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10:00 PM : Wayne Horvitz : Duke : Monologue
10:01 PM : Scotty Barnhart : Con Alma : Say It Plain : w/ Wynton Marsalis
10:10 PM : Elvin Jones : Someone's Rocking My Jazzboat : New Agenda
10:18 PM : David Valdez : Desert Flower : Desert Flower
10:27 PM : Commotion : Opening To The Show/ Hip Joint : Commotion
10:36 PM : John Surman/ John Aberceombie/ Drew Gress/ Jack : Slanted Sky : Brewster's Rooster
10:45 PM : Toque Libre : Marinela : Toque Libre
10:49 PM : Oregon : Frined of the Family : Violin : vinyl
10:54 PM : Bill Evans : Gary's Theme : You Must Believe In Spring
11:01 PM : Joe Zawinul : Introduction to A Mighty Theme/ Waraya : My People
11:08 PM : Miroslav Vitous Group w/ Michel Portal : Blues Report : Remembering Weather Report
11:13 PM : John Stowell : Friendly Giant : Solitary Tales
11:18 PM : Steve Kuhn Trio w/ Joe Lovano : Jimmy's Mode : Mostly Coltrane
11:28 PM : Gilbrto Gil : Louvacao : same
11:31 PM : Will Bernard : Frontwinder : Blue Plate Special
11:36 PM : Open Sky : Devotion : Open Sky : vinyl
11:45 PM : Jay McShann : Vine St Boogie : My Baby With the Black Dress On
11:51 PM : Takin' On : Italian Secret Service : Far Out
11:53 PM : R Crumb & the Cheap Suit Sereneders : Persian Rug : Number 2 : vinyl
11:57 PM : Camp Galore : Bill Bailey : Deco Disco
THE BAR
12:03 AM : Tom Waits : The Piano Has Been Drinking : Small Change
12:08 AM : Roy Brown : Saturday NIght : Complete Imperical Recordings
12:10 AM : Ike Turner : Tacks In My Shoes : Blues Roots
12:13 AM : Ted Taylor : I'm Just a Crumb In Your Breadbox of Love : Charly Presents
12:16 AM : Gladys Hill : Don't Touch My Bowl : Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3
12:19 AM : Champion Jack DuPree : One Dirty Woman : CJD and his Blues Band
12:22 AM : Professor Longhair : How Long Has That Train Been Gone : Rock n Roll Gumbo
12:25 AM : Watermelon Slim : I've Got a Toothache : No Paid Holidays
12:28 AM : Champion Jack DuPree : Shim Sham Shimmy : Red Robin Presents
12:30 AM : Andre Williams : Mother For You : Greasy
12:36 AM : Toots & the Maytals : Reggae Got Soul : Very Best of
12:39 AM : Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings : Pick It Up, Lay It in the Cut : Dap Dippin
12:43 AM : James Brown : Mother Popcorn : The CD of JB
12:46 AM : Graham Central Station : The Jam : Ain't No Bout a Doubt It
12:54 AM : Neville Brothers : Papa Funk/ Can't Stop the Funk : Walkin' In the Shadow of Life
1:02 AM : Earth Wind & Fire : Shining Star / That's the Way of the World : That's The Way Of the World : vinyl
1:10 AM : Al Green : Truth In Time : same
1:15 AM : The Temptations (randy cantor mix) : I Can't Get Net to You : The Ultimate Remix
1:19 AM : George Cilinton : Do Fries Come With That Shake : 12"
1:23 AM : Sugar Hill Gang : Rapper's Delight : 12"
1:29 AM : Allen Toussaint : All of It : Connected
1:33 AM : Staples Singers : Pray On, My Child : Peace In the Neighborhood
1:40 AM : Otis Redding : These Arms of Mine : Live In Europe
1:43 AM : Al Green : L-o-v-e : Greatest Hits Vol 2
1:46 AM : Solomon Burke : Don't Give Up On Me : same
1:50 AM : Impressions : Keep On Pushin' : same
1:52 AM : Allen Toussaint : Sweet Dreams : Connected
Monday, July 27, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
I'm a WW Best People? Me? Oh, for THAT.
I had forgotten that a young lady from Willamette Week nameded Whitney Hawke (Is that her porn name? Or her Storm name?) had called me up and asked me some questions about my days long-ago as a supermarket tabloid writer.
Then today their Best of Portland came out and I was named Best Tabloid Journalist in the Best People section. Scroll and scroll and scroll and scroll to get to it.
Or look at what they wrote here:
Thanks WW.....I think.
Then today their Best of Portland came out and I was named Best Tabloid Journalist in the Best People section. Scroll and scroll and scroll and scroll to get to it.
Or look at what they wrote here:
Best Tabloid Journalist
When you look at a rack of tabloids in the grocery store, do you ever wonder what sicko thought up stories like “Grandma Turns Pet Dog Inside Out Looking for Lost Lottery Ticket,” “Cult Uses Human Heads for Bowling Balls” or “Rabid Nun Infects Entire Convent”? Well, the answer is Portland resident Tom D’Antoni. The bearded and bespectacled D’Antoni wrote for The Sun—a national tabloid rag —while living in Baltimore in the mid-’80s, earning $25 for each salacious story he wrote. Plus another $10 if the story went on the cover.
