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Archive for January, 2007

This is the week of January 28th, 2007

This week we feature an Alice Coltrane encore, plus music from two German duos, Intuit and Les Gammas, and we round it out with selections from Singapore’s Jacintha. It’s a two-hour international look & listen at/to contemporary Black music developments. Enjoy.

JACINTHA / “Danny Boy”
Sun, Jan 28th, 2007 | Posted in Cover | 1 Comment »

INTUIT / “Criança Das Ondas”
Sun, Jan 28th, 2007 | Posted in Contemporary | 3 Comments »

ALICE COLTRANE / “Isis And Osiris”
Sun, Jan 28th, 2007 | Posted in Classic | 5 Comments »

This is the week of January 21st, 2007

Alice Coltrane week at BoL. Plus selections from Joshua Redman and a classic from John Coltrane. "May there be peace and love among all mankind."—Ohnedaruth (bka John Coltrane)

JOSHUA REDMAN QUARTET / “Second Snow”
Sun, Jan 21st, 2007 | Posted in Cover | No Comments »

ALICE COLTRANE / “Leo”
Sun, Jan 21st, 2007 | Posted in Contemporary | 2 Comments »

ALICE COLTRANE / “Journey in Satchidananda”
Sun, Jan 21st, 2007 | Posted in Classic | 7 Comments »

This is the week of January 14th, 2007

One more once again we travel the space ways doing the cosmic stomp as we check out the funky side of Sun Ra, plus Ramsey McLean and the Survivors give us a version. Her majesty Ms. Grace Jones steps up. We close with an examination of Billy Eckstine’s “I Want To Talk About You” featuring Nancy Wilson and John Coltrane.

JOHN COLTRANE / “I Want To Talk About You”
Sun, Jan 14th, 2007 | Posted in Cover | 2 Comments »

GRACE JONES / “I’ve Done It Again”
Sun, Jan 14th, 2007 | Posted in Contemporary | 4 Comments »

SUN RA / “I’ll Wait For You”
Sun, Jan 14th, 2007 | Posted in Classic | No Comments »

This is the week of January 7th, 2007

Sun Ra in retrograde. Angie Stone dissected. Seven versions of "A Song For You" (Al Wilson, Betty Right, Donny Hathaway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and Jeremy Monteiro & Jacintha). Happy New Year!