Video Jukebox - Carmen Lundy

For this weekend's upcoming Third Anniversary show on the Sunday Time Warp, our featured artist on Segment3 (2:06 to 2:30 pm) will be composer and singer Carmen Lundy, who'll be talking about her latest release, Soul to Soul.  While you wait -- and while I edit -- enjoy this collection of Lundy's great work from over the years, as well as the electronic press kit for Soul to Soul.

Carmen Lundy

Russell Banks - Authors@Google

On this Friday's Passing Notes, we'll catch up with the eminent author Russell Banks and talk about his latest collection of stories, A Permanent Member of the Family.  In the meantime, here's an excellent hour of video with Banks from his talk at Google headquarters, this time around about his novel The Lost Memory of Skin.

Sunday Time Warp - Third Anniversary Show

This weekend will mark (more or less) my third full year programming music for the Sunday Time Warp program on WDNA in Miami.  I feel pretty good about the mix of music on the show -- not just jazz, blues, and funk, but the hip hop and EDM that occasionally makes its way into the general flow, as well as the artist feature "Segment 3," which has been on hiatus for the winter.  It all returns in full this Sunday, with lots of new music.  So far so good, and if we can make it to five years, Henshaw has agreed to start planning a concert with as many friends of the show as we can manage!  For now, tune in this weekend for new Rudresh Mahanthappa, DRKWAV, and Bob Dylan singing his best Frank Sinatra.

Playlist - Sunday Time Warp - 2/15/15

Song, Artist, Album

Take Five (Take 1), Jacky Terrasson, Take This

Take Flight, Vijay Iyer Trio, Break Stuff

Smile, Avishai Cohen Trio. From Darkness

Old Soul, Avishai Cohen's Triveni, Dark Nights

Extraction, Howe/Chambers/Wooten, Extraction

Heck of a Job, John Scofield, This Meets That

Wet Bones, Club D'Elf, Now I Understand

Blues for Jack, Stephen McQuarry Trio, Azure

Hawaiian Boogie, Elmore James, The Sky Is Crying: The History of Elmore James

Country Boy, Otis Spann, Otis Spann Is The Blues

Three Times A Fool, Otis Rush, The Essential Otis Rush

Blue Stroll, Ira Sullivan with Johnny Griffin, Blue Stroll

Oleo, Gnappy, Unloaded

Paladin, Garaj Mahal, Blueberry Cave
All For You, Rjd2, Magnificent City Instrumentals

PN 255 - A Riot Is The Language Of The Unheard

A meditation on Ferguson.


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Southern Poverty Law Center

PN 254 - Box Brown - 'Andre the Giant'

The legendary professional wrestler (and occasional movie star) Andre Roussimoff gets his own comics biography by the award-winning comics creator Box Brown.  Brown will be one of hundred of authors appearing this weekend at the Miami Book Fair.

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Box Brown
Miami Book Fair

PN 253 - Touching My Inner Griswold

From Halloween through Christmas, the question persists: How many lights?  The answer: Never enough.

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Playlist - Sunday Time Warp 10/5/14

Song, Artist, Album

In A Silent Way/Waterfall, Weather Report, Live and Unreleased

Wayne's Way, John McLaughlin, Industrial Zen

Teddy Ruxpin, Kneebody, audio rip from live performance

Steps, Rudy Rotta & Brian Auger, Caputred Live

Parks N' Wreck, Wil Blades, Field Notes

Addis, Wil Blades, Field Notes

(I Can't Stand) The Whole Lott of You, Wil Blades, Field Notes

Leo's Cat, Will Bernard, Party Hats

Dirty Water, The Sugarman 3, What The World Needs Now

Red House, Buddy Guy, Stone Free: A Tribute To Jimi Hendrix

Hall of Shame, Chris Cain, Hall of Shame

Hey Bartender, Koko Taylor, Deluxe Edition

I Ain't Drunk, Albert Collins, Cold Snap

Taking Care of No Business, Jimi Hendrix, The Jimi Hendrix Experience (MCA Box)

Bad Bad Whiskey, Amos Milburn, audio rip from video archive

Gimme A Pigfoot and a Bottle Of Beer, Bessie Smith, The Collection

Rikki Don't Lose That Number, Hospitality, audio rip from The Onion's AV Club

M-B, Machine and the Synergetic Nuts, Leap Second Neutral

Battle of Bongo Hill, The Herbalizer, Something Wicked This Way Comes

Freedom Jazz Dance, Alex Berdashky, audio rip from live performance

Segment3 - Wil Blades

Hammond B3 Wil Blades player talks about how he came to the instrument, getting to know Dr. Lonnie Smith, and the musical freedom he's found on his latest album, 'Field Notes.'

