The Rare Music Curator presents podcast #28
Where’s My Drink? The music of John Fahey

This month’s feature is on guitarist John Fahey, ( 1939-2001) purveyor of solo acoustic guitar. This program was sourced from two separate concerts and basically alternates between them. There are a couple of notable glitches and rough spots including a very loud start to the second song and a digital glitching that made me fade out song #6 early. Fahey himself tunes up during the songs at times.
As always this program is for the personal use of enthusiasts only and never to be sold. If you do not own any John Fahey recordings I suggest you obtain some of his commercially available recordings. There are lots of good ones to choose from.

1. University of California at Riverside California
“The Barn” 6 November 1976

2 & 3. Great Midwestern Hall
Louisville, KY 13 December 1977

4. UC Riverside

5. Louisville, KY

6. UCRiverside

7. Louisville, KY

8. UCRiverside

The Rare Music Curator presents podcast #27:
Dave Douglas: Don’t Freak Out, Freak In

Certainly one of the finest trumpeters of his generation, Douglas has worked in many styles and many bands and has composed all sorts of music from jazz to classical. Here we have some excellent rare and live material drawn from some of these bands.

1. Dave Douglas Group
10 Oct 1996, Location unknown
Dave Douglas: trumpet
Chris Speed: tenor sax
James Genus?:bass
Joey Baron?: drums
Uri Caine?iano

2. Dave Douglas Trio
29 July 2002, Location unknown
Dave Douglas: trumpet
Brad Shepik: guitar
Jim Black: drums

3. Dave Douglas Charms Of The Night Sky
Yoshis, Oakland CA January 2001
Dave Douglas: trumpet
Mark Feldman: violin
Guy Klucevsek: accordion
Greg Cohen: bass

4. Dave Douglas Freak In
May 2003, Cheltenham, Leeds, England
Dave Douglas: trumpet
Jamie Saft: organ
Seamus Blake: reeds
David Gilmore: guitar
Brad Jones: bass
Derek Phillips: drums
Ikue Mori: electronic percussion

5. Dave Douglas “Speaking Truth To Power: Modern Protest Music“
15 Oct 1999, Donaueschingen, Germany
Dave Douglas: trumpet
Chris Speed: tenor, clarinet
Josh Roseman: trombone
Bryan Carrott: vibes, marimba
Mark Feldman: violin
Erik Friedlander: cello
Drew Gress: bass
Michael Sarin: drums, percussion
Ikue Mori: drum machine, electronics

6. Dave Douglas Charms Of The Begging Squirrel
Date, location unknown
Dave Douglas: trumpet
Personnel unknown but probably
Chris Speed: reeds
Joey Baron?: drums
Brad Jones: bass

7. Dave Douglas Freak In
26 March 2004, Cornelia St Café, NYC
Dave Douglas: trumpet
Markus Strickland: tenor
Jamie Saft: Wurlitzer organ
Brad Jones: bass
Gene Lake: drums

8. Misha Mengelberg Quartet with Dave Douglas
26 August 2001, Saalfelden, Austria
Dave Douglas: trumpet
Han Bennink: drums
Brad Jones: bass
Misha Mengelberg: piano

Rare Music Curator presents pod cast #26
Bill Frisell: A Man For All Seasons

58 minutes

Frisell will need no introduction to any fan of the guitar. His ability to go from restraint to full out wailing is well known and his career has included recording and live sessions with too many artists to list. Born in 1951, Bill Frisell is perhaps the guitarist that best exemplifies the meaning of taste and consummate musicianship. I suggest you enjoy these unreleased live recordings and then go out and buy his commercially released albums.

