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Charles Mingus said jazz was a word invented to separate musicians from their money. Music for a Free World brings us together, drawing listeners to the healing power of smooth free jazz. Each week, surprise guests bring their own sides to spin and their instruments of choice to spontaneously jam.

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Favoriting January 28, 2023: Alex Greene is a musician, anthropologist, and writer based in Memphis, TN. His musical work encompasses many genres, including garage rock, jazz, exotica, electronic soundscapes, musique concrète, and soundtracks for film.

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Artist Track Album Label Comments Approx. start time
Reigning Sound  You're So Strange   Favoriting live on WFMU      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Reigning Sound  I'm So Thankful   Favoriting live on WFMU      0:12:01 (Pop-up)
Reigning Sound  I Don't Need That Kind of Lovin'   Favoriting live on WFMU      0:14:41 (Pop-up)
Alex Greene  Nervous Knocks   Favoriting unreleased      0:22:52 (Pop-up)
Alex Greene  The Only Good Engine   Favoriting       0:25:35 (Pop-up)
Alex Greene  Chromius Caesar   Favoriting       0:31:28 (Pop-up)
Big Ass Truck  Chicken Bucket   Favoriting       0:36:07 (Pop-up)
Big Ass Truck  Big Jack   Favoriting       0:39:47 (Pop-up)
Big Ass Truck  Maiin Squeeze   Favoriting       0:42:44 (Pop-up)
Tav Falco & Panther Burns  Fun Mob   Favoriting Return of the Blue Panther      0:49:32 (Pop-up)
Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra  Roadkill Samba   Favoriting American Elegy    https://alexgreene.bandcamp.com/album/american-elegy  0:58:02 (Pop-up)
Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra  What For   Favoriting American Elegy    https://alexgreene.bandcamp.com/album/american-elegy  1:02:18 (Pop-up)
Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra  The Old Grindstone   Favoriting American Elegy    https://alexgreene.bandcamp.com/album/american-elegy  1:06:40 (Pop-up)
Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra  Rattle the Cage (Turn on the Tube)   Favoriting American Elegy    https://alexgreene.bandcamp.com/album/american-elegy  1:10:27 (Pop-up)
Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra  O My Job   Favoriting American Elegy    https://alexgreene.bandcamp.com/album/american-elegy  1:14:09 (Pop-up)
Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra  Speakeasy Serenade   Favoriting Depression Jubilee      1:25:30 (Pop-up)
Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra  Depression Jubilee   Favoriting Depression Jubilee      1:29:19 (Pop-up)
Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra  Sugar Bowl Red-Eye Express   Favoriting Depression Jubilee      1:31:24 (Pop-up)
Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra  How Could the Blues About Old Memphis   Favoriting Depression Jubilee      1:34:42 (Pop-up)
Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra  Down and Out   Favoriting Depression Jubilee      1:39:03 (Pop-up)
Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra  Chick-I-Saw   Favoriting Depresion Jubilee      1:42:59 (Pop-up)
Just Leg It!!!  Snipe's Groov   Favoriting Just Leg It!!!      1:50:43 (Pop-up)
Just Leg It!!!  Hornet's Nest   Favoriting Just Leg It!!!      1:53:11 (Pop-up)
Elizabeth King  I Got a Love   Favoriting I Got a Love      1:56:23 (Pop-up)
Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra  Opening Titles & Newsreel Music   Favoriting Soundtrack to the Cameraman      2:03:34 (Pop-up)
Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra  Assorted Cues   Favoriting Soundtrack to the Cameraman      2:05:03 (Pop-up)
Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra  Aelita, Queen of Mars   Favoriting Soundtrack to Aelita Queen of Mars      2:13:10 (Pop-up)
Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra  Aelita is my Destiny   Favoriting Soundtrack to Aelita Queen of Mars      2:18:25 (Pop-up)
David Soldier & William Hooker  Etude 16: Palimpsest   Favoriting LeWtt Etudes  Mahakala Music  https://mahakalamusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-lewitt-etudes  2:29:09 (Pop-up)
David Soldier & William Hooker  Etude 43 Version 1   Favoriting LeWitt Etudes    https://mahakalamusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-lewitt-etudes  2:34:32 (Pop-up)
David Soldier & William Hooker  Etude 48: Water Canon   Favoriting LeWtt Etudes    https://mahakalamusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-lewitt-etudes  2:39:33 (Pop-up)
Deepstaria Enigmatica  Number 6 Excerpt   Favoriting unreleased      2:45:52 (Pop-up)
Just Leg It!!!  The Hypnotic Beast   Favoriting Just Leg It!!!      2:58:45 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Andrew in Toronto:

