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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