Freefall Radio

18/12/2024

It’s a wrap for 2024! As promised, we spilt the show it two with the first half comprised of recent gems, and the second, some of my favorite soul albums from 1974. Have a fantastic holiday and New Year…see you in 2025!

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Anthony Joseph - Tony - Rowing Up River To Get Our Names Back (Heavenly Sweetness)
Lawne - Mamasong - Attic (Wah Wah 45s)
Léon Phal - F**k Yeah - Stress Killer (Heavenly Sweetness)
Edrix Puzzle - Lotus Blossom - Lotus Blossom (On The Corner)
paradise cinema - python - returning, dream (Gondwana)
Fruit Loops - Dusk - Kaliedoscopia (Fruit Loops)
Nubya Garcia - Solstice - Odyssey (Concord Jazz)
Polyphonic Exophilia - 126° passage - Deep Diver (PPXP)
Hot 8 Brass Band - Ain't No Sunshine (Tru Thoughts)
El-Evation Together - Bembe en Me Bohio - (Brewtown)
The Meters - Hey Pocky A-Way - Rejuvenation (Reprise)
James Brown - Funky President (People It's Bad) - Reality (Polydor)
Al Green - One Nite Stand - Al Green Explores Your Mind (Hi)
Al Green - Take Me To The River - Al Green Explores Your Mind (Hi)
Rufus Feat. Chaka Khan - Once You Get Started - Rufisized (ABC)
Rufus - Tell Me Something Good - Rags To Rufus (ABC)
Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain - I Can't Stand the Rain (Hi)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Lively Up Yourself - Natty Dread (Island)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) - Natty Dread (Island)
Steely Dan - East St. Louis Toodle-Oo - Pretzel Logic (ABC)
Van Morrison - You Don't Pull No Punches, But You Don't Push the River - Veedon Fleece (Warner Bros)
Stevie Wonder - Creepin' - Fulfillingness' First Finale (Motown)
Minnie Ripperton - Every Time He Comes Around - Perfect Angel (Epic)
T***s & The Maytals - Funky Kingston - Funky Kingston (Island)
B.T. Express - Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) - Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) (Scepter)

11/12/2024

First it went like this, and then it went like that: We began with a Sonic Intervention and ended with an Aquarian Dream, while making some memorable stops along the way. The Last Poets, Fruit Loops, Lawne, Buddy Miles, Kraftwerk, Tower Of Power and more….

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Sonic Interventions - Twasa - Do You Remember? (Agogo)
Lawne - Pool - Attic (Wah Wah 45s)
Talking Heads - Listening Wind - Remain In Light (Warner Rhino)
Kraftwerk - The Man Machine (Live) - Minimum - Maximum (Parlophone UK)
Work Money Death - The Fast Flowing River - People Of The Fast Flowing River (ATA)
Fruit Loops - Allure - Kaliedoscopia (Fruit Loops)
Planetary People - Brace For Impact - Brace For Impact (Planetary Productions)
The Greyboy Allstars - San Diegogo - Grab Bag: 2007-2023 (Knowledge Room)
Kamasi Washington - Show Us The Way - Heaven & Earth (Young Turks)
Quincy Jones - Walking In Space - Walking In Space (A&M)
Jade Warrior - Mountain Of Fruit & Flowers - Elements: The Island Anthology (Island)
Maarten Goetheer - Romantic Warrior - Suite For Chick (NuNorthern Soul)
Quique Ramirez - Impro II - "Dire Docks" - Connected To Earth (PKmusik)
Tower Of Power - Squib Cakes - Back To Oakland (Warner Bros.)
Ludivine Issambourg - Angel Dust - Above The Laws (Heavenly Sweetness)
Buddy Miles Express - Wrap It Up - Expressway To Your Skull (Universal)
Emma-Jean Thackray - Black Hole (feat. Reggie Watts) (Brownswood)
The Last Poets (feat. Tony Allen & Egypt 80) - This Is Madness - Africanism (Africa Seven)
Zamali - Global Funk - True Blue (Timewarp)
Klabbes Bank - Arpfunk - Ensamheten (Hoob)
Mauricesax - Extra Life - Where To Go (Urban Waves)
Jimmy McGriff - I Got A Woman - Blue Note Plays Ray Charles (Blue Note)
Aquarian Dream - You're A Star - Classic Jazz-Funk Mastercuts Vol. 3 (Mastercuts)

04/12/2024

It could have been due to a lack of sleep, but we kept today’s program mostly low-key until the middle bit, where one might want to get up and wiggle around. You be you…dance like no one’s watching. Until next week!

