The Weekend Planet

Jazz guitar’s rising star grew up in Benin. Lionel Loueke has also lived and studied in other parts of Africa and in Paris. His musical world is not just ‘jazz.’ He is, however, American-resident and already a refreshing force in American jazz. Karibu is at core a trio set of new music. Most of the composed notes are the leader’s. His bassist and drummer are, respectively, Swedish-Italian and Hungarian. Loueke’s guests are jazz icons who have already employed and championed him: saxophonist Wayne Shorter and pianist Herbie Hancock. Says Hancock, ‘I haven’t found anybody that’s excited me this much in a long time.’

Lionel Loueke’s site: www.lionelloueke.com

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Details of each track are presented in the following order:
BROADCAST TIME
TRACK NUMBER AND TITLE
COMPOSER
PUBLISHING AND COPYRIGHT DETAILS
RECORDING COMPANY AND CD NUMBER
( distributor/ source details, in brackets like this, in lower-case)
ARTIST AND CD TITLE
Duration of track
Description of track, in lower-case.
Where relevant, further info links to information, gigs/events/related programs

’THE WEEKEND PLANET’ SAT 23 .8. 08

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THEME:
(details below, as per the original CD.. This cut is also on these compilations Ketama - ’ Nuevos Medios Coleccion’ - Nuevos Medios NM 15 820
{ in Australia via MGM www.thegroovemerchants.com
worldwide, via: www.flamenco-world.com/noticias/nuevos.htm }
and ’ Jarabi - the best of Toumani Diabate’ (Hannibal 334352 )

CD CUT 1, ’JARABI’
TRAD, ARR TOUMANI DIABATE
HAMILCAR MUSIC LTD
HANNIBAL HNCD 1323
( in Australia, some releases through Stomp Enquiries to: ben@stomp.com.au
worldwide: www.rykodisc.com )
KETAMA, TOUMANI DIABATE, DANNY THOMPSON - ’SONGHAI’
THIRTY SECONDS (EXCERPT)
(retains a stately-Manding air, whilst also embracing flamenco elements. Toumani Diabate’s kora, Danny Thompson’s beautiful double bass and Ketama’ s flamenco guitars )

2208
CD CUT 3, ’SKYLARK’
HOAGY CARMICHAEL AND JOHNNY MERCER
THE JOHNNY MERCER FOUNDATION (ASCAP)/ SONGS OF PEER LTD
BLUE NOTE 5099 5 02465 2 6
( Through EMI
www.bluenote.com )
LIONEL LOUEKE - ’KARIBU’
6: 45
( much brighter mood than the song usually has, with an Afro-cum-Brazilian accent. No words, but the West African leader { Louke is from Benin } does mouth-percuss and wordlessly-vocalise a-la-Benson, as well as playing very nimble acoustic guitar. His trio’s other members are Hungarian-born drummer Ferenc Nemeth and Swedish-Italian bassist Massimo Biolcati )

SEGUE

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CD CUT 15, ’SKYLARK’
HOAGY CARMICHAEL AND JOHNNY MERCER
THE JOHNNY MERCER FOUNDATION (ASCAP)/ SONGS OF PEER LTD
TOUCHE MUSIC TMcCD013
( in Australasia through Australian Northern Europe Liaisons
www.henk.com.au
worldwide: www.touchemusic.se )
ELISE EINARSDOTTER, OLLE STEINHOLTZ - ’SUMMER NIGHT’
5: 22
(Lena Willemark sings, well - in Swedish-accented English - accompanied only by Einarsdotter’s piano. More playful-erotic than most treatments of this well-loved ballad)

SEGUE

2220
CD CUT 2, ’SEVEN TEENS’
LIONEL LOUEKE
MOESHA MUSIC (BMI)
BLUE NOTE 5099 5 02465 2 6
( Through EMI
www.bluenote.com )
LIONEL LOUEKE - ’KARIBU’
6: 50
( progressively more interesting as it proceeds and the temperature-tension rises. Lots of interesting interplay between the players. In addition to the instruments/musicians as @ 2208 above, this has the piano of a fully-engaged, really-’there’ Herbie Hancock )

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CD CUT 5, ’SENAMOU’ ( C’EST L’AMOUR )
ANGELIQUE KIDJO/ JEAN HEBRAIL/ AMADOU BAGAYOKO/ MARIAM DOUMBIA
AYE SARL (SACEM)/ SONY ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING (FRANCE)/ REVA SONS (SACEM/SACAP)
EMI 0946 3938012 1
ANGELIQUE KIDJO - ’DJIN DJIN’
3: 45
(Rousing, overtly African, with vocals shared between the leader from Benin and Amadou and Mariam - a blind, husband-wife duo from Mali, with whom Angelique co-wrote it. The lyric attacks Africa’s wealthy, corrupt and indifferent, but refuses to accept their cynicism. The key line translates as ’human, kindness, I still believe in you.’ Most prominent instrument/player is uncredited: definitely a kora and I think played by Mamadou Diabate. Lionel Louke plays guitar, but the rough-toned elec guitar soloist is Amadou.

LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT AMADOU AND MARIAM?

Start here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadou_&_Mariam )

SEGUE

2235
CD CUT 6, ’BLUES FOR BALL’
MCCOY TYNER
AISHA MUSIC (BMI)
TONE CENTER TC 4056 2
( No Australian distributor
Readily available from major online suppliers
Artist’s site: www.stevekhan.com )
STEVE KHAN - ’BORROWED TIME’
7: 02
( Limber and powerful, but uncluttered: fleet, minor jazz-blues for the leader’s elec guitar, John Patitucci’s ac bass, drummer Jack DeJohnette and conguero/percussionist Manolo Badrena. Steve Kahn is the son of Sammy Cahn )

2243
CD CUT 4, ’THE ANCIENT MAPS OF BEER’
ACHILLES YIANGOULII, NICK TSIAVOS, ANTHONY SCHULZ
ANAN 006
( www.anankemusic.com
The trio’s CDs are available worldwide via www.indie-cds.com )
ANANKE - ’MAPS FOR LOSING ONESELF’
15: 12
(AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: An unusual instrumental trio: improvising freely, but not jazzily. Has a definitely Greek accent. Achilles Yiangoulli plays the bouzouki, Nick Tsiavos is the bow-specialist-double-bassist and Anthony Schulz the accordionist. ’The trio’s name - ’Ananke’ - means ’necessity’ in Greek.)

2358
CD CUT 6, ’THE GLASS OF BEER’
(PRESUMABLY) TRAD, ARR OISIN
(PRESUMABLY) PUBLIC DOMAIN
OSSCD 39
( this CD is probably long-since-deleted)
OISIN - ’OVER THE MOOR TO MAGGIE’
0: 25 ( excerpt)
(driving, Irish reel)

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11 PM NEWS
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2305
CD (DISC ONE) CUT 8, ’ TALK TO ME, TALK TO ME’
JOE SENECA
PUB NOT SPEC
ATLANTIC/ RHINO R2 272188
( to my knowledge, still no sign of Australian release.
Readily available from on-line suppliers.
Worldwide: ww.rhino.com )
ARETHA FRANKLIN - ’ RARE AND UNRELEASED RECORDINGS FROM THE GOLDEN REIGN OF THE QUEEN OF SOUL’
3: 26
( previously unissued 1968 recording { recorded for ’ Soul ’ 69’ , but not included }, co-produced by Jerry Wexler and Tom Dowd. Understandably, Wexler said {nearly four decades later} ’I’m amazed that the track never made the record’ . Aretha in sauntering-relaxed mode, with excellent big-band that includes assorted jazz legends. Little Willie John { like Aretha, from Detroit } had the 1958 hit version of this song ’ Jerry Wexler - the man who invented the term ’rhythm and blues’ - died on Friday {15.08.08}, aged 91.

LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT JERRY WEXLER ( 1917-2008 )?

You can read the ’New York Times’ obituary here:
www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/arts/music/16wexler.html?ref=music

LIKE TO HEAR OUR SPECIAL, ’RARE/UNRELEASED ARETHA’ SHOW?

First aired in May this year, it will get a second airing over the coming, Australian summer.

Its play-list is here: www.abc.net.au/rn/weekendplanet/stories/2008/2233111.htm )

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CD CUT 5, ’NAIMA’
JOHN COLTRANE
JOWCOL MUSIC (BMI)
BLUE NOTE 5099 5 02465 2 6
( Through EMI
www.bluenote.com )
LIONEL LOUEKE - ’KARIBU’
7: 00
( decidedly-different version of ’Trane’s love-ballad { named for his first wife }. Abstracted, solo intro for Loueke’s prepared ac guitar - its body as well as strings. Eventually, becomes ’Naima’, with special guest Wayne Shorter on soprano sax and the other two members of the trio-proper: Hungarian-born drummer Ferenc Nemeth and Swedish-Italian bassist Massimo Biolcati )

SEGUE

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CD CUT 7, ’KANG DING LOVE SONG’
TRAD CHINESE FOLK SONG, FROM SICHUAN, ARR GRISWOLD
PUB NOT SPEC. PRESUMABLY, PUBLIC DOMAIN/ APRA
CLOCKED OUT PRODUCTIONS COP-CD004
(available direct from: www.clockedoutproductions.com
& through Synaethesia: http://synrecords.com/synaesthesia )
ERIK GRISWOLD - ’MORE THAN MY OLD PIANO: OLD AND NEW MUSIC FOR PREPARED AND TOY PIANOS)
3: 55
(AUSTRAL ARR AND PERF: prepared piano/toy piano instrumental : the haunting nature of the traditional Chinese folk song is retained, as is its ’grand/formal’ quality.