D’Antoni describes the experience as being “fun at the beginning because it was a status symbol,” but the job quickly became a morbidly depressing gig. “I would get up in the morning and think of the worst things I could think of. Sometimes it would upset me so much I had to leave the house,” he says. D’Antoni compares the world of tabloids to so-called “professional” wrestling. The vast majority of people know it’s bullshit, but some kooks believe every bit of it without question.
Now a radio host on Portland’s KMHD 89.1 FM, a blogger for The Huffington Post and a freelance journalist for The Oregonian, D’Antoni has become a player in Portland’s local media scene. He’s tossed tabloid writing aside for now to focus on other projects, including one he says he “can’t even talk about yet, but will have a major impact on journalists in Portland.” So long as you don’t plan on using our heads for bowling balls, Tom. WHITNEY HAWKE.
Thanks WW.....I think.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Dis, Dat or D'udda
While listening to my own KMHD show from last Saturday... Don't laugh. Ok laugh, but since I like all the stuff I play and since sometimes I don't remember what the hell I did, it's fun to listen to my own sets. I always get surprised.
Dave Chappelle will make a special appearance on this blog at midnight.
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UPDATE!! STORM LARGE VIDEO RELEASED. DID YOU KNOW THAT HER VAGINA IS EIGHT MILES WIDE?
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CATHEDRAL PARK, AT LEAST MY PART (SLIGHT RETURN)
Was a blast being on the air for four hours on Friday. Bill Rhodes Trio (w/Jim Miller and Frank "Paris Slim" Goldwasser was a study in blues intimacy and just right to begin the festival. Enjoyed interviewing Bill and Jim between and after their sets, especially making Bill do the legal KMHD ID (he has a lot of radio experience). It was very ecumenical of him to do it since he has a show on KBOO.
Somehow, while talking with Jim Miller, the conversation turned to sweeping up leftover endorphins off the stage.
Duffy Bishop followed and was Duffy Bishop. Took her (very high-heeled) shoes off and went out into the audience to sing. I asked her about it and she said she likes to go out into the audience because it makes her less nervous. Hard to imagine Duffy getting nervous.
She's gone to SF for a few months to sing in the same cabaret show that took her away to Seattle for the previous several months. She had just a few Portland gigs in between. Glad I saw this one.
Missed the rest of the festival, but caught some of it on radio. No big names to draw but a very nice festival. I go to that park just to sit and look at the river sometimes. My favorite PDX park.
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……AND PIGNOLI COOKIES, TOO!!!
This just in from Andrew Oliver:
I like to stop there and pick up some pignolis after breakfast at Beaterville. I don't know any other place to get them. Do you?
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DREW SHOALS COLLECTIVE REUNION
At Mizz Pizz last Friday playing tunes from Drew's The Greatest Haven't Been Born Yet album. The band who played on half of the tunes on that album was there. John Nastos on sax, Ben Darwish on keys and Damien Erskine on bass. Damien played that amazing solo from Lux but extended it.
If there was any doubt about Drew, having spent more time over the past year in New York, dealing with helping offenders than playing drums, you'll be happy to know he is better than ever.
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DAHLIA DAHLIA DAHLIA
Jay Bozich (King Fader) posted this video of them from 2006. I ran into Jen at the Dave Chappelle party at the square last week. Says she's trying to give up music and become a writer.
Sigh.
This is called Mad World
Dahlia Mad World
Cover Song Footage from Pi-Rem in Portland, Oregon 08-25-06 Created by Vance Malone of Food Chain Films
Btw…I stood in the back of East the other night with Keith Schreiner while he watched Oracle do a gig that was a rehearsal for a House of Blues show in L.A. Yes, he wrote the tunes, etc. DJ Izm sat in for him because he will be at a FOLK FESTIVAL with Stephanie Schneiderman. Cracked me up. Keith at a folk festival? He told me he was gonna be like Dylan at Newport.
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LOOSE CABOOSE MANIA
I started playing the Joe Tex song because of the constant urging of Adam McIsaac of Int'l Male to play more Joe Tex during The Bar portion of my radio show (12m-2am). Now it has become a phenomenon. They threaten to teach the whole audience how to do it.
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OK FORGET THAT THIS IS A STANDARD FOR A MINUTE
…..and just listen.
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OR MAYBE YOU NEVER HEARD OF URI CAINE
Now you have
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WHEN COOL WAS WELL-DRESSED
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HOW TUTS WASHINGTON'S JUNKER BLUES BECAME PROFESSOR LONGHAIR'S TIPITINA ACCORDING TO THE TWO OF THEM
….plus Allen Toussaint. Am I in heaven?
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There's more but I got real work to do.
Pass this blog on!
…and leave a comment!!!
