ATG's Fall 2007 Show

Webcast Title: ATG 26
Webcast Date: beginning September 10, 2007
Webcast Time: daily at 9-12 AM and 7-10:00 PM (MST)

This month on ATG we’ll pay our respects to the drummer and freedom fighter Max Roach, test drive a pair of drumsticks war crafted from dinosaur tibula, sample esoteric percussion devices such as the qua-drang-u-lar-is reversum, speak in secret alphabets, then sleep all night in the soul kitchen.

This month’s webcast is the 26th installment of our periodic program, Odds and Sods, first webcast on September 10, 2007, with a running time of approximately three hours. Of particular importance on today’s webcast is a three-song tribute to Max Roach as well as the first appearance on ATG by composer Harry Partch and his unique ensemble of third-eye percussionists and microtonal keyboards. The cast also includes performances by Buddy Rich, Jack DeJohnette, Pernell Saturnino, Antonio Sanchez, Chad Wackerman, Abe Loriel Jr., and Gary Husband.


The Playlist

Set 1: Max Roach
1. The Casbah, Rich Versus Roach, The Buddy Rich Quintet
2. January V, M'Boom, Max Roach

Set 2: Pouporri
3. Soul Kitchen, Twelve, Patti Smith
4. New Blues Old Bruise, John McLaughlin, Industrial Zen
5. Misfit Love, Era Vulgaris, Queens of the Stone Age
6. Anagram, Pilgrimage, Micheal Brecker
7. Lowdown, Tribute to Jeff, David Garfield
8. Time of Fun Together, Delusion of the Fury, Harry Partch
9. A Brief Tale, In Pursuit, Donny McCaslin
10. Give It, Lose Its, Take It; Tones of Town, Field Music
11. Wait Until Tomorrow, Try!, John Mayer Trio
12. Anthony's Blues, Triangulo, Michel Camilo
13. Joyful Reunion, The Call, Alan Skidmore
14. Timeless, Scream, Chad Wackerman
15. Life Begins Again, Volume 3: Further in Time, Afro Celt Sound System
16. Mannerisms, The Relatives, Jeff Parker
17. Triptych: Prayer, Protest, Peace; We Insist: Freedom Now Suite, Max Roach

ATG's Springtime Webcast

Webcast Title: ATG 25
Webcast Date: beginning Sunday, April 15, 2007
Webcast Time: daily at 9-12:30 AM and 7-10:30 PM (MST)

This month on ATG we’ll welcome drummer Dennis Chambers back to the pocket, call upon the spirit of the late-great Jaco Pastorius, go to the school on the math rockers, Don Caballero, testify to Robben Ford’s resurrection of a forgotten Beatles classic, and add deadwings to deerhoofs just to see what happens.

This springtime show is the 25th installment of our periodic program, Odds and Sods, first webcast on April 2nd, 2007. The content in the drumming abandanza is three hours long, and includes appearances by drummers Kim Plainfield, Dallas Taylor, Gavin Harrison, Dave Weckl, Jeff Ballard, Evelyn Glennie, and 21 others who’ve got boogie on the brain. Of particular importance on this edition of ATG are brief tributes to saxophonist Michael Brecker and record man, Ahmet Ertegun.

And finally, allow me to remind you that ATG remains a non-profit, community services station. The show is produced and paid for entirely by yours truly without any assistance or support of any kind from the music industry.

Playlist

Opening Set: Tribute to Michael Brecker
Groovus Interruptus, Dennis Chambers, Outbreak
Cabin Fever, Michael Brecker, Tales From The Hudson

Set 2: Contemporary Pop and Rock
Deadwing, Porcupine Tree, Deadwing
Castanets, Alejandro Escovedo, A Man Under the Influence

Set 3: Jazz and Fusion
Mr. Cool, Bill Connors, Return
Triplicity, Bill Bruford's Earthworks, The Sound of Surprise

Set 4: Art Rock
The Perfect Me, Deerhoof, Friend Opportunity
VII's Dub, Venetian Snares, Cavalcade Of Glee & Dadaist Happy Hardcore Pom Poms

