Track Listing Monday 27th March 2006

Hello All,

Very sorry that the posting of the shows listings have been so slow in migrating from my notebook to the blog. My excuse ? I've started a new job this month - I'm now working for BBC World Service on a fabulous new programme called Culture Shock, check it out if you're interested in finding out about trends and new ideas in global culture..can't believe I just wrote that! Check it out!

This Monday's Nows The Time was great. Both Kevin and myself are still on a buzz from the Nows The Time night at the Vortex in Dalston that took place on the previous Friday - 24th. Jason Yarde performed a stonking set live and we had a full house - so things are looking good for the monthly night at the Vortex. I'll post details of the April 24th night next week.

We arrived a little early to the Resonance FM studio on Monday and as usual there was a musical suprise to be had. The Wrong Music people where doing their thing, which is a laptop electro mash up that has all the attitude and energy of pure British punk crossed with the electro-clash aesthetics of Venetian Snares - genius. Scotch Egg was in fine form throwing in enough "fucks" to put everyone on edge but Wrong means Wrong - No!

Sadly this joyous and raucous musical bonanza was the swan song for the show that precedes us each monday You Are Here presented by Magz Hall and Jim Backhaus. Magz and Jim have been a pleasent sight indeed every monday and they'll be missed. Hope to see them back on Resonance FM after the summer. Good news is that Wrong Music people will be filling this slot so good luck to them.

OK the music we squeezed into our slot of 60 minutes:

* Langston Hughes - Prayer Meeting - The Voice Of Langston Hughes - Smithsonian Folkways
* Cassandra Wilson - Come On In My Kitchen - Blue Light Til Dawn - Blue Note
* David Eyges / Arthur Blythe / Abe Speller - There You Go - Ace - Midatlantic Records
* Juhani Aaltonen / Regie Workman / Andrew Cyrille - The Navigator - Reflections - Tum Records OY
* Nels Cline - New Old Hat - The Inkling - Crypto Gramaphone
* Quadracromia - Quadracromia #4 - Quardracromia - EYS Records
* William Parker - El Puente Seco - Long Hidden: The Olmec Series - AUM Fidelity
* Nik Bartsch & Ronin - Module 35 - Stoa - ECM
* Dianne Reeves - Endangered Species - The Best Of Dianne Reeves - Blue Note
* Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - Santiago - The Sameness of Difference - Hyena Records
* Inner Space Music - Beet Sloe Thyme - Life On The Edge - White Label
* Charles Gayle - Time Zones - Time Zones - Tompkins Square Records
* Huw Warren / Peter Herbert - Innocent Urban - Everything We Love And More - Babel Label
* Judi Silvano & Mal Waldron - Soul Eyes - Riding Zephyr - Soul Note
* David Murray & Randy Weston - Mbizo - The Healers - Black Saint
* Joel Harrison - I Walk The Line (ft. Norah Jones on Vocals) - Free Country - ACT

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Track Listing Monday 20th March 2006

Here are the tracks we played on Monday 20th:

* Langston Hughes - Prayer Meeting - The Voice Of Langston Hughes - Smithsonian Folkways
* Charles Gayle - I Remember - Shout - Clean Feed Records
* Charles Brackeen Quartet - Attainment - Attainment - Silkheart Records
* David Eyges / Arthur Blythe / Abe Speller - There You Go - Ace - Midatlantic Records
* William Parker - El Puente Seco - Long Hidden: The Olmec Series - AUM Fidelity
* Anthony Braxton - (extract) Composition No. 175 - Composition No. 175 & Composition No. 126: Trillium-Dialogues M - Leo Records
* Leon Parker - Everyday - The Simple Life - Label M
* Satoko Fujii Quartet - A Journey Into The West - Angelona - Libra Records
* Jhelisa - See Line Woman - Sunday in Algiers - Rentavibe Records
* Benjamin Koppel/Palle Danielsson / Daniel Humas - Twist - Paris Abstractions - Cow Bell Music
* Booker Ervin - A Lunar Tune - Prestige Profiles: Eric Dolphy - Univeral
* Zoe Rahman - Red Flower - Melting Pot - Manushi Records
* Chucho Valdes - Wakamba - Fatasia Cubana - Blue Note
* Matthew Shipp - Blue In Orion - One - Thirsty Ear

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Track Listing Monday 13th March 2006

I usually write a short preamble but I'm afraid time has been an absent friend this week and the last 7 days have flown as quickly as an hour of Nows The Time.

I will however flag up that if your enjoying the radio show you can this coming Friday 24th see Kevin Le Gendre in action doing a Nows The Time Live at the Vortex in Dalston - click on the link to the Vortex for details ! Do Not Miss It !

