Al compas del mundo - programa #75

Al compas del mundo - programa #75 - Jazz

Kamasi Washington - The Epic

Curmudgeons like myself need to admit that jazz exists beyond the all-time greats like Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Max Roach, etc., etc., etc. Several of those old lions are included in this week’s playlist: Yusuf Lateef, Bobby Hutcherson, and Sonny Stitt. But a sizable portion of programa #75 brings more recent talent to the airwaves. Artists known to folks in contemporary jazz circles but, admittedly, not so much by yours truly. The Art Ensemble is one exception and then there’s the ringer I’ve always wanted to play, Harvey Mandel’s Cristo Redemtor. The latter such an anomaly when it came out in 1968, the hippies didn’t know what to make of it. I’ve looked up the lead vocalist (shades of Minnie Ripperton, she of the five-octave singing range) and it’s a name new to me, but my goodness – what a voice! I think Mandel fits perfectly in a seque with Kamasi Washington, a big man, with a big horn, and a big sound. His debut solo recording was released in 2015, so he’s taken on a commanding presence early on in what promises to be a bountiful career. Snorre Kirk, Tia Fuller, Damon Locks, Ulysses Owens are all contemporary voices I’ve only recently met. I hope to further the relationship and you can expect to hear them again in future jazz programming on Al compas del mundo.

Play list for Al compas del mundo - programa #75, Jazz

First broadcast 5-4-2023

01 Tia Fuller - My Human Condition

02 Damon Locks - Black Monument Ensemble - NOW (Forever Momentary Space)

03 Yusuf Lateef - Like It Is

04 Ulysses Owens Jr Big Band - Human Nature

05 Snorre Kirk - Blues Arabesque

06 Harvey Mandel - Cristo Redentor

07 Kamasi Washington - Show Us the Way

08 Art Ensemble of Chicago – Proverbes

09 Bobby Hutcherson - (Se Acabó) La Malanga

10 Sonny Stitt - Slave Maidens

Harvey Mandala

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