Monday, June 29, 2009

NEW GUY AT KMHD, BLUES FESTIVAL STUFF, NEW SCHNEIDERMAN REMIX,, LOTSA STUFF

While listening to a radio station from Port of Spain, Trinidad. It's WACK, the best call letters for a station since I tried to get a rich drug dealer to buy a station in Baltimore so I could re-name it WRAT.

I found it last night and got hooked. I wish there were some Trinidadians in Portland, they throw awesome cabarets. If you hear of any, please let me know. When I lived in Baltimore,I hung out with some guys from Trinidad who had a real steel band. Yes, of course I did a story on them. They let me sit in one night. They were very nice to me. Didn't even laugh.

I found the station here via my friend Art Levine. You can listen to stations from all over the world. Now that's real world music.

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OPB FINDS A COOL GUY TO MANAGE KMHD!

I'm not going to get in trouble and spill all the beans before they make a public statement but I got wind of their choice last week. I visited the site of his current station and did a big WOW!! I thought, this is going to be fun!

If he does the things here that he's doing there, we're in for a great ride. Found out he's heard my show and likes it, too. So I'm hoping The Bar stays open.

He gets to town in three weeks.

Can't wait to meet him. I'll have more to say when they make it official. But maybe I've said too much, haven't said enough.

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BLUES FESTIVAL WEEK!!!!!!!!!

I don't know about you but I've been finding that people are more excited about it this year. Maybe it's the crappy economy, or the Oregon summer, but I'm glad to see it. Spirits seemed to be a little bit down. Not this year.

When I posed the question on FB, Int'l Male's waggish Adam McIsaac said, "More people have the blues this year." Others said things like "totally pumped!!!"

Tip of the hat to KINK and KMHD's Steve Pringle who has the difficult job of assigning the (unpaid) MC's. Everybody wants to MC for their favorites. I am thrilled to get to intro Big Sam's Funky Nation on Sunday.

I'll also be introducing Ken DeRouchie, who will have the spectacular LaRhonda Steele singing with him, also Sonny Hess's all-star NW Blues Women, AND Karl Denson.

If you haven't gone to the Candlelight to see LaRhonda's regular Thursday nights, you're missing out. I mean, where else can you hear somebody sing a Spinners song and mean it!

David Vest axed me to MC the NW Blues Pianorama show at the Marriott on Thursday night at 10….part of the Festival but separate admission. They've got FOUR piano players this year…David, DK Stewart plus Janice Scroggins and Steve Kerrin who lots of people haven't heard yet.

I'm looking forward to seeing Loose Marbles. I wrote abut them in the tabloid the O gives away at the Festival. I've been playing them on the radio….including Postage Stamp from their album The Royal Rousers.



See you there!

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ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU WANT TO KEEP A SECRET SO YOU CAN STILL GET IN THE DOOR

Tony Ozier's Wednesday nightfunk/soul jam at a new (and little) club called Calabash in the 800 block of SW 2nd Ave is absolutely the coolest thing in town. It's like you stepped into a different town. Reminds me of clubs I've been in n the East Coast. Very diverse crowd. That means there are Black folks there. Felt like home. The stage takes up half the space. The whole thing rocks.

I ran into a lot of Portland's best musicians there, who just came to dig it and sit in. Liv Warfield was there. She's about to go back out on the road with Prince…she told me the Montreux Jazz Festival is part of the tour. She had to cancel a gig at Jimmy Mak's to do it. Not that there was any question.

Rod Nightingale was there, too. Just ran across a new video from Madgesdiq and Rod's C4Influenz band performing "Love is The Key" when they opened for K'Naan at Berbati's Pan.



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KEITH SCHREINER AKA AUDITORY SCULPTURE IS BACK AT EAST

…on Thursday nights. He gave me some new stuff he's done and some remixes of the Stephanie Schneiderman album. You can download them on his MySpace page.

Here's the remix of Dangerous Fruit, the title tune. Knocked me out.



