WFMU: Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman: Playlist from April 20, 2024

Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman: Playlist from April 20, 2024

Observations of Deviance is a vinyl focused, free form program that harkens back to early days of underground FM radio. Your host, David Mittleman, hunts down the most exotic, unusual and off-the-beaten-track music from around the world in a number of genres: Spiritual Jazz, Free Improvisation, Experimental Electronics, Ethnographic Oddities and World-Wide Psychedelic Funk. You are guaranteed to hear sounds you’ve never heard before.

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April 20, 2024: Hats Off To Herbie: The Music of Herbie Nichols

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time

Herbie Nichols	Step Tempest "Step Tempest" by "Herbie Nichols"	The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 1 & 2	Blue Note	2021	originally released 1955	0:02:40 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	Interview Part 1 "Interview Part 1" by "Herbie Nichols"	Interview	N/A	1962	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgrgpKxT6LQ&t=921s	0:07:48 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols Trio	House Party Starting	Herbie Nichols Trio	Blue Note	2023	originally released 1956	0:08:53 (Pop-up)
Roswell Rudd	Herbie Nichols "Herbie Nichols" by "Roswell Rudd"	The Third World	Blue Note	1975	liner notes	0:14:29 (Pop-up)
Fay Victor / Herbie Nichols SUNG	Tonight	Life Is Funny That Way	TAO Forms	2024	https://fayvictor.bandcamp.com/album/life-is-funny-that-way	0:17:15 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	Nichols And Dimes "Nichols And Dimes" by "Herbie Nichols"	Thelonious Monk And Herbie Nichols	Savoy	1986	originally released 1952	0:26:44 (Pop-up)

Herbie Nichols Trio	Portrait Of Ucha	Love, Gloom, Cash, Love	Bethlehem	1958		0:33:40 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols Trio	Terpsichore "Terpsichore" by "Herbie Nichols Trio"	Herbie Nichols Trio	Blue Note	2023	originally released 1956	0:37:26 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	Interview Part 2 "Interview Part 2" by "Herbie Nichols"	Interview	N/A	1962	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgrgpKxT6LQ&t=921s	0:41:24 (Pop-up)
Roswell Rudd - Steve Lacy - Misha Mengelberg - Kent Carter - Han Bennink	Twelve Bars	Regeneration	Soul Note	1983	composed by Herbie Nichols	0:43:40 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	Blue Chopsticks "Blue Chopsticks" by "Herbie Nichols"	The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 1 & 2	Blue Note	2021	originally released 1955	0:48:06 (Pop-up)
Archie Shepp	The Lady Sings The Blues	Live In San Francisco	Impulse!	1966	composed by Herbie Nichols	0:52:28 (Pop-up)

Herbie Nichols Trio	Hangover Triangle	Herbie Nichols Trio	Blue Note	2023	originally released 1956	1:04:08 (Pop-up)
Billie Holiday	Lady Sings The Blues	Lady Sings The Blues	Verve	1956	composed by Herbie Nichols	1:08:01 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	Good Story Blues "Good Story Blues" by "Herbie Nichols"	Thelonious Monk And Herbie Nichols	Savoy	1986	originally released 1952	1:11:44 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	Interview Part 3 "Interview Part 3" by "Herbie Nichols"	Interview	N/A	1962	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgrgpKxT6LQ&t=921s	1:14:38 (Pop-up)
Misha Mengelberg - Steve Lacy - George Lewis - Arjen Gorter - Han Bennink	Hangover Triangle	Change Of Season (Music Of Herbie Nichols)	Soul Note	1985	composed by Herbie Nichols	1:19:37 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	Shuffle Montgomery	The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 1 & 2	Blue Note	2021	originally released 1955	1:23:22 (Pop-up)
Eddie Chatterbox Trio	The Gig "The Gig" by "Eddie Chatterbox Trio"	The Acquaduct	Rectangle	1996	composed by Herbie Nichols	1:27:33 (Pop-up)