1. Bill Frisell Trio
Boulder, Colorado 13 October 2000

Bill Frisell: guitar
Tony Scherr: bass
Kenny Wolleson?: drums

2. “I Can’t Be Satisfied” Bill Frisell Trio
Warsaw, Poland 9 July 1993

Bill Frisell: guitar
Joey Baron: drums
Kermit Driscoll: bass

3. Bill Frisell New Quartet
10 November 1999, Oakland, CA

Bill Frisell: guitar
Greg Leisz: pedal steel guitar
Kermit Driscoll?: bass
Joey Baron?: drums

4. Bill Frisell Intercontinental Quartet
The Barbican, London, 18 May 2002

Bill Frisell: guitar
Vinicius Cantuaria: guitars, percussion
Christos Govetas: oud, bouzouki, clarinet
Sidiki Camara: calabash, djembe
Djelimady Tounkara: guitar

5. “No Moe” ( Sonny Rollins) Bill Frisell Sextet
Malmo, Sweden 4 April 1994

Bill Frisell: guitar
Don Byron: clarinet
Curtis Fowlkes: trombone
Joey Baron: drums
Kermit Driscoll: bass

6. “Music For Beaton Keaton” Bill Frisell Trio
Location unknown, December 1994

Bill Frisell: guitar
Kermit Driscoll: bass
Joey Baron: drums

7. Bill Frisell and The Willies
Location and date unknown ( Seattle 2002?)

Bill Frisell: guitar
Danny Barnes: banjo
Keith Lowe: bass
Eyvind Kang: violin

8. “Sessions On West 54th” Bill Frisell Group
New York, Date unknown

Bill Frisell: guitar
Bass, drums: unknown

9. Bill Frisell Trio
Village Vanguard, NYC 10 May 1995

Bill Frisell: guitar
Kermit Driscoll: bass
Joey Baron: drums

Rare Music Curator presents podcast #25
The Music of Air (with Amiri Baraka): Against Bourgeois Art

The program features the music of Air, the trio Henry Threadgill, Fred Hopkins and Steve McCall. On several tracks the poetry of Amiri Baraka is also heard. Air formed in 1971 and continued in this form until Steve McCall’s death of a stroke in 1989. They reformed with Andrew Cyrille on drums and then later with Pheeroan AkLaff ( as New Air).

1. I Love Music
Air with Amiri Barka
20 March 1982 Koln, Germany, WDR radio broadacast
Henry Threadgill: reeds
Fred Hopkins: bass
Steve McCallrums

2. Unknown title
21 January 1983, Detroit Institute of Art
Air ( Thredgill, Hopkins, McCall)

3. Against Bourgeois Art
Air with Amiri Baraka
20 March 1982

4. Unknown title
28 June 1981 Town Hall, New York
Air ( Threadgill: flute, Hopkins, McCall)

5. Unknown title
28 June 1981, Town Hall, New York
Air ( Threadgill: sax, Hopkins, McCall)

6. Class Struggle In Music
Air with Amiri Baraka
20 March 1982, Koln Germany

The Rare Music Curator presents podcast #24
Gateway: The Music Of John Abercrombie

Since the early 1970’s John Abercrombie has been one of my favorite guitarists. Early in his career he was sort of overshadowed by fusion figures such as John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola on one hand and more straight ahead jazz guitarists like Pat Metheny on the other. However, Abercrombie has continued to issue superb albums over the years and his live gigs can be spacey, introspective or just plain incendiary.
If you don’t know much about him you can start with his wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Abercrombie_(guitarist)

Or go to his own site:
http://www.johnabercrombie.com/

I highly suggest you pick up some of his albums if you don’t own them already. This podcast features unreleased live performances and is only for the personal pleasure of enthusiasts. This material is never for sale. I hope you enjoy this remarkable guitarist and his bands.

1. John Abercrombie Trio
1989, Hamburg, Germany

John Abercrombie: guitar
Marc Johnson: bass
Peter Erskine: drums

2.John Abercrombie Quartet
1995 Hamburg, Germany

John Abercrombie: guitar
Bobo Stenson: piano?
Lars Danielson: bass?
Jon Christensen: drums?

3. Ralph Towner-John Abercrombie Duo
1976, San Francisco

Ralph Towner: acoustic guitar
John Abercrombie: guitar

4. John Abercrombie Trio
1993, Berlin

John Abercrombie: guitar
Trilok Gurtu: percussion
Rainer Bruninghaus: piano

5. John Abercrombie Quartet
8 May 2002, Pizza Express, London

John Abercrombie: guitar
Mark Feldman: violin
Marc Johnson: bass
Joey Baron: drums