Listen to my KMHD show on Saturday nights 10pm-2am. Jazz till 12 and then The Bar opens at Midnight! Studio line 503-661-8900…call me sometime, it gets lonely out there!
Email me at tvdpdx@gmail.com
Dave Chappelle will make a special appearance on this blog at midnight.
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UPDATE!! STORM LARGE VIDEO RELEASED. DID YOU KNOW THAT HER VAGINA IS EIGHT MILES WIDE?
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CATHEDRAL PARK, AT LEAST MY PART (SLIGHT RETURN)
Was a blast being on the air for four hours on Friday. Bill Rhodes Trio (w/Jim Miller and Frank "Paris Slim" Goldwasser was a study in blues intimacy and just right to begin the festival. Enjoyed interviewing Bill and Jim between and after their sets, especially making Bill do the legal KMHD ID (he has a lot of radio experience). It was very ecumenical of him to do it since he has a show on KBOO.
Somehow, while talking with Jim Miller, the conversation turned to sweeping up leftover endorphins off the stage.
Duffy Bishop followed and was Duffy Bishop. Took her (very high-heeled) shoes off and went out into the audience to sing. I asked her about it and she said she likes to go out into the audience because it makes her less nervous. Hard to imagine Duffy getting nervous.
She's gone to SF for a few months to sing in the same cabaret show that took her away to Seattle for the previous several months. She had just a few Portland gigs in between. Glad I saw this one.
Missed the rest of the festival, but caught some of it on radio. No big names to draw but a very nice festival. I go to that park just to sit and look at the river sometimes. My favorite PDX park.
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……AND PIGNOLI COOKIES, TOO!!!
This just in from Andrew Oliver:
Mary Sue Tobin and Andrew Oliver are proud to announce a new series in partnership with DiPrima Dolci Italian Bakery and Restaurant: Jazz Bakery @ DiPrima. The series will take place on the First and Third Thursday of the month beginning July 23
This Thursday will feature the High Mountain Quartet:
Chad McCullough, trumpet and flugelhorn (Seattle)
Andrew Oliver, piano (Portland)
Eric Gruber, bass (Portland)
Tyson Stubelek, drums (Boston)
The High Mountain Quartet performs original music alongside repertoire from across the jazz tradition. Their music emphasizes jazz improvisation as a medium of communication, both between the band and the audience and between the band members themselves. Their musical dedication is evident in the intensity of their performances and their intuitive group interaction.
Long-time musical associates and friends Tyson Stubelek and Andrew Oliver began playing with Seattle-based trumpeter Chad McCullough at the Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music in 2009, where they were all participants. The musical chemistry was immediately evident and upon Tyson and Andrew’s return to Portland, Chad was invited down from Seattle to augment their long-standing trio with Eric Gruber into a quartet.
I like to stop there and pick up some pignolis after breakfast at Beaterville. I don't know any other place to get them. Do you?
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DREW SHOALS COLLECTIVE REUNION
At Mizz Pizz last Friday playing tunes from Drew's The Greatest Haven't Been Born Yet album. The band who played on half of the tunes on that album was there. John Nastos on sax, Ben Darwish on keys and Damien Erskine on bass. Damien played that amazing solo from Lux but extended it.
If there was any doubt about Drew, having spent more time over the past year in New York, dealing with helping offenders than playing drums, you'll be happy to know he is better than ever.
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DAHLIA DAHLIA DAHLIA
Jay Bozich (King Fader) posted this video of them from 2006. I ran into Jen at the Dave Chappelle party at the square last week. Says she's trying to give up music and become a writer.
Sigh.
This is called Mad World
Dahlia Mad World
Cover Song Footage from Pi-Rem in Portland, Oregon 08-25-06 Created by Vance Malone of Food Chain Films
Btw…I stood in the back of East the other night with Keith Schreiner while he watched Oracle do a gig that was a rehearsal for a House of Blues show in L.A. Yes, he wrote the tunes, etc. DJ Izm sat in for him because he will be at a FOLK FESTIVAL with Stephanie Schneiderman. Cracked me up. Keith at a folk festival? He told me he was gonna be like Dylan at Newport.
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LOOSE CABOOSE MANIA
I started playing the Joe Tex song because of the constant urging of Adam McIsaac of Int'l Male to play more Joe Tex during The Bar portion of my radio show (12m-2am). Now it has become a phenomenon. They threaten to teach the whole audience how to do it.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
OK FORGET THAT THIS IS A STANDARD FOR A MINUTE
…..and just listen.
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OR MAYBE YOU NEVER HEARD OF URI CAINE
Now you have
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WHEN COOL WAS WELL-DRESSED
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
HOW TUTS WASHINGTON'S JUNKER BLUES BECAME PROFESSOR LONGHAIR'S TIPITINA ACCORDING TO THE TWO OF THEM
….plus Allen Toussaint. Am I in heaven?
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There's more but I got real work to do.
Pass this blog on!
…and leave a comment!!!
Listen to my KMHD show on Saturday nights 10pm-2am. Jazz till 12 and then The Bar opens at Midnight! Studio line 503-661-8900…call me sometime, it gets lonely out there!
