Metal Monday - December 30, 2013

Set List - December 23, 2013

Christmas Mix 2013

White Christmas – Charlie Parker

Greensleeves – John Coltrane

Baby, It’s Cold Outside – Jimmy Smith
Let It Snow!  Let It Snow!  Let It Snow! – Les Brown
Deck the Halls – Herbie Hancock
Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney – Ella Fitzgerald
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm – Billie Holiday
Blue Christmas (To Whom It May Concern) – Miles Davis
Black Christmas – The Harlem Children’s Chorus
Christmas Time – Ray Charles
Funky Funky Christmas – Electric Jungle
Purple Snowflakes – Marvin Gaye
Let’s Get It Together This Christmas – Harvey Avenue Band
The Little Drummer Boy – The Soulful Strings
Someday at Christmas – Stevie Wonder
Soul Santa – Funk Machine
What Do the Lonely Do At Christmas – The Emotions
Christmas Ain’t Christmas Without the One You Love – The O’Jays
Santa’s Got a Bag of Soul – The Soul Saints Orchestra
Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas? – The Staple Singers
This Christmas – Donny Hathaway
Angels Christmas – Wild Honey
Boogaloo Santa Claus – J.D. McDonald
Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday – William Bell
Merry Christmas Baby – Otis Redding
Back Door Santa – Clarence Carter
Christmas in Hollis – Run D.M.C.
Hey America – James Brown
Go Power at Christmas Time – James Brown
Christmas is Love – James Brown
Let’s Make Christmas Mean Something This Year– James Brown

Iggy: Open Up and Bleed - Paul Trynka

My interest in Iggy Pop's life and career after the Stooges is pretty minimal and this book had plenty of it.  Lots of Stooges content, for sure, but the version I read did not have almost anything about the reunion years.  Wondering if there is an update?  I also found out, on the bus while reading this book, that if I would have been born, I would have been related to Iggy by marriage for a short period of time between the first and second Stooges' albums.  Yes, a distant family member lived at Stooge Hall aka the Funhouse in Ann Arbor, MI.  Fun facts about Mr. Suit.

Set List - December 16, 2013

Ilori, Solomon - Igbesi Aiye (Song of Praise to God) - African High Life - Blue Note

Hubbard, Freddie - Blue Spirits - Blue Spirits - Blue Note

Lake, Olive - Rocket - Heavy Spirits - Black Lion
Coltrane, John - Sun Ship (complete alternate version) - Sun Ship: The Complete Session - Impulse!
Shepp, Archie - The Original Mr. Sonny Boy Williamson - On This Night - Impulse!
Shepp, Archie - Shepp's Mood - Mariamar - Horo
Carvin, Michael - Kwebena's Blues - The Camel - SteepleChase
Weather Report - Morning Lake - Weather Report - Columbia
Alexander, Harold - Mama Soul - V/A - The World Needs Changing - Street Funk and Jazz Grooves 1967-1976 - BGP
Smith, Lonnie Liston - Expansions - Expansions - Flying Dutchman
Smith, Lonnie Liston - A Chance for Peace - Visions of a New World - Flying Dutchman
Benson, George - Serbian Blues - Bad Benson - CTI

Set List - December 9, 2013

Shepp, Archie - My Heart Cries Out to Africa - Lybia - Horo

Cherry, Don and Jon Appleton - BOA - Human Music - Water

McLean, Rene - Watch Out! - Watch Out! - Inner City
Bartz, Gary - Libra - Libra - Milestone
Benson, George - Body Talk - Body Talk - CTI
Garnett, Carlos - Taurus Woman - Black Love - Muse
Maceo and All the Kings Men - Maceo - Doin' Their Own Thing - House of the Fox
The Bar-Kays - Six O'Clock News Report - Black Rock - Volt
Parliament - Side Effects - Chocolate City - Casablanca
The Miracles - What Is A Heart Good For? - Renaissance - Motown
Shades of Brown - Garbage Man - S.O.B. - Cadet
The Ohio Players - Runnin' from the Devil - Fire - Polygram
Shaw, Marlena - Liberation Conversation - The Spice of Life - Cadet

Set List - December 2, 2013

Roach, Max - Triptych - Prayer/Protest/Peace - We Insist! - Max Roach's Freedom Now Suit - Candid

Davis, Miles - Milestones - Live in Europe 1969 - Bootleg Series Vol. 2 - Columbia

Holmes, Richard "Groove" - Wave - Comin' On Home - Blue Note
McDowell, "Mississippi" Fred - Eyes Like An Eagle - I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll - Capitol
Prince, Roland - Eddie A - Color Visions - Vanguard
The Dramatics - Hey You!  Get Off My Mountain - A Dramatic Experience - Stax
Hughes, Jimmy - Chains of Love - Something Extra Special: The Complete Volt Recordings 1968-1971 - Kent
The Temptations - Plastic Man - Psychedelic Soul - Motown
Payne, Freda - Deeper and Deeper - Band of Gold - Invictus
The Four Mints - You're My Desire - Gently Down Your Stream - Numero
Lewis, Jimmy - I've Got To Get You Back - Still Wanna Be Black - Kent
Watson, Johnny "Guitar" - I'm Gonna Get You Baby - Funk Beyond the Call of Duty - DJM
Watson, Johnny "Guitar" - Guitar Disco - Giant - DJM
Bland, Bobby "Blue" - I've Got To Use My Imagination - His California Album - ABC-Dunhill
Womack, Bobby - Fire and Rain - Communication - United Artists
Womack, Bobby - I Can Understand It - Understanding - United Artists
Scott-Heron, Gil - A Very Precious Time - Winter In America - Strata-East

