Sometimes you don’t know you have a thirst until you hear a musician who quenches it. Nikhil Banerjee (sitar), October 14, 1931-January 27, 1986 Raag Maluha Kaylan (excerpts), live (with Anindo Chatterjee, tabla) Part 1 *** Part 2 *** Part 3 *** Part 4 Want more? Here. ********** lagniappe radio gems: Indian music Raag Aur [...]
Archive for the ‘radio gems’ category
Wednesday, 1/26/11
01/26/2011Tuesday, 10/5/10
10/04/2010beauty from behind bars Tadd Dameron wrote and arranged this while serving time for a federal drug crime. Blue Mitchell Orchestra (Blue Mitchell, trumpet, with [among others] Clark Terry, trumpet; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Willie Ruff, French horn; Philly Joe Jones, drums), “Smooth as the Wind” (1961) *** Federal Bureau of Prisons Federal Medical Center (as [...]
Sunday, 10/3/10
10/02/2010three takes You don’t need no baggage, you just get on board. “People Get Ready” Curtis Mayfield, live, England (London), 1988 ***** The Impressions (featuring Curtis Mayfield), 1965 More Curtis Mayfield? Here. Here. Here. ***** Al Green, live, Washington, D.C., 1983 (Gospel According to Al Green, 1984) More Al Green? Here. Here. Here. ********** lagniappe [...]
Sunday, 9/26/10
09/26/2010two takes I’m too close to heaven, I just can’t turn around . . . “Too Close To Heaven” Brooklyn All-Stars (featuring Hardie Clifton), live, 1989 *** Bessie Griffin, live ********** lagniappe radio gems: gospel Sinner’s Crossroads WFMU-FM Jersey City, New Jersey; Mt. Hope, New York Thursday, 8-9 p.m. (EST) (archived shows) One of my [...]
Saturday, 9/25/10
09/25/2010I’ll take some of whatever he’s having. Hylton The Whistler Brown, Reggae Radio Show, 2007 ********** lagniappe radio gems: sounds of Jamaica (reggae, rocksteady, ska) Eastern Standard Time WKCR-FM New York (Columbia University) Saturday, 6-10 a.m. (EST) (archived shows)