Hi there Dave and all other listeners!
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TDK60:

Hi Dave, Alex.
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ TDK60 @2:00
Hi TDK60.
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doctorjazz:

Hi Dave and Alex!
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TDK60:

Hi Andrew.
  2:03pm
Chad Fowler:

Howdy guys
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:06pm
Dave Sewelson:

HEY HEY HEY Andrew TDK and doc and Chad....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:06pm
PaulRobeson1923:

Hi Hi Hi
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:07pm
Dave Sewelson:

HEY PaulRobeson1923!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:09pm
Doug Schulkind:

I have a pet whelk. Named it Lawrence.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:10pm
Dave Sewelson:

oy Doug....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:15pm
coelacanth∅:

Greetings Dave & Alex and Freeworldlings
  2:15pm
Chad Fowler:

I sure do love Greg's voice
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:18pm
coelacanth∅:

Doug, Lol?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:19pm
Dave Sewelson:

hey sealy....
  2:22pm
Chad Fowler:

So ready
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:22pm
doctorjazz:

Ready or now, here it comes!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:22pm
Doug Schulkind:

Here's the playlist from Mike Lupica's show from October 3, 2002, featuring the live set from Reigning Sound: wfmu.org...
  2:25pm
Chad Fowler:

Wow Doug! Cool
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WR:

↳ Song: "Nervous Knocks" by "Alex Greene"
Hello Dave and fellow listenears (as Dave often terms us) about year is this from? I'm sure Alex said, but I missed it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:27pm
Dave Sewelson:

↳ WR @2:26
1985
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:30pm
adamdoesit:

Hi Dave, Alex, and Sewelsonics. I'm digging the sounds. The dogs seem intrigued, too.
  2:30pm
DavidJ:

I’m liking this. Hi Alex Dave and Free Worlders.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:32pm
Dave Sewelson:

cool adamdoesit...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:32pm
Dave Sewelson:

DavidJ....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:45pm
doctorjazz:

↳ adamdoesit @2:30
I'm digging the sounds (but the dogs, Ozzie and Maxie, haven't shown much interest yet)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:46pm
Dave Sewelson:

maybe soon doc....
  2:48pm
francine:

I'd go out to dinner and hang out with you!
  2:55pm
Chad Fowler:

Tav Falco
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:55pm
adamdoesit:

↳ doctorjazz @2:45
Masha seemed into the heartbeat of The Only Good Engine.

Can't help but think of the wilding terror and the murder of Tyre Nichols together.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:56pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Dave Sewelson @2:46
Maxie decided to joim me (but I think it has more to do with the peanut butter filled pretzel bites I took out...)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:58pm
doctorjazz:

↳ adamdoesit @2:55
Just unbelievable it still heppens! (AND THEY EVEN KNOW THEY'RE BEING VIDEOD!!!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:00pm
Dave Sewelson:

↳ Chad Fowler @2:55
tav...got it...thanks
  3:12pm
steve hirsh:

hey Dave and Alex
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:15pm
Dave Sewelson:

hey steve!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:15pm
PaulRobeson1923:

Hi Dave Sewelson! Nice sounds today a! A!
  3:15pm
steve hirsh:

better late than never
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:16pm
Dave Sewelson:

↳ PaulRobeson1923 @3:15
glad you diggin it....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:17pm
PaulRobeson1923:

I’m at my 97 year old Grandfathers. He is napping now and I am diggin’ the sounds!
  3:18pm
steve hirsh:

Alex - this is great stuff. We should connect.
  3:19pm
Alex Greene:

Thanks Steve and everyone!
  3:21pm
steve hirsh:

I hope people know Alex is also a wonderful writer
  3:25pm
Chad Fowler:

"What's good for GE is good for America"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:28pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Speakeasy Serenade" by "Alex Greene & the Rolling...
Love this! Such a modern take with a 20's feel!
  3:29pm
francine:

↳ Chad Fowler @3:25
some background on that quote: https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2019/09/05/fact-check-did-a-gm-president-really-tell-congress-whats-good-for-gm-is-good-for-america
  3:31pm
Alex Greene:

Thanks Francine! Quality comment here, folks !
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:34pm
adamdoesit:

