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With billows and blasts from choirs and orchesters Buskers and talkers Big bands and squawkers, the Stork Club has retained its qualities of decaying elegance and dwindling significance since the late 1950s.

Location:

East Orange, NJ

Genres:

Music

Description:

With billows and blasts from choirs and orchesters Buskers and talkers Big bands and squawkers, the Stork Club has retained its qualities of decaying elegance and dwindling significance since the late 1950s.

Language:

English


Episodes

Lush Arrangements and a Sweet, Sweet Alto from Oct 23, 2022

10/23/2022
Wardell Gray - "Bebop" - The Wardell Gray Story: Blue Lou [Alto Saxophone – Sonny Criss; Bass – Charlie Drayton; Drums – Jackie Mills; Piano – Dodo Marmarosa; Tenor Saxophone – Wardell Gray; Trumpet – Howard McGhee; Written-By – Gillespie - - Hollywood, April 29, 1947] [0:00:00] Chef Boy-R-DJ [0:08:06] Marc Johnson - "Gary's Theme" - Two by Four [Marc Johnson – bass; • Gary Burton – vibraphone - - - Recorded: April 17 & 18, 1989 at Cinton Recording Studio, New York]...

Duration:03:59:30

The Tabla And The Bone from Oct 16, 2022

10/16/2022
DJ Already? [0:00:00] Badal Roy & Geoff Warren with Stomu Takeishi - "Funky Jhaptal" - Kolkata Rose [Bass Guitar – Stomu Takeishi; All compositions by – Badal Roy, Geoff Warren; Soprano Saxophone – Geoff Warren; Tablas, Percussion – Badal Roy; - - - Recorded in East Brunswick, New Jersey in May 1999] [0:03:00] Jon Hassell - "Cobra Moon" - Earthquake Island [Bass – Miroslav Vitous Cuica, Voice, Congas, Percussion – Nana* Guitar – Claudio Ferreira, Ricardo Silveira; Percussion...

Duration:03:59:30

Abdullah Ibrahim's 88th Birthday Bash Weekend, Part 2 from Oct 9, 2022

10/9/2022
The Jazz Epistles - "Scullery Department" - The Complete Recordings [Alto Saxophone – Kippie Moeketsi; Bass – Claude Shange; Drums – Gene Latimore; Flute [Pennywhistle] – Ray Shange; Trombone – Jonas Gwangwa; Trumpet – Hugh Masekela Piano – Abdullah Ibrahim; - recorded Sophiatown, South Africa, September 1959] [0:00:00] DJ Slackless [0:07:54] Dollar Brand - "Nim Vlula (The Rain Song)" - African Breeze [Bamboo Flute – Dollar Brand Live recorded February 21, 1974 at Yubin Chokin...

Duration:03:59:30

Abdullah Ibrahim's 88th Birthday Bash Weekend, Part 1 from Oct 8, 2022

10/8/2022
Abdullah Ibrahim & Johnny Dyani - "Msunduza" - Good News from Africa [Bass, Vocals, Bells – Johnny Dyani; Flute, composed by – Dollar Brand - - - Location: Studio Bauer, Ludwigsburg Date: December 10, 1973 (Msunduza township is located in Swaziland)] [0:00:00] DJ So Not Dave [0:04:34] Abdullah Ibrahim - "Kamalie" - Bra Joe From Kilimanjaro [Bass – Basil Moses; Flute – Basil Coetzee; Drums – Gilbert Mathews, Kamalie And His Apaches; Electric Piano, composed by – Dollar Brand...

Duration:02:59:30

Sunday, Assessing the Wreckage from Oct 2, 2022

10/2/2022
Helge Schneider - "Auto-Runde" - Hörspiele Vol. 2 - 1985-1987 [Recorded in Haym Hüttners Kellerbar in - 1985 - 1987] Maria Joao - "A Festa dos Gnomos" - Fábula [(A Feast of the Gnomes) MARIA JOAO - vocals RALPH TOWNER - classical guitar, 12 string guitar RICARDO ROCHA - portuguese guitar DINO SALUZZI - bandoneon MÁRIO LAGINHA - grand piano KAI ECKHARDT de CAMARGO - bass MANU KATCHÉ - drums, wave drums - - Recorded at Sound Studio N, Cologne October/November 1995] [0:04:54] Norma...

Duration:03:59:29

Rivers Deep from Sep 25, 2022

9/25/2022
The Feelies - "Raised Eyebrows" - Crazy Rythms [Glenn Mercer – lead, rhythm, 12-string and bowed guitars; vocals; keyboards; temple block; shaker; claves; maracas; bell; castanets; reverbed sticks; shoes; drums; coat rack • Bill Million – lead, rhythm, and acoustic guitars; vocals; timbales; sandpaper; claves; can; tom-tom; snare; cowbell; shaker; shoes, temple blocks; tambourine; boxes; and bells • Keith De Nunzio – bass guitar, snare drum, tom-toms, wood block, pipe, bell, and background...