CLOCKED OUT DUO FINAL CONCERT FOR 2008 ALERT ( Brisbane )

Fri 5 September 6.00 pm
Ian Hanger Recital Hall, Queensland Conservatorium

Contact: erikgriswold@ozemail.com.au
07 3844 1296 / 0413 458 671
www.clockedout.org

The duo is Erik on piano/prepared piano/ toy pianos and Vanessa Tomlinson on percussion. They will perform two new original works, which the duo will then go on to perform on their tour of the USA. Foreign Objects for Terry Riley and Toy Feldman are acts of homage to two of their musical heroes, ’both masters of intricate pattern and expanded space.’ )

2325
CD CUT 9, ’NONVIGNON’
LIONEL LOUEKE
MOESHA MUSIC (BMI)
BLUE NOTE 5099 5 02465 2 6
( Through EMI
www.bluenote.com )
LIONEL LOUEKE - ’KARIBU’
5: 38
(bright, joyful and overtly Africanesque: the leader’s singing-as-such and other voal fx and his nimble acoustic guitars, plus his trio colleagues: Hungarian-born drummer Ferenc Nemeth and Swedish-Italian bassist Massimo Biolcati )

SEGUE

2331
CD CUT 2, ’MR AND MRS PEOPLE’
ORNETTE COLEMAN
MJQ MUSIC (BMI) / PHRASE TEXT MUSIC (ASCAP)
TONE CENTER TC 4056 2
( No Australian distributor
Readily available from major online suppliers
Artist’s site: www.stevekhan.com )
STEVE KHAN - ’BORROWED TIME’
7: 40
( Wide-open, but very definitely a joyful dance, with Afro-Latin elements. The leader’s elec guitar, John Patitucci’s ac bass, drummer Jack DeJohnette { the drumming is stupendous, but not heavy-handed } and percussionist Manolo Badrena. Steve Kahn is the son of Sammy Cahn )

2341
CD CUT 7, ’LIGHT DARK’
LIONEL LOUEKE
MOESHA MUSIC (BMI)
BLUE NOTE 5099 5 02465 2 6
( Through EMI
www.bluenote.com )
LIONEL LOUEKE - ’KARIBU’
10: 00
( Very true to the title; a rare combination of ’full-on-group-improv’ { including the darker regions } and sunny, ’post-George-Benson-ness’ - most especially the way the leader scat-vocalises along with his {acoustic} guitar. Wayne Shorter on soprano sax, Herbie Hancock on piano, plus the Benin-raised Loueke’s regular trio-mates - Hungarian-born drummer Ferenc Nemeth and Swedish-Italian acoustic bassist Massimo Biolcati )

2352
CD CUT 3, ’REZA KHANI GHAT IN KIRWANI RAGA’
REZA KHAN (19TH CENTURY), ARR AND IMPROVISED ON BY KHALIL GUDAZ AND YAMA SARSHAR
PUB NOT SPEC
KHALIL GUDAZ CD 3
(Khalil Gudaz site: www.khalilgudaz.net )
KHALIL GUDAZ - ’TOLO’
7: 00 ( exceprt )
(AUSTRAL PERF AND ARR: Hindustani classical: very lyrical, ’singing sitar’ of Khalil Gudaz - from Afghanistan, now resident in Australia. Yama Sarshar plays tabla.)

KHALI GUDAZ TWO-DAY CONCERT ALERT (Melbourne)

Sat September 6 @ 8 pm
Sunday September 7 @ 7.30 pm
Northcote Town Hall, West Wing (entry via Westbourne Grove)

Khalil Gudaz’s concerts are part of the Muslim Music Festival 2008, which in turn is part of the Darebin Music Feast.

Full program details of the Feast (Sept 6 - Sept 21) are here:
www.darebin.vic.gov.au/page/page.asp?Page_id=5983

Under ’M’ in the alphabetical listing are links to the Muslim Music Festival performances.

Khalil Gudaz concerts are collectively-titled: ’Love Is Divine’
(Sufi Poet Mawlana J.M Rumi)

Saturday night is a concert of classical and traditional sitar music , accompanied by tabla and tampura

Sunday revolves around Persian mystic Rumi. His poetry will be sung in Persian by Ustad Khalil Gudaz, and recited in English. The audience will be led into a participatory meditation on Divine Love.

LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT RUMI?
(Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi)

Here’s a good place to start:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalal_al-Din_Muhammad_Rumi )

Presenter

Doug Spencer

Producer

Doug Spencer