l p Posted November 22, 2016 Report Posted November 22, 2016 (edited) Kirk's recommendations... Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Radio Free Rahsaan 1973 Intermedia Studios, Newbury Street, Boston, MA Rahsaan Roland Kirk - deejay These 8 one hour programs were not aired at the time they were recorded. In 1984 Dorthaan Kirk and Steve Robinson produced this series with funding from the National Public Radio's Satellite Program Development Fund. The 8 programs were broadcast on WBGO-FM and other NPR radio stations on consecutive Sundays beginning October 7, 1984. Radio Free Rahsaan Program #1 Sweet Emma - Unidentified Title Sonny Rollins - Striver's Row Paul Blackburn - Listening To Sonny Rollins At the Five Spot Thad Jones and Mel Lewis - Don't Ever Leave Me Big Maybelle - Gossip Blues Duke Ellington - You're Just an Old Antidisestablishmentarianismist Paul Robeson - Every Time I Feel the Spirit Clifford Brown - You're a Lucky Guy Art Farmer - Unidentified Title Tuskegee Institute Choir - Deep River Art Tatum - Tiger Rag McCoy Tyner - Unidentified Title Radio Free Rahsaan Program #2 Sippi Wallace - Women Be Wise Sun Ra - Discipline 27-II - Outer Spaceways Incorporated Lester Young - Hello Babe Ben Webster - Drop Me Off In Harlem Dinah Washington - Darn That Dream Sarah Vaughan - You're Not the Kind Eureka Brass Band - Take Your Burden To the Lord Cecil Taylor - D Trad, That's What 'Philly' Joe Jones - Mo Jo Radio Free Rahsaan Program #3 McCoy Tyner - Unidentified Title Henry "Red" Allen - There's A House In Harlem For Sale Charlie Shavers - Nature Boy Tuskegee Institute Choir - Ezekiel Saw the Wheel Paul Robeson - Water Boy John Coltrane - Chim Chim Cheree Sidney Bechet - Petite Fleur Billie Holiday - Detour Ahead Betty Carter - Ego Thelonious Monk - Solitude Art Tatum - Limehouse Blues Radio Free Rahsaan Program #4 Duke Ellington - Perdido Jaki Byard - Evidence King Pleasure - Sometimes I'm Happy Nina Simone - Mr. Bojangles Unidentified Title Charlie Parker - Mohawk Buck & Bubbles - I Got the Number Joe Henderson - Blue Bossa Von Freeman - Portrait Of John Young Abbey Lincoln - African Lady Eric Dolphy - Love Me Radio Free Rahsaan Program #5 Illinois Jacquet - The King Bertha Hill - Low Land Blues Jean and Doug Carn - A Love Supreme-Acknowledgement John Coltrane - A Love Supreme-Acknowledgement Melvin Van Peebles - Chippin Duke Ellington - Kinda Dukish/Rockin' In Rhythm Aretha Franklin - Day Dreaming Sarah Vaughan - Run To Me Radio Free Rahsaan Program #6 Eric Dolphy - Jitterbug Waltz Fats Waller - Jitterbug Waltz Thad Jones and Mel Lewis with Ruth Brown - Be Anything (But Be Mine) The Ravens - Summertime Rudolph Johnson - Water Bearer Gil Scott-Heron - Evolution (And Flashback) Louis Armstrong - Fireworks Fats Waller - The Joint is Jumpin' Bud Powell - Buttercup Chick Webb - I Got Rhythm Charles Mingus - Passions of a Man Radio Free Rahsaan Program #7 Charles Mingus - Folk Forms No. 1 Milt Jackson - SKJ Billy Eckstine - Everything Happens To Me Music Inc. - Drought Lord Buckley - The Train Shirley Caesar - Down By the Riverside Eureka Brass Band - Bye and Bye Remarks By Reverend C.L. Franklin Aretha Franklin - Climbing Higher Mountains Radio Free Rahsaan Program #8 Thad Jones and Mel Lewis - Once Around Chick Webb - Unidentified Title John Coltrane - Dearly Beloved Lester Young - Something To Remember You By Billie Holiday - Some Other Spring Roy Haynes - Some Other Spring The Ravens - Mahzel (Means Good Luck) Andy and the Bey Sisters - Sister Sadie Michael White - Journey Of The Black Star Django Reinhardt - Unidentified Title James Moody - Disappointed King Pleasure - Don't Get Scared end. Edited November 1, 2019 by l p Quote
John T. Posted February 1 Report Posted February 1 Does anyone know how I could get my hands on a recording of these shows? Quote
Marcus Posted yesterday at 03:43 PM Report Posted yesterday at 03:43 PM (edited) I'm looking for it too! Edited yesterday at 03:43 PM by Marcus Quote
l p Posted 22 hours ago Author Report Posted 22 hours ago (edited) you can listen to most of the episodes here New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation site https://nojh.saas.dgicloud.com/islandora/search/rahsaan radio free?type=dismax&islandora_solr_search_navigation=0&f[0]=mods_typeofresource_typeofresource_ms%3A"sound\ recording" to listen: create free account at https://nojh.saas.dgicloud.com/user/login the first 15-20 minutes of each file is interviews/introductions, then the kirk show starts. and the playback speed of these audio files is usually way too fast. Edited 21 hours ago by l p Quote
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