Track Listing - Show 20th February 2006

Another week goes by another show under our belts, a very warm hello to our growing band of listeners. Thanks to all who have emailed us, Kevin and I get a huge buzz when we get emails wether they are entries for a competition or queries and feedback - every email and comment is welcome.

This is not an Oscars acceptance speech but it's important to say thanks to people who make things happen – so both Kevin and I would like to thank Resonance FM’s stalwart Patrick – the man who gets us on air and never fails to back us up with wit, technical expertise and vital dousings of water.

Last weekend we both glutted out on live music but the high point of the weekend was Zoe Rahman at the Vortex in Dalston. Listening to jazz and improvised music live often means entering into an atmosphere of polite seriousness – a kind of respectful reservedness which is sometimes appropriate but sometimes not – however Zoe Rahman’s gig was from the first note on her handsome Steinberg simply joyous – a celebration of her music, her influences and the skill of her musicians, Oli Hayhurst on bass and Gene Calderazzo on drums. Inspired by this performance the trio featured heavely on the show. But a particular high point of Zoe's gig was her rendition of an oft forgotten gem of a tune by Joanne Bracken titled Egyptian Dune Dance with it's odd time signatures and dazzling melodic shifts. So of course Kevin took out his cellar key, brushed of the cobwebs, descended the stairs to his vault, pushed open the oak door with Joanne Bracken carved into it and pulled out the original recording for your delight dear listener.

Alongside this rarity we played the following:

artist - title - album - label

* Mina Agossi - Au Bois de Boulogne - Well You Needn't - Candid (soon to be released)
* Zoe Rahman - The Calling - Melting Pot - Manushi Records
* Joanne Bracken (ft Eddie Gomez & Jack DeJohnette) - Egyptian Dune Dance - Special Identity - Island Records
* Mat Meneri - Irena - Pentagon - Thirsty Ear
* Julien Lourau - Collateral Damage - Fire & Forget - Label Bleu
* Mina Agossi - (secret track 14) - Well You Needn't - Candid (soon to be released)
* Henri Texier/Louis Sclavis/ Aldo Romano: Le Querrec - Derriere le Sable - African Flashback - Label Bleu
* Tom Arthurs - Overwrought - Squash Recipe - Babel
* Ingrid Jensen – captain jon – At Sea – Artistshare Records
* Craig Harris - The Colour Line - Souls Within The Veil - Questra Music
* Ba Cissoko - Dandala - Sabolan - Marabi Records
* Andrew McCormack - Facing the Fire - Telescope - Dune Records

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Track Listing for Nows The Time - Monday 13th February 2006

This weeks show was a little less hectic than last week but action packed none the less. Hot seating in Resonance FM's studio is always a little precarious but it lends to the danger that is at the heart of the stations ethos. I'll post some images of the Resonance studio in the next few weeks for your reference - but myself and Kevin can't help feeling like we are inside the Beatles Yellow Submarine when we are in the studio.

The show had no overt theme but African influences and associations permeated the show. Ba Cissoko's Le Reve De L'oiseau from his album Electric Griotland turned up again on the show and gets the studio all hot and bothered when we play it. Kevin’s mentioned on air Ba Cissoko’s obvious tip of the hat to Electric Ladyland and Hendrix and it is not too far fetched to say that the group are reinventing the role of the Kora, acoustic and electric, on this great album. Africa turned up again in the title of Wilton ‘Bogey’ Gaynair’s classic recording – African Calling – just about to be reissued on Candid. It’s one of the great lost London jazz recordings and a must have if you’re a fan of British Jazz of that era. These were just some of the great tracks that made up this weeks Nows The Time, here are the rest:

* Langston Hughes - prayer meeting - The Voice Of Langston Hughes - Smithsonian Folkways
* Otis Taylor – feel like lightening – Below The Fold – Telarc
* Omar Sosa / Adam Rudolph – trace of burning stars – Pictures of Soul – Ota Records
* Zoe Rahman – the calling – The Melting Pot – Manushi Records
* Ingrid Jensen – captain jon – At Sea – Artistshare Records
* Ba Cissoko – Le Reve De L’oiseau – Electric Griotland – 3D Family Records
* Kahn Jamal – ethnic passion – Return From Exile – Discograph
* Billy Harper – dance eternal spirits – Black Saint – Black Saint Records
* Henri Texier/Louis Sclavis/ Aldo Romano: Le Querrec - Derriere le Sable - African Flashback - Label Bleu
* Chic Corea – three ghouls part 3 – The Ultimate Adventure – Stretch Records
* Julien Lourau – collateral damage – Forget – Label Bleu
* Henry Threadgill – crea – Song Out Of My Trees – Black Saint Records
* Wilton ‘Bogey’ Gaynair – the way you look tonight – Africa Calling – Candid
* Charles Lloyd – forest flower 69’ – Soundtrack – Atlantic Records
* Lost Brother – departure – Hopscotch Records

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Monday 6th February - track listing

We had an action packed show on Monday 6th February's show. It was stuffed full of great music and a welcome visit from Satch Hoyt from the collective Burnt Sugar. Burnt Sugar is the creation of writer/guitarist/producer Greg Tate. Formed in 1999, Burnt Sugar was conceived as a contemporary version of Miles Davis' Bitches Brew band, exploring the connections between jazz, rock, funk, twentieth century composition, and African music in a lyrical, seductive, exploratory, improvisational manner. We played two tracks from their soon to be released album - More Then Posthuman: The Rise of The Mojosexual Cotillion - which is as good as the title. Find out more by visiting their website - http://www.burntsugarindex.com/index.html

Here are this weeks track listings:

Artist - title - album - label

* Langston Hughes - prayer meeting - The Voice Of Langston Hughes - Smithsonian Folkways
* Cleveland Watkiss & Source - Fresh Water - Victory's Happy Song Book - Touch Down Records
* Byard "Thunderbird" Lancaster - Afro-ville - A Heavenly Sweetness - Discograph Records
* The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of The Infedel (Meshell Ndegeocello presents) - Mu-Min - Universal Music France
* Andrew McCormack - Facing the Fire - Telescope - Dune Records
* Lingua Franca: Peter Epstein/Brad Shepik/Matt Kilmer - Miro - Songlines Recordings
* Ba Cissoko - Le Reve De L'Oiseau - Electric Griotland - 3D Family Records
* Khan Jamal - Ethnic Passion - Return From Exile - Discograph Records
* Lost Brother: Assif Tsahar/Cooper Moore/ Hamid Drake - Departure - Hopscotch Records
* Magic Malik - untitled - White Label
* Tom Arthurs - Overwrought - Squash Recipe - Babel
* Sleep Walker - The Gates - White Label
* Burnt Sugar - Goodyear Robber - More Then Posthuman: The Rise of The Mojosexual Cotillion - Trugroid
* Burnt Sugar - Other Arrangements - More Then Posthuman: The Rise of The Mojosexual Cotillion - Trugroid
* Henri Texier/Louis Sclavis/ Aldo Romano: Le Querrec - Derriere le Sable - African Flashback - Label Bleu
* John Scofield / Mark Anthony Turnage - Nocturnal Mission - Scorched - Deutsche Gramaphone
* Lewis Moholo - Motherless Child (spiritual) - Bra Louis-Bra Tabs - Ogun Records

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