Set 5: Mixed
Drumming on the Downside:
Durga Durga, Charles Lloyd, Canto

Michael Brecker Tribute (continued):
Outbreak, Dennis Chambers, Outbreak

Pure Percussion:
The Final Precipice For Five Tympani and Computer Generated Tape
Equal Temperment Percussion Duo, Parhelion

Set 6: Big Bands
Beaver Patrol, Jaco Pastorius Big Band, Word of Mouth Revisited
Moggio, The Ed Palermo Big Band, Take Off Your Clothes When You Dance

Set 7: Little-known or long forgotten Rock Classics
Rock and Roll Crazies, Stephen Stills, Manassas
My Dark Hour, Steve Miller Band, Brave New World

Set 8: Electric Jazz? Or is it Fusion?
Snake Charmer, Rez Abassi, Snake Charmer
Treacle, Dylan Van Der Schyff, The Distance

Set 9: Music Trios
Crossroads, Michel Camillo, Michel Camillo
Ones All Over the Place, Don Caballero, American Don
Beat Street, The Jeff Ballard Trio, Originations (Chick Corea)

Set 10: Pure Percussion
Concerto For Marimba And String Orchestra - Rythmique, Energique,
...Bagdan Bacanu, True Colours
Manhattan Rave, Evelyn Glennie, African Sunrise/Manhattan Rave

Tribute: Ehmet Ertegun
Golden Slumbers, Robben Ford, Come Together - Guitar Tribute To The Beatles Vol. 2

Fade to Black....
Orleans, David Crosby, If Only I Could Remember My Name

ATG's Webcast for December and January

Webcast Title: ATG 24
Webcast Date: beginning Monday, January 8, 2007
Webcast Time: daily at 9-11 AM and 7-9 PM (MST)

This month on Ain't That a Groove, we'll appease the voodoo gods with a copious offering of polyrhythmic percussion, pay our respects to the Godfather of Soul, get on the goodfoot with the ghost of Frank Zappa, renew our acquaintance with the modern marimba, and make a brief stop at the North Pole.

This edition of ATG is the 24th installment of our periodic program, Odds and Sods, and was first webcast on January 9, 2007. The show is 2.5 hours long, and includes appearances by Ed Palermo's Big Band, TV on the Radio, Gateway, The Concordia Orchestra, Gary Novak,Paul Motian, and illustrious others. Because ATG 24 was designed for webcast during the Winter Solstice, it also includes several drum tracks suitable for the holidays.

Playlist

Tribute
James Brown, Tell Me What I Did Wrong, Star Time

First Set
Jack DeJohnette, How's Never, Selected Recordings

Frank Zappa, A Pound for a Brown on the Bus, Uncle Meat

The Ed Palermo Big Band,
A Pound for a Brown on the Bus,
...Take Off Your Clothes When You Dance

John McLaughlin, New Blues/Old Bruise, Industrial Zen

Beck, Soldier Jane, The Information

Christmas Un-Classic
Elvis Presley, Santa Claus is Back in Town,
...The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50's Masters (Disc 3)

Percussion Ensembles
The Concordia Orchestra,
Ogoun Badagris For Percussion Ensemble,
...Christopher Rouse: Passion Wheels

Blast from the Past
Blues Image, Clean Love, Open
Funkadelic, Trash a Go Go, Cosmic Slop

Pop and Rock
Screaming Headless Torsos, Smile in a Wave, 95
TV on the Radio, Playhouses, Return to Cookie Mountain
The Black Keys, Just Got to Be, Magic Potion
Los Lobos, Chuco's Cumbia, The Town and the City

Jazz or Thereabouts
Pat Metheny & Brad Meldauh, Ring of Life,
...Metheny Meldauh

Allan Holdsworth, The Drums were Yellow,
...The Sixteen Men of Tain

Paul Motian Band, Manhattan Melodrama, Garden of Eden,

Duke Ellington, Tymperturably Blue, Jazz Party

Potpourri
Souad Massi, Mahli, Honeysuckle

Jack McDuff, Greasy Drums,
...The Soulful Drums of Joe Dukes

Bogdan Bacanu, Forever, Rhythms of Life

Sign Off
James Brown, Go Power at Christmas,
...James Brown Funky Christmas