Something Blue - Nebula - March 26, 2016

Sam Rivers - Inspiration
Dave Holland Quartet - Conference of the Birds
Pharoah Sanders - Africa
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Sam Rivers, Rejuvenation

Welcome to Something Blue. I'm Hairy Larry and I've got the blues, for you.

Sam Rivers, Inspiration

All right now, that's "Rejuvenation" and "Inspiration" from Sam Rivers. Rivers was raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, and he made a place for himself in the free jazz movement playing with some of the finest musicians in the world both as a sideman and as a leader. On the "Inspiration" CD he mixes free jazz with a big band sound.

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I'm Hairy Larry, host of Something Blue and I've got one more from this same album. Here's Sam Rivers playing "Nebula".

Sam Rivers, Nebula
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Dave Holland Quartet, Conference of the Birds
Dave Holland Quartet, See-Saw
Dave Holland Quartet, Now Here (Nowhere)

Now that's what I'm talking about, The Dave Holland Quartet with both Anthony Braxton and Sam Rivers on reeds and flute playing "Conference Of The Birds", "See-Saw", and "Now Here (Nowhere)".This album is a free jazz classic recorded in 1972.

Something Blue is broadcast on KASU, 91.9 FM and streaming on the internet at kasu.org.

I'm Hairy Larry, host of Something Blue. Visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com to listen anytime.

Now here's another great Arkansas saxophonist and free jazz legend, Pharoah Sanders. Sanders played with John Coltrane and we're going to hear his version of the Coltrane song, "Naima" from his album, "Africa" followed by the title track.

Pharoah Sanders, Naima
Pharoah Sanders, Africa