My featured artists were the jazz-funk-soul group Incognito, led since 1980 by Jean-Paul ‘Bluey’ Maunick. My “two takes on one track” feature was the classic Freedom Jazz Dance, composed by Eddie Harris. You can listen again any time til July 9, 2008, or so.
Hour 1
Clifford Gilberto
The 10th Victim (excerpt)
Xen Cuts (Ninja Tune) 2000
Brecker Brothers
Above and Below
Return of the Brecker Brothers (GRP) 1992
Incognito
Always There
Inside Life (Talkin Loud) 1991
Natalie Cole
Straighten Up and Fly Right
Unforgettable With Love (Elektra) 1991
Sarah Vaughan
Your Smile
Brazilian Romance (MK) 1987
Gary Burton
Chairs and Children
Reunion (GRP) 1989
Incognito
Sunburn
Jazz Funk (Ensign) 1981
Tom Browne, Ron Carter, Billy Childs, Bennie Maupin, and Lenny White
Freedom Jazz Dance
Essence of Funk (Hip Bop Essence) 1995
Mark Ledford
Freedom Jazz Dance
Miles 2 Go (Verve Forecast) 1998
The Bad Plus
Iron Man
Give (Columbia) 2004
The Irresistable Force
Nepalese Bliss [Jimpster Mix]
Xen Cuts (Ninja Tune) 2000
Hour 2
Incognito
Everyday
100° And Rising (Talkin Loud) 1995
Julian Joseph
All Through The Night
In Concert at the Wigmore Hall (EastWest) 1994
Frank Harrison Trio
Falling
First Light (Basho) 2006
John Surman & Howard Moody
I’m Troubled in Mind
Rain on the Window (ECM) 2008
Jan Garbarek & the Hilliard Ensemble
O Lord in Thee is All My Trust
Mnemosyne (ECM) 1999
John Surman & Howard Moody
O Waly Waly
Rain on the Window (ECM) 2008
Cassandra Wilson
Last Train to Clarksville
New Moon Daughter (Blue Note) 1995
Brecker Brothers
On the Backside (excerpt)
Return of the Brecker Brothers (GRP) 1992
Incognito
Colibri
Tribes, Vibes and Scribes (Talkin Loud) 1992
Neon
Sweets
Here To There (Basho) 2008
Paul McCandless
Robin Reprise
Premonition (Windham Hill Jazz) 1992