Email me at tvdpdx@gmail.com
My KMHD Playlist from Last Saturday 7-18-09
We start broadcasting from the new studio at OPB on August 10. My first show from there is August 15.
DJ training on the new gear starts this week!
10:00 PM : Wayne Horvitz : Duke : Monologue
10:01 PM : Willie Ruff/ Dwike Mitchell : Passon Flower : Strayhorn : vinyl
10:07 PM : Oscar Peterson/ Dizzy Gillespie : Mozambique : Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie : vinyl
10:14 PM : Drew Shoals : Lux : The Greatest Haven't Been Born Yet
10:23 PM : Trio Subtronic : Subtronix : Cave Dwellers
10:28 PM : Andy Shepherd : International Blues : Movements In Color
10:33 PM : Allen Toussaint : Winin' Boy Blues : Bright Mississippi
10:40 PM : Dr. John : That Old Black Magic : Mercenery
10:45 PM : Kyle Eastwood : Rue Perdue : Metropolitain
10:50 PM : Mahavishnu Orchestra : Meeting of the Spirits : Inner Mounting Flame
10:57 PM : Stanley Clarke Trio : Sicilian Blue : Jazz in the Garden
11:04 PM : Carla Bley : Real Life Hits : Songs With Legs
11:13 PM : Bridge Quartet : Isfahan : Night
11:23 PM : Oregon : Cry of the Peacock/ Coral : Our First Record : vinyl
11:29 PM : Joe Venuti : Limehouse Blues : S'Wonderful 4 Giants of Swing
11:37 PM : Broun Felinis : Botticelli's Roommate : Real Moments
11:46 PM : Danieele Luppi : La Nudista : Far Out
11:49 PM : R Crumb & the Cheap Suit Sereneders : Home : Singing In the Bathtub
11:52 PM : Lorraine Bowen : Julie Christie : Far Out
11:56 PM : The Bobs : Never Marry a Musician : Get Your Monkey Off My Dog
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 : Duo-Tones : Shake a Tail Feather : Savage Catfish Kick
12:12 AM : Big Jay McNeely : All That Wine Is Gone : Atomic Cocktails
12:15 AM : Ruth Brown : I'll Wait For You : Sleazy R&B Vol. 2
12:18 AM : Delores Brown : You Played My Piano : Sleazy R&B Vol. 1
12:21 AM : Jimmy Reed : High and Lonesome : Charly Sampler : vinyl
12:23 AM : Champion Jack DuPree : Drunk Again : Red Robin Presents
12:26 AM : Rene Hall : Twitchy : single
12:30 AM : Lee Michaels : Do You Know What I Mean : 5th
12:34 AM : Neville Brothers : Ball of Confusion : Walkin' In the Shadows of life
12:41 AM : Joe Tex : Loose Caboose : He Who is Without Funk (Cast the First Stone)
12:47 AM : James Brown : Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine/ Cold Swe : Live In Zaire
12:56 AM : Isley Brothers : The Heat Is On : best of
1:01 AM : Graham Central Station : My Radio Sounds Good To Me : same : vinyl
1:06 AM : Sly & the Family Stone : In Time : Fresh
1:12 AM : Mar-Keys : Last Night : Classic Soul Instrumentals
1:16 AM : S.O.S Band : Just Be Good To Me : 12" vinyl
1:23 AM : Black Stalin : Hard Hard Hard : Rebel Soca
1:28 AM : Kalyan : La La Jam Back : Kalyan
1:33 AM : Mighty Sparrow : Martin Luther King : Sings True Life Stories etc
1:42 AM : Ooh Child : The Five Stairsteps : Soul Hits of the 70s
1:44 AM : Del-Fonics : Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time : Soul Hits of the 70s
1:47 AM : Al Green : Belle : Belle
1:52 AM : Anita Baker : Soul Inspiration : Compositions
DJ training on the new gear starts this week!