Set List - November 25, 2013

Adderley, Cannonball - Work Song - Them Dirty Blues - Riverside

Adderley, Cannonball - Del Sasser [Live at Newport 1960] - Them Dirty Blues - Riverside

Pearson, Duke - Chili Peppers - The Right Touch - Blue Note

Earland, Charles - Mason's Galaxy - Leaving this Planet - Prestige

KC & the Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight - 25th Anniversary Collection - Rhino

Bohanon - Bohanon's Beat - The Very Best of Bohanon - Rhino

Jackson 5 - The Mirrors of My Mind - Dancing Machine - Motown

Jackson 5 - Forever Came Today - Moving Violation - Motown

The Chi-Lites - We Need Order - 20 Greatest Hits - Brunswick

Bloodstone - Never Let You Go - Natural High - London

Wilbert Longmair Revolution - Give It Up Or Turn It Loose - Wilbert Longmair Revolution - World Pacific

Tjader, Cal - I Showed Them - Tjader - Fantasy

Set List - November 18, 2013

Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre - Suite: Ensemble Fate  - Humility in the Light of the Creator  - Delmark

Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre - Number Nine - Promo - CIMP

Tyner, McCoy - Afro Blue - Song of the New World - Milestone
Kendricks, Eddie - Something's Burning - All by Myself - Tamla
Timmons, Bobby - Up, Up and Away - Got to Get It! - Milestone
The Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)  - The Delfonics - Buddha
McCracklin, Jimmy - Stay Away From That Monkey - Yesterday is Gone - Stax
The New Borth - Coming From All Ends - Coming From All Ends - RCA
Simon, Joe - Come Get To This - Today - Spring
Brick - Let's Have Some Fun - Flying High On Your Love - Mercury
Butler, Jerry - (I'm Just Thinking About) Cooling Out - Nothing Says I Love You Like I Love You - Philadelphia International
Blue Magic - Purple Passion - Message From the Magic - Atco
Bee Gees - Nights On Broadway - Here at Last Live - RSO
Earth, Wind & Fire - Get Away - Best of Volume 1 - ARC

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Set List - November 4, 2013

 

Davis, Anthony - Under the Double Moon - Solo Piano - India Navigation

Burton, Gary - Reactionary Tango - Easy as Pie - ECM

Wess, Frank - Opus the Blues - I Hear Ya' Talkin' - Savoy Jazz
Wess, Frank - Nada Mas - Flute Juice - Progressive
Art Ensemble of Chicago - Theme De Yoyo - Les Stances A Sophie - Soul Jazz
Donaldson, Lou - The Masquerade is Over - Blues Walk - Blue Note
Donaldson, Lou - Too Much to Explain - Color as a Way of Life - Cotillion
Green, Grant - The Main Event - The Main Event - Kudu
Green, Al - Love and Happiness - I'm Still In Love With You - Hi
Brick - Dazz - Good High - Bang

Set List - October 28, 2013

 

Henderson, Eddie - Scorpio-Libra - Realization - Capricorn

Henderson, Eddie - Moussaka - Inside Out - Capricorn

Davis, Richard - Sienna: Waiting for the Moment - Way Out West - Muse
Lasha, Prince - Kwadwo Safari - Inside Story - Inner City
Thornton, Clifford - Speak With Your Echo - Ketchaoua - Actuel
Carn, Doug - Acknowledgment - Infant Eyes - Black Jazz
Hutcherson, Bobby - Secrets of Love - Highway One - Columbia
Hutcherson, Bobby - Secrets of Love (Reprise) - Highway One - Columbia
Krivda, Ernie - The Piper - Satanic - Inner City
Krivda, Ernie - Tears on a Golden Arm - The Alchemist - Inner City
Franklin, Aretha - Rock Steady - Young Gifted and Black - Atlantic
Starr, Edwin - Contact - 12" - 20th Century
The Intruders - (Love is Like a) Baseball Game - 7" - Gamble

Concrete Island - J.G. Ballard

" . . . I am the island."

Set List - October 21, 2013

 

Gillespie, Dizzy - Cubano Be - Dizziest - Bluebird

Gillespie, Dizzy - Cubano Bop - Dizziest - Bluebird

Gillespie, Dizzy - Oro, Incienso y Mirra - Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods - Pablo
Gillespie, Dizzy - Land of Milk and Honey - Dizzy's Party - Pablo
McGriff, Jimmy - I Got a Woman - I Got a Woman - Sue
Nelson, Oliver - Yearnin' - Stolen Moments - Inner City
The Undisputed Truth - California Soul - The Undisputed Truth - Gordy
The Dells - Wichita Lineman/By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Love is Blue - Cadet
The Dells - Segue 5 - Sweet - Sweet as Funk Can Be - Cadet
The Dells - When You're Alone - Sweet as Funk Can Be - Cadet
The Independents - Show Me How - Chuck, Helen, Eric, Maurice - Wand
The Independents - Lucky Fellow - Chuck, Helen, Eric, Maurice - Wand
The (Five) Stairsteps - Because I Love You - Step By Step By Step - Buddah
The (Five) Stairsteps - Ooh Child - Step By Step By Step - Buddah
Simon, Joe - Come Back Home - Mood, Heart and Soul - Spring
The Isleys - It's Too Late - Brother, Brother, Brother - T-Neck

