WFMU RADIO: Give The Drummer Some 05/08/15

Listener comments!

Interview with Jerome Cooper: vimeo.com...

8:57am Lore:

Looking forward to your Jerome Cooper tribute, Doug. Last year I heard him at iBeam in a duo with Kresten Osgood and it was a truly unpredictable delight. RIP & thanks.

🥁

8:57am duke:

Good morning Doug and Dougsters.

8:58am Doug Schulkind:

Lore is here! duke is here!

8:59am ndbob:

morning Doug and eveyone!

8:59am Jeff Golick:

Last of the red-hot Revolutionary Ensemble to go. Sux.

Thanks for doing this, Doug.

8:59am Doug Schulkind:

Very much welcome, ndbob!

9:00am Doug Schulkind:

Hello Comrade Golick!

9:02am ausmanx:

drummer time, good evening, all. as an expat englishman, i am pleased i am in exile this evening... my house, when it's a music venue, is known as The People's Republic of Australasia, so i've always felt an affinity with Rev Ensemble's PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC record, esp as i usually host improvisers...

9:02am Konin:

Badum. Hi all! Tsss...

9:03am ausmanx:

and that is actually a superb photo, Doug...

9:04am Andrew Waterloo:

Good morning

🥁

9:06am listener james from westwood:

How do, Doug and all!

9:08am holland oats:

drumma! peoples! dumplings!

9:08am Doug Schulkind:

ausmanx BOOM konin BOOM Andrew Waterloo BOOM Listener James from Westwood BOOM holland oats BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!

9:10am Gary:

I can hear I've come to the right place.

9:10am Alex In Illinois:

Me too

9:10am Gary:

Also: This track has always reminded me of the Oompa Loompa song

9:11am ausmanx:

i'm not sure i like the sound of that DUMPING soup you've listed on the playlist, Doug?

9:13am mauri:

heya doug and eryone. ah japanese romantism desuyo

9:13am Doug Schulkind:

What the L?! (thanx ausmanx)

9:16am Gary:

You're going to make me star every song, aren't you.

9:19am Doug Schulkind:

Gary, you posted this Phương Dung on Bodega Pop, no? THANK you Gary.

Hello mauri and Alex in Illinois!

9:20am Doug Schulkind:

And how could I not include this massive emotion-whomper from Kim Jung Mi? The answer: I couldn't not.

9:20am MrC:

World psychedelia is here to stay...

9:22am Doug Schulkind:

Just like Trenton: LSD makes, the world takes, MrC!

9:22am Gary:

Super love for the KJM

9:22am ausmanx:

i hope everyone has seen my friend's CAMBODIAN SPACE PROJECT documentary which is now complete and broadcasting in different territories; i'm biased, but it's damn good.

9:22am Gary:

@Ausmanx: Link?

9:24am Uncle Michael:

Good morning compadres.

9:24am Polyus:

Sounds good, Doug. Friday morning is looking up.

9:26am Doug Schulkind:

Yipee, Uncle Michael. Ti-yo, Polyus!

9:28am ausmanx:

this is the one, Gary... www.bbc.co.uk...

9:30am Gary:

Yes, Doug, although I see I need to re-up it: bodegapop.blogspot.com...

9:31am Gary:

Thanks, Ausmanx! I'll keep my eye out for it. I loved the band when I saw them at Drom a couple of years ago. I took video of some of the performance, but stupidly shot it sideways (easy to do on your phone).

9:32am Doug Schulkind:

So so so so so great, Gary. You I mean.

🥁

9:33am bobdc:

Morning Doug--the Guitar Red "Sad Day" was pretty wild.

9:33am ausmanx:

somehow the band are still going. they're playing up the road here next weekend in a tiny gallery which sells their posters...

9:34am Frank from VT:

Morning all. Doug, what does the 'OK' mean in 'Roots of OK Jazz' ?

9:36am still b/p:

Gary -- Someone with edit software can easily give you 90 degrees of fixgood on that footage and give it back to you, no?

9:36am Polyus:

"This jazz is merely adequate."

9:38am Doug Schulkind:

Good morning, Frank from VT!

OK is part of the acronym TPOK, as in Franco's band TPOK Jazz. TPOK was an acronym for "Tout Puissant Orchestre Kinshasa" — All Powerful Band from Kinshasa!