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JAZZ AT THE MISSION?
Between sets at Jimmy Mak's the other night, Ben Darwish told me that things are looking good for weekly jazz Tuesday nights at The MissionTheater. How about that? Dinner, music and a movie under one roof! Daters take note.

btw….Drew Shoals is coming back to town! Watch for gigs.

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Nuff for now. OK, one more thing…Dinah Washington singing Bessie Smith.



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Thursday, June 11, 2009

The Longer the Days, the Shorter the Blog, Seems Like

Taking vacation time this week. Just means I'm not doing the blog this week. Still, a few things:

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DREW SHOALS DROPPED ME A LINE

We miss him around here, big time.

He said:

I s(aw) saxophonist/composer John Ellis over the weekend here in New York. He wrote a Tim Burton-esque jazz opera called "The Ice Siren" about a dream-like, after life love story brought to life (or death) by a string quartet, tuba, vibes, percussion, guitar, tenor sax, and a couple vocalists. The best music I've heard in New York so far.


Nuff said.

Wonder when he's coming back to town and running for mayor?

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AND KEITH SCHREINER SAYS, LESS PERSONALLY

Hey guys I wanted to invite all of you out to my first tuesday night back out in the world. I have hidden in the studio for 2 years and its time now to get back out on a regular basis, but I did not want to deal with the cityiots or the brianless masses on fridays and saturday nights, so I opted for a locals kinda night where I dont have to cater to idiots, SO.... every Tuesday night starting on June 16th thats next tuesday, I will be down at east from 8:30pm-12:30am doing what I do, I hope some of you come thru for the first one, it would be great to see you guys and catch up.
Also john Plummer told me there will be happy hour prices or some kind of good deal on drinks as well.....Much rejoicing


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FIND GREAT CONCERTS ONLINE RIGHT HERE

Thanks to Art Levine for this.

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ENJOY



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Monday, June 8, 2009

My KMHD Playlist from Last Saturday 6/6/09

10:00 PM Wayne Horvitz/ Duke/ Monolgue
10:00 PM Jaco Pastorius/ Opus Pocus/ Jaco Pastorius
10:05 PM Jimmie Lunceford/ For Dancers Only/ For Dancers Only
10:08 PM Allen Toussaint/ Blue Drag/ The Bright Mississipi
10:12 PM Robert Moore/ Marche L'Idiots/ Karla's Sermon
10:18 PM Bill Henderson/ Royal Garden Blues/ Live at the Vic
10:25 PM Darcy James Argue's/ Secret Society/ Transit Infernal Machines
10:32 PM David Friesen/ Every Other Time/ Five and Three
10:42 PM David Murray/ Jug-a-Lug/ same
10:50 PM Cecilia Frioni/ La Cose Semplici/ Papillon
10:52 PM Thelonius Monk/ Brilliant Corners/ same



11:03 PM Gil Evans Orchestra/ 1983 A Merman I Should Turn To Be/ Plays Jimi Hendrix
11:10 PM Jaco Pastorius/ Kuru/Speak Like a Child/ Jaco Pastorius/ piano Herbie Hancock
11:18 PM Lester Young/ June Bug/ Blue Young/
11:20 PM Tony Malaby/ Lucedes/ Paloma Recio
11:30 PM Mike Doolin & David Martin/ Prevarication/ Reflection
11:36 PM Billy Harper/ Oh...If Only/ BLueprints of Jazz/ that was Amiri Baraka
11:42 PM Astor Piazzola/ Libertango/ Double Best Collection
11:47 PM Edmundo Ros/ Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Baion)/ Porgy and Bess and Show Boat
11:50 PM Bobby Hammack/ Powerhouse/ Cocktail Mix Vol. 2
11:51 PM Pizzicato Five/ Girl From Ipenema/ Pink Panther's Penthouse Party
11:55 PM Swingin' Singles Orchestra/ Je T'Aime (Mon Non Plus)/ Music for a 90s Bachelor Pad