Set List - October 14, 2013

Sanders, Pharoah - Seven By Seven - Pharoah's First - Esp-disk

Monk, Thelonious - Bemsha Swing - Thelonious Monk - Prestige

Monk, Thelonious - Abide With Me - Monk's Music - Riverside
Monk, Thelonious - Well You Needn't - Monk's Music - Riverside
Monk, Thelonious - Blue Monk - At Carnegie Hall With John Coltrane - Blue Note
Blakey, Art - I Mean You - Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk - Atlantic
Blakey, Art - Are You Real? - Moanin' - Blue Note
Blakey, Art - Crisis - Mosaic - Blue Note
Blakey, Art - The Egyptian - Indestructible - Blue Note
Blakey, Art - The Core - Free For All - Blue Note

England's Dreaming - Jon Savage

"Each man hates another for what is inside himself, and nowhere was this truer than in the mutual loathing between the pair."　 p.523

Set List - October 7, 2013

Gilberto, Astrud - Where There's a Heartache - With Stanley Turrentine - CTI
Gilberto, Astrud - Beginnings - September 17, 1969 - Verve
Ellis, Don - Homecomings - Shock Treatment - Columbia
Ellis, Don - Seven Up - Shock Treatment - Columbia
Earland, Charles - Aquarius - Black Talk - Prestige
The Crusaders - Lilies of the Nile - Southern Comfort - ABC
McCann, Les - Soaring (at Sunset) Part II - Layers - Atlantic
Kendricks, Eddie - Boogie Down - At His Best - Motown
The Miracles - Gossip - The Power of Music - Motown
The Spinners - I've Got to Make it On My Own - New and Improved - Atlantic
The Spinners - The Rubberband Man - Happiness Is Being With the Spinners - Atlantic
The O'Jays - Those Lies (Done Caught Up With You This Time) - Speed of Thought - Philadelphia International
The Commodores - Flying High - Natural High - Motown
Earth, Wind & Fire - Africano - Way of the World - CBS
MFSB - K-Jee - Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack - RSO
Kool & the Gang - Open Sesame - Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack - RSO

Set List - September 30, 2013

Rich, Buddy - Astronaut - Both Sides - Mercury

Rich, Buddy - From the Sticks - Both Sides - Mercury

Rich, Buddy - Funk City Ola - Class of '78 - Gryphon
Shaw, Woody - Rosewood - Rosewood - Columbia
Shaw, Woody - To Kill a Brick - Woody Three - Columbia
Shaw, Woody - United - United - Columbia
Shaw, Woody - Katrina Ballerina - United - Columbia
Melvin, Harold and the Blue Notes - Let Me Into Your World - I Miss You - Philadelphia International
Laws, Ronnie - All For You - Flame - United Artists
Benson, George - The World is a Ghetto - In Flight - Warner Bros.
L.T.D. - Feel It - Devotion - A&M
Withers, Bill - Close To Me - Naked and Warm - Columbia
New Birth - Blind Man - Blind Baby - Buddah
Rotary Connection - Black Noise - Rotary Connection - Cadet
Rotary Connection - Memory Band - Rotary Connection - Cadet
Peebles, Ann - I Can't Stand the Rain - I Can't Stand the Rain - Hi
Brown, Chuck and the Soul Searchers - Bustin' Loose - Bustin' Loose - Source

High Rise - J.G. Ballard

" . . . they had all the cohesion of those eager to settle for second best."

Set List - September 23, 2013

John Coltrane's Birthday Jam

Coltrane, John - Syeeda's Song Flute - Alternate Takes - Atlantic
Coltrane, John - Spiral - Giant Steps - Atlantic
Coltrane, John - You Don't Know What Love Is - Ballads - Impulse!
Coltrane, John - Anatomy - Dakar - Prestige
Coltrane, John - Oomba - Dial Africa - Savoy
Coltrane, John - Moment's Notice - Blue Trane - Blue Note
Coltrane, John - After the Rain - Impressions - Impulse!
Coltrane, John - Blues Minor - Africa/Brass - Impulse!
Coltrane, John - Song of Praise - Plays - Impulse!
Coltrane, John - Attaining - Sunship - Impulse!
Coltrane, John - Om pt. 1 - Om - Impulse!

