Monday, September 14, 2009

MUSIC FOR SEPTEMBER 14TH

Today we began with some AL TUCK and a couple off his beautiful new album FOOD FOR THE MOON. In my opinion, its the strongest release of its kind all year. ("of its kind": Dylan/Cohenesque canadian singer/songwriter.)

We heard:

Tuck My Blues Away
Dunk River Deceit Blues

The Andrew Scott Quartet-Nostalgia
Quasimodo

Roy Ayers
Virgo Vibes

Off of the Album DAVID ROSE and his ORCHESTRA play THE STRIPPER and other fun songs for the family

we heard

The Stripper
Night Train

followed by some of the Honeyed horn of Al Hirt

Cotton Candy
Walkin'

followed my Chuck Mangione

Song Of the New Moon

Off the Meters album struttin

Chicken Strut
Liver Splash

off of Curtis Mayfield's ROOTS

Get Down

KING SUNNY ADE and his African Beats
Synchro Feelings-Hako

Taj Mahal
Leaving Trunk

Ervin Rucker- Done done the slop

Classie Ballou- Classie's Whip

Marvulus Mickey- Do the Robot

Bowlegs- hunky Twist

Cjam Mp3 Archive

http://137.207.3.132/cjam-090914-0900-t1252915200.mp3

enjoy!

Monday, September 7, 2009

NEW MUSIC FOR SEPTEMBER 7TH 2009

Welcome back for another season of Mind Ecology on Windsor/Detroits alternative radio CJAM91.5fm.

The first set began withTorontonian Jah Youssouf off the new disc THE WOODCHOPPERS ASSOCIATION et JAH YOUSSOUF

we heard

Amadou
Doni Doni
Laissez Nous

Moving on, the rest of the show is all on Vinyl.
Two tracks off of STANLEY TURRENTINE's 1973 album DON'T MESS WITH MISTER T

we heard

Too blue
Two for T

that album includes heavy hitters such as Idris Muhammad on drums, Ron Carter on Bass, Pepper Adams (bari), Randy Brecker (trumpet).

Beginning our second set. Three tracks off of Arthur Lymans Cotton Fields

Jungle Drums
Brazil
Hawaiian War Chant

The Group In 1963 included Arthur Lyman, Alan Soares, John Kramer and Harold Chang, all switching instruments thruout. Arthur Lyman was a huge figure touching on many different styles, check it out.

Followed by The HARMONITES INTERNATIONAL STEEL ORCHESTRA

An album I found that is pressed in Jamaica. Not much relevant information could be found online. we heard

Men in Harmonites-Fitzroy (champ) Martin
Frenzy- Mighty Lion

last couple

The Salsoul Orchestra- Salsoul Hustle (Salsoul Orchestra. The studio band for artists on the Salsoul label. This was recorded in 1975)
Archie Bell & the drells- Glad you could make it ( off of 1977's Hard not to like it)

The Pointer Sisters- Grinding in your face. Written by Son House originally. Off of "Thats a Plenty" released in 1974

Stevie Wonder- Have a talk with God. Off of Songs in the key of life. 1976. One of Stevie's Funkiest tracks!

Then two taking us to 10.15 am

Serge Gainsbourg's soundtrack for Cannabis (1970)

Cannabis
Chanvre indien

Taking us home

Billy Preston- Free funk (off Organ Transplant

Curtis Mayfield (off back to the World 1973)

Keep on Trippin'
Back to the world

MP3 ARCHIVE on CJAM.CA
http://137.207.3.132/cjam-090907-0900-t1252310401.mp3

Hope you enjoyed fresh Wax!

Mind Ecology. Every Monday 9 till 1030am on Cjam.ca

Monday, June 22, 2009

Music for June 22nd

We began with

If I were a bell- Miles Davis

off of his great live box set LIVE AT THE PLUGGED NICKLE. December 22, 1965, in Chicago with the second great Quintet. After the CD rudely skipped, Hank was there to the rescue

Hank Mobley- Workout

Starting us off in the next set, Toronto's Peter Elkas, with some tracks off his older album Party of one. We heard

Party of One and Everybody Works

Check him out online www.PeterElkas.com

The amazing DAVE VAN RONK had the next four tracks. Like before, I highly reccomend DAVE VAN RONK.

