Mike Janssen

Playlist for Overnight Jazz with Mike Janssen on 89.3 FM WPFW, 3–5 a.m., April 28, 2009

1. “Miles’ Mode” — John Coltrane, Live at the Village Vanguard
2. “Come Sunday” — Eric Dolphy, Iron Man
3. “Beef Blues Stew” — Randy Weston, Mosaic Select
4. “Hasabé” — Tèshomè Meteku, Ethiopiques Vol. 1: Golden Years of Ethiopian Music 1969-1975
5. “La Réalité” — Amadou & Mariam, Dimanche À Bamako
6. “Gnawou” — Orchestra Baobab, Bamba
7. “La Plus Belle Africaine” — Duke Ellington, The Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington Côte d’Azur Concerts on Verve
8. “Mood Indigo” — Thelonious Monk, Plays Ellington
9. “Secret Nights” — Enrico Pieranunzi, Charlie … Continue Reading

Playlist for Overnight Jazz with Mike Janssen on 89.3 FM WPFW, 3–5 a.m., April 21, 2009

1. “Skokiaan” — Lou Haskins
2. “Senorita” — E.T. Mensah, Day by Day
3. “Manheru Changamire” — Hallelujah Run Chicken Band, Take One
4. “Sema” — Tilahun Gessesse, Ethiopiques Vol. 3: Golden Years of Modern Ethiopian Music
5. “Ewedish Nebere” — Tilahun Gessesse, Tilahun Gessesse in U.S.
6. “Dang Me” — Eugene Chadbourne, There’ll Be No Tears Tonight
7. “Hum-Allah Hum-Allah” — Camper Van Chadbourne, s/t
8. “Mr. P.C.” — McCoy Tyner w/John Scofield, Guitars
9. “Sophisticated Cissy” — The Meters, The Very Best Of
10. “My Funny Valentine” — Miles Davis, *Cookin’ … Continue Reading

Playlist for Overnight Jazz with Mike Janssen on 89.3 FM WPFW, 1–5 a.m., April 14, 2009

1. “Peggy’s Blue Skylight” — Charles Mingus, Jazz Classics
2. “Ysabel’s Table Dance” — Charles Mingus, Tijuana Moods
3. “Jet Flight” — Sun Ra, The Futuristic Sounds of
4. “No More Doggin’” — Rosco Gordon, Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues
5. “Is It Because I’m Black?” — Ken Boothe, Darker than Blue
6. “Creation” — El Michels Affair, Sounding Out the City
7. “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out” — Mayer Hawthorne, single
8. “Too Late to Turn Back Now” — Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose, Seventies Soul Sensations
9. “He Venido” — … Continue Reading

Playlist for Overnight Jazz with Mike Janssen on 89.3 FM WPFW, 3–5 a.m., April 7, 2009

1. “Aliss” — Etran Finatawa, Introducing
2. “‘Yali’ War Song” — Anonymous Tuareg elder, The Secret Museum of Mankind: Music of North Africa
3. “Soko Yhinka” — Ali Farka Toure, Savane
4. “Baby, Please Don’t Leave” — Buddy Guy, Sweet Tea
5. “Blues for Los Angeles” — Bill Frisell, East/West
6. “Perdido (Pegao)” — Don Byron w/Bill Frisell, Romance With the Unseen
7. “The Sicilian Clan” — John Zorn w/Bill Frisell, Naked City
8. “Lonely Woman” — Pat Metheny, :Rarum IX — Selected Recordings
9. “My Favorite Things” — Bela Fleck and … Continue Reading

Yesterday Louisa and I went to Rock Creek Park to take part in what was called a “tape loop intervention.” Organizer Layne Garrett mailed out audio cassettes bearing blank 30-second tape loops to participants and asked them to make recordings on the tapes. We basically had a free hand, though he included a prose-poem-like fragment as something for us to respond to. Brandon Wu took some pictures and wrote about his impressions here. My old Sony boombox that I used to play my tape is in the last picture on that blog post. He also caught a pic of Louisa on … Continue Reading