Pere Ubu/Gagarin/This Moment In Black History @ the Beachland

"Founded in Cleveland in 1975, Pere Ubu recorded some of the most influential post-punk records before punk rock even really happened. Their early self-released singles, “The Modern Dance” and “Dub Housing” are, without question, art rock/new wave classics. But some bands get no respect. After nearly 40 years of touring and releasing records for labels as major as Geffen, two of Pere Ubu’s British members had their visa petitions rejected by the United States Customs & Immigration Services due to the band’s refusal to seek approval from the American Federation of Musicians. To tour the U.S. with British citizens, Pere Ubu had to prove that it is of “world class” caliber and has a respected international reputation. Also required was the approval of an appropriate labor union. When the band refused to seek AFM approval, the visa petitions were rejected. After the visa rejections, Pere Ubu quickly enlisted the services of Cleveland guitar veteran Dave Cintron (Terminal Lovers) and kicked off its U.S. Tour in support of Lady of Shanghai on September 6th at the Hopscotch Music Festival in Raleigh, NC. Former Scene writer and Pere Ubu leader David Thomas had this to say about the “U.S. version” of the band after several gigs: “It's maybe tougher, has a more American sense of where the beat lies — some other things. What it amounts to is that the ‘European’ version and the ‘U.S.’ version each have a different take on the same songs. One is not ‘better’ than the other but they have distinctive and separate perspectives.”

http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/pere-ubugagarinthis-moment-in-black-history/Event?oid=3660581

Set List - September 16, 2013

Monk, Thelonious - Boliver Blues - Monk's Dream - Columbia
Monk, Thelonious - Lulu's Back in Town - Sphere - Yes to Jazz
Blakey, Art and the Jazz Messengers - Purple Shades - With Thelonious Monk - Atlantic
Monk, Thelonious - Ugly Beauty - Underground - Columbia
Monk, Thelonious - Raise Four - Underground - Columbia
Cherry, Don - Symphony for Improvisers - Symphony for Improvisers - Blue Note
Hutcherson, Bobby - Rosewood - Cirrus - Blue Note
Krivda, Ernie - The Glory Strut - The Glory Strut - Inner City
Cymande - Brothers on the Side - Cymande -
The Trammps - I Feel Like I've Been Livin' (On the Dark Side of the Moon) - Disco Inferno - Atlantic
Graham Central Station - Earthquake - Now Do-U-Wanta Dance - Warner Bros.
Rawls, Lou - You'll Never Find a Another Love Like Mine - All Things In Time - Philadelphia International

Set List - September 9, 2013

 

Abrams, Muhal Richards - Lifea Blinec - Lifea Blinec - Novus

Sanders, Pharoah and Norman Connors - The End of the Beginning - Beyond a Dream - Novus

Sanders, Pharoah and Norman Connors - Casino Latino - Beyond a Dream - Novus
Silver, Horace - Brain Wave - You Gotta Take a Little Love  - Blue Note
Hubbard, Freddie - Without A Song - The Hub of Hubbard - MPS
Rivers, Sam - Ivory Black - Hues - Impulse!
The Jazz Crusaders - Ruby P' Gonia - Lighthouse '69 - World Pacific Jazz
Person, Houston - Pretty Please - The Nearness of You - Muse
Deodato  - September 13 - 2001 - CTI
Jones, Quincy - You've Got It Bad, Girl - You've Got It Bad, Girl - A&M
McCoy, Van and His Magnificent Movie Machine - Reel Two - Medley - Van McCoy and His Magnificent Movie Machine - H&L

Cleveland proto-punk band Mirrors reuniting to play Studio-A-Rama

 

I was dreaming when I wrote this.

http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2013/09/04/cleveland-proto-punk-band-mirrors-reuniting-to-play-studio-a-rama

Set List - September 2, 2013

Hancock, Herbie - You'll Know When You Get There - Treasure Chest - Warner Bros.
Jones, Elvin - New Breed - Live at the Lighthouse - Blue Note
Shaw, Woody - The Moontrane - The Moontrane - Muse
Washington, Tyrone - Yearning for Love - Natural Essence - Blue Note
Mitchell, Blue - Jo Ju Ja - Collision in Black - Blue Note
McGriff, Jimmy - Theme from Shaft - Let's Stay Together - Groove Merchant
McGriff, Jimmy - What's Going On? - Let's Stay Together - Groove Merchant
Hammond, Johnny - Higher Ground - Higher Ground - Kudu
Earland, Charles - Westbound No. 9 - Living Black! - Prestige
Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Brother Green (the Disco King) - Mystic Voyage - Polydor
Ross, Diana - Upside Down - Diana - Motown
Brooks, Billy - Fourty Days - Windows of the Mind - Crossover
Smith, Lonnie Liston - A Chance for Peace - Visions of a New World - Flying Dutchman

Set List - August 26, 2013

Blakey, Art and the Jazz Messengers - The Theme - At the Jazz Corner of the World - Blue Note

Blakey, Art and the Jazz Messengers - Sakeena's Vision - The Big Beat - Blue Note

Blakey, Art and the Jazz Messengers - Up Jumped Spring - Three Blind Mice - Blue Note
Blakey, Art and the Jazz Messengers - Those Who Sit and Wait - Witch Doctor - Blue Note
Shorter, Wayne - Pug Nose - Introducing - Vee Jay
Shorter, Wayne - Witch Hunt - Speak No Evil - Blue Note
Shorter, Wayne - Chaos - The All Seeing Eye - Blue Note
Shorter, Wayne - El Gaucho - Adam's Apple - Blue Note
Hubbard, Freddie - Nostrand and Fulton - Here to Stay - Blue Note
Davis, Miles - E.S.P. - E.S.P. - Columbia
Tyner, McCoy - Survival Blues - Extensions - Blue Note
Shorter, Wayne - Moto Grosso Feio - Moto Grosso Feio - Blue Note

Left of the Dial: Conversations with Punk Icons - David Ensminger

A collection of interviews - most of which have appeared previously in some form or another in various publications.  Stop me if you've heard this one before.  I have heard Mike Watt tell the story of the Minutemen so many times now that I can hear him speaking in my head while I read it.  It's like the Mass to me now.