Samson & delilah
Cocaine blues
Chicken is nice
Stackerlee

finishing with Joel Plaskett's amazing Light of the moon

After that a couple of vinyl cuts. of the hilariously titled "music to watch girls by"

George Mann Orchestra-Dark eyes/ Cuddle up a little closer

off J.J. Johnsons soundtrack for Willie Dynamite, featuring Martha Reeves: Keep on Movin On. and before 10:15 we finished with

Mel Brown-Shanty

taking us to 10:30

Deodato- Funk yourself
Gow Dow Experience- Compared to what
and finally
Curtis Mayfield- Can't Say Nothin'

Tune in every monday 9 till 1030am. Windsor/Detroit 91.5FM or tune in online CJAM.CA

Monday, June 15, 2009

Music for June 15th

Ola

Started things off with some more off the new SunParlour Players album "Wave North"

Battle of 77
Joy in what you lack

Switched gears to featuring Grant Greens live album ALIVE!. Recorded August 15th, 1970 at the CLICHE LOUNGE in Newark, New Jersey. we heard

Let the music take your mind- kool & the gang
time to remember
Sookie,Sookie
Down Here on the Ground-Lalo Schifrin
Hey Western Union Man-Gamble/Huff

This Is Grant Green at his funkiest!

After that, taking us to 10 30 it was all Muddy Waters 1968 release, ELECTRIC MUD

1. "I Just Want to Make Love to You" Willie Dixon 4:19
2. "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" Dixon 4:53
3. "Let's Spend the Night Together" Mick Jagger and Keith Richards 3:12
4. "She's Alright" Morganfield, Waters 6:36
5. "Mannish Boy" Morganfield, Waters 3:50
6. "Herbert Harper's Free Press News" Barnes, Thurston 4:40
7. "Tom Cat" Williams 3:42
8. "The Same Thing" Dixon 5:42

Read up on this in wikipedia. Some interesting inspirations as well as circumstances have come out of its release and gone into the making of it. And if you see the inside of the album, Muddy Waters is the only man to successfully make his hair stand up at least 5 vertical inches without lyle lovett syndrome of geekiness

Monday, June 8, 2009

JUNE 8th ALL VINYL SHOW

Howdy, Been a while,
Broke my laptops screenlight, so less internet is good and bad.

Started off rough. Had to learn how to use the turntables as 9 came and passed. poop. So I started with:

Sunparlour players: North and Make a sound, the first two tracks of off of the brand new album. It sounds so nice, and the songwriting is only getting better.
When the turntables finally worked for me:

Ned Landry: St. ann's reel/Road to the isles
Mississippi John Hurt: Since I layed my burdens down

and the amazing Dave Van Ronk

Statesborough blues
'bout a spoonfull

Dave Van Ronk is an amazing singer songwriter. If Bob Dylan was on the Communist "red" list in the fifties. DVR. More of him to come.

Switched Gears at 9:30

Oscar Peterson/ Stephane Grapelli- blues for Musidisc
Joe Pass/ Ray Brown/ Milt Jackson- The pink Panther
Eddie "lockJaw" Davis- Bye Bye Blackbird
Arthur Lyman- Cotton Fields
Herb Alpert & tijuana Brass- More and More amour/ Mae
Shakti w. John Mclaughlin- Mind Ecology

10:00
The wonderfully cheezy
idris Muhammad- Disco Man
Billy preston/Sly Stone- In the midnight hour/ Free Funk
Leroy Sibbles- I've never found me a girl

Finishing up
Kwame- Family affair
and
Curtis Mayfield- Back to the world

i bought a tylus so look for more vinyl goodness in the weeks to come!