Herbie Nichols Trio	The Gig "The Gig" by "Herbie Nichols Trio"	Herbie Nichols Trio	Blue Note	2023	originally released 1956	1:35:33 (Pop-up)
Fay Victor / Herbie Nichols SUNG	The Bassist	Life Is Funny That Way	TAO Forms	2024	https://fayvictor.bandcamp.com/album/life-is-funny-that-way	1:39:53 (Pop-up)
Roswell Rudd	Interview "Interview" by "Roswell Rudd"	Interview	N/A	1997	https://youtu.be/HX-EyFnHEt4?si=w5X6QQC2PgXkahTo	1:46:38 (Pop-up)
Thumbscrew	House Party Starting "House Party Starting" by "Thumbscrew"	Theirs	Cuneiform	2018	composed by Herbie Nichols	1:50:09 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols Trio	Riff Primitif	Vol. 2	Blue Note / Japan	1996		1:56:10 (Pop-up)
Mary Lou Williams	Opus Z "Opus Z" by "Mary Lou Williams"	Piano Panorama 10"	Atlantic	1951	composed by Herbie Nichols	2:00:19 (Pop-up)

Herbie Nichols	Cro-Magnon Nights "Cro-Magnon Nights" by "Herbie Nichols"	The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 1 & 2	Blue Note	2021	originally released 1955	2:06:10 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	Interview Part 4 "Interview Part 4" by "Herbie Nichols"	Interview	N/A	1962	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgrgpKxT6LQ&t=921s	2:10:48 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	The Third World "The Third World" by "Herbie Nichols"	The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 1 & 2	Blue Note	2021	originally released 1955	2:11:21 (Pop-up)
The Herbie Nichols Project	Riff Primitif	Dr. Cyclops' Dream	Soul Note	1999	composed by Herbie Nichols	2:15:33 (Pop-up)
Fay Victor / Herbie Nichols SUNG	Shuffle Montgomery	Life Is Funny That Way	TAO Forms	2024	https://fayvictor.bandcamp.com/album/life-is-funny-that-way	2:21:44 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	Interview Part 5 "Interview Part 5" by "Herbie Nichols"	Interview	N/A	1962	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgrgpKxT6LQ&t=921s	2:27:16 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	Who's Blues "Who's Blues" by "Herbie Nichols"	Thelonious Monk And Herbie Nichols	Savoy	1986	originally released 1952	2:29:55 (Pop-up)