10:00 PM : Wayne Horvitz : Duke : Monologue
10:01 PM : Willie Ruff/ Dwike Mitchell : Passon Flower : Strayhorn : vinyl
10:07 PM : Oscar Peterson/ Dizzy Gillespie : Mozambique : Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie : vinyl
10:14 PM : Drew Shoals : Lux : The Greatest Haven't Been Born Yet
10:23 PM : Trio Subtronic : Subtronix : Cave Dwellers
10:28 PM : Andy Shepherd : International Blues : Movements In Color
10:33 PM : Allen Toussaint : Winin' Boy Blues : Bright Mississippi
10:40 PM : Dr. John : That Old Black Magic : Mercenery
10:45 PM : Kyle Eastwood : Rue Perdue : Metropolitain
10:50 PM : Mahavishnu Orchestra : Meeting of the Spirits : Inner Mounting Flame
10:57 PM : Stanley Clarke Trio : Sicilian Blue : Jazz in the Garden
11:04 PM : Carla Bley : Real Life Hits : Songs With Legs
11:13 PM : Bridge Quartet : Isfahan : Night
11:23 PM : Oregon : Cry of the Peacock/ Coral : Our First Record : vinyl
11:29 PM : Joe Venuti : Limehouse Blues : S'Wonderful 4 Giants of Swing
11:37 PM : Broun Felinis : Botticelli's Roommate : Real Moments
11:46 PM : Danieele Luppi : La Nudista : Far Out
11:49 PM : R Crumb & the Cheap Suit Sereneders : Home : Singing In the Bathtub
11:52 PM : Lorraine Bowen : Julie Christie : Far Out
11:56 PM : The Bobs : Never Marry a Musician : Get Your Monkey Off My Dog
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 : Duo-Tones : Shake a Tail Feather : Savage Catfish Kick
12:12 AM : Big Jay McNeely : All That Wine Is Gone : Atomic Cocktails
12:15 AM : Ruth Brown : I'll Wait For You : Sleazy R&B Vol. 2
12:18 AM : Delores Brown : You Played My Piano : Sleazy R&B Vol. 1
12:21 AM : Jimmy Reed : High and Lonesome : Charly Sampler : vinyl
12:23 AM : Champion Jack DuPree : Drunk Again : Red Robin Presents
12:26 AM : Rene Hall : Twitchy : single
12:30 AM : Lee Michaels : Do You Know What I Mean : 5th
12:34 AM : Neville Brothers : Ball of Confusion : Walkin' In the Shadows of life
12:41 AM : Joe Tex : Loose Caboose : He Who is Without Funk (Cast the First Stone)
12:47 AM : James Brown : Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine/ Cold Swe : Live In Zaire
12:56 AM : Isley Brothers : The Heat Is On : best of
1:01 AM : Graham Central Station : My Radio Sounds Good To Me : same : vinyl
1:06 AM : Sly & the Family Stone : In Time : Fresh
1:12 AM : Mar-Keys : Last Night : Classic Soul Instrumentals
1:16 AM : S.O.S Band : Just Be Good To Me : 12" vinyl
1:23 AM : Black Stalin : Hard Hard Hard : Rebel Soca
1:28 AM : Kalyan : La La Jam Back : Kalyan
1:33 AM : Mighty Sparrow : Martin Luther King : Sings True Life Stories etc
1:42 AM : Ooh Child : The Five Stairsteps : Soul Hits of the 70s
1:44 AM : Del-Fonics : Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time : Soul Hits of the 70s
1:47 AM : Al Green : Belle : Belle
1:52 AM : Anita Baker : Soul Inspiration : Compositions
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
My Playlist from last Saturday 7-11-09
Sorry I haven't put up the last few playlists. You don't want to know. You can find them here.
Click on "Playlists" (duh) and then search the date and time, if you absolutely can't live without knowing what I played.
Saturday, July 11
10:00 Wayne Horvitz/ Duke/ Monolgue
10:01 Chico Hamilton/ First Light/ Twelve Tones of Love
10:06 Steve Kuhn Trio w/ Joe Lovano/ Song of Praise/ Mostly Coltrane
10:14 Kyle Eastwood/ Hot Box/ Metropolitain
10:23 Bridge Quartet/ Strode Rode/ Night / Premiere
10:31 Scotty Barnhart/ Say It Plain/ same
10:39 Drew Shoals/ Maternity Warden/ The Greatest Haven't Been Born Yet
10:43 Miroslav Vitous/ Variations on Wayne Shorter/ Remembering Weather Report
10:49 David Friesen/ Within These Walls/ Five & Three
10:57 The Loose Marbles/ Ballin' the Jack/ The Royal Rousers
11:02 Betty Carter/ I Can't Help It/ The Betty Carter Album
11:05 Stan Bock/ Ain't Nothin' New/ Your Check's In the Mail
11:11 John Scofield/ A Go-Go/ same
11:17 Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble/ From an Old Diary/ unreleased Live at Community Music Center
11:26 Andy Shepherd/ We Shall Not Go to Market Today/ Movements In Color
11:32 Sun Ra/ Enlightenment/ Jazz In Sillhouette/ me reading Ra poetry
11:38 Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber/ making Love to the Dark Ages B/ Making Love to the Dark Ages
11:41 Beliss/ Disclosure/ The Bloomin' of the Human Tree
11:49 Martin Denny/ Jungle Fever Boat/ Exotica Vol. III / vinyl
11:52 Conjure/ Medley: General Science-Ish-Papa La Bas / Cab Calloway Stands In for the Moon
11:57 Captain Beefheart/ Ashtray Heart/ Doc at the Radar Station
THE BAR
12:04 Tom Waits/ The Piano Has Been Drinking/ Small Change
12:08 Roy Brown/ Saturday Night/ Complete Imperial Recordings
12:10 Calvin Boze/ Looped/ Atomic Cocktails
12:12 The Four Gators/ Wine-o-Wine/ Black Rock n Roll Vol. 1
12:15 Chick Webb/ Wackey Dust/ Reefer Songs
12:18 Mighty Sparrow/ Martin Luther King for President/ Sings of Life, etc
12:24 Kalyan/ La La Jam Back/ Kalyan
12:28 Mighty Sparrow/ Good Morning Mr. Walker/ Hot and Sweet
12:33 Exodus Steel Orchestra/ Sugar Bum/ Carribean Steel Orchstra
12:39 Gary US Bonds/ Dear Lady Twist/ Very Best of
12:41 CJ Chenier/ Man Smart, Woman Smarter/ Too Much Fun
12:46 William DeVaughn/ Be Thankful for What You Got/ same
12:51 Tony Ozier/ Hope f/ Neco Redd & S.U.N./ Aural Penetration
12:57 Dr. John/ Let's Make a Better World/ Desitively Bonneroo
1:01 Solomon Burke/ None of Us are Free/ Don't Give Up On Me/ w/Blind Boys of Alabama
1:07 Angelique Kidjo/ Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)/ Very best of
1:11 Ton Loc/ Funky Cold Medina/ 12"
1:28 Regen Fykes & Ohmega Watts/ ? /single
1:31 LaRhonda Steele/ Northwind/ Artistic Differences
1:38 Bootsy Collins/ Ahh, the Name Is Bootsy/ Bootsy's Rubber Band/ vinyl
1:41 Joe Tex/ Loose Caboose/ Let He Who Is Without Funk (Cast the First Stone)
1:48 Gary US Bonds/ Not Me/ Very best of
1:51 Vagbond Opera/ Goodnight Moon/ The Zeitgeist Beckons.
