Live at Montreux, part 1.

Founded by Claude Nobs in 1967, the Montreux Jazz Festival has become an unmissable event for music fans around the world and has produced many classic live albums.  Let's check out a couple of hours of live jazz (and more!), all recorded over the years at the Montreaux Jazz Festival.  These guys sure liked stretch out, so we may have to do this show in two parts!  Stop by...admission is free!

Mt. Airy Groove
Wednesdays, 12pm-2pm
www.GtownRadio.com

November 20, 2013

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"The Price You Gotta Pay To Be Free"  Les McCann  Live at Montreux  (Atlantic)

"Driftin'"  Bill Evans & Eddie Gomez  Montreux III  (Fantasy)

"Con Sensualita"  Jean-Luc Ponty  Sonata Erotica  (Inner City)

"Manhattan Reflections"  Ahmad Jamal  Free Flight  (Impulse)

"Ad Infinitum"  Phil Woods & his European Rhythm Machine  At The Montreux Jazz Festival  (Verve)

"Pink Peaches"  Hampton Hawes  Playin' in the Yard  (Prestige)

"The Moontrane"  Bobby Hutcherson  Live at Montreux  (Blue Note)

"Springsville"  Miles Davis & Quincy Jones  Live at Montreux (Warner)

"Manteca"  Dizzy Gillespie  Musician-Composer-Raconteur  (Pablo)

"Souls Dirge"  Larry Coryell  Fairyland  (Mega)

"Cravo e Canela"  Flora Purim  500 Miles High at Montreux  (Milestone)

"Ain't No Sunshine"  Bobbi Humphrey  Live at Montreux (Blue Note)

"Montreux Boogie"  Jukka Tolonen Band  Montreux Boogie  (Sonet)

"Hip Pockets"  Billy Cobham/George Duke Band  "Live" on Tour in Europe  (Atlantic)

Shaolin Marauders.

Midnight Marauders and Enter the WuTang: 36 Chambers came out 20 years ago this week, on the same day no less (!!!).  Let's check out some samples from these classic LPs, plus more from William Onyeabor, Karl Hector & The Malcouns, and Grover Washington before he went lite.
Mt. Airy Groove

Wednesdays, 12pm-2pm
GtownRadio.com
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November 13, 2013

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Bridge Over Troubled Water"  Dennis Coffey  Goin' For Myself  (Sussex)

"After Laughter (Comes Tears)"  Wendy Rene  The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1975  (Stax/Volt)

"As Long As I've Got You"  The Charmels  The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1975  (Stax/Volt)

"Protect Ya Neck"  El Michels Affair  Enter The 37th Chamber  (Truth & Soul)

"Red Clay"  Jack Wilkins  Windows  (Mainstream)

"Blackstone Legacy"  Woody Shaw  Blackstone Legacy  (Contemporary)

"Just Enough Room For Storage"  James Brown  Tribes Vibes Vol. 2  (Strictly Breaks) 

"Not Yet"  Grover Washington, Jr.  A Secret Place  (Kudu)

"Can't Stand The Pressure"  Karl Hector & The Malcouns  Ngunga Yeti Fofa EP  (Now Again)

"Boogaloo"  Mulatu Astatke  Mulatu Steps Ahead  (Strut)

"Choking on a Piece of Meat (part 2)"  The Whitefield Brothers  Poets of Rhythm Anthology 1992-2003  (Daptone)

"Fantastic Man"  William Onyeabor  Who Is William Onyeabor?  (Luaka Bop)

"Super 8 (part 1)"  Quantic Soul Orchestra  7 Inch  (Tru Thoughts)

"Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever"  The Four Tops  The Wonder of Stevie: Melody Man  (Harmless)

"Amen Brother"  The Winstons  12 Inch  (Alpha Omega)

"Working People"  Connie Pitts  Gospel Funk  (Secret Stash)

"Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself Again"  Maceo & All The King's Men  7 Inch  (House of the Fox)

"Neal's Lament"  Magic in Threes  Magic in Threes  (GED Soul)

"Across The Tracks (part 2)"  The Believers  7 Inch  (Brownstone)

"Can It All Be So Simple"  Wu Tang Clan  12 Inch  (Loud/RCA)

"Electric Relaxation"  A Tribe Called Quest  12 Inch  (Jive) 

Smooth good.

Ready to get back to funky vinyl after last week's spooky Fewsh Junction round three & wild Halloween rock show.  Luaka Bop records returns to the scene with another entry to their fantastic World Psychedelic Classic series, fast on the heels of the superb Tim Maia volume 4, this time answering the question Who is William Onyeabor?  Plus, instrumental reggae from Winston Wright, the Soul Searchers covering JB, and a tribute to late great Lou Reed, Mt. Airy Groove style.  You better run, run run!

Mt. Airy Groove
Wednesdays, 12pm-2pm
www.GtownRadio.com

November 6, 2013

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Femme Fatale"  Aloe Blacc  Good Things  (Stonesthrow)
***for Lou Reed

"Martha's Moment"  Jukka Eskola Qrquesta Bossa  Jukka Eskola Orquesta Bossa   (Schema)

"Harlem Medley (part 1)"  Galt MacDermot  Galt MacDermot In Film  (Kilmarnock)

"It Came Over Me"  The Poets of Rhythm  Poets of Rhythm Anthology 1992-2003  (Daptone)

"Winston Do It"  Winston Wright  The Liquidator Strikes Back  (Jamaican Recordings)

"Let's Go (It's Summertime)"  James Reese & The Progressions  The Funky 16 Corners  (Stonesthrow)

"In a Game Preserve"  SHQ Group  The Jazz Nebyeki  (Panton)

"Crystals"  Thom Janusz  Ronn Forella...Moves!   (Ubiquity)

"Jabali"  Catalyst  The Complete Recordings Vol. 1  (Porter)

"Moving Pictures"  The Stepkids  Troubadour  (Stonesthrow)

"Spooky"  The Pazant Brothers & The Beaufort Express  Loose & Juicy  (Vanguard)

"Think"  The Soul Searchers  We The People  (Sussex)

"Breeze & Soul"  Kool & The Gang  Kool & The Gang  (De-Lite)

"The Way They Do My Life"  Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul   Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul  (GSF)

"I'm Payin' Taxes, What Am I Buyin'"   Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s  Damn Right I'm Somebody  (People)

"Body & Soul"  William Onyeabor  Who Is William Onyeabor?  (Luaka Bop)

"Since Our Last Goodbye"  Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band  No Time For Dreaming  (Dunham)

"Disillusioned Man"  Demon Fuzz  Afreaka!

"Can I Kick It?"  A Tribe Called Quest  12 Inch (Jive)
***for Lou Reed

"The Bronx" Booker T. Jones featuring Lou Reed The Road From Memphis (Anti)
***for Lou Reed