↳ Song: "Sugar Bowl Red-Eye Express" by "Alex Greene & the...
Fun train song, with a little Mood Indigo.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:35pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Speakeasy Serenade" by "Alex Greene & the Rolling...
I could only find this album from a European distributer...
www.nytimes.com...
(in physical form, that is, mp3 is available on Amazon)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:36pm
doctorjazz:

↳ doctorjazz @3:35
Oops, wrong link...
www.bangrecords.net...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:38pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "How Could the Blues About Old Memphis" by "Alex G...
Steel guitar? Just lovely...
  3:40pm
Alex Greene:

Thank ya doctorjazz! Worth having on vinyl…out of print now!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:41pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Alex Greene @3:40
That's sad, would go for that in a second!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:43pm
doctorjazz:

The site I lnked to does still list the LP (though, being from Europe, shipping is as much as the LP price...)
  3:45pm
steve hirsh:

who's playing drums on this track? What a great, slinky feel
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northguineahills:

been here since 3:10, been digging, alex. treriffic sounds!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:47pm
Dave Sewelson:

↳ northguineahills @3:47
Yeah ngh!
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doctorjazz:

↳ northguineahills @3:47
Hi, NGH, taking a study break? (not too long...😉)
  3:48pm
Alex Greene:

↳ steve hirsh @3:45
That’s a great guy named Paul Buchignani! Not too active lately
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:49pm
doctorjazz:

I went for Depression Jubilee, psyched!
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monkeyz:

ernst zacharias for hohner in the 50s, west germany
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:52pm
Dave Sewelson:

↳ doctorjazz @3:49
yeah!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:53pm
doctorjazz:

According to Wiki...
The Clavinet is an electrically amplified clavichord invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, ...
Avatar 3:54pm
monkeyz:

i think they also invented the melodica
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:54pm
Dave Sewelson:

↳ monkeyz @3:54
I think you are correct....
  3:56pm
Alex Greene:

By the way, Depression Jubilee is the soundtrack to a doc called Citizens, Not Subjects. Not available online, alas…
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northguineahills:

↳ doctorjazz @3:48
well, if you include sleeping 11 hours a study break (i only sleep 4-5 hours during the week, since school)
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northguineahills:

errr, 4-5 hours/night
  4:01pm
Francine:

Review of Citizens not Subjects: archive.commercialappeal.com...
  4:03pm
Francine:

The film appears to be available on Vimeo: vimeo.com...
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doctorjazz:

↳ northguineahills @3:58
That's too little sleep (but, I've been there, done that...)
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northguineahills:

cool, thanks, francine!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Assorted Cues" by "Alex Greene & the Rolling Head...
There it is!
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northguineahills:

↳ doctorjazz @4:05
yeah, i'm not retaining as much info as i'd like to on the first run.
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Dave Sewelson:

↳ northguineahills @3:59
Yikes...
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doctorjazz:

↳ northguineahills @4:08
Don't see how you could, being so underslept...(someone once did a study, looked at daylight savings time change and auto accidents...when we "fall back", that is lose an hour of sleep, auto accidents significantly increase the next day. That's just 1 hour...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:12pm
Gina Bacon:

Hi Dave, Alex & all!
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Dave Sewelson:

GINA!!!!
  4:12pm
steve hirsh:

gotta book. Thanks dudes. Alex - I just love your music.
xx0
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northguineahills:

I do get a 30 minute nap during lunch, and wed-friday a 45 minute nap after school.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:14pm
Dave Sewelson:

↳ steve hirsh @4:12
thanks for stopping by....
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monkeyz:

oh that beginning was great
  4:15pm
Alex Greene:

Live scores films by Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra:
Aelita, Queen of Mars (2020)
https://vimeo.com/403186444


The Cameraman (2021)
https://vimeo.com/703950681

Häxan (2022)
https://vimeo.com/768880069/91f75bf519
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:16pm
Dave Sewelson:

Live scores films by Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra:
Aelita, Queen of Mars (2020)
vimeo.com...


The Cameraman (2021)
vimeo.com...