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Harvey Mandel - Cristo Redentor - Cristo Redentor (Mercury)
Muriel Grossmann - Ultimate Awareness - The Light Of The Mind (RR Gems)
Nightmares On Wax - Les Nuits (Carboot Jazz Remix) - Carboot Jazz (Warp)
Skalpel - Low (Latarnik Remix) - Recut (NoPaper)
Bobby Hutcherson - Goin' Down South - San Francisco (Blue Note)
Adrian Younge feat. Bilal - Spiraling - Linear Labs Sao Paulo (Jazz Is Dead)
Nicola Conte - Way In Blues - Cosmic Sounds Remixed (Cosmic Sounds)
Soulstance & Jazz 2 More - Listen This - Dancing With A Jazz Spirit (Irma)
Jabberloop - 6th Continent (2024 Version) - Now (Junonsaisai)
Joe McPhee - Shakey Jake - Nation Time (Unheard Music Series / Atavistic)
Sly5thAve - Liberation - Liberation (Tru Thoughts)
David Bowie - Station To Station - Station To Station (Parlophone UK)
Zero 7 - This World - Simple Things (New State)
Theodore Shapiro - Severance Theme - Severance OST (Lakeshore)
Mozez - Beauty Is A Verb (Azido 88 Version) - Arcadian Muse (Numen)
Vasil Hadzimanov - Morning Colors - Innerscape (Pgp Rts)
RAH & The Ruffcats - Inside Out - Orile To Berlin (Sonar Kollektiv)
On-Ly - J. Scofield - Wonderlust (La Sape)
Organic Pulse Ensemble - Segue To A New Day - Formative Stages (RR Gems)
Zamali - Funky Friday - True Blue (Timewarp)
The Herbaliser - Mr Chombee Has The Flow - The Herbaliser Band - Session 2 (Ninja Tune)
Origina1Nerd - New Episode - System Overload (self)

26/11/2024

On today’s program, you might be surprised to hear the likes of Laura Nyro, Shuggie Otis, and Mallard, juxtaposed with Al Green, Work Money Death, Souldstance & Jazz 2 More, The Greyboy Allstars, and Arthur Baker. Now that the surprise has been revealed, enjoy the show!

Have a safe and delicious Thanksgiving!

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Arthur Baker - Love Hymn (ft. Pharoah Sanders) - TRANSA (Red Hot Org.)
Mallard - Heartstrings - Mallard / In A Different Climate (Parlophone)
Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra - Delilah - Tension (Batov)
Moonbrew & Paolo Apollo Negri (ft. Tilde) - Nel Villaggio (Four Flies)
John Calloway - The Code - The Code (Round Whirled)
The Headhunters - The Sandcastle Headhunter - The Stunt Man (Ropeadope)
Eddie Harris - Funkorama - Is It In (Rhino Atlantic)
The Greyboy Allstars - Watch Out Gail - Grab Bag: 2007-2023 (Knowledge Room)
Soulstance & Jazz 2 More - Bassment Groove - Dancing With A Jazz Spirit (Irma)
Jessica Lauren - Alefela - Film (BBE / Impressive Collective)
Al Green - Everybody Hurts (Fat Possum)
Laura Nyro - It's Gonna Take A Miracle - Gonna Take A Miracle (Columbia/Legacy)
Shuggie Otis - Freedom Flight - Freedom Flight (Epic)
Mozez - Protected (Jon Kennedy Version) - Arcadian Muse (Numen)
Secret Tip Corner Band - Scarabäus - Peace Chant, Vol. 7 - Private Jazz From Germany 1970-1987 (Tramp)
Julian Bahula's Jazz Afrika - Morwa Bahula - Son Of The Soil (Strut)
Work Money Death - We Are the People - People Of The Fast Flowing River (ATA)

20/11/2024

I pulled a few CDs from my Great Wall of Jazz and dropped a few rarities on today’s musical soiree…among them: Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures, Nucleus, Nostalgia 77 and Eastern Rebellion, plus new Emma-Jean Thackray, Mozez, Phil Dawson, Klabbes Bank and an early ’70s classic from the great Fania Records label!

