10/11/25 - Jam_17

"In Africa, everything means something. We don't make up something just to make up something -- there's always a tradition behind the whole thing." - Mor Thiam in a TV interview

Listen to the show below!

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Notes
Mor Thiam	Kanfera	Dini Safarrar	RITE Records	1973	Afro spiritual jazz from Akon's father.
Son 14	El senor	Son 14	Egrem	1982	Electrified son cubano.
Harvey Scales & the Seven Sounds	Broadway Freeze	N/A	Magic Touch Records	1968	Reference-heavy 60s funk/soul.
Edan featuring Dagha	Rock and Roll	Beauty and the Beat	Lewis Recordings	2005	Abstract hip-hop using a smart psychedelic rock sample.
Notekillers	Pilgrim Tale	Notekillers (1977-1981)	Estatic Peace!	2004 (1977-1981)	Ealy post-hardcore example from an instrumental Philadelphia no wave band.
Vyto B	Electronic Enforcer	Tricentennial 2076	Clay Pidgeon	1976	Sci-fi psychedelic folk about machines only being able to do what they're programmed to do -- timely!
Danny Ben-Israel	Bad Trip	Kathmandu Sessions	Merry Records	2003 (1970s)	Experimental tape manipulation (rewind) track with psychedelic leanings appropriate within the time it was recorded.
Nidikho Xaba & the Natives	Freedom	Nidikho Xaba & the Natives	Trilyte	1971	Spiritual jazz sermon of sorts from a South African man in the 70s San Fran spiritual jazz scene.
Spring Heel Jack	Double Cross	Amassed	Thirsty Ear	2002	Avant-garde jazz that somewhat links with the 70s loft jazz movement in abstraction. High dynamics with low volume.
Ruben Blades	Maestra vida	Maestra vida: Segunda parte	Fania	1980	Song about the difficulties of life as a whole from lauded salsa singer. Highlighting the lesser known concept/high conscious records (as opposed to Siembra with Willie Colon).