Häxan (2022)
vimeo.com...
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monkeyz:

ty
  4:17pm
Amber Nore:

Loving the jams, Alex! Hugs from Nebraska.
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monkeyz:

ps you should rate the videos, so people with no account can see them
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monkeyz:

the option on vimeo is kinda hidden though
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monkeyz:

the option on vimeo is kinda hidden though
  4:19pm
Alex Greene:

↳ monkeyz @4:18
I think they’re open to all
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courtneynoir:

Sounds good, Alex!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:27pm
doctorjazz:

Dave Soldier, the violinist/composer/neuroscientist (and I think I'm tired...)
Avatar 4:28pm
northguineahills:

↳ Dave Sewelson @4:16
ahh, i heart haxan....(link is missing the subscript) (the others work fine)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:28pm
doctorjazz:

(sounds a bit like Anthony Braxton's written directions to improvisers, which consistent of diagrams/arrows)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:30pm
doctorjazz:

↳ doctorjazz @4:28
Maybe not...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:31pm
doctorjazz:

(the similarity is that they're musical direction, done without any musical notation or sounds as direction)
  4:34pm
Alex Greene:

↳ courtneynoir @4:21
Glad ya heard it, Courtney and Amber!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:34pm
Dave Sewelson:

↳ northguineahills @4:28
my bad...fixed
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:34pm
Dave Sewelson:

↳ monkeyz @4:18
I fixed the link...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:35pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ adamdoesit @2:30
Hi adamdfoesit!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:37pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Etude 16: Palimpsest" by "David Soldier & William...
Very cool piece (this show could be costing me big bucks, in orders, and I've been trying to cut down...
Good thing Fred's not here, he'd get on me)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:39pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Etude 43 Version 1" by "David Soldier & William H...
Dig this trumpet/piano duet (or cornet-Kurt Knuffke credited, often that's his instrument)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:40pm
doctorjazz:

↳ doctorjazz @4:39
Kurt was a Free-Worlder a while back...
  4:40pm
Chad Fowler:

*Kirk
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:41pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Chad Fowler @4:40
Oops, my bad, many apologies for my dyslexia...
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fred:

↳ doctorjazz @4:37
I'm banned, but I see your misdeeds
  4:43pm
Chad Fowler:

np. apparently i'm just playing the role of name correction police today ;)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:43pm
Dave Sewelson:

www.wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:44pm
Dave Sewelson:

What does ADHD stand for...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:44pm
Dave Sewelson:

Attention Deficit Hey Donuts
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:45pm
doctorjazz:

↳ fred @4:43
Had a feeling I'd be caught...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:48pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Dave Sewelson @4:44
Love that! 😂
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northguineahills:

↳ fred @4:43
hahaha!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:49pm
doctorjazz:

↳ fred @4:43
Banned? Voos macht?
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northguineahills:

↳ Dave Sewelson @4:44
i have no idea what you're talking about...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:49pm
Dave Sewelson:

↳ fred @4:43
i unbannish you...
  4:51pm
Dave Soldier:

ole' Alex and Dave! agua!
  4:51pm
Chad Fowler:

Mr. Soldier!
  4:52pm
Dave Soldier:

Hey Dave, if Mingus says jazz is a word to separate musicians from their money, what do you think of "free jazz" as a pair of words?
Ciao Maestro Fowler1
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:52pm
Andrew in Toronto:

What an excellent show!
Thanks Dave and Alex!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:53pm
Dave Sewelson:

↳ Dave Soldier @4:52
pair of words beats three of a kind
  4:53pm
Alex Greene:

↳ Dave Soldier @4:52
Great point, Dave! Free jazz separates all humans from money?
  4:54pm
Chad Fowler:

"When the jazz is free, everybody pays"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:55pm
doctorjazz:

Gotta take the pooches for their walk (Ozzie is eyeing me angrily), loved the show, what a wide range of musics, thanks much, Dave and Alex!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:55pm
Gina Bacon:

Thanks, Dave and Alex!
Avatar 4:55pm
northguineahills:

↳ Alex Greene @4:53
can confirm...

thanks, great show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:56pm
Dave Sewelson:

www.memphisflyer.com
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:59pm
adamdoesit:

Thanks for the good time, Dave and Alex. I think my cooking benefitted.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:59pm
coelacanth∅:

Thanks Dave! Thanks Alex!
keep on chooglin
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:59pm
Gina Bacon:

Ready, Dave!
  5:00pm
David Collins:

Great show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:00pm
coelacanth∅:

the fast fade
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:00pm
Dave Sewelson:

Thanks all you Listenears!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:00pm
Dave Sewelson:

↳ coelacanth∅ @5:00
ran outa time...
  5:01pm
Alex Greene:

Thanks, one and all!
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