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Quincy Jones - Theme From "Ironside" - Smackwater Jack (A&M)
Phil Dawson E-Tet - Ghanaba - Don't Waste Your Ancestors' Time (Funkiwala)
Beachada - Whirlpooling With You - Despite What The World Tells You, It's A Great Time To Be Alive (Robots With Soul)
SHOLTO - Letting Go Of Forever - Letting Go Of Forever (Root)
Mozez - Nothing (Jon Kennedy Version) - Arcadian Muse (Numen)
Julian Daïan - Bartz Is A Kid Again - Suppose It Is Butter (French Paradox)
Harlem River Drive - Idle Hands (ft. Eddie Palmieri & Jimmy Norman) - Harlem River Drive (Roulette)
Pete Rodriguez - I Like It (I Like It Like That) - I Like It Like That (Fania)
Nucleus - Song For The Bearded Lady - We’ll Talk About It Later (Vertigo)
Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures - Sogoso - Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures (Flying Fish)
Nostalgia 77 - Freedom (Zombie Dance Mix, Pt. 1 & 2) - One Offs, Remixes & B-Sides (Tru Thoughts)
Emma-Jean Thackray - Black Hole (feat. Reggie Watts) (Brownswood)
Klabbes Bank - Arpfunk - Ensamheten (Hoob)
Ludivine Issambourg - The Bear - Above The Laws (Heavenly Sweetness)
Robert Glasper - Paint The World (ft. Thundercat) - Keys To The City Vol. 1 (Loma Vista)
The Jazz Defenders - Chasing Fantasies - Memory In Motion (ITI)
McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson - The Believer - Forces Of Nature: Live At Slugs' (feat. Henry Grimes & Jack DeJohnette) (Blue Note)
Eastern Rebellion - Bolivia - Eastern Rebellion (Timeless)
Blvck Spvde & The Cosmos - What You Won't Do - Overjoyed Through The Noise (Mello)
Quincy Jones - Manteca - You've Got It Bad Girl (A&M)

13/11/2024

It’s been quite a week, so my job was to help both you and I forget about it for 120 mins on Tuesday morning, or whenever you get around to it!

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Butcher Brown - Montrose Forest (feat. Nicholas Payton) (Concord Jazz)
Ludivine Issambourg - Kickin' Your Ass - Above The Laws (Heavenly Sweetness)
L'Orage - Mountain Light - Water Tower (Orage)
Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place - Kid A (XL)
Ill Considered - Eldrich Mist Encircled Us (feat. Rob Lewis) - Emergence (International Anthem)
Omar Sosa - So All Freddie - Omar Sosa's 88 Well-Tuned Drums (OTA)
Ginger Johnson & His African Messengers - A You Momma - African Party Deluxe (Impressive Collective/BBE)
Jaro - Song For My Father - Peace Chant, Vol. 7 - Private Jazz From Germany 1970-1987 (Tramp)
Lou Donaldson - Blues Walk - Blues Walk (Blue Note)
Lou Donaldson - The Thang - Alligator Boogaloo (Blue Note)
Art Blakey Quintet - A Night In Tunisia - A Night At Birdland Vol. 1 (Blue Note)
Ian O'Brien - Love Beams - Understanding Is Everything (Octave Lab)
Marvin Gaye - I Want You (Vocal & Rhythm) - I Want You (Deluxe Ed.) (Motown)
Quique Ramirez - Euterpe - Connected To Earth (PKmusik)
Radiohead - Morning Bell - Kid A (XL)
Ashley Henry - Tin Girl - Who We Are (naïve)
Adrian Younge - Rules Of The Game (ft. Snoop Dogg) - Adrian Younge Presents Linear Labs: São Paulo (Linear Labs)
Edrix Puzzle - Cherry Moon - Lotus Blossom (Battagon)
Greg Foat - The Rituals Of Infinity - The Rituals Of Infinity (Ameritz)
Richard Spaven - Spaven's Arc - Sole Subject (Fine Line)
Julian Daían - Les Musiciens Dorment Le Matin - Suppose It Is Butter (French Paradox)
Derek Frank - The Yinzer - In Case You Missed It, Vol. 1 (Live) (DF)
Claudio Corona - Siren's Call - Imagination Unlimited (Vintage League)
Unionen - 6983 - Unionen (We Jazz)

06/11/2024

With the election in mind, we wove together some topical tunes with future favorites as a possible soundtrack to watch the results by!

