Cosmic Jazz played the usual eclectic mix of jazz sounds on tonight’s show – this time with an Easter religious theme – ish… New tracks from Mulatu Astatke’s brand new release on Strut, drummer Paul Motian’s stunning ECM album and a track from the triple CD collection of Eberhard Weber’s Colours group. More too from Jose James and favourites from Pharoah Sanders, Max Roach and Archie Shepp.
- Mulatu Astatke – Mulatu’s Mood
- Archie Shepp – A Prayer
- David Durrah – Space 2/Phil Ranelin & Tribe – Vibe from the Tribe
- Pharoah Sanders – Morning Prayer
- Charles Lloyd – The Sufi’s Tears
- Max Roach – Absolutions
- Julien Lourau – Voodoo House
- Andrew Hill – New Monastery
- Thelonious Monk Quartet – Blue Monk
- Eberhard Weber – Seriously Deep
- Michael Garrick Sextet – Anthem: an organ voluntary for Easter Sunday
- Paul Motian – Cathedral Song
- Jose James – The Greater Good
- Don Pullen – Variation on Ode to Life
- Donald Byrd – Cristo Redentor
Apologies for the sudden ending of Blue Monk around 52 minutes into the show: we try not to let these things catch us out – but sometimes they do. And of course I know that Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 uses the poem Ode to Joy by Friedrich Schiller – and that it’s nothing to do with Don Pullen’s Ode to Life…
Next week sees the first of two special shows when Tom and Derek play a mix of all that’s new in jazz and dance, and then on 15 April Derek is joined by Pete, the man with the unfeasibly large record collection – and music brain to match. Join us.