The tracks we played were:

* Langston Hughes - Prayer Meeting - The Voice Of Langston Hughes - Smithsonian Folkways
* Nina Simone - Sinner Man - Pastel Blues - Philips
* Zoe Rahman - Last Note - Melting Pot - Manushi Records
* Tom Arthurs - Overwrought - Squash Recipe - Babel
* Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - Santiago - The Sameness of Difference - Hyena Records
* Benjamin Koppel/Palle Danielsson / Daniel Humas - Twist - Paris Abstractions - Cow Bell Music
* Greg Osby - Viewer Discretion - Channel Tree - Blue Note
* Jhelisa - See Line Woman - Sunday in Algiers - Rentavibe Records
* Quadracromia - Quadracromia #4 - Quardracromia - EYS Records
* Satoko Fujii Quartet - A Journey Into The West - Angelona - Libra Records
* Chris Potter - Next Best Western - Underground - Universal
* Steve Lacey & Don Cherry - Evidence - Prestige Profiles Collectors Edition - Universal
* Ray Marchia - Journeys End - In The Ring - Sons of Sound
* Lee Konitz - Alone Together - After Hours - Go Jazz
* Benjamin Koppel/Palle Danielsson / Daniel Humas - Limbo Jazz - Paris Abstractions - Cow Bell Music
* Greg Osby - Vertical Hold - Channel Tree - Blue Note

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Track Listing 6th March 2006

I've hit on a bizarre personal truth regarding my subconcious and the weekly feast of improvised music and Jazz that is Nows The Time. When my head hits the pillow on Monday night it is followed by a furtive, chaotic, vivid and oft bizarre night of dreams.

Well last Monday night's tangle with Morphius was particularly surreal (I'll spare you the details) and I've put it down to one particular artist we played - Charles Gayle - specificaly two tracks 'Glory Dance' and 'Unto Jesus Christ' from his superb album Shout on Clean Feed Records recorded last year. Gayle fronts a powerful trio on this recording with legendary bassist and a long time collaborator Sirone alongside the drummer Gerald Cleaver. Gayles compositions have stayed firmly with themes of the spiritual since his re-emergence in the 1980's. For some reason these works tapped into my latent catholicism and effected a very powerful reaction. I'm sure we'll revist this record in the coming weeks and I think it's a must have in everyones record collections.

So alongside Charles Gayle we played the following:

artist - title - album - label

* Langston Hughes - Prayer Meeting - The Voice Of Langston Hughes - Smithsonian Folkways
* Juliette Kelly - Secrets - Delicious Chemistry - Chantiko
* Calhoun - Native Lands - Enja
* Kahn Jamal – ethnic passion – Return From Exile – Discograph
* Jhelisa - See Line Woman - Sunday in Algiers - Rentavibe Records
* Charles Gayle - Glory Dance - Shout - Clean Feed Records
* Quadracromia - Quadracromia #4 - Quardracromia - EYS Records
* The Mighty Sparrow - Dear Sparrow (excerpt) - The Mighty Sparrow First Flight - Smithsonian Folkway Recordings
* Anthony Braxton & The Six Compostitions Quartet - PZQ - Island Records
* Satoko Fujii Quartet - A Journey Into The West - Angelona - Libra Records
* Quinsin Nachoff - There & Back - Magic Numbers - Songlines
* Zoe Rahman - Last Note - Melting Pot - Manushi Records
* Joe Henderson - Beatrice - Joe Henderson: The State of The Tenor Vol. 1&2 - Bluenote
* Charles Gayle - Unto Jesus Christ - Shout - Clean Feed Records
* Ari Ambrose - How Can You Believe - United - Steeplechase Records
* Richard Galliano & Michel Portal - Mozambique - Blow Up - Dreyfus Jazz

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Track Listings - 27th February 2006

Apologies for the late posting of the track listings for this weeks Now’s The Time - both myself and Kevin were distracted by our National soccer teams playing this week - Kevin celebrating his beloved Trinidad & Tobago's win over Iceland 2-0 and my nation - the Republic of Irelands brilliant and sparkling defeat over Sweden 3-0. Now surely is the time for our teams to take on the big nations of International soccer, oh yes.

Trinidad & Tobago get to go to Germany this summer so as you would expect Kevin is a happier man then me at present.

Saying that last Monday's show was an International winning show if ever there was one. String sextets, Oliver Nelson remixes and Sun Ra compositions under four minutes meant this was our most tactically diverse and successful show so far. Judge for yourself, here are the tracks we played:

* Langston Hughes - Prayer Meeting - The Voice Of Langston Hughes - Smithsonian Folkways
* Kahn Jamal – Nubian Queen – Return From Exile – Discograph
* Goran Kajres - The Man With The Golden Arm - Headspin - Amigo Musik
* Joanne Bracken (ft Eddie Gomez & Jack DeJohnette) - Egyptian Dune Dance - Special Identity - Island Records
* Quinsin Nachoff (ft. Mark Helias and Jim Black) - Branches - Magic Numbers - Songlines
* Mat Meneri - Irena - Pentagon - Thirsty Ear
* Sun Ra - Tell Her To Come On Home - Sun Ra Singles - Evidence Music
* Magik Malik - Untitled - Promo - White Label
* Tyron Brown String Sextet - Subterranean Dream - Song of The Sun - Naxos Jazz
* Oliver Nelson - Stolen Moments (Telefon Tel Aviv Remix) - Revolutionary Jazz Reworked - Impulsive
* Quinsin Nachoff - There & Back - Magic Numbers - Songlines
* Anthony Braxton - Freedom No. 1,4&6 from The Sacred Concert No. 2 - Concept of Freedom - Ology

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