ATG's webcast for October & November 2006

Webcast Title: ATG 23
Webcast Date: beginning Sunday, October 22, 2006
Webcast Time: daily at 9-11 AM and 7-9 PM (MST)

This month on ATG we'll raise a glass of Pabst Blue Bubbly to Wayne's World; do a funked-up hit from the Yellowjackets' personal stash; sample King Curtis' Memphis Soul Stew; make a small improvement to mother nature -- changing hummingbirds into drummingbirds; and trade-in a couple of minor drumming rudiments for a magical cauldron that bestows the gift of song upon the owner.

This month's webcast is the 23rd edition of ATG, first posted the week of October 22, 2006. Of particular importance on this month's show are tracks from a one-man band named Nino Maschella, the masada rock of John Zorn, Bobby Previte's musical call to arms, and Jack DeJohnette's tribute to Tony Williams.

Known Errors (as of 10/22):
1. During the webcast, the host mistakenly identifies Bobby's Previte's Versificator as Airstrip One.
2. On the low-bandwidth webcast ("drummagic"), there is a small but significant amount of noise on the host's vocal tracks. There is no such noise on the master tracks, only on the webstream. I am looking into this matter, and I believe it originates with the newly defined "normalization" standards imposed on ATG's tracks by live365's servers.

Playlist

Opening Set: Fusion
John McLauglin, Wayne’s World, Industrial Zen
John Zorn, Chorek, Masada Rock
Oz Noy, Say What?, Ha!

2nd Set: Rock and Hiphop
Nino Moschella, Strong Man, The Fix
The Codetalkers, Ike Stubblefield, Now
The Roots, Here I Come, Game Theory

3rd Set: Funk
Joshua Redman’s Elastic Band, Shut Your Mouth, Momentum
The Yellowjackets, Boomtown, Mint Jam

4th Set: Unknown or Forgotten Gems
Deep Purple, Listen, Learn, Read On, The Book of Taliesyn
King Curtis, Memphis Soul Stew, Live at Fillmore West

5th Set: Percussion Ensemble
Terry Bozzio, Untitled, Chamber Works
Bob Moses and Billy Martin, Rumble in the Jungle, Drummingbirds

6th Set: Contemporary Rock
Brazilian Girls, Talk to the Bomb, Talk to the Bomb
Bobby Previte, Versificator, The Coalition of the Willing

Final Set: Jazz
Soulful Drums, Idris Mohammad, Legends of Acid Jazz: Idris Mohammad
Trio Beyond, Love in Blues, Saudades

ATG's Webcast for August and September

Webcast Title: ATG 22
Webcast Date: beginning Sunday, August 19, 2006
Webcast Time: daily at 9-11 AM and 7-9 PM (MST).

Sign On
This month on Ain’t That a Groove we’ll listen to a tribute to the Keystone Kops from trumpeter Dave Douglas; dig Tony Williams’ flamdiddle portrait of the redoubtable Mr. Spock; make a small, bloodless sacrifice to the Hawaiian God of War; summon the spirit of Black Elk in the fight against global warming; and dare to lend a lobe to the funk philosophy of the Screaming Headless Torsos.

This edition of ATG is the 22nd installment of our periodic program, Odds and Sods, first broadcast August 19, 2006. Of particular importance on today’s show are the Zen Funk of Nik Bartch and Ronin, a hipper-than-hip groove from the funky vegetarians called Lettuce, and an instant World Jazz classic from saxophonist Ron Blake.


This Month's Playlist

Opening Set
Dave Douglas, Famous Players, Keystone
Tony Williams, Mr. Spock, Believe It!
Christian McBride, Brown Funk, A Family Affair

Set 2: Percussion Ensembles
Billy Martin, Killing the Draught, Black Ilk Speaks
The Concordia Orchestra, Ku Ka Ilimoka, Passion Wheels

Set 3: R&B and Classic Rock
Derek Trucks Band, 555 Lake, Derek Trucks Band
John Scofield, I Don’t Need No Doctor, Hey What I Say
Robben Ford and The Blue Line, Before I Leave Here, Handful of Blues
Captain Beyond, Dancing Madly Backwards, Captain Beyond

Set 4: Contemporary Jazz
The Bad Plus, And Here We Test Our Powers of Observation, Give
Nic Bartch & Ronin, Module 35, Stoa

Set 5: Percussion Ensemble
Art Blakey, Amuck, Orgy in Rhythm

Set 6: Funk
Lettuce, Nyak, Otta Here
NERD, Don’t Worry about It, Fly or Die
Screaming Headless Torsos, Word to Herb, Screaming Headless Torsos

Set 7: Jazz
Stephon Harris, Red-bone Netti-bone, Evolution
Kurt Rosenwinkle, Minor Blues, The Next Step
Christian McBride, Tahitian Pearl, Vertical Vision

ATG's July 2006 webcast

Webcast Title: ATG 21
Broadcast Date: beginning Sunday, July 23, 2006,
twice daily: 9-11 AM and 7-9 AM (MST).