9:38am Doug Schulkind:

Yowdy, still b/p!

9:41am still b/p:

Yowdy Fridy Drummy Happy Streamy Doozy Sunny.

9:45am Doug Schulkind:

I'll have what you're drinking, still b/p!

9:47am Maricôt:

Yay! Good morning!

9:49am Doug Schulkind:

Yay Maricôt!

9:54am Uncle Michael:

Doug Ess, Streamy, Drinky, Uncle Mick and Tich

9:54am trs:

Yay, a circumflex!
Hi, too.

9:57am Doug Schulkind:

Greetings, trs!

9:58am Hugo:

On entre O.K, on sort K.O.

9:58am Maricôt:

Portuguese is full of those, @trs

10:00am trs:

Multilingualism is always refreshing. Tricky in print.

10:08am Doug Schulkind:

Exactement, Monsieur Hugo!

10:08am Jeff Golick:

It's so cute how I thought I wasn't going to eat that other half of the bagel.

10:10am Lewis:

Present and more or less accounted for - cheers all!

10:10am Flash Strap:

Goooooooooooooood Morning

10:11am Doug Schulkind:

You mean the second bagel, I bet, Jeff Golick.

10:13am Jeff Golick:

:::angry chewing noises:::
:::shakes fist at Doug:::

10:14am Randy:

Hey Doug! Greetings from Brooklyn. It must be the end of the semester here at Pratt 'cause I feel the need to enthrall/annoy my staff by Giving the Drummer Some out loud.....

10:14am Flash Strap:

Kirk is so good

10:15am Doug Schulkind:

Hey Randy! How are the reefs 'n' fishes?!

10:17am Randy:

Groovy. ! and those Mets!!!!

10:17am Doug Schulkind:

G'morning Flash "Bibliothèque Exotique" Strap!

10:18am Doug Schulkind:

All hail the Dark Knight, Randy.

10:19am Flash Strap:

That's me!

10:20am Doug Schulkind:

This solo Cooper performance comes from an overall live trio session with Kalaparusha and Frank Lowe.

🥁

10:21am listener james from westwood:

@Jeff, it's a good thought, but that never works.

🥁

10:22am duke:

Really like this Revolutionary Ensemble cut.

10:23am Doug Schulkind:

Very difficult decision choosing one track from this all-time-great record.

10:25am Doug Schulkind:

Next up, a 2004 record from the Revolutionary Ensemble, the first they made together in 27 years! It's a composition by Cooper, inspired by the experience of watching the Towers fall from his rooftop on 9/11.

10:26am Webhamster Henry:

I _thought_ I was hearing some Leroy Jenkins - next time, I'll just keep the playlist open!

10:27am Doug Schulkind:

You have big and fine ears, Webhamster H!

🥁

10:31am βrian:

So fine:
www.wildlifeheritage.org...

10:32am Doug Schulkind:

Lovely contribution, βrian!

10:36am ausmanx:

as an impression of 9/11 it certainly knocks that poseur Basinski into a cocked hat

10:40am Doug Schulkind:

That double-reeded wind instrument you are hearing is one of Jerome Cooper's chiramia. It is from Mexico. Cooper called his largest one "Big Mama."

10:42am Doug Schulkind:

I always knew him just as "Billy." Only years later did I learn that my friend Ruth's loft-mate was actually Williams Basinski.

10:44am Doug Schulkind:

Leroy Jenkins died in 2007. Sirone died in 2009. Jerome Cooper is now rehearsing with them again.

10:46am ausmanx:

that was really great. i wonder what else they might have done in that 27 year hiatus... 1 a.m. and time to finish work, till next week, thanks Doug.

10:48am Hugo:

It'll be heavenly revolutionary from now on.

10:48am Doug Schulkind:

Sleep with wonder, ausmanx!

11:03am Doug Schulkind:

Here's a short piece I wrote after the death of Lester Bowie: wfmu.org...

11:04am Jeff Golick:

I first heard this Bowie cut a little too early in my ears' evolution, tbh. Found it wonderfully strange but also impenetrable.

11:08am Parq:

Morning, all. Saw the title of the current piece and instinctively thought, "All my best things are in hock."

11:09am Doug Schulkind:

But did you ever watch F Troop, Jeff Golick? Now THAT was art.

Well hello there, Parq hocker!

