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The Space Station Jazz Program

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In a time before astronauts and cosmonauts explored the space beyond our planet, jazz musicians were already there. In the '50s reference to space in album titles, graphics and song titles equated the music with the modern. This is still true today as space is a place for exploration in jazz. This week, let's jump around the Jazz Continuum and explore some space together.

Playlist

  • Thelonious Monk "Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 00:30
  • Dinah Washington "This Bitter Earth" from Unforgettable (Mercury Records) 01:30
  • Eddie Harris "Don't You Know Your Future's In Space" from Come on Down! (Atlantic) 04:35
  • Dave Brubeck "Countdown" from Countdown Time in Outer Space (Atlantic) 09:59
  • Ikue Mori "Moving off the Earth" from Tracing the Magic (Tzadik) 12:22
  • Nala Sinephro "Space 6" from Space 1.8 (Warp Records) 18:39
  • Mal Waldron "Space Walk" from Up Popped the Devil (Enja Records) 24:59
  • Quincy Jones "Walking in Space" from Walking in Space (A&M/CTI Records) 37:58
  • Ornette Coleman "Space Jungle" from Crisis (Impulse!) 37:58
  • Pepper Adams "Spacemaker" from Julian (Inner City) 55:26
  • Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra "Saturn" from 7" single (Modern Harmonic) 1:02:26
  • Quin Kirchner "Planet Earth" from The Shadows and the Light (Astral Spirits) 1:02:26
  • Mary Halvorson Quintet "Saturn Sings" from Saturn Sings (Firehouse Records) 1:10:10
  • Brandon Lopez, Ingrid Laubrock "Saturnian Staring" from No Es La Playa (Intakt Records) 1:15:18
  • John Coltrane "Jupiter" from Interstellar Space (Impulse!) 1:23:26
  • Duke Ellington And His Award Winners "Blues in Orbit" from Blues in Orbit (Columbia) 1:29:53
  • George Russell Sextet "Blues in Orbit" from 1 2 3 4 5 6extet (Riverside Records) 1:32:18
  • Sun Ra "Everything Is Space" from Somewhere Else (Rounder Records) 1:39:42
  • Muriel Grossmann "Earth Call" from Earth Tones (Dreamlandrecords) 1:44:42
  • Jason Moran "Planet Rock" from Modernistic (Blue Note) 1:55:07

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