Friday, January 9th, 2004 ... 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ... KZSU, 90.1 FM

Format:
ARTIST -- "TRACK TITLE" -- ALBUM TITLE (LABEL, YEAR)

* George Schuller -- "Vat 19" -- Round 'bout Now (Playscape, 2003)

* Alexander von Schlippenbach -- "Broomriding 2" -- Broomriding (Psi, 2003)

* Assif Tsahar, Mat Maneri, Jim Black -- "Part 5" -- Jam (Hopscotch, 2003)

* Masada String Trio, John Zorn conducting -- "Moshav" -- Masada String Trio (Tzadik, 2004)

* Aros -- "Rocket Song" -- Train Song (Songlines, 2003)

* Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd -- "Security" -- In What Language? (Pi Recordings, 2003)

* The Blue Series Continuum -- "Urban Shadows" -- Sorcerer Sessions (Thirsty Ear, 2003)

* Joelle Leandre/Mark Nauseef -- "Evident 2" -- Evident (482 Music, 2003)

* Grey Ghost -- "Keep On" -- How to Create Words (482 Music, 2003)

* Wally Shoup, Paul Flaherty, Thurston Moore, Chris Corsano -- "Tonic Two" [excerpt] -- Live at Tonic (Leo, 2003)

! April March -- "Zero Zero" -- Triggers (Pias America, 2003)

* Yusef Lateef/Adam Rudolph/Go:Organic Orchestra -- "Amanita" [excerpt] -- In the Garden (Meta, 2003)

* Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls -- "Chairman Fred (I Wish Fred Hampton Was Here)" -- Breeding Resistance (Delmark, 2004)

* Armen Donelian -- "Jabberwocky" -- Quartet Language (Playscape, 2003)

Straightforward, high-energy bebop colored by the sax of the late Thomas Chapin, who hung out with the NYC "downtown" avant-jazz scene during the '90s. Nice stuff, with Chapin allowed to go a bit nuts here and there.

* The Bad Plus -- "Iron Man" -- Give (Blue Note, 2004)

* Thelonious Monk -- "Well You Needn't" -- Monk in Paris (Thelonious Records, 2003; recorded 1966)

* = Item in KZSU rotation
! = Pop anomaly
? = Item not in KZSU library

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