ATG's Spring 2009 Webcast

Webcast Title: ATG 29, The Jazz Edition

Webcast Date: beginning February 2009

Webcast Time: daily at 9-1 AM and 7-11:00 PM (MST)

The latest edition of Ain't That a Groove has just been posted at live365.com.

On this jazz edition of ATG, we'll:

• shake our hula hips with the Copa Cat Band


• sample a rare treat from England, known to locals as Ginger Sheep


• determine once and for all if Phish can walk, at least in tie-dyed bell bottom


• witness the miraculous-makeover of a jazz classic long thought dead

This is the 29th edition 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 was first webcast the first week of February 2009, and has a running time of approximately two hours. Other highlights of the webcast include:

• a set of fusionary magic from Bobby Previte and Charlie hunter


• a heaping helping of thinking man's funk from David Sanchez's long awaited CD


• a memorable track from Art Blakey's Big Band featuring an up-and-comer named John Coltrane


• the bruising treatment of a Burt Bacharach classic by a gang of rhythm thugs known as The Bad Plus
  

Also kindly note that this new webcast is only available on the 64kb,'CD' quality edition of ATG, which is freely available to all listeners. The 32kb, 'FM' edition of ATG contains archival editions of ATG from our first three years (2005-2008), but no new webcasts. Live365.com owns the rights to the FM edition of ATG for the next year, and has chosen to offer the show as a VIP edition available only to paid subscribers. Because I've stopped paying to webcast the FM edition of ATG, I have no control over it whatsoever.

As always, I do all of the research and production for the webcast,and pay all of the fees, but derive no income or perks of any kind from the endeavor.

--Flamdaddy

ATG's July 2008 Webcast: Rock and Roll

Webcast Title: ATG 28, The Rock and Roll Edition
Webcast Date: beginning July 2008
Webcast Time: daily at 9-1 AM and 7-11:00 PM (MST)

This month on Ain't That a Groove we'll put our right hand on our heart and pledge allegiance to the united states of pop music, digging on the nuveau funk of the New Mastersounds, getting tight with Lenny Kravitz and the Black Keys, rising down with Questlove and The Roots, and traveling on a government mule to the third stone from the sun.

This month's show is the rock and roll edition of Ain't That a Groove number 28, first webcast the week of July 4th, 2008. I'll post other, genre-based editions of the webcast in the upcoming weeks, including jazz, world grooves, and percussion ensembles.

The webcast has a running time just short of two hours, during which I spin sixteen rock-oriented songs, old and new, which I think deserve the attention of drummers and just-plain folks. As always, I aim to compile a wide ranging list of rock styles and influences, as well as tempos and moods, while mostly avoiding songs that you already know too well.

For the first time, ATG's webcast features comments by our listeners, including reviews and analysis about songs by The BlackKeys, Porcupine Tree, Ringo Starr, and many more. In fact, listeners in 15 countries submitted more then 300 comments and analysis about the tracks featured on today's show. Most of the listener responses came from the United States, France, the Netherlands, and Taiwan, but I also received firm opinions about drums, drummers, and drum tracks from countries in Africa, the Middle East, and South America.

The proposed playlist for the upcoming jazz edition of ATG will soon be posted at ainthatagroove.blogspot.com, and so there's still timeto get in the game as a analyst for ATG by submitting a comment about a recording featured on the jazz mix, or by introducing a featured artist and their catalog to our audience. As always, forward your words of wisdom to me at aintthatagroove@gmail.com

ATG's Proposed Playlist for May 08: Pop and Rock

If you want to be part of Ain't That a Groove's upcoming webcast, send your comments about any of the following songs to aintthatagroove@gmail.com. I'll read your comments 'on the air' and attribute them to you. My goal is to use between two and four listener comments per song for no less than half of the recordings featured on the show. Naturally, if you don't like a song or drum track, I'll probably not use your comment about same unless it demonstrates exceptional insight -- or humor.

There are lots of ways to discuss the artists and songs on this month's pop and rock set. You could, for example....

• Explain what you like about a featured drum track


• Analyze the technical merits of a featured drum track


• Introduce a featured artist and discuss their discography


• Explain why you think a particular artist or recording is important


• Point listeners in the direction of similar recordings

Here are several examples of comments already submitted by ATG listeners for May’s pop and rock webcast. The track they are discussing is entitled Pure, from The New Mastersounds’ CD, This is What We Do.

• From Brooklyn, Robert Z says, “This is quite the ear candy. Once you start listening to this Mastersounds’ CD, it’s almost impossible to hit the stop button.”
  
• And in the windy city, drummer and conguero Tom writes: “what a nice treat: trapdrum tracks and conga drum tracks that are very well recorded. And FYI, this is a great record to play along with. I use it to get warmed up for my Saturday night gigs.”