Click on "Playlists" (duh) and then search the date and time, if you absolutely can't live without knowing what I played.
Saturday, July 11
10:00 Wayne Horvitz/ Duke/ Monolgue
10:01 Chico Hamilton/ First Light/ Twelve Tones of Love
10:06 Steve Kuhn Trio w/ Joe Lovano/ Song of Praise/ Mostly Coltrane
10:14 Kyle Eastwood/ Hot Box/ Metropolitain
10:23 Bridge Quartet/ Strode Rode/ Night / Premiere
10:31 Scotty Barnhart/ Say It Plain/ same
10:39 Drew Shoals/ Maternity Warden/ The Greatest Haven't Been Born Yet
10:43 Miroslav Vitous/ Variations on Wayne Shorter/ Remembering Weather Report
10:49 David Friesen/ Within These Walls/ Five & Three
10:57 The Loose Marbles/ Ballin' the Jack/ The Royal Rousers
11:02 Betty Carter/ I Can't Help It/ The Betty Carter Album
11:05 Stan Bock/ Ain't Nothin' New/ Your Check's In the Mail
11:11 John Scofield/ A Go-Go/ same
11:17 Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble/ From an Old Diary/ unreleased Live at Community Music Center
11:26 Andy Shepherd/ We Shall Not Go to Market Today/ Movements In Color
11:32 Sun Ra/ Enlightenment/ Jazz In Sillhouette/ me reading Ra poetry
11:38 Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber/ making Love to the Dark Ages B/ Making Love to the Dark Ages
11:41 Beliss/ Disclosure/ The Bloomin' of the Human Tree
11:49 Martin Denny/ Jungle Fever Boat/ Exotica Vol. III / vinyl
11:52 Conjure/ Medley: General Science-Ish-Papa La Bas / Cab Calloway Stands In for the Moon
11:57 Captain Beefheart/ Ashtray Heart/ Doc at the Radar Station
THE BAR
12:04 Tom Waits/ The Piano Has Been Drinking/ Small Change
12:08 Roy Brown/ Saturday Night/ Complete Imperial Recordings
12:10 Calvin Boze/ Looped/ Atomic Cocktails
12:12 The Four Gators/ Wine-o-Wine/ Black Rock n Roll Vol. 1
12:15 Chick Webb/ Wackey Dust/ Reefer Songs
12:18 Mighty Sparrow/ Martin Luther King for President/ Sings of Life, etc
12:24 Kalyan/ La La Jam Back/ Kalyan
12:28 Mighty Sparrow/ Good Morning Mr. Walker/ Hot and Sweet
12:33 Exodus Steel Orchestra/ Sugar Bum/ Carribean Steel Orchstra
12:39 Gary US Bonds/ Dear Lady Twist/ Very Best of
12:41 CJ Chenier/ Man Smart, Woman Smarter/ Too Much Fun
12:46 William DeVaughn/ Be Thankful for What You Got/ same
12:51 Tony Ozier/ Hope f/ Neco Redd & S.U.N./ Aural Penetration
12:57 Dr. John/ Let's Make a Better World/ Desitively Bonneroo
1:01 Solomon Burke/ None of Us are Free/ Don't Give Up On Me/ w/Blind Boys of Alabama
1:07 Angelique Kidjo/ Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)/ Very best of
1:11 Ton Loc/ Funky Cold Medina/ 12"
1:28 Regen Fykes & Ohmega Watts/ ? /single
1:31 LaRhonda Steele/ Northwind/ Artistic Differences
1:38 Bootsy Collins/ Ahh, the Name Is Bootsy/ Bootsy's Rubber Band/ vinyl
1:41 Joe Tex/ Loose Caboose/ Let He Who Is Without Funk (Cast the First Stone)
1:48 Gary US Bonds/ Not Me/ Very best of
1:51 Vagbond Opera/ Goodnight Moon/ The Zeitgeist Beckons.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Blues Festival Aftermath.
