Let's rejoinder the post of a few minutes ago with the promised 2nd half of our weekend fare.
This one was taped as part of a mid-Eighties series that can only be described as essential to the power of necessary, times infinity squared.
From 1984 through to about 1988, the radio home of Brandeis University in Massachusetts broadcast a semi-weekly program called "The Joint" featuring some of the hippest Jazzers then jazzing.
I'll have a bunch of these for y'all as their anniversaries come up, but this one is from 36 years ago today and might be the single most astonishing one.
It's 68+ minutes of beautifully-captured solo saxophone, provided by one of our epoch's most tremendous alto practitioners.
I don't know about you, but there's few things I consider less significant in this lifetime than nearly 70 minutes of vintage, unaccompanied Marion Brown.
One of the most undersung and deeply lyrical players of our era, with one note or phrase you know who's blowing without even thinking.
He gets into a bunch of standards here -- if I can figure out what the 2nd tune is before I fall over, I'll die happy -- with an emphasis on compositions of Thelonious Monk.
Marion Brown
"The Joint" on WBRS-FM
Winer Wing
USDAN Student Center
Brandeis University
4.18.1985
01 Angel Eyes
02 unidentified title
03 I Can't Get Started
04 Hurry Sundown
05 Since I Fell for You
06 Black and Tan Fantasy
07 'Round Midnight
08 Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are
09 La Placita
10 Ask Me Now
Total time: 1:08:43
Marion Brown - alto saxophone
1st gen cassette of the original WBRS-FM broadcast
306 MB FLAC/April 2021 archive link
So there you are, two in two hours and both well worth the while IMO.
I shall return shortly to continue the April showers of sonics, but these two master blasts oughta keep you busy for a bit!--J.
9.8.1931 - 10.18.2010