And finally, here's our tentative Pop and Rock playlist as of May 8. And do note that it is possible for the playlist to change before I publish the final webcast. I must meet certain time and storage requirements for the webcast, most of which cannot be precisely calibrated until the production process is almost finished.

1. Shallow, Porcupine Tree, Deadwing



2. Bring It On, Lenny Kravitz, It's Time for a Love Revolution



3. Strange Times, The Black Keys, Attack & Release



4. Aretha, Sing One for Me, Cat Power, Jukebox



5. Pure, The New Mastersounds, This is What We Do



6. Four Kicks, Kings of Leon, Aha Shake Heartbreak



7. Mission Control, The Whigs, Mission Control



8. 2 Circles, Boredoms, Vision Creation Newsun



9. Panda, Panda, Panda -- Deerhoof, Apple O'



10. Sunrise, Yeasayer, All Hour Cymbals



11. Sissyneck, Beck, Odelay (Deluxe Edition)



12. The Valentyne Suite: January's Search, Colosseum,
    The Valentyne Suite



13. Killing Floor, The Electric Flag, A Long Time Comin'



14. Third Stone from the Sun, Gov't Mule,
    Live...With a Little Help from Our Friends
    
    
15. For Love, Ringo Starr, Liverpool 8

ATG 27: Winter Solstice edition for 2007

Webcast Title: ATG 27, Our Winter Solstice Edition
Webcast Date: beginning February 2008
Webcast Time: daily at 9-1 AM and 7-11:00 PM (MST)

On the winter's solstice edition of ATG, we'll light a fire under Charles Brown's now-famous baby, issue orders for a 21-drum salute to Jeff Porcaro, climb a rope ladder to the moon, then selflessly breach the boundaries of good taste and propriety simply to save a poor, innocent drum track from the thought police.

This edition of ATG is the 27th installment of our periodic program,Odds and Sods, first webcast in February of 2008, with a running time of approximately three and one half hours. Highlights of the 'cast include the poetry and percussion of Tom Teasley and Charles Williams, a demonstration of the nine-drum tabla tarang, the triumphant return of drummer Levon Helm, and newly minted performances by drummers Mickey Hart, Dave King, Poncho Sanchez, and Craig Pilo.

The webcast will be streamed daily at 9-1 AM and 7-11 PM fromwww.live365.com/stations/flamdaddy


The Playlist

Opening Set
1. Physical Cities, The Bad Plus (Prog)
2. The Low Road, John Scofield (This Meets That)
3. Bird Flu, M.I.A. (Kala)
4. Baba, Mickey Hart & Zakir Hussain (Global Drum Project)
5. Dancer, Word-Art (Poetry, Prose, Percussion, , and Song)

Set 2: Rock and Pop
6. Revolution, Derek Trucks Band (Songlines)
7. Star Spangled, Trances Arc (XOXOX)
8. Full Grown, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (Orange)
9. False-Hearted Lover Blues, Levon Helm (Dirt Farmer)

Set 3: Electric Jazz
10. Perceptual, Brian Blade Fellowship (Perceptual)
11. Tumbleweed, Michael Brecker (Pilgrimage)

Set 4: Electronic or Esoteric
12. Drum Sketch Number Eight, Susie Ibarra (Drum Sketches)
13. If We Can Ever Find a Way, Guillermo E. Brown (Soul at the Hands of the Machine)
14. Migraine 42, Migraine (Blue Glow)
15. Raag Deen Todi, Pandit Kamalesh Matira (Tabla Tarang)

Set 5: Big Band
16. Oleo, GRP All-Star Big Band (Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Star Big Band: Live!)
17. Joys & Desires #2, John Hollenbeck and Jazz Big Band Graz (Joys & Desires)

Set 6: Classics and Covers
18. Funky On My Back, Cold Blood (Sisyphus)
19. Rope Ladder to the Moon, Colosseum (An Introduction to Colosseum)
20. Cloud Nine, Mongo Santamaria (Mongo Santamaria's Greatest Hits)

Set 7: World Percussion
21. Injecao, Deise Tigrona (Slum Dunk Presents Funk Carioca)
22. Come and Check Your Head, Blue King Brown (Stand Up)

Set 8: Old Masters
23. Go Ahead, Stan; Elements (Illumination)
24. 21-drum Salute, Jeff Garfield et all (Tribute to Jeff)

Set 9: World Percussion Redux
25. Beiba, Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective (Watina)
26. El Guapo, Los Diablos Rojos (The Roots of Chicha)

Set 10: Free Jazz
27. Rug Boy, The Claudia Quintet (For)
28. Arc of the Day, Chris Potter (Song for Anyone)

Set 11: Mainstream Jazz or Thereabouts
29. Red Clay, Craig Pilo (Just Play)
30. A Few Miles from Memphis, Tim Alexander (Dead Center)
31. Tin Tin Deo, Poncho Sanchez (Do It!)
32. I'm an Old Cowhand, Joshua Redman (Back East)

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