Set List - August 19, 2013

Sanders, Pharaoh - Memories of J. W. Coltrane - Live at the East - Impulse!
Hart, Billy - Pharaoh - Enchance - Horizon
Burrell, Kenny - A Streetcar Named Desire - Round Midnight - Fantasy
McGriff, Jimmy - Down Home on the Moon - A Thing to Come By - Solid State
Hancock, Herbie - Sly - Live at @ Ultrasonic Recording Studios, Hempstead, NY , October 1st, 1973 - Boot
Stone, Sly - Green Eyed Monster Girl - High On You - Epic
Laws, Ronnie - Always There - Pressure Sensitive - Blue Note
Laws, Ronnie - Goodtime Ride - Friends and Strangers - Blue Note
White, Barry - I'm Qualified to Satisfy You - Is This Watcha Wont? - 20th Century
Bee Gees - Nights On Broadway - Main Course - RSO
The Dells - I Wanna Tesify - New Beginnings - ABC

Are We Not Men? We Are Devo! - Jade Dellinger & David Giffels

I never gave too much thought to Devo.  I always knew they were from Akron and they played with Sun Ra for WMMS back in the day.  I knew the songs by Devo that everybody else knows and I would see Mark Mothersbaugh on shows that my kidz watch.  And then I heard some Devo demos on the Budget Rock Showcase and saw that Superior Viaduct was reissuing them, and then you feel like it is such a small world and maybe you're missing out on something.  Or maybe not.  I liked this book a lot and more than I like the concept of Devo, which is pretty great and more appealing to me than the music itself.  It's a great story.  Lots of Akron and Kent State history in it.  And if you're like me and feel like it's your responsibility in life to read every single book with the words "Dead Boys" in it, then by all means, check this book out.  It was a good one.

Better info here:

http://www.devobook.com/

Set List - August 12, 2013

Adderley, Cannonball - Savior - The Happy People - Capitol

Adderley, Cannonball - The Chocolate Nuisance - The Black Messiah - Capitol

Adderley, Cannonball - Hamba Nami - Phenix - Fantasy
Duke, George - Solus - The Inner Source - MPS
Duke, George - Psychosomatic Dung - Faces In Reflection - MPS
Duke, George - Yana Aminah - Feel - MPS
Axelrod, David - Everything Counts - Heavy Axe - Fantasy
Henderson, Eddie - Involuntary Bliss - Sunburst - Blue Notes
Henderson. Joe - Las Palmas - Canyon Lady - Milestone
Ammons, Gene - Cantaro - Brasswind - Prestige
The Blackbyrds - The Baby - Flying Start - Fantasy
Deodato - Super Strut - Deodato  2 - CTI
Graham Central Station - The Jam - Ain't No Doubt About It - Warner Bros.

Set List - August 5, 2013

Coltrane, John - Psalm - A Love Supreme - Impulse!
Amstrong, Louis - Cornet Chop Suey - The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings - Vol. 1 - Columbia
Armstrong, Louis - Oriental Strut - The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings - Vol. 1 - Columbia
Armstrong, Louis - Melancholy - The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings - Vol. 2 - Columbia
Armstrong, Louis - Weary Blues - The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings - Vol. 1 - Columbia
Krivda, Ernie - Three Legged Dance - Satanic - Inner City
Krivda, Ernie - Husar - The Alchemist - Inner City
Silent Majority - Something New About You - Various Artists - Detroit Gold - Harmless
Satisfaction Unlimited - Let's Change the Subject - Various Artists - Detroit Gold - Harmless
Lewis, Jimmy - Help Me Understand You - Still Wanna Be Black - Kent
Lewis, Jimmy - I Got My Troubles - Still Wanna Be Black - Kent
Womack, Bobby - That's the Way I Feel About You - Communication - United Artists
Womack, Bobby - Ruby Dean - Understanding - United Artists
The New Birth - I Can Understand It - Birth Day - RCA
The New Birth - Heaven Says - It's Been a Long Time - RCA
Brass Construction - Movin' - Classic Masters - Capitol

Set List - July 29, 2013

McDowell, "Mississippi" Fred - Jesus is On the Mainline - I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll - Capitol
McDowell, "Mississippi" Fred - Mortgage on My Soul - I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll - Capitol
Barron, Kenny - Dawn - Sunset To Dawn - Muse
Barron, Kenny - In The Meantime - Peruvian Blue - Muse
Barron, Kenny - Hellbound - Lucifer - Muse
Galper, Hal - Convocation - Wild Bird - Mainstream
Galper, Hal - Point of View - The Guerilla Band - Mainstream
Bartz, Gary - Freedom One Day - Libra - Prestige
Bartz, Gary - Dark Nebula - Another Earth - Prestige
Belgrave, Marcus - Gemini II - Gemini - Universal Sound
Boscoe - We Ain't Free - Boscoe - Numero Group
The Four Mints - In a Rut - Gently Down Your Stream - Numero Group
The Four Mints - Can't Get Strung Out - Gently Down Your Stream - Numero Group
Paul, Billy - We All Got a Mission - Let 'Em In - Philadelphia International
Ohio Players - Sweet Sticky Thing - Honey - Mercury
Funkadelic - Qualify & Satisfy - Music For Your Mother - Funkadelic 45s - Westbound
Funkadelic - Hit It and Quit It - Music For Your Mother - Funkadelic 45s - Westbound
Jones, Quincy - Dead End - Walking in Space - A&M