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Monday May 11th- THE BEST OF MIND ECOLOGY


 So far at least,

  It's been a year since I took over the show, and I am tirelessly thankful for this wonderful opportunity to be apart of such a diverse group of programmers and loyal listeners. Putting a show together, you dig, digest, compile and finally broadcast a choice playlist. Looking back over the shows from this past year, these are all the "priceless gems"that have stuck in my ear long enough to get them onto this weeks playlist.

The first set we stay in Africa, Ali Farka Toure, one of the greatest guitar players of all time, and, born in Mali, is the only one not from Nigeria in this set. I can't say enough about Fela Kuti, as I've mentioned him before in previous posts/shows, but I'l sum his musical contributions up with the fact that he INVENTED AFROBEAT!

Tony Tete Harbor and his Star Heaters of Nigeria- Tete Muo bu Muo  
Fela Kuti- Water Get No Enemy
Chief Checker- Africa Irie
Ali Farka Toure- Soya

From 930 till 1000, predominantly Canadian, partially local, 

The Banjo Consorsium- Burning Feet
Johnny West- Water to Town
Johnny West/Anna Atkinson- Wait All Morning
Serge Gainsbourg- Bonnie and Clyde (feat. Brigitte Bardot)
Exuma- The Obeah Man
Timber Timbre- Demon Host

Everything aside from Serge and Exuma was released within the last year. Timber Timbre's self titled album is so dark and sincere, and one of the years best for Canadian alt-folk. As for music made in Windsor, Johnny West's Chicken Angel Woman with a Triangle released last year, and from a few months back, An Absence of Sway,  show his musical growth, and prove his knack for making wonderful musical moments with captivating lyrics hide in his dozens of odd song titles. They are both available at PHOG LOUNGE and your friendly neighborhood DR. DISC, and they're free as smiles.

EXUMA is worth  searching in Wikipedia and scouring the internet for sounds.  This music is posessed, like the creepy face on the album cover. Look for a future show featuring the music of EXUMA.

Serge Gainsbourg, like Exuma is a hard artist to sum up with one song.  To get the true brunt of Serge Gainsbourg, head to youtube to watch the music video that goes along with Bonnie and Clyde ( the one with subtitles) and make sure you see the clip of Whitney Houston and Serge appearing on a French talk show.  ONE OF THE MOST AWKWARDLY AMAZING MOMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF TELEVISION I sheet you knot.

Flying Lotus- 1983
Scotty- Draw your Breaks
Claudius Linton- Crying time
Dorothy Ashby- Action Line

Flying Lotus is John Coltrane's nephew, Scotty ( or David Scott- musician and DJ) covered Keith & Tex- "Stop That Train" as "Draw Your Breaks" for the soundtrack for the film "The Harder They Come", Claudius Linton is deceiving. Check him out on Myspace, this is new music. And I didn't get a chance to play Dorothy Ashby's song Action line last week in my feature on this Detroit Native, so here it is.

and Finally,

Jorge Ben- Cinco Minutos
Raphael Saadiq- Keep Marchin'
The jackson sisters- I Believe in Miracles (remix)
Shuggie Otis- Inspiration Information

From Raphael Saadiq's 2008 album "The Way I See It". Go Motown revival. Big step up from Tony Toni Tone! 

Shuggie Otis, son of Johnny Otis ( johnny Otis wrote "Harlem Nocturne" a la big band era, and wrote "Every Beat of my Heart" for the Royals, bit it was a huge hit for Gladys Knight)

Shuggie is another one that I can't even begin to discuss without a feature, so for now, check out his wiki page to get the gist.

  These are the Gems from last year that make up the first annual BEST OF.  as per usual if you missed the show its in CJAM's archives

          http://web2.uwindsor.ca/cjam/nvd_mp3.php 

enjoy


Monday, May 4, 2009

BEST OF MIND ECOLOGY MONDAY MAY 11TH

Next week, Monday May 11th will be my one year anniversary of me taking over the show!
 Tune in for the best tunes i came across all year!