Mike Janssen

Hello from Barra de São Francisco, Brazil. Why am I in Brazil? Well, my daughter’s stepdad is from Cachoeirinha, which is a small, rural village here in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. In May, he and my ex brought their two kids down to visit his parents, and last week I came down with my daughter to join them. Barra de São Francisco is about a half-hour away from Cachoeirinha via a mostly dirt road riddled with bumps and potholes. I don’t have a car, or even a motorcycle or a bicycle — the other primary means of transportation … Continue Reading

Playlist for Overnight Jazz with Mike Janssen on 89.3 FM WPFW, 3–5 a.m., July 14, 2009

1. “Floral and Herbacious” – Tony Malaby Tamarindo
2. “Recognize I” – Nels Cline Singers, Draw Breath
3. “Therego” – Chris Speed, Jugendstil
4. “Beauty of Bamboos” – Arve Henriksen, Sakuteiki (download here)
5. “Raghu Nakaya” – Kadri Gopalnath, Shadows (download here)
6. “Common Ground” – Vijay Iyer and Rudresh Mahanthappa, Raw Materials
7. “Ore Arakunrin Temi” – I.K. Dairo, Planet Squeezebox
8. “Afai Bowon” – King Sunny Ade, Best of the Classic Years
9. “A Fi Eni Oluwa Koyo” – Ebenezer Obey, Juju Jubilee
10. “Kadia Blues” – Orchestre de la Payotte, … Continue Reading

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

1. “El Camino” — Guillermo Klein, Live in Barcelona
2. “Portrait of the Living Sky” — Sun Ra, Supersonic Jazz
3. “G.W.” — Eric Dolphy, Outward Bound
4. “Wait For Me” — Roger Damawuzan, African Scream Contest
5. “Allah Wakbarr” — Ofo The Black Company, World Psychedelic Classics 3: Love’s a Real Thing
6. “Phantom of the Panther” — Mulatu Astatke and the Heliocentrics, Inspiration Information 3
7. “Mhmona” — Tewelde Redda, Ethiopiques Vol. 5: Tigrigna Music
8. “Le Laboureur Feat. Kabongo Tshisensa” — Masanka Sankayi, Congotronics 2
9. “Vulcanizing Society” — … Continue Reading