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Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody - Wake Up Everybody (Philly Intl./Legacy)
The Impressions - This Is My Country - People Get Ready (Curtom)
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - This Land Is Your Land - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In) (Daptone)
Fulton Street - Another Girl's Man - Hard Truths (Stoic)
Mulatu Astake & Hoodna Orchestra - Dung Gate - Tension (Batov)
Edrix Puzzle - Trojans - Lotus Blossom (Battagon)
Richard Spaven - Find Peace Within - Sole Subject (Fine Line)
Joe Henderson - Power To The People - Power To The People (Universe)
Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few - LOVE - The Almighty (Division 81)
Quincy Jones - One Track Mind - Body Heat (A&M)
Yusef Lateef - Back Home - The Blue Yusef Lateef (Rhino Atlantic)
Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Pieces Of A Man (Flying Dutchman)
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (Rhythm 'N' Strings Mix) - What's Going On (Motown)
Degiheugi - Let Me Down - Degiheugi Orchestra (Version Orchestrale) (X-Ray Production)
Kokoroko - Three Piece Suit (feat. Azekel) - Get The Message (Brownswood)
Seun Kuti - Dey - Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head) (Record Kicks)
The Bongo Hop - Eko Eko - Eko Eko (Underdog)
Sam Redmore - Home - Modulate (Jalapeno)
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Winter In America - The First Minute Of A New Day (Soul Brother)
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come - Ain't That Good News (Universal)
James Blood Ulmer - Are You Glad To Be In America? - Are You Glad To Be In America? (Rough Trade)
Daniel Casimir - Just A Little Bit - Balance (jazz re:freshed)
Robert Glasper - Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box - Keys To The City Vol. 1 (Loma Vista)
Beyoncé - Freedom (feat. Kendrick Lamar) - Lemonade (Parkwood)

30/10/2024

29/10/2024

Our very first Halloween special was spooktacular and wound up being a very fun set as it came together on the fly (not literally). We ran the gamut from The Specials, Nina Simone, and Miles Davis, to Ill Considered, Richard Spaven and Anna Butterss. Enjoy this at home in the dark, or as the soundtrack to your holiday party during the witching hours!

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Kinkajous - Shifting Sands - Nothing Will Disappear (Running Circle)
The Cinematic Orchestra - All That You Give (ft. Fontella Bass) - Every Day (Ninja Tune)
Marysia Osu - Care To Care (feat. Plumm) - Harp, Beats & Dreams (Brownswood)
Calibro 35 - Nautilus - Jazzploitation (Record Kicks)
Nomade Qrquestra - Peixeira Amolada e Quebra Queixo - Terceiro Mundo (Nublu)
Thabani Gapara - Mwana Wevhu - Dzindza (Gapara)
David "Fathead" Newman - Foxy Brown - Newmanism (Rhino)
Naosuke Miyamoto Sextet - A New Shade Of Blue - Rebirth Of "TBM" - The Japanese Deep Jazz (Three Blind Mice / Sony Japan)
Roy Hargrove's Crisol - Kamala's Dance - Grande-Terre (Verve)
John Calloway - The Code - The Code (Round Whirled)
Shur-I-Kan - Bedtime Stories - Waypoints (Freerange)
Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few - The World Is On Fire - The World Is On Fire (Division 81)
Filip Żółtowski Quartet - Viewpoint - Bibi (Alpaka)
Amaria - Free Fallin' - Free Fallin' (Fashionably Early)
Malia & Boris Blank - Celestial Echo - Convergence (UMG)
Robert Glasper - Over - Keys To The City Vol. 1 (Loma Vista)
Blvck Spade & The Cosmos - Overjoyed Through The Noise - Overjoyed Through The Noise (Mello)
Dwight Trible & The Life Force Trio - Antiquity - Love Is The Answer (Ninja Tune)
Jimmy McGriff - I've Got A Woman - The Best Of The Sue Years 1962-1965 (EMI)
Soulful Illusion - Soulful Illusion - Strange Breaks & Mr Thing (BBE)
L.A. Buckner & BiG HOMiE - OUT - Norfside (King's Lab)
Claudio Corona - Rattlesnake - Imagination Unlimited (Vintage League)
Bantukemistry - Bantukemistry - Makorokoto (Irma)
Yusef Lateef - See Line Woman - Black Roots: Funky & Abstract Direction in Jazz 1965-1975 (Savoy Jazz)
Lo Greco Bros Quartet - Song For Life - Jazz For An Easy Day (Irma)

