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Al compas del mundo – programa #65 - Jazz

Sun Ra starting off this week’s show could spell trouble. But he reined it in and let that celibate band of his (for real - look this up!) cook up some truly satisfying be-bop. No butterfly dancers floating to Mars this time. Maybe next week? Many a jazz fan remains unfamiliar with The Cookers, a super group of seniors still…well, cooking.  Try sitting down (if you can remain seated!) with Billy Harper, Eddie Henderson, George Cables, Cecil McBee, Billy Hart, and David Weiss. Well over a century of woodshedding and performance amongst that venerable group. And even though they’re not well known as a unit, they fit in easily amongst the masters represented here: Monk and Trane, Rollins, Hutcherson, Shorter, Sanders and two more only slightly less familiar. Duke Pearson and Teddy Charles require no excuses – great writers and band leaders like them will always rise to the top. Wahoo! – J.H.

Space! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop


 TRACKLIST Jazz broadcast on RadioActiva Feb 16, 2023

01 Sun Ra and His Arkestra - Portrait of the Living Sky

02 Teddy Charles, Idrees Sulieman , John Jenkins, Mal Waldron – Staggers

03 The Cookers - Farewell Mulgrew

04 Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane – Epistrophy

05 Wayne Shorter – Deluge

06 Bobby Hutcherson – Montara

07 Sonny Rollins - Sweet Leilani

08 Duke Pearson – Wahoo

09 Pharoah Sanders  - Harvest Time

 

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