved Air Phantasmagoria 1972
Over and Above Curved Air Phantasmagoria 1972
Metamorphosis Curved Air Air Cut 1973
Lovechild Curved Air Lovechild 1973
Midnight Wire Curved Air Midnight Wire 1975
Juno Curved Air Airborne 1976
Moonshine Curved Air Airborne 1976
Time Games Curved Air North Star 2014
Images and Signs Curved Air North Star 2014

Postshow

The Comforter Sonja Kristina Sonja Kristina 1980
Mr Skin Sonja Kristina Sonja Kristina 1980
Free to Be Me Sonja Kristina Songs from the Acid Folk 1990
Goody Hoo Gemma Ray Lights Out Zoltar! 2009
Snuck a Peek Gemma Ray Lights Out Zoltar! 2009
100 MPH (In Second Gear) Gemma Ray Lights Out Zoltar! 2009
Renegade Sonja Kristina Sonja Kristina 1980
Coming Home Curved Air Reborn 2008
Back Street Luv, Dance Remix Curved Air Reborn 2008

184 Halloween 2021

A show in collaboration with the NULP dance crew in the Cavern, but still good to listen to, I thought.  Nearly fifty listeners at one point agreed with me 🙂

Preshow

Title Artists Album Year
Kodak Ghosts Michael Chapman Fully Qualified Survivor 1997
Fun In The Dark Larry Carlton and Lee Ritenour Larry & Lee 1995
Labyrinth Béla Fleck & The Flecktones The Hidden Land 2006
Season Of The Witch Bloomfield, Kooper, Stills Super Session 1968
The Road To Hell (Part II) Chris Rea The Road To Hell 1989

Main show

Thriller Monologue Vincent Price Thriller 1982
Overture Andrew Lloyd Webber The Phantom of the Opera 1973
Symphony for the Devil/Sympathy for the Devil Blood,Sweat & Tears 3 1970
Twilight Zone The Manhattan Transfer Extensions 1979
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer The Beatles Abbey Road 1969
Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr. Single 1984
The House On The Hill Audience The House on the Hill 1971
Thriller Michael Jackson Thriller 1982
Evil Derek & The Dominos Layla Bonus Tracks 2011
Evil Walks AC/DC For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) 1981
Hells Bells AC/DC Back In Black 1980
The Black Freighter (From “The Threepenny Opera”) Steeleye Span Storm Force Ten 1977
(Don’t Fear) The Reaper Blue Oyster Cult Agents of Fortune 1976
Excitable Boy Warren Zevon Stand in the Fire 1980
Abandoned Hall – A New Life Iain Ballamy MirrorMask 2005
Witchy Woman The Eagles The Eagles 1972
Monster Mash The Bonzo Dog Band Cornology 1992
Werewolves of London Warren Zevon Stand in the Fire 1980
Hall Of The Mountain King Herbert von Karajan; Berliner Philharmoniker Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2; Pelléas et Mélisande 1983
One Of These Days Pink Floyd Pulse 2019
The Old Man Down The Road John Fogerty Centerfield 1985
Overture – Graveyard Louis & Bebe Barron Forbidden Planet 1956
I Put A Spell On You Audience The House on the Hill 1971

Postshow dance party

The Time Warp Cast The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975
The Witch Queen Of New Orleans Redbone Message From a Drum 1971
Black Magic Woman, Gypsy Queen Santana Moonflower 1977
Devil Woman Hayseed Dixie Weapons Of Grass Destruction 2007
Evil Ways Santana Santana 1969
Occasional Demons Jethro Tull Catfish Rising 1991
Queen Of Torture Wishbone Ash Wishbone Ash 1970
The Witch The Rattles The Witch 1971
Superstition Stevie Wonder Talking Book 1972
Black Night Deep Purple single 1970
Shame The Devil Robin Trower Essential Robin Trower 1991
Devil Woman Cliff Richard I’m Nearly Famous 1976
Ghosts Robben Ford Tiger Walk 1997
Hellfire Blues Dave Cousins The Boy In The Sailor Suit 2007
Sympathy For The Devil Rolling Stones Beggar’s Banquet 1968
Ghosts of 42nd street The Hellecasters Hell III: New Axes To Grind 1997
Evil Woman The Doobie Brothers The Captain and Me 1973
Highway To Hell AC/DC Highway To Hell 1979