While listening to Chris Thomas King's remix of his own 21cb…that's Twennty-first century blues to youse…from Dirty South Hip Hop Blues. I know he makes more money singing Delta blues but it's about time for a follow-up in this style.
Amen.
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BIG FUN, ETC AT THE BLUES FESTIVAL
Where to start…..
1. Big Sam's Funky Nation
As good as he was at the festival, he was even better the following night at Roseland. Why? I was wondering myself till I was talking to Tony Ozier who was also on the show. He was hanging in the green room with Sam and company. Sam and the trumpet player were raving to him about the new mouthpieces they had gotten earlier in the day from David Monette.
They found out that Monette's horns and mouthpieces really do make you sound better!
I had great fun channelling the legendary R&B radio DJ Hot Rod during my intro to Sam at the festival. Yeah, that's some of The Real Zeal Zod coming out when I do The Bar on KMHD.
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2. NW Blues Pianorama
David Vest, Janice Scroggins, D.K. Stewart and Steve Kerin were all different even though they all play in the blues tradition. I MC'd this one. They each did one fifteeen minute set and then played together at the end.
It was jaw-dropping. One after another. What was unspoken was that they all knew they had to be at their best. They were. I hope somone recorded it.
I hate to single out any one of them (cuz they were all wonderful and I'm liable to get hit) but Janice's (nearly) solo performance in the second set of the night was sublime…jazz, blues, ragtime and swing. She told the story of American music in one beautiful solo.
She gets my vote for most influential musician at the festival. She was everywhere playing with everyone. I lost count. Her gospel set with Linda Hornbuckle, Between Friends with Linda and Duffy Bishop, LaRhonda Steele and others, Sonny Hess' NW Rhythm and Blues Women….I know there's more.
Speaking of which….
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3. The Return of Sheila Wilcoxson
She stopped singing locally years ago, and altogether a while back. She did a Koko Taylor tribute during Sonny Hess' set and knocked everyone out, as she always has. Major props to Sonny for persuading her to come back.
Sheila tells me she got some home recording gear and just may be surprising us with her own material before long.
Welcome back. She was a major talent around here.
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4. Note to Karl Denson's road manager.
I MC'd for Karl. He and the guitar player were a little bit late taking the stage so Stage Manger Jim Miller took his time introducing me. I took my time introducing Karl. At one point Karl's road manger tapped me on the shoulder and gave me the universal sign for "wrap it."
Only he didn't mean it. He thought he was telling me to stretch it. I started to rev it up to kick off the set but somebody stoppped me again. They weren't ready. So I stood there and pulled shit out of my ass for another 3 or 4 minutes in front of 20,000 people while Karl plugged in.
By then I was taking my cues from Karl. It was pretty funny. Nobody got mad. Usually when I'm talking to 20,000 people I don't get to see them. Of course I enjoyed it.
See, when you want someone to stretch you………….oh never mind.
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5. Among other smiles at the festival
One of my favorite images of the whole festival was in the nearly-backstage area at the Miller Stage during Sharon Jones
electrifing set….all in a line were Tahoe Jackson, Mary Sue Tobin, Leah Hinchcliff, Deborah Katz and Lauren Sheehan grooving to the music.
While onstage, Sharon had lined up some women from backstage.
Yes, that's Liv Warfield on the end of the line. At this moment she's in France singing with Prince at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Our Liv!!
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Thanks to LaRhonda Steele, who also sang with Ken DeRouchie on Thursday, for an advance copy of her exciting new album. I got it on the air Saturday night, of course.
********
Ran into musician/artist Ron Rogers. Told him he needs to make coffin art for Michael Jackson like he has for all those blues and soul people. Could make a lot of dough. He wasn't enthusiastic. He did tell me somone used a tune of his on a music video up on YouTube. This one. They don't let you embed it for some reason.
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David Vest played a couple of hot sets on one of the cruises with Jimi Bott and Don Campbell.
David at the Workshop Stage
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One of my favorite discoveries at the festival was the Loose Marbles, a traditional jazz band from New Orleans. Tres cool. On Friday, they played at Pioneer Courthouse Square.
They played all over town for swing dances, too.
*********
The folks who run the backstage operations are a lot of fun and always friendly. I would name them all but I know I would leave some out.
Congrats to Peter Dammann, Jean Kemp-Ware and all the others who pulled off a great festival, made the dough the Oregon Food Bank and brought just enough music to make everyone happy in a time when festivals are cutting back drastically or just plain going out of business.
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I need a nap. Too much fun. Too tired to put in all the URL's. I figure you know how to Google. And I gotta go make some money.
