CLOCKWORK OF THE SPIRITS

New Releases by Jerry González & Miguel Blanco Big Band, Mark Weinstein, The Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra and all time classics brought by Chembo Corniel Quintet and Rumba Club in the mix with fundamental pieces from the early 1970s by Bobby Hutcherson and La Mont Johnson.

FIRST AIRED IN MY RADIO SHOW “ICH BIN EIN GANZ NORMALER TAG”
SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 2015 ON ORANGE 94.0

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(1) Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra; GNOSSIENE 3 (TIENTOS) (Edmar Casteñeda, arr. Samuel Torres); (06:29) album: The Offense of the Drum, Motéma Music (2014)

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(2) Bobby Hutcherson; CLOCKWORK OF THE SPIRITS (Todd T. Cochran); (07:15) album: Head On, Blue Note Rec. BST-84376 (1971) Bobby Hutcherson (vibes, marimba), Harold Land (tenor sax, flute), Fred Jackson (piccolo), Oscar Brashear (fluegel horn, trumpet), Todd Cochran (piano), James Leary III (bass), William Henderson (electric piano)

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(3) Jerry González & Miguel Blanco Big Band; UGLY BEAUTY (feat. Albert Sanz)); (05:21) album: A Tribute to the Fort Apache Band, Youkali Music (2014)

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(4) LaMont Johnson; THAT’S NOT THE WAY TO DO IT, BEVERLY (LaMont Johnson); (08:12) album: Sun, Moon and Stars, Mainstream Rec. MRL 328 (1972) Sal Marquez (trumpet, fluegel horn), Charles Owens (tenor, soprano, flute), Yusef Rashman (trombone), Ray Pounds (drums), Stan Gilbert (fender bass and upright), Pondaza (congas and bongos), Mike Deasey (electric guitar), LaMont Johnson (keyboards, EX-42 and cowbell)

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(5) Mark Weinstein; GREGORIO’S MOOD (Aruán Ortiz); (08:05) album: Latin Jazz Underground, Zoho Music (2014) Mark Weinstein (flutes), Aruán Ortiz (piano), Rashaan Carter (bass), Gerald Cleaver (drums), Román Diaz (percussion)

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(6) Rumba Club; THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT (Joni Mitchell); (06:37) album: Radio Mundo, Palmetto Rec. PM-2072 (2001)

(7) Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra; THE MAD HATTER; (08:27) album: The Offense of the Drum, Motéma Music (2014)

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(8) Chembo Corniel Quintet; AFRO BLUE (Mongo Santamaria, arr. Elio Villafranca); (06:15) album: Afro Blue Monk, Chemboro Music Prod. (2012) Wilson “Chembo” Corniel (congas, bata, percussion), Ivan Renta (tenor, soprano sax), Elio Villafranca (piano), Carlo Derosa (bass), Vince Cherico (drums, guiro), Jimmy Owens (trumpet), Ileana Santamaria (vocal), Frank Fontaine (clarinet, flute), Ogduardo Roman Diaz (bata [Iya]), Diego Lopez (bata [Itotele])

(9) Jerry González & Miguel Blanco Big Band; AGÜEYBANÁ (feat. Daniel Aldama & Ariel Brínguez); (07:28) album: A Tribute to the Fort Apache Band (2014)

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(10) Unity; TRANSCENDENTAL LULLABY; (06:48) album: Blow Thru Your Mind (1974), E.P.I. Records re-issued on Universal Sound (2001)