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A Night at the Jazz Circus! - Part 1
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This week we explore the connections between these two performative art forms, focusing on jazz inspired by the circus world, composed for circus shows, or evoking—in a way or another—the "The Greatest Show on Earth"!
Sit back, relax, enjoy the show, and—like the great Charles Mingus put it "Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too."
Playlist
- Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers "Circus" Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (Impulse!) 0:16
- Host talks 5:28
- Raffaello Pareti "Colazione Da Barbara" Il Circo (Egea) 7:03
- Host talks 10:08
- Django Bates "Night At the Circus" Summer Fruits (And Unrest) (JMT) 11:21
- Emile Parisien, Vincent Peirani "Le Cirque des Mirages" Belle Époque (ACT) 15:39
- Otello Savoia "Il circo" Dispair (Caligola) 22:21
- Host talks 26:15
- Michael Shrieve "Circus! Circus!" Fascination (CMP) 29:19
- Bobby Previte "Spring Steps Out" Music of the Moscow Circus (Gramavision) 34:05
- Kamikaze Ground Crew "Turn Your Lights Off" Kamikaze Ground Crew (Koch) 39:35
- Host talks 42:45
- Richard Galliano "Huit Et Demi -La Passerella D'Addio" Nino Rota (Deutsche Grammophon) 45:47
- Sexmob "Volpina (Amarcord)" Cinema, Circus & Spaghetti (Sexmob Plays Fellini: The Music of Nino Rota) (The Royal Potato Family) 51:04
- Wayne Horvitz "The Circus: Scene I" Film Music 1998-2001 (Tzadik) 57:26
- Host talks 1:00:51
- Geri Allen "Tears of a Clown" Grand River Crossings (Motown & Motor City Inspirations) (Motema) 1:02:50
- Mary Lou Williams "Pagliacci" Ladies of Jazz (Koch) 1:08:16
- Leïla Martial "Le sourire du clown" Warm Canto: Baa Box (LABORIE Jazz) 1:10:57
- Charles Mingus "Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too" Let My Children Hear Music (Columbia) 1:14:38
- Host talks 1:24:10
- Willem Breuker Kollektief "Hap Sap" Misery (BVHaast) 1:26:02
- Henry Threadgill's Very Very Circus "Try Some Ammonia" Too Much Sugar for a Dime (Axiom) 1:32:20
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