Mike Janssen

Playlist for Overnight Jazz with Mike Janssen on 89.3 FM WPFW, 3–5 a.m., Aug. 25, 2009

1. “Tuskegee Experiment” — Don Byron, Tuskegee Experiments
2. “Out There” — Eric Dolphy, Out There
3. “Augmented” — Dewey Redman, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden and Ed Blackwell, Old and New Dreams
4. “Peliyot” — John Zorn, Beit
5. “Hardcore Oceanography” — Todd Reynolds and Jesse Stiles, Axe Puzzles (download MP3)
6. “Schnee Bud” — Mouse on Mars, Rost Pocks
7. “Clint Eastwood” — Gorillaz, s/t
8. “Christine Keeler” — The Skatelites, Foundation Ska
9. “Israelites” — Desmond Dekker, Rockin’ Steady: The Best Of
10. “Baba Boom Time” — The Jamaicans, Jamaican Beat
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Playlist for Overnight Jazz with Mike Janssen on 89.3 FM WPFW, 3–5 a.m., Aug. 18, 2009

1. “Transition” — John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Transition
2. “Take the Coltrane” — John Coltrane and Duke Ellington, John Coltrane and Duke Ellington
3. “Exit Music (For a Film)” — Brad Mehldau, Morning Becomes Eclectic: On-Air Performances from the Legendary KCRW Studios
4. “Tee-Nah-Nah” — Henry Butler, Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens: The Big Ol’ Box of New Orleans (w/Snooks Eaglin, guitar)
5. “Sweet Home Chicago” — Keb’ Mo’ and Corey Harris, Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues
6. “Been Drinkin’ Water Out of a Hollow … Continue Reading

On one of my first days in Barra de São Francisco, I was in my hotel room when I heard a noise outside. Rhythmic and repetitive, it sounded like someone playing a hybrid of a triangle and a hollow-toned Eastern percussion instrument. I stuck my head out the window and looked around. The noise’s source was hidden at first. But as the sound got louder, its maker came into view: a young guy with a wide, flat box balanced atop his head. The box stayed level as he walked down the street. He produced the noise I’d heard by hitting what looked … Continue Reading