Cosmic Jazz this week hasd a guest appearance from Michael Carpenter who was one of the pioneers at the very first ICR restricted licence broadcasts in a caravan stationed in an Ipswich park. By day Michael is a silversmith and runs the Spiral Gallery in Debenham Suffolk. His work is made all the more pleasant by a constant supply of music and he has long been a jazz fan. There was an eclectic selection of music, much of it truly cosmic. I learnt that Amancio D’Silva lived in Suffolk; it left me wanting to find out about the raw ‘garage’ sounds of Frank Lowe; I thought again about how much I love subtle  jazz piano (listen to Bugge Wesseltoft); it reminded me how good Eddie Harris was when  at his best and as for Yusef Lateef there is nothing left to say.

1. Amancio D’Silva – Jaipur
2. Alice Coltrane – Journey to Satchidananda
3. Miles Davis – Black Satin
4. Frank Lowe – Chu’s Blues
5. Salah Ragab – Egyptian Strut
6. Cal Tjader – Descarga Cubana
7. John Zorn – Po’o’oli
8. Joanna MacGregor and Andy Sheppard – Up Above My Head
9. Bugge Wesseltoft & Henrik Schwarz – Dudelange
10. Arzchel – Queen St. Gang
11. Ananda Shankar – Streets of Calcutta
12. Nomo – New Song
13. Cannonball Adderley – Tengo Tango
14. Eddie Harris – Listen Here
15. Yusef Lateef – Before Dawn
16. Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan – Swing Low Sweet Chariot