THE BAR

12:04 AM Tom Waits/ The Piano Has Been Drinking/ Small Change
12:08 AM Roy Brown/ Saturday Night/ Complete Imperial Recordings
12:10 AM Buddy Guy, Junior Mance, Junior Wells/ Talkin' Bout Women Obviously/ Buddy & the Juniors
12:22 AM Al Green/ Take Me To the River/ Greatest Hits Vol. 2
12:25 AM Al Green/ Belle/ The Belle Album
12:30 AM Al Green/ Tired of Being Alone/ Gratest Hits Vol. 1
12:33 AM Al Green/ Love and Happiness/ Greatest Hits Vol.2
12:38 AM Al Green/ Truth N' Time/ same
12:49 AM Robert Moore/ Your Molecular Structure/ Karla's Sermon
12:59 AM Funkadelic/ One Nation Under a Groove/ same


1:06 AM The Clinton Administration/ Flash Light/ One Nation Under a Re-Groove
1:12 AM Joe Tex/ Loose Caboose/ He Who Is Without Funk (Cast the First Stone)
1:19 AM James Brown/ Ain't It Funky Pt. 1/ Instrumentals
1:27 AM The Dells/ Stay In My Corner/ There It Is
1:33 AM Marvin Gaye/ Everybody Needs Love/ Here, My Dear
1:39 AM Mavis Staples/ Security/ Only For the Lonely
1:42 AM Jerry Butler & the Impressions/ For Your Precious Love/ The Sweetest Soul
1:46 AM Irma Thomas/ I Need Your Love So Bad/ Straight From the Soul
1:50 AM Rachel Taylor Brown/ Susan Storm's Ugly Sister/ same
1:53 AM Vagabond Opera/ Goodnight Moon/ The Zeitgeist Beckons

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Friesen Radio Interview, R.I.P. Koko, Dig Terry Evans

While listening to a very strange version of I Say a Little Prayer by Al Green on Truth N' Time his last "secular" album….well, before he started making them again. The title tune is my favorite on the album, tho. Yes, I bought the vinyl. Uh oh, now I'm in a vicsious cycle of listening to that title tune over and over. Good thing it feels good.

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HERE'S THE DAVID FRIESEN INTERVIEW, AS PROMISED

I wanted to have David come to the studio and spend some time talking on the air but he had to go to Los Angeles to play in a tribute gig for Bud Shank. So he called. The clip starts with a tune from his wonderful new album Five and Three which is a 2CD set featuring a quintet of him, John Gross and Rob Davis on saxes, Charlie Doggett and Gary Hobbs on drums and Dan Balmer on guitar. The trio is David, Rob Davis and Greg Goebel on piano.

Enjoy:



Dropped in to Jimmy Mak's last Friday to have praised heaped upon me for heaping praise on Friesen and band…having encapsulated their album into about 150 words in the O. I accepted graciously. I need all the props I can get.

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HERE COMES THE BLUES FESTIVAL
BLUES FESTIVAL!!


They've begun selling early bird tickets….bargains, you know. Click on the link above to find out.

I'll have a lot more to say about it as we get closer. I have a meeting this week to see what the O wants outta me. So till I find out what I'm selling and what I'm giving away, I wanted you to hear Terry Evans, whom I have never seen. After hearing this clip I can't wait. Hope you feel the same way.

It's called, The River from his album Come To the River



Speaking of which, it's a shame that Koko Taylor died this week. There's a great vid of the young Koko with Little Walter:



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PAUL NEWMAN AND MILES DAVIS IN THE SAME THEATER ON THE SAME NIGHT

At Cinema 21 on Saturday night you can see The Hustler and a Miles Davis concert film from 1991. Yeah, I know nobody liked what he was doing then, but in the intervening years, I'm pretty curious to see what became of him. I'll be on the air. Oh well. I expect reports.

It's a new print of The Hustler. In the lobby Brian Casey and Brett White, a bass/trumpet duo will be playing. All starts at 9:30.

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MARCHING UNDER AND OVER THE BRIDGE

The Lions of Batucada will be playing a set under the Hawthorne Bridge on Sunday, June 7 and then leading a parade to the Terry Shrunk Plaza as part of the "United For Oregon" rally….about state budget cuts that will eliminate many services now provided for seniors and kids. (Bastards)

Starts at noon. In case you need a reminder:



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NEED SOME SOOTHING?



