Sunday, July 29, 2007

My KMHD Playlist 7-28-07

And a big thanks to Belinda and Melissa Underwood aka Beliss for driving out to the station and spending time with me on the air!

10:00 PM Wayne Horvitz Duke Monologue
10:03 PM Red Garland Ron Carter Philly Joe Jones Railroad Crossing Crossings
10:08 PM Eberhard Weber Syndrome Stages of a Long Journey Carla Bley tune
10:17 PM Bleliss Baby Cop Beliss
10:22 PM Beliss Goin' Down Beliss
10:35 PM Belinda Underwood Midnight Snatcher Unreleased
10:40 PM Joanna Newsom Three Little Babes The Milk-Eyed Mender Beliss' choice set
10:43 PM The Poppy Family Where Evil Grows A Good Think Lastq same
10:45 PM Bobbie Gentry Refractions An American Quilt samr
10:48 PM Curtis Mayfield The Other Side of Town Curtis samr
10:53 PM Klezmocracy Adventures of a Solioquy unreleased Joe Janiga tune

11:03 PM Reggie Houston From Oregon Art Beat Live at the Candlelight in Portland
11:21 PM Eberhard Weber The Colors of Chloe Stages of a Long Journey
11:30 PM John Abercrombie Number 9 The Third Quartet
11:36 PM Anat Fort Just Now, Var 1 A Long Story
11:40 PM Kurt Elling Where Are You My Love Nightmoves
11:45 PM Stefano Battaglia Canzone di Laura Betti Re: Pasolini
11:49 PM Enrico Rava Todamor The Words and the Days
11:56 PM Dino Saluzzi/Anja Lechner Tango a mi padre Ojos Negros

12:02 AM Herbie Hancock Piano Intro/Maiden Voyage/Nefertiti V.S.O.P Vinyl
12:26 AM Herbie Hancock Toys/You'll Know When You Get There same
12:49 AM Herbie Hancock Hang Up Your Hang Ups same

Monday, July 16, 2007

Even More of My TV Stories

Steve Reich with 3rd Angle Music Ensemble Part 1



Steve Reich with 3rd Angle Music Ensemble Part 2



The Making of Defiant Requiem Part 1



The Making of Defiant Requiem Part 2



Cybele & Boteilus



Ron Rogers



David Friesen



David Delamare

Playlist from my KMHD radio show. 7-14-07

10:00 PM Wayne Horvitz Duke Monologue
10:03 PM Rahsaan Roland Kirk Bright Moments Bright Moments
10:17 PM Tom Waits & the Kronos Quartet Diamond In Your Mind Healing the Divide
10:22 PM Arto Lindsay Tone Prize
10:27 PM Auditory Sculpture/Keith Schriener eye, ear and nose candy Sessions at East
10:31 PM Tom Waits & the Kronos Quartet Lost In the Harbor Healing the Divide
10:41 PM David Murray Black Saint Quartet Sacred Ground Sacred Ground
10:47 PM John Boutte At the Foot of Canal Street At the Foot of Canal Street
10:54 PM Greg Goebel Moon and Sand/Say Yes Unreleased

11:01 PM Pink Martini Sympatique Art Beat Archives Bite of Oregon
11:07 PM Pink Martini Flying Squirell same same
11:12 PM Pink Martini Hang On Little Tomato same
11:17 PM Charles Mingus Scenes In the City Symposium of Music and Poetry
11:31 PM Glen Moore Bloomination Nude Bass Ascending
11:37 PM Savath & Savalas Era Tu Golden Pollen
11:40 PM Midnight Siren Take a Stand Instead of Sleeping
11:43 PM 3 Leg Torso Danza Lucumi Astor In Paris
11:49 PM Keith Jarrett Trio I Remeber Clifford Still Live
11:56 PM Duoglide Virtual Seduction Song Noir

12:01 AM Gil Evans Orchestra La Nevada/Where Flamingos Fly/Bilbao Song/Stratu Out of the Cool
12:34 AM Gil Evans Orchestra Moon Taj/Pots/Angor Wat/ Into the Hot

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

More of My Stories

March Fourth Marching Band



China Forbes



Noah Mickens



Portland Art Center



David Delamare

Monday, July 09, 2007

Playlist from my Blues Festival radio show. 7-7-07

As I said on the air, I broke all the rules, inluding my own. Back next week to whatever passes for normal on my show.
I dedicated this show, on the air, to Peter Dammann.