Set List - July 22, 2013

Ellington, Duke - Fleurette Africaine - Money Jungle - United Artitsts

Ibrahim, Abdullah - The Aloe and the Wild Rose - 03.08.1968 - Hamburg, Germany - Boot

Barron, Kenny - Song for Abdullah - Scratch - Enja

Manne, Shelly - Once Again - Alive In London - Contemporary

Harris, Eddie - Theme In Search Of A T.V. Commercial - Plug Me In - Atlantic

Frontiere, Dominic - Cross Country - On Any Sunday - Bell

The Impressions - Make A Resolution - Three The Hard Way - Curtom

Withers, Bill - Can We Just Pretend - +Justments - Sussex

Rawls, Lou - Spring Again - Unmistakably Lou - Philadelphia International
Earth, Wind & Fire - New World Symphony - Gratitude - Columbia
Earth, Wind & Fire - Biyo - Spirit - Columbia
Love Unlimited Orchestra - Midnight Groove - Music Maestro Please - 20th Century
The O'Jays - Travelin' at the Speed of Thought - Travelin' at the Speed of Thought - Philadelphia International
The O'Jays - This Time Baby - So Full of Love - Philadelphia International

Gaye, Marvin - I Want You - I Want You - Tamla

The Temptations - Sweetness in the Dark - Wings of Love - Gordy
T-Model Ford - Cut You Loose - Pee Wee Get My Gun - Fat Possum
T-Model Ford - T-Model Theme Song - Pee Wee Get My Gun - Fat Possum
T-Model Ford - To the Left To the Right - You Better Keep Still - Fat Possum
T-Model Ford - Leave My Heart Along - She Ain't None of Your'n - Fat Possum

Chicago Blues: Portraits and Stories - David Whiteis

An intellectual's look at the blues subculture as it existed a decade ago.

Set List - July 15, 2013

 

Murray, David - Obe - Live At The Lower Manhattan Ocean Club - India Navigation

Graves, Milford - Babi - Babi Music - Kitty

Graves, Milford - Response - Meditation Among Us - IPS

Hooker, Earl - Off the Hook - The Genius Of Earl Hooker - Sundazed

Reed, Jimmy - Funky Funky Soul - As Jimmy Is - Roker

Johnson, Jimmy - Sweet Little Angel - Tobacco Road - MCM Blues

Homesick James - Unlucky - The Country Blues - Blues on Blues

Anderson, Little Willie  - West Side Baby - Swinging the Blues - Blues on Blues

Horton, Walter "Shakey" - Worried, Worried (a la Chess 1952) - With Hot Cottage - London

Carter, Joe - Honey Bee - Mean & Evil Blues - Barrelhouse

Nighthawk, Robert - Someday - Sultans of the Slide Guitar - Blues Ball

Taylor, Hound Dog - Sitting Here Alone - Sultans of the Slide Guitar - Blues Ball

Taylor, Hound Dog - Watch Out - Sultans of the Slide Guitar - Blues Ball

Osibisa - T.N.T. - Super Fly T.N.T. - Buddah

Set List - July 8, 2013

 

Sun Ra - Space is the Place - Life Is Splendid - Total Energy

Sun Ra - Love In Outer Space / Watusa - Outer Space Employment Agency - Total Energy
Sun Ra - Images - It is Forbidden - Total Energy
Shepp, Archie - New Africa - Kwanza - Impulse!
Weston, Randy - Ganawa (Blue Moses) - Blue Moses - CTI
Henderson, Eddie - Time and Space - Heritage - Blue Note
Hooker, John Lee - Welfare Blues - Alternative Boogie: Early Studio Recordings, 1948-1952 - Capitol
Hooker, John Lee - No Mortgage On My Soul - Alternative Boogie: Early Studio Recordings, 1948-1952 - Capitol
Hooker, John Lee - I Did Everything - Alternative Boogie: Early Studio Recordings, 1948-1952 - Capitol
Hooker, John Lee - I Like To See You Walk - The Folklore Of John Lee Hooker - Vee Jay
Hooker, John Lee - Goin' To California - Travelin' - Vee Jay
Hooker, John Lee - I'm Leaving - On Campus - Vee Jay
Howlin' Wolf - Trying To Forget You - The Back Door Wolf - Chess
Green, Al - Right Now, Right Now - Gets Next to You - Hi
The Midnight Movers Unlimited - Medicated Goo - Do It In The Road - Elephant V Ltd.
The Midnight Movers Unlimited - Frankenstein/Blackenstein - Follow The Wind - Buddah
The Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze - 3+3 - T-Neck

