{Sorry folks to have gone MIA yet again, this time it’s mostly due to the end of the semester, I’ll be back full force later this week!}
Everything was a bit more whirlwind-y than it has been lately, with Donald Sterling’s racist comments providing the backdrop to a fantastic victory from my favorite NBA team, the Oakland Warriors, and FC Barcelona coming back in thrilling fashion the day after learning of the death of their former coach, the brilliant Tito Vilanova. Both of these set the tone for this all-vinyl show, beginning with a tribute to Tito, “Els Segadors” is the national anthem of Catalunya and it seemed an appropriate tribute to him. The last set closes with “Ain’t No Sunshine,” which I appropriate into a protest song and re-title “Ain’t No Sunshine [Until Donald Sterling is Gone]. An opportunity I missed was a chance to talk about the amazing response to racist taunting during the Barcelona game from Dani Alves, especially since I closed the show on “The Monkey Thing” from Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Sonny Boy Williamson (a collaboration that still completely blows my mind). With these shows I never plan anything except the first song, so it’s always incredible the kind of connections that do come out. Got a lot of calls on this show, seems quite a few dug the mix. Hopefully that’s a good sign for our fundraising that will begin next week. If you dig the show, and can support us, please do, if not not, thanks for the support with your ears, your hearts and your minds…enjoy the sounds!
Melting Pot on KPFK #162: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #162: Second Hour
Playlist: 04-27-2014
{opening theme} Boris Gardiner – Melting Pot – Is What’s Happening (Dynamic)
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Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra – Els Sagadors – Ballad Of The Fallen (ECM)
Grupo Folklorico y Experimental Nuevayorquino – Cuba Linda – Concepts In Unity (Salsoul)
Cymande – Getting It Back – Cymande (Janus)
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Lenny White – Sweet Dreamer – Big City (Nemporer)
Weldon Irvine – Music Is The Key – Sinbad (RCA)
Tim Maia – Musica No Ar – Tim Maia (1973) (Polydor)
Rotary Connection – I Must Be There – Aladdin (Cadet Concept)
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The 4th Coming – The Dead Don’t Die Alive – 7” (Alpha)
David Axelrod – The Fly – Songs Of Experience (Capitol)
Dr. John – Black John The Conqueror – The Sun, Moon & The Herbs (ATCO)
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Max Parker – Si Me Quieres Escribir – Al Tocar Diana (Folkways)
King Crimson – Trio – Starless and Bible Black (Atlantic)
Nelson Angelo e Joyce – Hotel Universal – Nelson Angelo e Joyce (EMI)
Johnny Hodges – I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good – Memories Of Ellignton (Norgran)
Freddie Hubbard – Coral Keys – The Black Angel (Atlantic)
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Lyn Collins – Mama Feelgood – Black Caesar: OST (Polydor)
Miles Davis – Black Satin – On The Corner (Columbia)
Pacho Alonso – El Upa Upa Del Chambelon – Pacho Alonso (Arieto)
Rufus Harley – Malika – Evolution (Luv’n’Haight)
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Harlem Underground Band – Ain’t No Sunshine [Til Donald Sterling Is Gone] – Harlem Underground (Paul WInley)
Barry Goldberg – I Think I’m Gonna Cry – Reunion (Buddah)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk feat. Sonny Boy Williamson – The Monkey Thing – Kirk In Copenhagen (Mercury)
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{closing theme} Dungen – C. Visar Vagen – Tio Bitar (Kemado)