ICP Orchestra	Hangover Triangle "Hangover Triangle" by "ICP Orchestra"	Extension Red, White & Blue: The ICP Orchestra Performs Herbie Nichols	ICP	1984	recorded May 11, 1984, Rotterdam	2:35:44 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols Trio	Chit-Chatting	Herbie Nichols Trio	Blue Note	2023	originally released 1956	2:42:04 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	2300 Skidoo "2300 Skidoo" by "Herbie Nichols"	The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 1 & 2	Blue Note	2021	originally released 1955	2:46:04 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	Interview Part 6 "Interview Part 6" by "Herbie Nichols"	Interview	N/A	1962	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgrgpKxT6LQ&t=921s	2:50:46 (Pop-up)
ICP Orchestra & Guests	Blue Chopsticks	New Movements in Jazz	Radio Nederland	1987	recorded August 13th, 1983, Meervaart, Amsterdam	2:52:57 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	7:01pm doctorjazz: Hi David! Great subject for a show!
	7:01pm Andrew in Toronto: Good evening, David, and all other listeners!
	7:03pm Observations: we are live now now now
	7:04pm doctorjazz: Haven't heard the Fay Victor versions yet-Bassist Ben Allison has done a number of albums of Nichols album, releasing one not very long ago with a trio.
	7:05pm doctorjazz: I think for a while Nichols was dissed as a Monk copier, which lost him some focus on his very original take on jazz.
	7:11pm Observations: Herbert Horatio Nichols (January 3, 1919 – April 12, 1963) He only lived until age 44; I'm almost 10 years older than that now.
	7:16pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Herbie Nichols" by "Roswell Rudd" Me reading Roswell's liner notes
	7:33pm doctorjazz: Sorry I have to go now, will have to check out the arhcive show!
	7:35pm Observations: ↳ doctorjazz @7:33 🙏😎
	7:38pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Terpsichore" by "Herbie Nichols Trio" In Greek mythology, Terpsichore [Greek: Τερψιχόρη, "delight in dancing"] is one of the nine Muses and goddess of dance and chorus. She lends her name to the word "terpsichorean", which means "of or relating to dance".
	7:46pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Twelve Bars" by "Roswell Rudd - Steve Lacy - Mish... "There are some very disturbing things going on behind the jocular facade." - Roswell Rudd on this song, from the liner notes
	7:46pm Dean: Just a week or so ago I shipped to doctorjazz a duplicate copy of Love, Gloom, Cash, Love that I'd acquired. He always reciprocates. it's a fun cross-continental exchange. I am twenty years older than Nichols at his death, which means I'd been alive for almost four years when he departed.
	7:49pm Dean: Were he still here on the board, doctorjazz would mentioned Duck Baker's disc devoted to Nichols compositions, Spinning Song. I won't be surprised if we hear it here.
	7:51pm Dean: ^would have mentioned
	7:53pm Observations: ↳ Song: "The Lady Sings The Blues" by "Archie Shepp" featuring & arranged by Roswell Rudd
	7:54pm Observations: ↳ Dean @7:49 there will be a guitar version of a Nichols' tune, but not Duck. I won't have time for him tonight, but I think the other guitar player's version is pretty cool and not that well known
	8:01pm Dean: Piqued interest!
	8:01pm Doug Schulkind: My introduction to Herbie Nichols was via A.B. Spellman's incredible book Black Music: Four Lives. (Later republished under the ridiculous title Four Lives in the Bebop Business.) It has four sections dedicated to four musicians, Nichols, Ornette, Jackie McLean, and Cecil Taylor. A fantastic read.
	8:02pm Anne Sealey: Herbie Nichols Music is very nice and is definitely something that I will continue to listen too Thank You David much love herbie nichols
	8:05pm Observations: ↳ Doug Schulkind @8:01 Great book! I have the one titled "Business", I found it nearly 30 years ago in some dusty old used book store.
	8:07pm Dean: I think it's pronounced tair-psee-KHO-rey But OED provides /ˌtəːpˈsɪkəriː/ i.e., tup-SICK-er-ee Let's call the whole thing off.
	8:09pm Timothy: Incredible Music...
	8:10pm Observations: ↳ Anne Sealey @8:02 😎🙏👋😎🙏
	8:12pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Good Story Blues" by "Herbie Nichols" www.discogs.com...
	8:12pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Good Story Blues" by "Herbie Nichols" Chocolate Williams And His Chocolateers
	8:14pm Dean: I'm gonna guess that I first learned about Nichols c/o Dave Douglas' Tiny Bell Trio.
	8:17pm Dean: This interview is from 1962. https://theperlichpost.blogspot.com/2022/01/happy-birthday-herbie-nichols.html
	8:19pm Observations: ↳ Dean @8:17 thanks for looking that up
	8:20pm Dean: Always my pleasure. I look stuff up.
	8:20pm Norman Sealey: Thanks for all your wonderful music Uncle Herbie, you are forever blessed and in our hearts and lives
	8:24pm coelacanth∅: Greetings David and others
	8:26pm Dean: George Lewis included a paper I wrote in law school for a course syllabus at Columbia. I think he cites it, too, in a book published later by Duke UP: https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/2347/chapter/920944/From-Network-Bands-to-Ubiquitous-ComputingRich
	8:28pm northguineahills: david! my friends!
	8:28pm Dean: In fact, I don't think Lewis cited it in the book. It was a professor at Cambridge who cited it to criticize it. I'm okay with that. Ah, the guitar piece. Amazing.
	8:29pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "The Gig" by "Eddie Chatterbox Trio" it's as if derek bailey got into fisticuffs w/ john fahey....
	8:29pm Observations: ↳ Song: "The Gig" by "Eddie Chatterbox Trio" rectangle-records.bandcamp.com...
	8:39pm Bb: Random question, but does anyone know that song that was just playing on the break?
	8:39pm Bb: With that wa guitar sound
	8:40pm Observations: ↳ Bb @8:39 spirit 'the other song'
	8:41pm Bb: Ty !!
	8:43pm Observations: ↳ Song: "The Bassist" by "Fay Victor / Herbie Nichols SUNG" It's called "The Bassist," but there is no bass on the track. Sarcasm? Irony?
	8:44pm Observations: ↳ Song: "The Bassist" by "Fay Victor / Herbie Nichols SUNG" also, no piano in a tribute to a pianist. I like the sense of humor
	8:45pm Dean: Life is funny that way.
	8:49pm northguineahills: ↳ Observations @8:43 there's more bass when there's no bass you can hear. discuss.
	9:02pm kwatts: I really appreciate deep dives with stories and interviews and listener comments. Thank you so much for putting it together David!
	9:07pm Observations: ↳ kwatts @9:02 😍🙏😎👋🙏✌️🙏
	9:10pm Observations: The stream sends out a daily email with news and announcements about the day's programming, including special shows and fill-ins, and links to all the playlists for the day. We share our mailing list with no one ever. Details - buttondown.email...
	9:12pm Observations: After my show, stay tuned for Mike Lupica's Hotwire Mandate -----> wfmu.org...
	9:16pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Riff Primitif" by "The Herbie Nichols Project" Frank Kimbrough – piano Ben Allison – double bass Ted Nash – tenor saxophone, alto flute, bass clarinet Michael Blake – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone Ron Horton – trumpet, flugelhorn Tim Horner – drums
	9:16pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Riff Primitif" by "The Herbie Nichols Project" en.wikipedia.org...
	9:37pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Hangover Triangle" by "ICP Orchestra" www.discogs.com...
	9:38pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Hangover Triangle" by "ICP Orchestra" Alto Saxophone – Paul Termos Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Sean Bergin Cello – Ernst Reijseger Clarinet, Alto Saxophone – Michael Moore Percussion – Han Bennink Piano – Misha Mengelberg Soprano Saxophone – Steve Lacy Trombone – Garret List, Wolter Wierbos Trumpet – Toon De Gouw Tuba – Lari Fishkind Viola – Maurice Horsthuis
	9:54pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Blue Chopsticks" by "ICP Orchestra & Guests" www.discogs.com...
	10:00pm Observations: Thank you one and all! Next week- Dispatch from the 2024 Tucson Jazz Festival!!!!!
	9:43am doctorjazz: Great tribute to Herbie Nichols, just did my catch-up (that guitar track was wild). Thanks David!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time