11:12am Dean:

F Troop: Live or animated?

11:12am Doug Schulkind:

Leroy, Sirone and Jerome were famous for rehearsing a ton. Considering how prolific they were for most of the 1970s, they most have woodshedded for like a million hours.

11:13am Jeff Golick:

Braxton's Comp. 6N is dedicated to Cooper.
:::pushes glasses up bridge of nose:::

11:13am Parq:

Wait, there was an animated F Troop? Did Larry Storch voice it?

11:14am northguineahills:

Wow, a Braxton record I actually have (he has so many).

11:14am Jeff Golick:

I did not watch F Troop. In other words, I got an F in watching F Troop.

(I did get a C- in watching the A-Team, though.)

11:15am Mike East:

Braxton's son uses our studio sometimes.
Good morning and good Friday, Drummer.

11:16am Dean:

My bad, as the kids used to say. I'm thinking of the opening credits. Per Wikipedia: "The second season opening credits used only the instrumental ending part, over still cartoon scenes and caricatures of the main cast."

11:16am Carmichael:

Good morning, Doug and listeners.

11:16am Jesse K:

late morning Drummers!

11:17am Doug Schulkind:

@Dean
Was there an animated version? The live-action show was pretty much a cartoon.

@Jeff Golick
Composition 6 N is on Braxton's "Town Hall 1972" record which you shared with me recently because it also had a composition dedicated to Frederic Rzewski on it. What goes around goes around!

Hello, Late Jesse! Good morning, Early Carmichael!

11:19am Dean:

Hey, man, it was the '60s! My memory ain't so good. I was doing St. Josephs and cod liver oil.

11:19am Doug Schulkind:

@Dean
There are no bad listeners!

11:23am Doug Schulkind:

I'd like to think that Jerome and Bert have reunited. Jerome is scratching under Bert's chin and Bert is purring like a tractor.

11:25am Doug Schulkind:

Saw/heard Cooper perform this live and I don't think I breathed for 20 minutes.

11:25am kenny:

thanks doug for honoring jerome cooper !
one of the great great great drummers! total inspiration to hear him play!
mind blowing! he was my teacher when i first moved to nyc. jerome cooper! bless you!

11:26am Marie D:

I am loving this song! I find your show perfect for Friday mornings Doug. Thank-ee!

11:27am Jeff Golick:

The About Time label roster is rather great, esp considering how small the catalog is.

11:30am Marie D:

He looks so familiar to me. I wonder if I didn't know him from some neighborhood or scene (in NYC or Chicago...)

11:30am Doug Schulkind:

That's brilliant, kenny! Glad you are catching this. And you, too, Marie D!

11:34am kenny:

saw him play this tune at the old roulette on west broadway!
life changing!

11:36am Doug Schulkind:

A few years ago when Makanda Ken McIntyre died, I did a memorial broadcast and one of his former students comments (or maybe emailed me, I can't remember). Same thing happened during my month-long Yusef Lateef memorial.

@kenny
Amazing, right?! Absolutely electric. Enthralled audience watching his deep concentration and all four limbs and both lungs pushing out that power sound. And then the big smile at the end.

11:38am Lore:

Bring it to Jerome!

11:39am Evan in NC:

That was unbelievable

11:40am Uncle Michael:

I hope you can all join me for cake, ice cream, candy, punch and more candy in the next room. www.wfmu.org...

11:41am Jeff Golick:

Will there be candy?

11:41am Doug Schulkind:

Believe it, Evan in NC. With all your heart.

11:41am Uncle Michael:

I'm giving everyone cavities today.

11:42am ndbob:

Great one here! A little "popcorn" on GTDS!

11:44am Doug Schulkind:

Popcorn indeed, ndbob!

11:48am Doug Schulkind:

GIVE THE DRUMMER RADIO PROGRAMMING ALERT...
Uncle Michael has graciously invited you this his radio birthday party. There will be spiked punch. There will be kites (because kites are fun). There will be pin the tail on the 45 adapter! Come along and play! The party starts in 12 minutes over here: wfmu.org...

11:48am Spaniel:

really enjoyed that last bit of Jerome Cooper I caught. going to have check more of his stuff out.

11:50am Evan in NC:

@Spaniel
you and me both

11:52am Doug Schulkind:

Very happy to share it with you, Spaniel! There are many many wonderful records with Jerome Cooper.