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It's too nice to keep typing, and you've gotten your money's worth.

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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

My KMHD Playlist from Last Saturday 5-30-09

10:00 Wayne Horvitz/ Duke/ Monologue
10:02 Oregon/ If/ Prime
10:08 Oregon/ An Open Door/ Prime
10:14 David Friesen/ You and You Alone/ Five & Three
10:26 Flora Purim/ Queen of the Night/ same
10:30 David Vest/ Follow That Ark/ unreleased Live @ Duff's Garage, Portland 5-22-09
10:32 David Murray Octet/ New Life/ same
10:40: Allen Toussaint/ Singin' the Blues/ The Bright Mississippi
10:46 Carla Bley/ Real Life Hits/ Songs With Legs
10:54 Nancy King & Fred Hersch/ Ain't Misbehavin'/ Live at the Jazz Standard

11:02 On Ka'a Davis with Famous Original Djuke Music People/ Voodoo Ultralux/ Seeds of Djuke
11:07 M. Nahadr/ Starlight/ EclecticIsM
11:10 Rahsaan Roland Kirk/ Bright Moments/ Kirkatron/ vinyl
11:14 John Abercrombie/ Vingt Six/ The Third Quartet
11:24 Garaj Mahal/ 7 Cows Jumping Over the Moon/ Woot!
11:29 Melvin Gibbs Elevated Entity/ Summer Breeze/ Ancients Speak
11:33 Herbie Hancock/ Rockit/ Future Shock
11:38 John McLaughlin/ Time Remembered/ same
11:41 Milt Bucker/ Cute/ Milt Plays Chords
11:47 Leo Addeo and His Orchestra/ Dancing Tambourines/ Stereo Action! Unlimited/ vinyl
11:51 Lorraine Bowen/ Julie Christie/ Far Out: Swinging Bachelor Pad Music
11:53 Edmundo Ros/ I've Got Plenty of Nuthin'/ Show Boat and Porgy & Bess
11:56 Captain Beefheart/ I Love You, You Big Dummy/ Lick My Decals Off Baby

THE BAR

12:03 Tom Waits/ The Piano Has Been Drinking/ Small Change
12:08 Roy Brown/ Saturday Night/ Complete Imperial Recordings
12:10 Lil Johnson/ Take It Easy Greasy/ Rude Dudes
12:14 Otis Blackwell/ Fever/ These Are My Songs!
12:17 Nathanial Mayer/ I Want to Dance With You/ I Just Want to be Held
12:21 Big Sam's Funky Nation/ We Got It/ Peace, Love and Understanding
12:27 Dr. John/ Can't Git Enuff/ Desitively Bonneroo
12:29 Bonerama/ Big Fine Woman/ single
12:35 The Clinton Administration/ Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)/ One Nation Under a Re-Groove
12:40 Graham Central Station/ The jam/ Ain't No Bout A Doubt It
12:53 Joe Tex/ I Gotcha/ best of
12:55 Otis Redding/ I Can't Turn You Loose/ In Person at the Whiskey A Go Go

1:00 Soul Vaccination/ Souled Out/ Live at Jimmy Mak's
1:04 James Brown/ Get On the Good Foot/ same
1:11 Isaac Hayes/ Shaft/ best of
1:16 Al Green/ I'm So Tired of Being Alone/ greatest hits vol. 1
1:18 Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings/ Got a Thing On My Mind/ Dap-Dippin
1:21 Major Harris/ Love Won't Let Me Wait/ My Way
1:27 Johnny Adams/ Your Love Is So Doggone Good/ Soul of the Night
1:32 Stevie Wonder/ Golden Lady/ Innervisions
1:37 Jackie Wilson/ This Bitter Earth/ Do Your Thing
1:44 Irma Thomas/ Thinking About You/ Simply Grand
1:48 Mary Flower/ When I Get Home I'm Gonna Be Satisfied/ Bridges
1:50 Vagabone Opera/ Goodnight Moon/ The Zeitgiest Beckons.