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Jazz + Rock = ?

By Jerome Wilson | The Outer View
June 28, 2023
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This show, from September 2021, focuses on various combinations of rock and jazz such as jazz musicians experimenting with rock rhythms, and rock bands leaning into horns and improvisation. Artists heard on the program include the Tony Williams Lifetime, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Dave Holland, Soft Machine, Spanky and Our Gang, and Elton Dean.

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Henry Threadgill Sextett "I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00
Brian Auger and the Trinity "Listen Here" from Auger Rhythms (Ghosttown) 1:04
Tony Williams Lifetime "Vashkar" from Emergency! (Verve) 10:23
Host Speaks 15:20
Elton Dean "Blind Badger" from Just Us (Cuneiform) 16:53
Hedvig Mollestad "A Stone's Throw" from Ekhidna (Rune Grammofon) 23:31
Host Speaks 30:37
Quicksilver Messenger Service "Gold and Silver" from Sons of Mercury (Rhino) 33:14
David Fiuczynski "Fung Wah Express" from KiF Express (Fuzelicious) 39:53
Host Speaks 45:58
Miroslav Vitous "Infinite Search" from Mountain In The Clouds (Collectables) 46:58
Soft Machine "37 1/2" from Six (Columbia) 53:42
Host Speaks 1:00:31
Spanky and Our Gang "Like To Get To Know You" from The Best of Spanky and Our Gang (Mercury) 1:01:53
Buzzy Linhart "Tornado" from The Best... (Kama Sutra) 1:05:09
Steely Dan "Kid Charlemagne" from The Royal Scam (MCA) 1:07:38
Host Speaks 1:12:15
Neil Ardley "Rainbow 4" from Kaliedoscope of Rainbows: Live '75 (Jazz In Britain) 1:14:25
Host Speaks 1:26:10
William Parker "Rocas Rojas" from Mayan Space Station (AUM Fidelity) 1:28:14
Keef Hartley Band "Roundabout" from Legend of a Mind (Decca) 1:34:52
Host Speaks 1:41:00
S.O.S. "Goliath" from S.O.S. (Ogun) 1:41:51
Dave Holland "The Empty Chair" from Prism (Dare2) 1:41:51
Art Ensemble Of Chicago "Odwalla / The Theme" from Selected Recordings (ECM) 1:54:47

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