Herbie Nichols	Step Tempest "Step Tempest" by "Herbie Nichols"	The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 1 & 2	Blue Note	2021	originally released 1955	0:02:40 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	Interview Part 1 "Interview Part 1" by "Herbie Nichols"	Interview	N/A	1962	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgrgpKxT6LQ&t=921s	0:07:48 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols Trio	House Party Starting	Herbie Nichols Trio	Blue Note	2023	originally released 1956	0:08:53 (Pop-up)
Roswell Rudd	Herbie Nichols "Herbie Nichols" by "Roswell Rudd"	The Third World	Blue Note	1975	liner notes	0:14:29 (Pop-up)
Fay Victor / Herbie Nichols SUNG	Tonight	Life Is Funny That Way	TAO Forms	2024	https://fayvictor.bandcamp.com/album/life-is-funny-that-way	0:17:15 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	Nichols And Dimes "Nichols And Dimes" by "Herbie Nichols"	Thelonious Monk And Herbie Nichols	Savoy	1986	originally released 1952	0:26:44 (Pop-up)

Herbie Nichols Trio	Portrait Of Ucha	Love, Gloom, Cash, Love	Bethlehem	1958		0:33:40 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols Trio	Terpsichore "Terpsichore" by "Herbie Nichols Trio"	Herbie Nichols Trio	Blue Note	2023	originally released 1956	0:37:26 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	Interview Part 2 "Interview Part 2" by "Herbie Nichols"	Interview	N/A	1962	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgrgpKxT6LQ&t=921s	0:41:24 (Pop-up)
Roswell Rudd - Steve Lacy - Misha Mengelberg - Kent Carter - Han Bennink	Twelve Bars	Regeneration	Soul Note	1983	composed by Herbie Nichols	0:43:40 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	Blue Chopsticks "Blue Chopsticks" by "Herbie Nichols"	The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 1 & 2	Blue Note	2021	originally released 1955	0:48:06 (Pop-up)
Archie Shepp	The Lady Sings The Blues	Live In San Francisco	Impulse!	1966	composed by Herbie Nichols	0:52:28 (Pop-up)