Duration:04:59:28

Hear Emily Play from Sep 18, 2022

9/18/2022
Dave Pike Set - "Good Time Charlie at the Big Washdown" - Deutsches Jazz Festival, Frankfurt, 1970 [Dave Pike, vibes; Volker Kriegel, guitar; Hans Rettenbacher, bass; Peter Baumeister, drums; Recorded on March 21, 1970 at the Kongresshalle, Frankfurt, 12th Deutsches Jazzfestival 1970, first concert] [0:00:00] Haruomi Hosono - "Hurricane Dorothy" - 泰安洋行/Tropical Dandy [Shigeru Suzuki - Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals/Choir Tatsuo Hayashi - Drums, Percussion Hiroki Komazawa - Pedal...

Duration:03:59:27

Tintinnabulously Fabulous from Sep 11, 2022

9/11/2022
Arvo Pärt - "Tabula Rasa I. Ludus" - Tabula Rasa [Conductor – Saulius Sondeckis; Orchestra – Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra; Piano [Prepared] – Alfred Schnittke; Violin – Gidon Kremer, Tatiana Grindenko - - 1984] [0:00:00] DJ Just Doing His Pärt [0:10:30] Pat Metheny - "Für Alina" - Road to the Sun [Composed by Arvo Pärt; Arranged and performed by Pat Metheny on a 42-string guitar - 67 Studio, NYC67 Studio, NYC (track 11) • RELEASED: 2021] [0:15:19] Arvo Pärt - Stephen Layton -...

Duration:03:59:29

Alles liebe! from Sep 4, 2022

9/5/2022
Dave Liebman, Tatsuya Nakatani & Adam Rudolph - "Benediction (Opening)" - The Unknowable [Congas [Kongos], Djembe, Percussion [Tarija], Bass Drum [Zabumba], Thumb Piano, Sintir, Harp [Mbuti Harp], Slit Drum, Percussion, Flute [Overtone Flutes], Electronics [Live Electronic Processing] – Adam Rudolph; Drums [Drum Kit], Gong [Gongs], Percussion [Metal Percussion], Percussion – Tatsuya Nakatani Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Adam Rudolph (tracks: 11), Dave Liebman* (tracks: 10) Tenor...

Duration:03:59:29

Drew's Day from Aug 28, 2022

8/28/2022
Kenny Drew Trio - "Lover, Come Back to Me" - New Sounds, Introducing The Kenny Drew Trio [Kenny Drew - piano • Art Blakey - drums • Curly Russell - bass • • Recorded • April 16, 1953 • Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey] [0:00:00] Dexter Gordon - "Number Four" - Complete Kenny Drew & Carl Perkins Sessions [Double Bass – Leroy Vinnegar ::::::Drums – Chuck Thompson ::::::Piano – Kenny Drew ::::::Tenor Saxophone – Dexter Gordon - - Recorded in Hollywood in September...

Duration:03:59:29

Jimmy Scott and Chico Freeman Walk Into a Club from Jul 17, 2022

7/17/2022
Jimmy Scott - "All of Me" - Jimmy Scott - Live at Rip's Playhouse, New Orleans [Baritone Saxophone – Pee Wee Numa-Moore ====Bass – Thomas Legange ====Drums – Wesley Landis ====Piano – Teddy Brannon ====Tenor Saxophone – Ray Abrams ====Tenor Saxophone [Guest] – Sam Butera ====Trumpet – John Hunt ====Vocals – Little Jimmy Scott - - Recorded at Rip's Playhouse, New Orleans in 1951] Chico Freeman - "A Child Is Born" - Still Sensitive [THANK YOU DOC!!! Chico Freeman - tenor...

Duration:03:59:27

Guten Morgan, Gute Mavis from Jul 10, 2022

7/10/2022
Pet Shop Boys - "Your Early Stuff" - Elysium [- - Recorded 2011–2012 in LA] DJ Late Stuff [0:03:23] John Coltrane - "Locomotion" - Blue Train [John Coltrane – tenor saxophone • Lee Morgan – trumpet • Curtis Fuller – trombone • Kenny Drew – piano • Paul Chambers – bass • Philly Joe Jones – drums • Recorded • September 15, 1957 • Studio] [0:08:13] Lee Morgan - "Midtown Blues" - Lee-Way [Lee Morgan - trumpet • Jackie McLean - alto saxophone • Bobby Timmons - piano • Paul...

Duration:03:59:26

Beach-A-Boop-Boop from Jul 3, 2022

7/3/2022
Fontella Bass - "Hold On This Time" - Mojo – 2092-032 7" B-Side Fontella Bass - "It Sure Is Good" - Contempo – CR 14 7" A-Side [0:03:14] Fontella Bass - "Home Wrecker" - Paula Records – P-389 7" [Recorded At – Sound City Recording, Shreveport - 1973] [0:05:57] Fontella Bass - "To Be Free" - I Need To Be Loved [1971] [0:09:28] Fontella Bass - "Leave It In The Hands Of Love" - Checker – 1131 7" [1965] [0:13:20] Art Ensemble Of Chicago - "Theme De Yoyo" - Les Stances A Sophie [Lester...

