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WNUR “Jazz” Show, 2008-03-11

artist: “track” – album   (label)

Luiz Bonfa: “Calypso Minor” – Solo in Rio 1959   (Smithsonian Folkways)
Jorge Ben: “Mas, Que Nada!” – Samba Esquema Novo  (Universal)
William Parker/Raining on the Moon: “Soledad” – Corn Meal Dance  (AUM Fidelity)
Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane: “Blue Monk” – At Carnegie Hall  (Blue Note)
Cassandra Wilson: “‘Round Midnight” – After the Beginning Again  (JMT)
Steam: “Non-confirmation” – Real Time  (Eight Day Music)
Ornette Coleman: “Embraceable You” – This Is Our Music  (Atlantic)
Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble: “BHU” – After the Dawn Has Risen  (Open Minds)
Keefe Jackson’s Project Project: “The Grass Is Greener” – Just Like This  (Delmark)
Rob Brown Ensemble: “Worlds Spinning” – Crown Trunk Root Funk  (AUM Fidelity)
Roy Campbell Ensemble: “Pharoah’s Revenge Part I” – Akhenaten Suite: Live at Vision Festival XII  (AUM Fidelity)
Ben Allison & Man Size Safe: “Little Things Run the World” – Little Things Run the World  (Palmetto)
Muhal Richard Abrams: “Steamin’ Up The Road” – Song For All  (Black Saint)
The Engines: “Jet Lag” – The Engines  (Okkadisk)
Faruq Z. Bey/Northwoods Improvisors: “Zychron” – Journey Into the Valley  (ESR)
Garrison Fewell/Eric Hofbauer: “Dogon Delta Blues” – The Lady of Khartoum  (Creative Nation Music)
Paul Bley Trio: “Ida Lupino” – Closer  (ESP Disk)
Anthony Braxton/Mario Pavone Quintet: “Eronel” – Seven Standards 1995  (Knitting Factory Works)
Dave Douglas: “Blue Heaven” – Soul on Soul (RCA)

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History Quiz

Here’s a quiz for you: what historic event yielded the reaction described below? I’ve removed only a little bit of text to avoid a dead giveaway.

The news zipped through telegraph and telephone wires to cities around the country. Impromptu celebrations erupted everywhere, but most especially in [redacted]. In [redacted], tugboat captains opened their sirens, and employees at factories and fire departments responded with every whistle, siren, and bell they could find. A snarled maze of people, cars, and horses filled downtown streets as motorists braked to a halt and laid on their horns. Workers streamed out of offices and shops and onto the sidewalks and streets, cheering, singing and clapping. Some stayed put and tossed a blizzard of confetti on the celebration below. The unemployed standing in line at a relief station on the city’s northwest side applauded and cheered. Local radio stations interrupted their regular programming to carry impromptu speeches and songs. The 250 women playing cards at the Eagles club abandoned their tables to clap and sing.

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