Sign on:
This month on ATG we’ll revive the reputation of British rockers Marmalade, listen as Christian McBride and Terryon Gully use a spirit guide to contact the great master, Miles Davis, swear on a stack of 7As that we heard Buddy Rich utilizing a percussion section, and stand in the center of a percussion storm featuring a troupe of sabar players.

Welcome to ATG. I’m your host, Bill Kilpatrick, in Phoenix Arizona. Contact me at aintthatagroove@gmail.com if you'd like to be notified of upcoming shows.

As you’ve just heard, this week’s theme song is Mook Mook from Charlie McMahon’s album, Xenophone . We’ll hear that jam in its entirety later in the show.

This is the 21st broadcast of ATG, featuring recordings old and new of pressing interest to drummers and other connoisseurs of high art and the fundamental wisdom of the big beat. This month’s show is 2 hours long, includes 16 recordings and 28 Drummers. Of particular importance are tracks from an undiscovered fusion country called The Slip, a solo shot from percussionist Lusito Quintero, a sophisticated orchestration of the spirit by drummer Ed Cassidy, and another guide to the future of Latin jazz courtesy conguero Ray Barretto, to say nothing of Buddy Rich, Mickey Hart, Dave Weckl, and Kenny Wollenson. All that and more is coming up today on ...Ain't That a Groove.

This Month's Playlist

Opening Set:
1. Lusito Quintero, Quintero’s Jam, Percussion Madness
2. Christian McBride, Technicolor Nightmare, Live at Tonic
3. Bill Frisell, Big Shoe, Further East/Further West
4. Ray Baretto and New World Spirit, 99th McDougal Street, Taboo
5. Mickey Hart, Full Steam Ahead, Mystery Box
6. The Slip, Wolof, Angels Come on Time

2nd Set: Bada-boom type Swing
7. The Big Phat Band, Count Bubba’s Revenge, The Phat Pack
8. Buddy Rich Big Band, Nuttville, The Roar of ‘74
9. Dave Weckl, Double Up, Multiplicity

Midstream Reminder:
10. Stereo Total, I Think Somebody Should Call the Love Doctor, Berlin Madness

3rd Set: Rock
11. Derek Trucks Band, All I Do, Songlines
12. Matthew Sweet and Susanna Huffs, I See the Rain, Under the Covers
13. Spirit, Mechanical World, Spirit

Final Set: Jazz and World Music
14. Baaba Maal, Yiriyaro (Percussion Storm), Nomad Soul
15. Chris Potter, The Wheel, Underground

Signoff:
16. Mook Mook, Charlie McMahon and Gondwana, Xenophone

ATG's June Webcast

Title: ATG 20 (Odds and Sods #10)
Original webcast date: June 9, 2006
Webcast time: now playing daily in the ATG looping playlist.

Sign-on
This week on ATG we’ll pay our respects to the late-great percussionist Don Alias, marvel at the natural born chemistry of Paul Simon and Steve Gadd, dig Matt Wilson on the straight and narrow, Steve Coleman on the good foot, Billy Kilson on his Pots and Pans, and Paul Motian reading the riot act to Bill Frisell and Joe Lovano.

Welcome
This week's show is two and one half hours long, and includes 21 tracks and 28 drummers. Of particular importance are tracks from Sarah Hommel’s percussion ensemble, a 3-song tribute to percussionist Don Alias, a set of forsaken rock classics, and Jack DeJohnette in a live jam with Bill Frisell and a Roland percussion module. Also, if time allows, I’ll answer listener mail.

Playlist:
1. David Sanborn, Tequila, Timeagain
2. Michael Brecker, African Skies, Tales from the Hudson
3. Joni Mitchell, Dreamworld, Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter
4.Paul Simon, Sure Don’t Feel Like Love, Surprise
5. Buckcherry, Next 2 You, 15
6. The New Orleans Soceity, Fortunate Son, Sing Me Back Home
7. Groove Collection, Crisis, Afrobeat…No Go Die
8. Steve Coleman & The Five Elements, The Streets, Curves of Life
9. Sarah Hommel, A Tribute Arrangment, A Sarah Hommel Drum All
10. Jack DeJohnette, Otherworld Dervishes, The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers
11. Billy Hart, Dirty Dogs, Amethyst
12. Fleetwood Mac, Searching for Madge, Then Play On
13. Rhinoceros, When You Say You’re Sorry, Rhinoceros
14. Jefferson Airplane, The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil, After Bathing at Baxters.
15. Dennis Chambers, Silverado, The Jazz Times Supergroup,
16. Matt Wilson, Webb City, Arts and Crafts
17. Billy Kilson’s BK Groove, Rabbit Kat, Pots and Pans
18. Paul Motian, The Riot Act, I Have the Room Above Her

ATG's May 2006 Show

Title: ATG 19, Odds and Sods #9
Original webcast date: June 6, 2006
Current webcast time: now playing daily
in the ATG playlist loop.

Sign-on
This week on ATG we’ll pay our respects to the late-great drummer and spirit guide, Billy Higgins, visit with the purple prince of bumpology, listen to Tortoise re-purposing Spandau Ballet, and re-new our music vows in the fusion sanctuary called Blueberry Cave.