10:01 PM Little Richard Rip It Up The Essential Little Richard
10:03 PM Chris Kenner Land of A Thousand Dances More New Orleans Party Classics
10:06 PM Wild Magnolias Party Life Is A Carnival
10:11 PM The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Ain't Nothing But a Party Medicated Magic
10:18 PM Eddie Bo Hook & Sling The Hook & Slng
10:22 PM Amos Milburn Chicken Shack Boogie Crescent City Gold
10:26 PM Mavis Stapes/Staples Singers Pray On My Child Peace In the Neighborhood
10:30 PM David Vest Try Not To Kill ME Serve Me Right to Shuffle
10:33 PM Charmaine Neville Band with Reggie Houston and Amasa Miller The Right Key But the Wrong Keyhole Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens
10:38 PM John Boutte A Change Is Gonna Come At the Foot of Canal Street
10:46 PM John Lee Hooker One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer Chill Out
10:49 PM Norman Sylvester Hard Times Rose City Blues Festival
10:53 PM Red Hot Blues Singers Flood In the Basement Blues Hot Off the Press
10:56 PM Percy Mayfield Danger Zone Walking On a Tightrope

11:01 PM Allen Toussaint All of It Connected
11:05 PM (Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away Dr. John Desitively Bonneroo
11:07 PM All I Do Every Day The Meters Kickback
11:12 PM John Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen Ain't Nuttin Nice Pin Your Spin
11:16 PM Papa Grows Funk Fish-Eyed Fool Live at the Leaf
11:24 PM Funky Meters Keep On Marching Fiyo at the Fillmore
11:31 PM John Boutte Someone To Watch Over Me At the Foot of Canal St.
11:36 PM Dr. John Since I Fell For You Goin' Back to New Orleans
11:39 PM Johnny Adams Down That Long Lonely Road Louisiana Spice
11:44 PM Irma Thomas Ruler of My Heart Finger Poppn' and Stompin' Feet
11:47 PM Slim Harpo Rainin' In My Heart The Best of Slim Harpo
11:49 PM Allen Toussaint With You In Mind The Allen Toussaint Collection
11:55 PM Alex Spearman Mama Ka Toka Laka Poo Poo Ya New Orleans Popeye Party

12:00 AM Neville Brothers Congo Square/Can't Stop Da Funk/Ball of Confusion Live at Jazzfest 2005
12:30 AM Neville Brothers Big Chief/Tell It Like It Is/Iko Iko/Brother John Live at Jazzfst 2005
 


 


 


 


And then it ended. Six days of much more than blues. As Chirs Thomas King likes to say, "I don't give a damn what the purists say, they wouldn't know the blues if it bit em anyway."
Early on, I decided not to write a lot about the music, but just comment once in a while and show you pictures. I'll have some more to say later after I've processed.
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The Neville Brothers Close the Festival

Nuff Said.

 


 


 


 
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Almost Done

I'm not preturbed, really. Ok, some.


 


The Nevilles had already started at the other end of the Festival. At the A&E stage Janice Scroggins and Louis Pain work out something before Linda Hornbuckle's band started.

 


And I introduced them.

 


And the dancing started immediately.

 
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"Voices of the Wetlands" set

"Voices of the Wetlands" was formed at least a year before faulty construction of the levees caused New Orelans to be destroyed. Their point was that because the wetlands south of the city had been ignored and exploited for profit there was a much greater danger of flooding.
Yeah, I know. Brownie's boss and the feds in general had dropped the ball on this for decades.
Nothing has gotten any better. But voices must still be raised.

 


Members include, Cyril Neville, Tab Benoit, Anders Osbourne, Jumpin' Johnny Sansone, Wayne Thibodoux and others.

 


 


 
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Before "Voice of the Wetlands" set

New Orleans legends Big Chief Monk Boudreaux of the Golden Eagles Mardi Gras Indians and Cyril Neville.


 


 



A gator on the amp.

 
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Paul deLay Tribute

The last Paul deLay band. They've released a live album, "The Last of the Best." David Vest announced to the crowd that Paul was back on top, that the album had gone to #1 on the Amazon Live Blues Albums list.

 


 


 


Two great piano players backstage after the set: Janice Scroggins and David Vest.

 
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Backstage Before the Paul deLay Tribute

David Vest and Duffy Bishop.

 


Peter Dammann joined the schmooze.

 


D.K. Stewart did too.

 


This is Jean Kempe-Ware, one of the unsung heroes of the Blues Festival. She is in charge of media relations for the Oregon Food Bank. I've dealt with media relations people for decades and I have to say she is one of the most talented, most thorough, nicest and most patient I've ever met. And she actually loves the music, too!

 
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Gospel Time

Linda Hornbuckle, Janice Scroggins et all inspired those inspirable and musically pleased everyone else.

 


 
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Sunday 7/8/07---The Final Day!

At 11:30am, before the gates opened, Gary Houston and Ron Rogers act like they like each other. They actually do.

 


At noon, I introduced Ocean 503, from Portland.

 


This is Tim Rutter, manager of the Miller Stage. Both Jim and Bill at the Credit Union stage did fabulous jobs. Never a cross word, always getting things on and off on time...and great guys.

 


Dick Potts, Mac Potts and Ben Rice were everywhere!

 
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Sunday, July 08, 2007

4 p.m.

Reggie Houston and Charmaine Neville renew their collaboration of over 20 years.

 


...along with Amasa Miller, co-leader of her band, also up from New Orleans for the Festival.

 


...as Reinhard Melz, the best second-line drummer in town, kicked off on the one and let the boogie do the rest. (James Brown said that.)

 


After the cruise, this familiar face and ears was by the fountain. He was not invited to participate in the festival, thank God..

 
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3:15 p.m.

The city gleamed from the stern

 


...another stern...Fred Stern the rainbow maker.

 


On the middle deck, one man had on his dancing shoes.

 


While David Vest and family got ready for Reggie and Charmaine.

 
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