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Jazz on the Moon
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50 years later we celebrate the latter milestone with two hours of jazz inspired by the moon and the desire to break big divides.
Happy listening!
- Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00
- Herbie Mann "Hold On, I'm Comin'" Memphis Underground (Rhino Atlantic) 0:17
- Host talks 9:11
- Maria Ahn "Space Oddity" Je T'aime Bowie (Self-released) 11:29
- Nguyen Le with NDR Bigband & Michael Gibbs "Great Gig in the Sky" Celebrating the Dark Side of the Moon (ACT) 17:11
- John Zorn "Mao's Moon" The Gift (Tzadik) 19:29
- Host talks 24:42
- Stephane Furic "Moon Breatheed Twice" The Twitter-Machine (Soul Note) 28:20
- Michel Benita "Back from the Moon" River Silver (ECM) 33:59
- Daniel Yvinec "Moon and Sand" The Lost Crooners (Bee) 39:34
- Host talks 43:53
- Gato Barbieri "Yo Le Canto a la Luna" Under Fire (Flying Dutchman) 45:28
- Massimiliano Milesi, Giacomo Papetti "Old Devil Moon" Dimidiam (Ur) 50:11
- Cassandra Wilson "Beneath a Silver Moon" Silver Pony (Blue Note) 54:50
- Host talks 1:01:20
- William Parker Quartet "Moon" O'Neal's Porch (AUM Fidelity) 1:02:48
- Lester Bowie "When the Doom (Moon) Comes Over the Mountain" The Great Pretender (ECM) 1:07:55
- Theo Bleckmann, Fumio Yasuda "Moon of Alabama" Berlin (Songs of Love and War, Peace and Exile) (Winter & Winter) 1:11:28
- Host talks 1:15:01
- Charlie Haden, Pat Metheny "The Moon Song" Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) (Verve) 1:16:49
- Geoff Keezer Trio "It's Only a Paper Moon" World Music (DIW) 1:23:34
- Ron Horton "Lua Cheia Sobre Lisboa (Full Moon Over Lisbon)" Everything In a Dream (Fresh Sound/New Talent) 1:31:26
- Host talks 1:37:15
- Michael Bates-Samuel Blaser Quintet "Rising Moon" One from None (Fresh Sound/New Talent) 1:38:54
- Cristina Zavalloni "Tintarella di luna" Special Moon (Encore Jazz) 1:45:00
- Sun Ra "Rocket Number Nine" Space Is the Place (Impulse!) 1:49:39
- Ornette Coleman "Moon Inhabitants" Beauty Is a Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (Rhino Atlantic) 1:52:29
- Host talks 1:57:29
- Zoot Sims "Reaching for the Moon" New Beat Bossa Nova, Vol. 1 -2 (American Jazz Classics) 1:59:19
- Rob Wasserman "The Moon Is Made of Gold" Duets (MCA) 2:01:52
- Host talks 2:05:29
- The Mancini Project "Moon River/Dreamsville" Views of Mancini (FMR) 2:08:34 Photo credit: Barbara Rigon.
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