Welcome
This edition of ATG is the ninth installment of our periodic program, Odds and Sods. The 2-hour show includes 17 recordings and 28 drummers spanning 6 decades of music history. Of particular importance are tracks from Ray Barretto’s masterwork, Hot Hands; a head nod to avante outsiders including The Ruins and Maroon, a nu-bop classic from trumpeter Brian Lynch, the first appearance of Billy Kilson and Alan Hertz on ATG, and wicked bad tambourine by Robert Rucker for a live love-fest at the House of Tribes.

The show will be broadcast twice daily: 9-11 am, and 7-9 pm (MST), beginning the morning of May 4.

Visit the iTunes store in order to sample recent playlists featured on the show.

Playlist

1. Ray Barretto and New World Spirit:
New World Spirit (Hot Hands)

2. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: The Sacrifice (Drum Suite)

3. The BellRays: Mother Pinball
(Hot Pinball Rock, Volume 1)

4. Cold Blood: I Just Want to Make Love to You
(Fillmore, The Last Days)

5. Prince: Lolita (3121)

6. Little Barrie: Living In and Out of Place
(We are Little Barrie)

7. Sambaguru featuring Katia Moraes:
Convite Pra Bituca (Navegar Ao Sol)

8. Omar Sosa: Guajira de Capital (Free Roots)

9. Chad Wackerman: Go (Forty Reasons)

10. The Ruins: Skhanddraviza (Tzomborgha)

11. Garaj Mahal: The Shadow (Blueberry Cave)

12. Maroon: When the Storm Comes
(What the Sky Betrays)

13. Tortoise:Monica (Standards)

14. Billy Kilson’s BK Groove: 4 to 1 Odds
(While Ur Sleeping)

15. Billy Higgins and Charles Lloyd:
Wild Orchids Bloom (Which Way is East?)

16. Brian Lynch: Jamaica Silver
(Spheres of Influence)

17. Wynton Marsalis: 2nd Line
(Amongst the People: Live at the House of Tribes)

ATG's April 2006 show

Title: ATG 18, Odds and Sods #8
Original webcast date: April 5, 2006
Current webcast time: in the all-purpose
ATG playlist loop beginning May 3, 2006

Sign-on
"This week on ATG we’ll dig John Scofield’s freaky fusion classic, stomp our feet and clap our hands for the North Mississippi All-stars, dig on a twelve-minute spirit jam from Mino Cinulu and Me’shell Nendegeocello, import five minutes of avante jazz from the land of the rising sun, and leave our love light on…for a government mule.

All that and more is coming up today on…Aint That a Groove."

Welcome
"This edition of ATG is the eighth installment of our periodic program, Odds and Sods, featuring recordings old and new of pressing interest to drummers and other connoisseurs of high art and the fundamental wisdom of the big beat.

The show consists of five sets of music, including two lenghty sets of rock and jazz. And as per usual, you can hardly swing a wine-stained stick bag without hitting a celebrated rhythmist, including Adam Deitch, Jim Keltner, Mitch Abts, Frank Katz, Tito Puente, Jeff Ballard, Lance Carter, Gregory Hutcherson, and Clarence Penn."

PlayList
1. The John Scofield Band: Jungle Fiction (Uberjam)
2. Tunnels: Neuro-Transmitter (Painted Rock)
3. Incognito: Thinking about Tomorrow (Positivity)
4. Cassandra Wilson: Redbone (Blue Light 'Til Dawn)
5. Ry Cooder: Muy Fifi (Chavez Ravine)
6. Me’Shell Nedegeocello: Al-Falaq 113 (Dance of the Infidel)
7. North Mississippi All-stars: Stompin' My Foot (Electric Blue Watermelon)
8. Gov't Mule: Lola Leave Your Lovelight On (Voodoo Dejavu)
9. Tito Puente: 110th Street and 5th Avenue (Our Latin Thing)
10. Dave Douglas: Strange Liberation (Strange Liberation)
11. Satoko Fujii and Yoshida Tatsuya: Take Right (Erans)
12. Stepon Harris and Blackout: Nothing Personal (Evolution)
13. Joshua Redman: I Got You/I Feel Good (Joshua Redman
14. David Sanchez: Puerto San Juan (Melaza)
15. Maroon: You Spun Me Shaky (What the Sky Betrays)

Announcement: ATG Playlists Available on iTunes

Playlists for select ATG shows will soon be available as iMixes on Apple's iTunes site, enabling you to sample the show's songs or purchase them individually or collectively. If you've heard a song you enjoy during an ATG webcast, but you can't remember the artist's name or recording's title, sampling ATG's iMixes is an easy way to prompt your recall.

>I expect to post the first iMix playlist on Thursday, April 5, 2006<

Here's the skinny on locating an ATG iMix-based playlist:

1. From the music store's main page, click on iMix in the box labeled "Inside The Music Store" (located in the uppper left-hand corner of the screen).

2. After the iMix page has opened, enter "Ain't That a Groove" in the search box, select "iMix name" from the drop down menu, then click on the search symbol.

All available ATG playlists will appear, beginning somewhere around the fifth spot on the list.