I was disappointed that I had to miss my show on Tuesday of this week on account of work travel, so when Alain needed a sub on Friday, I decided to offer up my services and “get a show in.”  It turned out to be a pretty good one, despite the fact that I blew a flat on my bike when I was trying to ride up to the station, and so got neither exercise nor coffee to wake me up.

I was happy to find a new album by the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble in the music library, and moreso to find them taking on “Brown Skin Girl,” a song associated with Bahamian guitarist Joseph Spence, who is woefully underappreciated.  It also gave me a chance to play cellist Tom Cora’s take on another one of Spence’s “hits”, “There Will Be a Happy Meeting.”

complete program (135 MB, 2 hrs 28 min)

artist: “track” – album   (label)

Reminder: “New Spells” – Continuum (Eastern Developments Music)
Marty Ehrlich and Myra Melford: “Blue Delhi” – Spark! (Palmetto)
Khan Jamal/Johnny Dyani/Pierre Dørge: “A Bomb” – Three (Steeplechase)
Charles Mingus: “Far Wells, Mill Valley” – Mingus Dynasty (Columbia)
Fred Lonberg-Holm Trio: “The Squimp” – A Valentine for Fred Katz (Atavistic)
Occidental Brothers Dance Band International: “Komokosaka Te Na Basi” – Occidental Brothers Dance Band International (self-released)
H. Guedon et les Contesta: “El Ciuda’noy El Campesino” – Creole Love Calls: Rythmes Latins Des Antilles (Isma’a)
Revolutionary Snake Ensemble: “Brown Skin Girl” – Forked Tongue (Cuneiform)
Tom Cora: “There Will Be a Happy Meeting” – Gumption in Limbo (Sound Aspects)
Alvin Batiste: “Ray’s Segue” – Late (Columbia)
Fieldwork: “Pivot Point” – Door (Palmetto)
The New Quartet: “Interlude I: The Blue and the Black” – Blue Rhizome (Imaginary Chicago Records)
Eric Hofbauer & the Infrared Band: “A Drunk Monk” – Myth Understanding (Creative Nation Music)
Masada: “Kisofim” – Live at Tonic 2001 (Tzadik)
Ab Baars Trio and Ken Vandermark: “Waltz Four Monk” – Goofy June Bug (Wig)
Rob Brown Ensemble: “Rocking Horse” – Crown Trunk Root Funk (AUMFidelity)
Don Cherry: “Spring is Here” – Live at Café Montmartre, 1966 v. 2 (ESP Disk)
John Carter: “Castles of Ghana” – Castles of Ghana (Gramavision)
Henry Threadgill: “Paper Toilet” – Too Much Sugar for a Dime (Axiom)
Atomic: “Do It” – Feet Music (Jazzland)
Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath: “Sonia” – Yes Please (In and Out)