Set List - July 1, 2013

Sun Ra - Pathways To Unknown Worlds - Pathways To Unknown Worlds/Friendly Love - Evidence

Sun Ra - The Mystery Of Two (from “Cymbals”) - The Great Lost Sun Ra Albums - Evidence

Sun Ra - The Embassy Of The Living God (from “Crystals Spear” - The Great Lost Sun Ra Albums - Evidence
Sun Ra - Friendly Love IV - Pathways To Unknown Worlds/Friendly Love - Evidence
Hooker, John Lee - Don't Turn Me From Your Door - Don't Turn Me From Your Door - Atlantic
Hooker, John Lee - My Baby Don't Love Me - Don't Turn Me From Your Door - Atlantic
Hooker, John Lee - I Ain't Got Nobody - Don't Turn Me From Your Door - Atlantic
Detroit Junior - It's Bad to Make a Woman Mad - The USA Records Blues Story - Fuel 2000
Young, Mighty Joe - Hard Times (Follow Me) - The USA Records Blues Story - Fuel 2000
Wells, Junior - She's a Sweet One - The USA Records Blues Story - Fuel 2000
Detroit Junior - Call My Job - The USA Records Blues Story - Fuel 2000
Waters, Muddy - Boom Boom - Live (at Mr. Kelly's) - Chess
Waters, Muddy - I Just Want to Make Love to You - Electric Mud - Chess
Little Sonny - Sad Funk - New King of the Blues Harmonica - Enterprise
Little Sonny - The Creeper Returns - New King of the Blues Harmonica - Enterprise
King, B.B. - How Blue Can You Get? - Live at the Regal - Ace
McCann, Jerry - Soul Spasm - Absolutely the Best - the Complete Jewel Singles 1965-1972 - Fuel 2000
Walker, T-Bone - Blues for Marili - T-Bone Blues - Atlantic
Lockwood, Robert Jr. - I Believe I'll Dust My Broom - Sweet Home Chicago - Fuel 2000
Lockwood, Robert Jr. - Blues and Trouble - Steady Rollin' Man - Delmark


Detroit Rock City - Steve Miller

Set List - June 24, 2013

Cherry, Don - Folk Tales - Live in Stuttgart on June 25, 1966 - Boot
Cherry, Don - Orfeo Negro - Live in Stuttgart on June 26, 1966 - Boot
Davis, Charles - Super 80 - Super 80 - Nilva
Parker, Billy's 4th World - Home - Freedom of Speech - Strata-East
Steig, Jeremy - Howlin' For Judy - Legwork - Solid State
Harold Wheeler Consort - Black Cream - Black Cream - RCA
Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness - Kool Jazz - De-Lite
The Salsoul Orchestra - You're Just The Right Size - Salsoul Orchestra - Salsoul
The Dynamics - She's For Real (Bless You) - What a Shame - Black Gold
The Dynamics - Funky Key - What a Shame - Black Gold
The Natural Four - Message From a Black Man - Good Vibes - ABC
Womack, Bobby - I Can Understand It - Understanding - United Artists
The New Birth - I Can Understand It - Birth Day - RCA
The New Birth - Wild Flower - It's Been A Long Time - RCA

The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea - Yukio Mishima

"As a parent... I found it an anti-parent book."

Set List - June 17, 2013

Hubbard, Freddie - Sing Me a Song of Songmy, Part II - Sing Me a Song of Songmy - Atlantic
Ali, Rashied/Leroy Jenkins Duo - The Past - Swift Are the Winds of Life - Survival
Sharrock, Sonny - Who Does She Hope to Be - Ask the Ages - Axiom
Sharrock, Sonny and Linda Sharrock - Peaceful - Paradise - Atco
Sharrock, Sonny and Linda Sharrock - Sweet Butterfingers - Live on WKCR, March 21, 1974 - Boot
Mitchell, Roscoe - Sketches From Bamboo -- Cyp 2 - Sketches From Bamboo (with Creative Orchestra) - Moers Music
Roach, Max - A Little Booker - Live At Vielharmonie (with Double Quartet) - Soul Note
Young, Larry - Pavanne - Of Love Peace - Blue Note
Brown, Oscar Jr. - Gang Bang - Movin' On - Atlantic
Rich, Buddy - Love Me Now - Speak No Evil - RCA
Rich, Buddy - Fight The Power - Speak No Evil - RCA

Set List - June 10, 2013

Hill, Andrew - Compulsion - Compulsion - Blue Note
Morgan, Lee - Short Count - The Sixth Sense - Blue Note
Morgan, Lee - Anti Climax - The Sixth Sense - Blue Note
Muhammad, Idris - Piece of Mind - Power of Soul - CTI
Farrell, Joe - Great Gorge - Moon Germs - CTI
Cox, Kenny - Clap Clap! The Joyful Noise - Clap Clap! The Joyful Noise - Strata
Hathaway, Donny - Magnificant Sancturay Band - Donny Hathaway - Atco
Hathaway, Donny - The Ghetto - Everything is Everything - Atco
The Delfonics - Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love) - Sound of Sexy Soul - Buddha
The O'Jays - Let Me Into You World - The O'Jays in Philadelphia - Philadelphia International
The O'Jays - When the World's at Peace - Give the People What they Want - Philadelphia International
Huff, Leon - No Greater Love - Here to Create Music - Philadelphia International
Green. Al - There is Love - Al Green is Love - Hi
Wesley, Fred and the Horny Horns - Up for the Down Stroke - A Blow for Me a Toot for You - Atlantic
Wesley, Fred and the Horny Horns - Say Blow by Blow Backwards - Say Blow by Blow Backwards - Atlantic

