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New Sounds
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German cabaret star Hans-Eckardt Wenzel
A Private Reel
On this New Sounds program, it’s another installment of the “Private Reel” series of shows, exclusive live performances from the WNYC studio. Hear works by bassist Edgar Meyer with Jerry Douglas and Sam Bush, tunes by Michael Franti and Spearhead, and music by vocalist Sanda Weigl. Listen to live improvisation by sitar maestro Shahid Parvez Khan and works by flamenco singer/songwriter Enrique Morente. Plus, the Japanese duo the Yoshida Brothers perform updated shamisen music, and German cabaret star Wenzel sings music by Woody Guthrie.
PROGRAM #2287, A Private Reel (First aired 5/21 /2004)
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Chris Thomas King |
Live, WNYC's Soundcheck, 4/29/04 |
Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues [4:00] |
Appears on the soundtrack & the film "O Brother Where Art Thou." CDs and info at www.christhomasking.com |
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Michael Franti & Spearhead |
Live, WNYC's Soundcheck, 12/19/03 |
Yes I Will [4:00] |
CDs and info at www.spearheadvibrations.com |
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Wenzel |
Live, WNYC's Soundcheck, 3/9/04 |
90 Mile Wind [3:30] |
Wenzel's CD Ticky Tock is on the Conträr Musik label www.contraermusik.de The English version is record #1933. The German version is record #1925. |
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Sanda Weigl |
Live, WNYC's Soundcheck, 7/8/02 |
Lume Lume [5:00] |
Her CD, "Gypsy Killer," is Knitting Factory #315, available for purchase at Amazon.com* |
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Frank London's Klezmer Brass All Stars |
Live, WNYC's Soundcheck, 3/29/04 |
Wedding in Crown Heights [3:00] |
CDs are available through Frank's site: www.franklondon.com or at www.piranha.de |
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Ustad Shahid Parvez |
Live, WNYC's Soundcheck, 10/16/03 |
Raga Shudh Sarang [10:00] |
Many CDs are available at www.khazana.com |
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The Yoshida Brothers |
Live, WNYC's Soundcheck, 10/17/03 |
Hayaka Ryoran [3:00] |
Their CD is available at www.domo.com |
Banning Eyre |
Live, WNYC's Soundcheck, 4/23/04 |
Sundiata [3:00] |
Books and CDs at Eyre's site www.banningeyre.com |
Enrique Morente |
Live, WNYC's Soundcheck, 11/4/03 |
Canciones de la Romeria de Yerma [6:00] |
Morente's CDs are available through Andalucia.com OR Amazon.com |
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Michael Hedges and Michael Manring
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Like camels slogging through the sand, the exotic strains of “Caravan,” by Duke Ellington and his sometime trombonist Juan Tizol (with rarely heard lyrics by Irving Mills), have been played loose, fast, swinging, and/or slow by just about everyone. For this New Sounds program, it’s another of the occasional series of programs of Theme and Variations, where the premise is simple: take a single piece of music and explore what a number of musicians have done with it, through arrangements, deconstructions, and revisions of the original theme. This time around, it’s Duke Ellington’s “Caravan.” Listen to arrangements by Romania’s Fanfare Ciocarlia, Hungary’s Kalman Balogh & The Gipsy Cimbalom Band, the California Guitar Trio, the ska group Hepcat, banjoman Bela Fleck, Lebanese composer Rabih Abou-Khalil, and trumpeter/composer Jon Hassell, among others.
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