11:55am MrC:

Go for the gold Doug!

11:55am Marie D:

This last set is killin' me!

11:56am Spaniel:

cool, thanks @doug and @evan. excited to dive in

11:56am ndbob:

excellent show Doug!

11:56am Doug Schulkind:

I will be here waiting. Until 6pm (ET) on Tuesday for the next GTDS!

@MrC
Sending a javelin of love into your heart.

@Marie D
Well then me work is done here!

11:57am Uncle Michael:

Great stuff this morning. Thanks for the Jerome Cooper edjumacation.

11:57am MrC:

ouch man

11:57am northguineahills:

Thanks Doug! Great show yet again!

11:57am trs:

It's 12p?!
With grazies, Doug.

11:58am Doug Schulkind:

THANK you gals and gents. You make it so thrilling for me to do this.

11:58am Evan in NC:

I have to watch the Atlanta feed of the Nats games this weekend, so the TV volume's going down and Jerome Cooper is going up.

11:59am Jeff Golick:

The thrills and chills are all ours, Doug! Hanx!

🥁

11:59am listener james from westwood:

Alive or in the eternal, good musicians always get respect on GTDR and WFMU. Thanks, Doug!

11:59am Webhamster Henry:

Thanks Doug, a nice special tribute today!

12:02pm Doug Schulkind:

That was fun. I like doing this very much.

Theme Music: Sarah Webster Fabio	Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues	Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues (Folkways 1976)
ECD	In Tempo	Major Force: The Original Art-Form (Mo' Wax 1990)

Fang Jing-Yin	Selling Dumpling Soup	Dragon Lamps and Kites (Pathé Marconi EMI )
Yoichi Sugawara	Shiritaku Nai No (I Really Don't Want to Know)	(Polydor 1967)
Phương Dung	Chieu Tuong Nho	Khúc Hát ân Tình (Trước 1975)
Kim Jung Mi	Haenim	Now (World Psychedelia Ltd 1973)

Nganga	Bolole Ya Mwasi Oyo	Roots of OK Jazz: Congo Classics 1955-1956 (Crammed )
Baba Gaston's Band	Relaxing – Yarroo	Zambia '64 (JCLP 1964)
Sezonmon Alosse	Hoho O Mi Ko Koa Gbe	Soclub Toba Hanye (Albarika Stores 1979)
Atomic Jazz Band	Salamu Zako Nimezipata (Received Your Greetings)	Musiki wa Dansi: Legendary Tanzanian Jazz Bands from the '60s and '70s ( 1968)
Orchestra Lissanga	Okuzua	Afro-Rock, Volume 1 (Kona )
Ndalani 77 Brothers	Nzaumi	b/w Nzioka (Kiru Brothers 1977)

Roland Kirk	Petite Fleur	Live in Paris, Volume 1 (France's Concert 1970)
Jerome Cooper	Movement F (pt. 1)	Positions 3 6 9 (Kharma 1977)
Revolutionary Ensemble	Hu-Man	The Psyche (RE: Records 1975)
Revolutionary Ensemble	911-544	And Now... (Pi 2004)

Lester Bowie	F Troop Rides Again	Fast Last! (Muse 1974)
Revolutionary Ensemble	Chinese Rock	The People's Republic (Horizon/A&M 1975)
Anthony Braxton	Composition 23 D	New York Fall 1974 (Arista 1974)
Jerome Cooper	Bert the Cat	The Unpredictability of Predictability (About Time 1979)

	May 8, 2015 Beloved Jerome Cooper has gone home
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Joe Perkins	Runaway Slave	b/w Natalie Would (Musicor 1965)
The Voice Box	I Want It Back (Your Love)	b/w Baby, Baby Don't You Know (That I Love You) (Loma 1968)
The Carlettes	I'm Getting Tired	b/w Lost Without Your Love (Capitol 1970)
Clara Ward	Dead End Street	b/w You're Not Alone (Capitol 1969)
Maurice Rodgers	Coming in Out of the Rain	b/w Coo-coo-ca-choo (The Love Bird Song) (Double Shot 1969)
Jesse Boone & the Astros	I Got to Love You	b/w You Can Depend on That (Soul-Po-Tion 1973)
Vivian Reed	Save Your Love For Me	b/w I Didn't Mean to Love You (Atco 1973)

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