Before I go....When Max Roach died no news channels covered it. Bastards
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Pass this blog on!
…and leave a comment!!!
Listen to my KMHD show on Saturday nights 10pm-2am. Jazz till 12 and then The Bar opens at Midnight! Studio line 503-661-8900…call me sometime, it gets lonely out there!
Email me at tvdpdx@gmail.com
I don't give a damn what the purists say/ They wouldn't know the blues if it bit 'em anyway/ This is the blues of the 21st century/ And I don't give a damn if you can't get with me.
Amen.
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BIG FUN, ETC AT THE BLUES FESTIVAL
Where to start…..
1. Big Sam's Funky Nation
As good as he was at the festival, he was even better the following night at Roseland. Why? I was wondering myself till I was talking to Tony Ozier who was also on the show. He was hanging in the green room with Sam and company. Sam and the trumpet player were raving to him about the new mouthpieces they had gotten earlier in the day from David Monette.
They found out that Monette's horns and mouthpieces really do make you sound better!
I had great fun channelling the legendary R&B radio DJ Hot Rod during my intro to Sam at the festival. Yeah, that's some of The Real Zeal Zod coming out when I do The Bar on KMHD.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2. NW Blues Pianorama
David Vest, Janice Scroggins, D.K. Stewart and Steve Kerin were all different even though they all play in the blues tradition. I MC'd this one. They each did one fifteeen minute set and then played together at the end.
It was jaw-dropping. One after another. What was unspoken was that they all knew they had to be at their best. They were. I hope somone recorded it.
I hate to single out any one of them (cuz they were all wonderful and I'm liable to get hit) but Janice's (nearly) solo performance in the second set of the night was sublime…jazz, blues, ragtime and swing. She told the story of American music in one beautiful solo.
She gets my vote for most influential musician at the festival. She was everywhere playing with everyone. I lost count. Her gospel set with Linda Hornbuckle, Between Friends with Linda and Duffy Bishop, LaRhonda Steele and others, Sonny Hess' NW Rhythm and Blues Women….I know there's more.
Speaking of which….
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
3. The Return of Sheila Wilcoxson
She stopped singing locally years ago, and altogether a while back. She did a Koko Taylor tribute during Sonny Hess' set and knocked everyone out, as she always has. Major props to Sonny for persuading her to come back.
Sheila tells me she got some home recording gear and just may be surprising us with her own material before long.
Welcome back. She was a major talent around here.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
4. Note to Karl Denson's road manager.
I MC'd for Karl. He and the guitar player were a little bit late taking the stage so Stage Manger Jim Miller took his time introducing me. I took my time introducing Karl. At one point Karl's road manger tapped me on the shoulder and gave me the universal sign for "wrap it."
Only he didn't mean it. He thought he was telling me to stretch it. I started to rev it up to kick off the set but somebody stoppped me again. They weren't ready. So I stood there and pulled shit out of my ass for another 3 or 4 minutes in front of 20,000 people while Karl plugged in.
By then I was taking my cues from Karl. It was pretty funny. Nobody got mad. Usually when I'm talking to 20,000 people I don't get to see them. Of course I enjoyed it.
See, when you want someone to stretch you………….oh never mind.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5. Among other smiles at the festival
One of my favorite images of the whole festival was in the nearly-backstage area at the Miller Stage during Sharon Jones
While onstage, Sharon had lined up some women from backstage.
Yes, that's Liv Warfield on the end of the line. At this moment she's in France singing with Prince at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Our Liv!!
********
Thanks to LaRhonda Steele, who also sang with Ken DeRouchie on Thursday, for an advance copy of her exciting new album. I got it on the air Saturday night, of course.
********
Ran into musician/artist Ron Rogers. Told him he needs to make coffin art for Michael Jackson like he has for all those blues and soul people. Could make a lot of dough. He wasn't enthusiastic. He did tell me somone used a tune of his on a music video up on YouTube. This one. They don't let you embed it for some reason.
*********
David Vest played a couple of hot sets on one of the cruises with Jimi Bott and Don Campbell.
**********
One of my favorite discoveries at the festival was the Loose Marbles, a traditional jazz band from New Orleans. Tres cool. On Friday, they played at Pioneer Courthouse Square.
They played all over town for swing dances, too.
*********
The folks who run the backstage operations are a lot of fun and always friendly. I would name them all but I know I would leave some out.
Congrats to Peter Dammann, Jean Kemp-Ware and all the others who pulled off a great festival, made the dough the Oregon Food Bank and brought just enough music to make everyone happy in a time when festivals are cutting back drastically or just plain going out of business.
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I need a nap. Too much fun. Too tired to put in all the URL's. I figure you know how to Google. And I gotta go make some money.
Before I go....When Max Roach died no news channels covered it. Bastards
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Pass this blog on!
…and leave a comment!!!
Listen to my KMHD show on Saturday nights 10pm-2am. Jazz till 12 and then The Bar opens at Midnight! Studio line 503-661-8900…call me sometime, it gets lonely out there!
Email me at tvdpdx@gmail.com
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