02/15/25 - Jam_9

"...and the next thing you knew, we were back on the kitchen floor, sitting down, trading songs, and we went on for hours doing that..." -- Butch Hannock of the Flatlanders

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Notes
The Flatlanders	Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown	All American Music	Plantation	1973	A reflective and exploratory take on country music from a short-lived progressive country group.
Black Merda	Reality	Black Merda	Chess	1970	A forgotten psychedelic soul and blues rock band from Detroit. Socially conscious lyrics, uniquely pessimistic among other socially conscious records of the time.
Johnny Price	Marijuana, The Devil Flower	N/A	Rexell	1971	Funny country single. Singer has disdain and disgust for the hippie counterculture movement.
Earth & Stone	Don't Let Them Fool You	Kool Roots	Cha Cha Music	1979	Late-stage roots reggae track from a relatively unknown duo. Last gasp for OG run of politically and socially conscious reggae before dancehall took over.
Djalma Corrêa	Banjilógrafo	Baiafro	Phillips	1978	An Afro-Brazilian percussion piece tied to capoeira and samba de roda.
David Hykes & The Harmonic Choir	Arc Descents	Hearing Solar Winds	Ocora	1983	A new age track centered on overtone singing. Ominous drone that strays from usual new age peacefulness.
Steve Tibbetts	The Secret	Steve Tibbetts	Frammis	1977	An early example of Tibbetts' unique postmodern neo-primitivism. Drifting, hypnotic acoustic guitar work.
Bobb Trimble	Glass Menagerie Fantasies	Iron Curtain Innocence	Vengeance	1980	An out-of-time psychedelic folk track from the post-60s folk scene. Surrealistic and introspective.
Leroy Jenkins	Albert Ayler (His Life Was Too Short)	The Legend of Ai Glatson	Black Saint	1978	A tribute to free jazz legend Albert Ayler featuring Jenkins' avant-garde violin work. A particularly ethereal track, which may be suprising considering how abrasive violin can be in a free jazz context.
Max Roach Trio feat. Hasaan Ibn Ali	Three-Four vs. Six-Eight Four-Four Ways	The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan	Atlantic	1964	A showcase of the great Max Roach's drumming and Ali's virtuosic piano style. A rare example of bebop to avant-garde jazz transistion as it was occurring.
Juggaknots	Loosifa	The Juggaknots	Fondle 'Em	1996	Dreamy, lo-fi underground hip-hop track with a lush wall-of-sound aesthetic. Somewhat foreshadowing the surrealist beats of cLOUDDEAD. Same label that put out MF DOOM's debut record by the way.

02/08/25 - Jam_8

"The neighbors couldn't believe hearing bagpipes in the ghetto of Philadelphia. So the cops would comes to the house and say, 'Im sorry, we have a complaint that theres bagpipes being played here,' and I would get away saying, 'Do I look like Im Irish or Scottish to you?'" -- Rufus Harley talking about practicing bagpipes for the first time

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Notes
Rufus Harley	Nobody Knows the Troubles Us People Had Seen	Re-Creation of the Gods	Ankh Records	1972	The only well-known jazz bagpipe player. Bagpipes put into spiritual jazz. Inspired by JFK's funeral procession, Harley bought bagpipes and developed a unique sound in jazz that few if any have tried to replicate.
DJ Harrison	Pipets (How We Feel)	IndieGiver	N/A	2018	A one-man band. Associated with Stones Throw. Layered, groove-heavy instrumentals. Lo-fi aesthetic rooted in hip-hop and jazz fusion.
Sensational	Thick Marker	Loaded With Power	WordSound	1997	A prolific experimental rapper who started with the Jungle Brothers. Off-kilter flow and muddy beats make his sound unconventional and backpacker-esc.
Donald Smith	Mystic Man	Luv	Whynot	1976	Pianist and brother of Lonnie Liston Smith. Unlike his brother's cosmic jazz, Donald leans toward freer, more dramatic playing. This track comes from his only solo album, Luv.
Sir Douglas Quintet	I Wanna Be Your Mama Again	Mendocino	Smash	1969	A Tex-Mex rock band from San Antonio. This cut features subtle distortion and reverb, standing out from their typical country-rock style.
Damon	Song of a Gypsy	Song of a Gypsy	Ankh	1969	A rare psychedelic folk recording by LA-based Damon, who envisioned himself as a wandering mystic. His debut album is rare enough to be worth thousands of dollars today.
Nick Nicely	Beverly	Psychotropia	Castle	2004 (1983)	A psychedelic artist who bridged the gap between 60s psych and 80s electronic experimentation. His work--especially "Hilly Fields (1892)"--influenced other artists, such as Dukes of Stratosphere (XTC), Robyn Hitchcock (Soft Boys), and Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine).
Deux Filles	The City Sleeps	Silence & Wisdom	Papier Mâché	1982	An ambient pop duo created by two former members of The The, who adopted fictional female personas with a tragic backstory. Their sound is dreamy ambient pop.
Laika	Prarie Dog	Sounds of the Satellites	Too Pure	1997	A mellow, groove-heavy trip-hop track. Formed by ex-Moonshake members Margaret Fiedler and John Frenett.
Augustus Pablo	Dub in a Matthews Lanes Arena	Rockers Meets King Tubbys in a Fire House	Rockers	1980	A semi-late-period track from the dub pioneer, following his peak with King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown. Heavy rhythms, as characteristic of dub.