Herbie Nichols Trio	Hangover Triangle	Herbie Nichols Trio	Blue Note	2023	originally released 1956	1:04:08 (Pop-up)
Billie Holiday	Lady Sings The Blues	Lady Sings The Blues	Verve	1956	composed by Herbie Nichols	1:08:01 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	Good Story Blues "Good Story Blues" by "Herbie Nichols"	Thelonious Monk And Herbie Nichols	Savoy	1986	originally released 1952	1:11:44 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	Interview Part 3 "Interview Part 3" by "Herbie Nichols"	Interview	N/A	1962	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgrgpKxT6LQ&t=921s	1:14:38 (Pop-up)
Misha Mengelberg - Steve Lacy - George Lewis - Arjen Gorter - Han Bennink	Hangover Triangle	Change Of Season (Music Of Herbie Nichols)	Soul Note	1985	composed by Herbie Nichols	1:19:37 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	Shuffle Montgomery	The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 1 & 2	Blue Note	2021	originally released 1955	1:23:22 (Pop-up)
Eddie Chatterbox Trio	The Gig "The Gig" by "Eddie Chatterbox Trio"	The Acquaduct	Rectangle	1996	composed by Herbie Nichols	1:27:33 (Pop-up)

Herbie Nichols Trio	The Gig "The Gig" by "Herbie Nichols Trio"	Herbie Nichols Trio	Blue Note	2023	originally released 1956	1:35:33 (Pop-up)
Fay Victor / Herbie Nichols SUNG	The Bassist	Life Is Funny That Way	TAO Forms	2024	https://fayvictor.bandcamp.com/album/life-is-funny-that-way	1:39:53 (Pop-up)
Roswell Rudd	Interview "Interview" by "Roswell Rudd"	Interview	N/A	1997	https://youtu.be/HX-EyFnHEt4?si=w5X6QQC2PgXkahTo	1:46:38 (Pop-up)
Thumbscrew	House Party Starting "House Party Starting" by "Thumbscrew"	Theirs	Cuneiform	2018	composed by Herbie Nichols	1:50:09 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols Trio	Riff Primitif	Vol. 2	Blue Note / Japan	1996		1:56:10 (Pop-up)
Mary Lou Williams	Opus Z "Opus Z" by "Mary Lou Williams"	Piano Panorama 10"	Atlantic	1951	composed by Herbie Nichols	2:00:19 (Pop-up)

Herbie Nichols	Cro-Magnon Nights "Cro-Magnon Nights" by "Herbie Nichols"	The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 1 & 2	Blue Note	2021	originally released 1955	2:06:10 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	Interview Part 4 "Interview Part 4" by "Herbie Nichols"	Interview	N/A	1962	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgrgpKxT6LQ&t=921s	2:10:48 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	The Third World "The Third World" by "Herbie Nichols"	The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 1 & 2	Blue Note	2021	originally released 1955	2:11:21 (Pop-up)
The Herbie Nichols Project	Riff Primitif	Dr. Cyclops' Dream	Soul Note	1999	composed by Herbie Nichols	2:15:33 (Pop-up)
Fay Victor / Herbie Nichols SUNG	Shuffle Montgomery	Life Is Funny That Way	TAO Forms	2024	https://fayvictor.bandcamp.com/album/life-is-funny-that-way	2:21:44 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	Interview Part 5 "Interview Part 5" by "Herbie Nichols"	Interview	N/A	1962	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgrgpKxT6LQ&t=921s	2:27:16 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	Who's Blues "Who's Blues" by "Herbie Nichols"	Thelonious Monk And Herbie Nichols	Savoy	1986	originally released 1952	2:29:55 (Pop-up)