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Playlist - Sunday Time Warp 9/28/14

Song, Artist, Album

You're Still The One, Otis Brown III featuring Gretchen Parlato, The Thought Of You

You've Got A Friend, Jesse Fischer featuring Gretchen Parlato, Homebrew

Blues for Yna Yna,  Richard "Groove" Holmes, Living Soul

Kalas, Butti 49, White Martini

Doomed, Galactic, Ruckus

Body and Soul, Charlie Haden & Jim Hall, Charlie Haden & Jim Hall

Gold Prism Incorporated, The Bad Plus, Inevitable Western

Kindred Spirits, Carmen Lundy, Soul To Soul

The More I Find Out The Less I Want To Know, Delta Generators, Get On The Horse

Down The Road, C2C, single

Change in Speak, De la Soul, 3 Feet High and Rising

Bra, Cymande, Cymande

No Strings Attatched, The Mad Lads, The Best of the Mad Lads

Groovin' in New Orleans, Melvin Taylor and the Slack Band, Melvin Taylor and the Slack Band

The Long Man, Dennis Binder, The Roots of Hip-Hop

Barrytown Ben Folds, The Best Imitation of Myself - A Restrospective

The Star Spangled Banner, Jon Batiste and Stay Human, Social Music

Tom Sawyer, The Alex Skolnik Trio, Last Day In Paradise

Freedom Jazz Dance, D Tr3o featuring Martin Shaw, audio rip from live performance

Video Jukebox - Wil Blades

Our newest video jukebox features organist Wil Blades playing with his own trio and in the company of musicians like Billy Martin, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Stanton Moore, Will Bernard, Donald Harrison, Rez Abbasi, and more.  Wil Blades will be a featured guest on this weekend's Sunday Time Warp, and he'll be talking about his latest album, Field Notes.

Wil Blades

PN Unscripted - Frank Deford

In a recently unearthed and reconstructed interview, writer Frank Deford talks about his 2010 novel, Bliss, Remembered, Leni Riefenstahl, the various pleasures of writing, and the general state of sports.

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Bliss, Remembered
Deford's page at NPR
Deford's page at Sports Illustrated

Playlist - Sunday Time Warp 8/17/14

Song, Artist, Album

Kidney Stone, The Apples, Attention!

Last Beat, Nomo, Ghost Rock!

Everybody Boogaloo, Big Boss Man, Winner

Molar Melancholia, Chris Greene Quartet, Music Appreciation

The Moose Is Loose!, Chris Greene Quartet, Music Appreciation

Future Emperor of Evanston, Chris Greene Quartet, A Group Effort

Back Home Blues, Charles Mingus, Mingus Three

I Feel So Good (I Wanna Boogie), Magic Sam, West Side Soul

Ships On The Ocean, Junior Wells and Buddy Guy, Hoodoo Man Blues

Big Boss Man, Jimmy Reed, Martin Scorcese Presents The Blues

Red House, Jimi Hendrix, Martin Scorcese Presents The Blues

Just Won't Burn, Susan Tedeschi, Martin Scorcese Presents The Blues

I Want To Feel Good Pt 2, The Bad Plus, Made Possible

Nobody Cares About The Railroads Anymore, Harry Nilsson, Harry

Big Girls Don't Cry, Omaha Diner, Omaha Diner

Heart of the Sunrise, Wave Mechanics Union, Second Season

Freedom Jazz Dance, Brian Bromberg, Wood

Segment3 - Chris Greene

Saxophonist and composer Chris Greene leads his quartet with an open mind, lots of musical freedom, and an appetite for hard work.  He talks about the musical legacy of Chicago, how he runs his group, and teething.

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Video Jukebox - Chris Greene Quartet

Coming up on this weekend's Sunday Time Warp, a Segment3 feature with saxophonist Chris Greene as he talks about recording and performing with his quartet, the jazz scene in Evanston and Chicago, and this year's release, Music Appreciation.  In the meantime, here's a video selection of eight performances from over the years.

Chris Greene Jazz

PN 251 - Chris Becker - 'Freedom of Expression'

Terri Lyn Carrington, one of 37 artists
interviewed for 'Freedom of Expression'

The face of jazz is always changing, as is its voice, and more women than ever are expressing themselves in the music.  Writer Chris Becker interviewed 37 musicians for his book, Freedom of Expression, and he is crowdfunding its production.  Donate to the publication of Freedom of Expression through indiegogo.


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Women in Jazz Book Project

PN 247 - On the Pulse of Morning/In a Silent Way

In memory of and tribute to the great Maya Angelou, a mix of her inaugural poem set to the music of Miles Davis.


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The works in this mix are owned by their respective authors. Please visit the websites for their estates and learn more about their work.

Maya Angelou website
Miles Davis website

PN 248 - On Patience

It's the eighth virtue -- patience -- that makes all the other virtues fall into place.

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PN 249 - Nowhere in Particular

Getting off the grid is a mixed blessing. Sometimes, all you have with you is a Harry Nilsson anthology, Tristam Shandy, a few mismatched versions of Minecraft -- and each other.

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Playlist - Sunday Time Warp 8/3/14

Song, Artist, Album

Monk's Dream, Larry Young, Unity

Come Together, Lynne Ariale Trio, Come Together

Angel of Sunlight, Alice Coltrane and Carlos Santana, Illuminations

Inner Urge, Noel Johnston, Salted Coffee

Because, Noel Johnston, Salted Coffee

Salted Coffee, Noel Johnston, Salted Coffee

Star Fleet, Brian May and Friends, The Star Fleet Project

Chitlins Con Carne, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, The Sky Is Crying

Sweet Home Chicago, Corey Harris & Keb Mo, Martin Scorcese Presents The Blues

In A Sentimental Mood/Layla, Eric Clapton with David Sanborn, Legends Live at Montreux

Home In Your Heart, The Derek Trucks Band, Joyful Noise

Sweet Home Chicago, Robert Johnson, The Complete Recordings

I Can't Turn You Loose, Otis Redding, The Very Best Of

Dream On, Alex Skolnik Trio, Goodbye to Romance: Standards for a New Generation

Addis, Wil Blades, Field Notes

Bent Nails, Snarky Puppy, Ground Up

Freedom Jazz Dance, Zeca Neves Project, Tribute to Miles Davis