January 9, 2010

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Researching Dr. King's Time in Boston.

Discovered Songza Radio via Blip.fm. This is totally nuts. It put together the following four stations for me - Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, Charlie Parker and Juliana Hatfield. The Alban Berg station, well it didn't know Berg directly, but it cleverly led off with Arnold Schoenberg. Tomorrow it no doubt will. Here are the playlists.

Sun Ra ....
Sun Ra - Stratosphere Blues
John Coltrane - Cousin Mary
Dizzy Gillespie - Manteca
Eric Dolphy - April Fool
Thelonius Monk - Straight, No Chaser
Thelonius Monk - Ruby, My Dear
Dizzy Gillespie - Birk's Work

Albert Ayler ...
Ghosts (First Variation)
Sun Ra (Thither and Yon
Eric Dolphy - April Fool
Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda
Yusef Lateef - Raymond Winchester
Charles Mingus - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Charlie Parker - Bloomdido

Charlie Parker ...
Charlie Parker - Constellation
Thelonius Monk - Blue Monk
Charles Mingus - Jelly Roll
Art BLakey and the Jazz Messengers - Come Rain or Come Shine
Art Blakey - Lee's Tune
Stan Getz - Body and Soul
Duke Ellington - Mood Indigo

Juliana Hatfield ...
Digital Penetration
Elastica - Car Song
Luscious Jackson - Roses Fade (Mojo Mix)
The Breeders - Iris
Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls
Buffalo Tom - Taillights Fade
Belly - Star