Duration:03:59:27

No Choice But to Fight from Jun 26, 2022

6/26/2022
Dog Faced Hermans - "Keep Your Laws/Off My Body" - Those Deep Buds [Bass – Colin Mclean: ====Drums, Percussion – Wilf Plum: ====Guitar – Andy Moor ====Marion Coutts: vocals, trumpet, bells - - - Recorded at Suite 16, Rochdale, UK, in July 1994] DJ Mighty Mad [0:06:08] Dave Grusin - "Prologue" - The Yakuza [Bass – Peter A. Mercurio* ====Bass [Fender] – Charles C. Berghofer ====Cello – Edgar Lustgarten, Eleanor Slatkin, Frederick Seykora, Raphael "Ray" Kramer ====Composed By,...

Duration:03:59:27

A Skin Too Few (with apologies to Molly Drake) from Jun 19, 2022

6/19/2022
Susie Ibarra - "The Ancients" - Flower After Flower [Flute – Cooper-Moore ====Gong [Kulintang] – Susie Ibarra ====Percussion [Brushes] – Wadada Leo Smith ====Bass – John Lindberg ====Bass Clarinet – Assif Tsahar ====Clarinet – Chris Speed ====Drums, Percussion – Susie Ibarra Recorded 21/12/1999 at Avatar Studio, New York City.] Matana Roberts - "For Razi" - The Chicago Project [Bass – Josh Abrams ====Drums – Frank Rosaly ====Guitar – Jeff Parker ====Saxophone – Fred Anderson,...

Duration:03:59:28

Laurie Anderson Thinks "Multi-Media Artist" Is a Meaningless Term from Jun 5, 2022

6/5/2022
Ingram Marshall - "Fog Tropes" - Fog Tropes / Gradual Requiem [Conductor – John Adams ====French Horn – Brian McCarty, William Klingelofer ====Mandolin – Foster Reed ====Trombone – Don Kennelly, Marc Kenley ====Trumpet – Jim Miller, Tim Wilson ====Voice, Piano, Electronics [Serge Modular] – Ingram Marshall Fog Tropes" is scored for brass sextet and pre-recorded tape. The brass music is processed through a tape delay or digital delay system. Recorded at Tres Virgos Studio, San...

Duration:03:59:27

Birthday Clown-Car from May 29, 2022

5/29/2022
Mickey & Sylvia - "Love is Strnage" - Groove 7" – 4G-0175 A-Side [Mickey Baker and Sylvia Vanterpool,- -recorded at Webster Hall, New York City on October 17, 1956] [0:00:00] DJ Lah D. Hay [0:03:00] Xenakis: Festival Chamber Ensemble, Richard Dufallo - "Akrata" - Prophets of the New (Music of Xenakis, Del Tredici, Stockhausen, Cage and Crumb) [0:07:34] Instrumenal Ensemble of Contemporary Music, Paris/Konstantin Simonovich - "Atrées (4th part)" - Iannis Xenakis: Atrées; Morsima-Amorsima;...

Duration:04:59:27

Seven Hours of Sun from May 22, 2022

5/22/2022
DJ Sun Worship [0:00:00] Sun Ra - "Sun Song" - Jazz By Sun Ra [Alto Saxophone – James Scales ::::::Baritone Saxophone – Pat Patrick ::::::Bass – Richard Evans ::::::Drums – Robert Barry ::::::Guitar [Electric] – Wilburn Green ::::::Piano – Sun Ra ::::::Tenor Saxophone – John Gilmore ::::::Timpani – Jim Hearndon ::::::Trombone – Julian Priester ::::::Trumpet – Arthur Hoyle, David Young - - Recorded July 12, 1956 Universal Recording Studio, Chicago] [0:03:27] Sun Ra & His...

Duration:06:59:25

Gratulerer Med Dagen, Karin Krog! from May 15, 2022

5/15/2022
Karin Krog & Friends - "Break Of Day In Molde" - Sonet T 9541 7" (A-Side) [Bass – Arild Andersen ====Drums – Svein Christiansen ====Percussion [Rhythm Instruments] – Espen Rud ====Piano – Terje Björklund ====Tenor Saxophone, Percussion [Rhythm Instruments] – Jan Garbarek ====Voice, Percussion [Rhythm Instruments] – Karin Krog - - - recorded in Oslo, October 2, 1968] Karin Krog With John Surman - "Cloud Line Blue" - Cloud Line Blue [Sopranino Saxophone, Ensemble [String],...

Duration:03:59:26

Mary Lou Williams and Keith Jarrett Go Clubbing from May 8, 2022

5/8/2022
Mary Lou Williams - "Mary Lou" - Chronological Classics 1945-1947 [Bass – Grachan Moncur ====Guitar – John H. Smith, Jr. =====Piano – Mary Lou Williams ====Trumpet – Kenny Dorham - - 1947] Mary Lou Williams - "O.W." - Mary Lou's Mass [Arranged By, Producer [Original] – Mary Lou Williams ====Bass – Chris White ====Congas – Abdul Rahman ====Drums – David Parker ====Flute – Roger Glenn ====Guitar – Sonny Henry ====Organ – Mary Lou Williams ====Piano – Mary Lou...

Duration:03:59:29