FLAG @ the Grog Shop

The Lies @ Now That's Class

Set List - May 27, 2013

Davis, Miles - Stuff - The Complete Columbia Studio Sessions 1965-1968 - Columbia
Davis, Miles - Ascent - Directions - Columbia
Davis, Miles - Shhh/Peaceful - The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions - Columbia
Davis, Miles - Footprints - Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Volume 2 - Columbia
Davis, Miles - Nefertitti - Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Volume 2 - Columbia
Davis, Miles - Bitches Brew - Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Volume 2 - Columbia

Set List - May 20, 2013

Desmond, Paul - Music for a While - Skylark - CTI
Wright, Frank - Center of the World - Part 2 - Center of the World - Center of the World
Wright, Frank - Church Number Nine - Part I - Church Number Nine - Calumet
Harriot, Joe - Tonal - Abstract - EMI Columbia
Hubbard, Freddie - No Time To Lose - A Soul Experiment - Atlantic
Jones, Quincy - What's Going On - Smackwater Jack - A&M
B.T. Express - You Got It - I Want It - Non-Stop - Roadshow
B.T. Express - Time Tunnel - Energy to Burn - Columbia
Brass Construction - Get It Together - Brass Construction III - United Artists
Hooker, John Lee - Rock Steady - Live - April 4, 1979 - Bellestar Lounge, Colden, NY - Boot

Set List - May 13, 2013

Hopkins, Lightnin' - Change My Way of Living - Los Angeles Blues - Rhino
Williamson, Sonny Boy - I Wonder Do I have a Friend - Portrait of a Blues Man - Storyville
Williamson, Sonny Boy - Eyesight to the Blind - King Biscuit Time - Arhoolie
Kimbrough, Junior - You Better Run - All Night Long - Fat Possum
Kimbrough, Junior - Baby Please Don't Leave Me - Meet Me in the City - Fat Possum
Davis, Cedell - Get to Stepping Baby - The Best of CeDell Davis - Fat Possum
Ford, T-Model - I Feel So Bad - Pee Wee Get My Gun - Fat Possum
Jones, Paul Wine - Kitty Kat - Mule - Fat Possum
Guitar Slim - You Give Me Nothing but the Blues - Sufferin' Mind - Specialty
Brooks, Lonnie - You Put it On Me - Live at Pepper's 1968 - Black Magic
Guy, Buddy - Heavy Heart - Southern Blues 1957-63 - Paula
Young, Mighty Joe - Every Man Needs a Woman - Blues With A Touch of Soul - Delmark
Howlin' Wolf - Blind Love - Live at Joe's 1973 - Wolf
Burnside, R.L. - Peaches - Too Bad Jim - Fat Possum
Burnside, R.L. - Can't Let You Go - Sound Machine Groove - Fat Possum
Hooker, John Lee - Goin' Mad Blues - Boogie Man - Orbis
Hooker, John Lee - Boom Boom - Live - November 9, 1976 - Wise Fools Pub, Chicago, IL - Boot
Hooker, John Lee - Boogie Chillen - Live - November 9, 1976 - Wise Fools Pub, Chicago, IL - Boot

Set List - May 6, 2013

 

Coltrane, John - Attaining (alternate version) - Sun Ship: The Complete Session - Impulse!

Coltrane, John - Amen (alternate version) - Sun Ship: The Complete Session - Impulse!

Hill, Andrew - PlantationBag - Passing Ships - Blue Note
Bob Thiele Emergency - Head Start - The World Needs Changing: Street Funk and Jazz Grooves 1967 - 1976 - BGP
Savage, Joe & Soul Power - All Power to the People Pt. I - The World Needs Changing: Street Funk and Jazz Grooves 1967 - 1976 - BGP
Jacobs, Hank & Don Malone - The World Needs Changing - The World Needs Changing: Street Funk and Jazz Grooves 1967 - 1976 - BGP
Thomas, Leon - Just in Time to See the Sun - The World Needs Changing: Street Funk and Jazz Grooves 1967 - 1976 - BGP
Allen, Ricky - Messed Around and Fell in Live - USARecords Soul Story - Fuel
Baby Huey and the Babysitters - Just Be Careful - USARecords Soul Story - Fuel
Detroit Junior - All Through With Love - USARecords Soul Story - Fuel
Hutch, Willie - Brother's Gonna Work It Out - The Mack - Motown
Hutch, Willie - CaliforniaMy Way - Fully Exposed - Motown
The Brides of Funkenstein - Amorous - Funk or Walk - Atlantic
Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke - Up for the Down Stroke - Casablanca
Rufus - Look Through My Eyes - Rags to Rufus - ABC
Wells, Junior - Watch Me Move - On Tap - Delmark
Wells, Junior - Junior's Thing - On Tap - Delmark
Hooker, John Lee - (I Got) A Good 'Un - Endless Boogie - ABC