ICP Orchestra	Hangover Triangle "Hangover Triangle" by "ICP Orchestra"	Extension Red, White & Blue: The ICP Orchestra Performs Herbie Nichols	ICP	1984	recorded May 11, 1984, Rotterdam	2:35:44 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols Trio	Chit-Chatting	Herbie Nichols Trio	Blue Note	2023	originally released 1956	2:42:04 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	2300 Skidoo "2300 Skidoo" by "Herbie Nichols"	The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 1 & 2	Blue Note	2021	originally released 1955	2:46:04 (Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols	Interview Part 6 "Interview Part 6" by "Herbie Nichols"	Interview	N/A	1962	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgrgpKxT6LQ&t=921s	2:50:46 (Pop-up)
ICP Orchestra & Guests	Blue Chopsticks	New Movements in Jazz	Radio Nederland	1987	recorded August 13th, 1983, Meervaart, Amsterdam	2:52:57 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	7:01pm doctorjazz: Hi David! Great subject for a show!
	7:01pm Andrew in Toronto: Good evening, David, and all other listeners!
	7:03pm Observations: we are live now now now
	7:04pm doctorjazz: Haven't heard the Fay Victor versions yet-Bassist Ben Allison has done a number of albums of Nichols album, releasing one not very long ago with a trio.
	7:05pm doctorjazz: I think for a while Nichols was dissed as a Monk copier, which lost him some focus on his very original take on jazz.
	7:11pm Observations: Herbert Horatio Nichols (January 3, 1919 – April 12, 1963) He only lived until age 44; I'm almost 10 years older than that now.
	7:16pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Herbie Nichols" by "Roswell Rudd" Me reading Roswell's liner notes
	7:33pm doctorjazz: Sorry I have to go now, will have to check out the arhcive show!
	7:35pm Observations: ↳ doctorjazz @7:33 🙏😎
	7:38pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Terpsichore" by "Herbie Nichols Trio" In Greek mythology, Terpsichore [Greek: Τερψιχόρη, "delight in dancing"] is one of the nine Muses and goddess of dance and chorus. She lends her name to the word "terpsichorean", which means "of or relating to dance".
	7:46pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Twelve Bars" by "Roswell Rudd - Steve Lacy - Mish... "There are some very disturbing things going on behind the jocular facade." - Roswell Rudd on this song, from the liner notes
	7:46pm Dean: Just a week or so ago I shipped to doctorjazz a duplicate copy of Love, Gloom, Cash, Love that I'd acquired. He always reciprocates. it's a fun cross-continental exchange. I am twenty years older than Nichols at his death, which means I'd been alive for almost four years when he departed.
	7:49pm Dean: Were he still here on the board, doctorjazz would mentioned Duck Baker's disc devoted to Nichols compositions, Spinning Song. I won't be surprised if we hear it here.
	7:51pm Dean: ^would have mentioned
	7:53pm Observations: ↳ Song: "The Lady Sings The Blues" by "Archie Shepp" featuring & arranged by Roswell Rudd
	7:54pm Observations: ↳ Dean @7:49 there will be a guitar version of a Nichols' tune, but not Duck. I won't have time for him tonight, but I think the other guitar player's version is pretty cool and not that well known
	8:01pm Dean: Piqued interest!
	8:01pm Doug Schulkind: My introduction to Herbie Nichols was via A.B. Spellman's incredible book Black Music: Four Lives. (Later republished under the ridiculous title Four Lives in the Bebop Business.) It has four sections dedicated to four musicians, Nichols, Ornette, Jackie McLean, and Cecil Taylor. A fantastic read.
	8:02pm Anne Sealey: Herbie Nichols Music is very nice and is definitely something that I will continue to listen too Thank You David much love herbie nichols
	8:05pm Observations: ↳ Doug Schulkind @8:01 Great book! I have the one titled "Business", I found it nearly 30 years ago in some dusty old used book store.
	8:07pm Dean: I think it's pronounced tair-psee-KHO-rey But OED provides /ˌtəːpˈsɪkəriː/ i.e., tup-SICK-er-ee Let's call the whole thing off.
	8:09pm Timothy: Incredible Music...
	8:10pm Observations: ↳ Anne Sealey @8:02 😎🙏👋😎🙏
	8:12pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Good Story Blues" by "Herbie Nichols" www.discogs.com...
	8:12pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Good Story Blues" by "Herbie Nichols" Chocolate Williams And His Chocolateers
	8:14pm Dean: I'm gonna guess that I first learned about Nichols c/o Dave Douglas' Tiny Bell Trio.
	8:17pm Dean: This interview is from 1962. https://theperlichpost.blogspot.com/2022/01/happy-birthday-herbie-nichols.html
	8:19pm Observations: ↳ Dean @8:17 thanks for looking that up
	8:20pm Dean: Always my pleasure. I look stuff up.
	8:20pm Norman Sealey: Thanks for all your wonderful music Uncle Herbie, you are forever blessed and in our hearts and lives
	8:24pm coelacanth∅: Greetings David and others
	8:26pm Dean: George Lewis included a paper I wrote in law school for a course syllabus at Columbia. I think he cites it, too, in a book published later by Duke UP: https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/2347/chapter/920944/From-Network-Bands-to-Ubiquitous-ComputingRich
	8:28pm northguineahills: david! my friends!
	8:28pm Dean: In fact, I don't think Lewis cited it in the book. It was a professor at Cambridge who cited it to criticize it. I'm okay with that. Ah, the guitar piece. Amazing.
	8:29pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "The Gig" by "Eddie Chatterbox Trio" it's as if derek bailey got into fisticuffs w/ john fahey....
	8:29pm Observations: ↳ Song: "The Gig" by "Eddie Chatterbox Trio" rectangle-records.bandcamp.com...
	8:39pm Bb: Random question, but does anyone know that song that was just playing on the break?
	8:39pm Bb: With that wa guitar sound
	8:40pm Observations: ↳ Bb @8:39 spirit 'the other song'
	8:41pm Bb: Ty !!
	8:43pm Observations: ↳ Song: "The Bassist" by "Fay Victor / Herbie Nichols SUNG" It's called "The Bassist," but there is no bass on the track. Sarcasm? Irony?
	8:44pm Observations: ↳ Song: "The Bassist" by "Fay Victor / Herbie Nichols SUNG" also, no piano in a tribute to a pianist. I like the sense of humor
	8:45pm Dean: Life is funny that way.
	8:49pm northguineahills: ↳ Observations @8:43 there's more bass when there's no bass you can hear. discuss.
	9:02pm kwatts: I really appreciate deep dives with stories and interviews and listener comments. Thank you so much for putting it together David!
	9:07pm Observations: ↳ kwatts @9:02 😍🙏😎👋🙏✌️🙏
	9:10pm Observations: The stream sends out a daily email with news and announcements about the day's programming, including special shows and fill-ins, and links to all the playlists for the day. We share our mailing list with no one ever. Details - buttondown.email...
	9:12pm Observations: After my show, stay tuned for Mike Lupica's Hotwire Mandate -----> wfmu.org...
	9:16pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Riff Primitif" by "The Herbie Nichols Project" Frank Kimbrough – piano Ben Allison – double bass Ted Nash – tenor saxophone, alto flute, bass clarinet Michael Blake – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone Ron Horton – trumpet, flugelhorn Tim Horner – drums
	9:16pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Riff Primitif" by "The Herbie Nichols Project" en.wikipedia.org...
	9:37pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Hangover Triangle" by "ICP Orchestra" www.discogs.com...
	9:38pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Hangover Triangle" by "ICP Orchestra" Alto Saxophone – Paul Termos Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Sean Bergin Cello – Ernst Reijseger Clarinet, Alto Saxophone – Michael Moore Percussion – Han Bennink Piano – Misha Mengelberg Soprano Saxophone – Steve Lacy Trombone – Garret List, Wolter Wierbos Trumpet – Toon De Gouw Tuba – Lari Fishkind Viola – Maurice Horsthuis
	9:54pm Observations: ↳ Song: "Blue Chopsticks" by "ICP Orchestra & Guests" www.discogs.com...
	10:00pm Observations: Thank you one and all! Next week- Dispatch from the 2024 Tucson Jazz Festival!!!!!
	9:43am doctorjazz: Great tribute to Herbie Nichols, just did my catch-up (that guitar track was wild). Thanks David!

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