22/10/2024

On a deepness scale of 1-10, I’d give this show an 8, thanks to the inclusion of Blvck Spade & The Cosmos, Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few, Dwight Trible & The Life Force Trio, The Cinematic Orchestra, Naosuke Miyamoto, Jimmy McGriff, David “Fathead” Newman, Yusef Lateef and a heck of a lot more of where they came from. Submerge below:

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Kinkajous - Shifting Sands - Nothing Will Disappear (Running Circle)
The Cinematic Orchestra - All That You Give (ft. Fontella Bass) - Every Day (Ninja Tune)
Marysia Osu - Care To Care (feat. Plumm) - Harp, Beats & Dreams (Brownswood)
Calibro 35 - Nautilus - Jazzploitation (Record Kicks)
Nomade Qrquestra - Peixeira Amolada e Quebra Queixo - Terceiro Mundo (Nublu)
Thabani Gapara - Mwana Wevhu - Dzindza (Gapara)
David "Fathead" Newman - Foxy Brown - Newmanism (Rhino)
Naosuke Miyamoto Sextet - A New Shade Of Blue - Rebirth Of "TBM" - The Japanese Deep Jazz (Three Blind Mice / Sony Japan)
Roy Hargrove's Crisol - Kamala's Dance - Grande-Terre (Verve)
John Calloway - The Code - The Code (Round Whirled)
Shur-I-Kan - Bedtime Stories - Waypoints (Freerange)
Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few - The World Is On Fire - The World Is On Fire (Division 81)
Filip Żółtowski Quartet - Viewpoint - Bibi (Alpaka)
Amaria - Free Fallin' - Free Fallin' (Fashionably Early)
Malia & Boris Blank - Celestial Echo - Convergence (UMG)
Robert Glasper - Over - Keys To The City Vol. 1 (Loma Vista)
Blvck Spade & The Cosmos - Overjoyed Through The Noise - Overjoyed Through The Noise (Mello)
Dwight Trible & The Life Force Trio - Antiquity - Love Is The Answer (Ninja Tune)
Jimmy McGriff - I've Got A Woman - The Best Of The Sue Years 1962-1965 (EMI)
Soulful Illusion - Soulful Illusion - Strange Breaks & Mr Thing (BBE)
L.A. Buckner & BiG HOMiE - OUT - Norfside (King's Lab)
Claudio Corona - Rattlesnake - Imagination Unlimited (Vintage League)
Bantukemistry - Bantukemistry - Makorokoto (Irma)
Yusef Lateef - See Line Woman - Black Roots: Funky & Abstract Direction in Jazz 1965-1975 (Savoy Jazz)
Lo Greco Bros Quartet - Song For Life - Jazz For An Easy Day (Irma)

17/10/2024

Hey Folks...due to technical issues, Mixcloud will not be hosting FreeFall 1105. You can hear the show on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Podomatic, Soundcloud, kxsf.fm and others. Thanks!
Please enjoy this photo of where I'd like to be right now.

16/10/2024

If you like the ’70s, then you’ll love knowing ⅓ of today’s program was from that era. Johnny “Hammond” Smith, Santana, Hiroshi Suzuki and Freddie Hubbard were among them, while The Bad Plus, Robert Glasper, A Plane To Catch, Kuja Orchestra and Maribou State repped the present and probably, the future. Time travel with us for 120 mins of jazz, soul and more….below.

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Robert Glasper - Packt Like Sardines In A Crushed Tin Box - Keys To The City Vol. 1 (Loma Vista)
Hiroshi Suzuki - Kuro To Shiro - Cat (Columbia Japan)
A Plane To Catch - Mr. Well Dressed - Soul Piece (April)
Hackney Colliery Band (ft.Remi Harris) - Handmade Flow - Collaborations Volume 2 (self)
Santana - Here and Now - Borboletta (Columbia/Legacy)
Santana - Flor de Canela - Borboletta (Columbia/Legacy)
Santana - Promise Of A Fisherman - Borboletta (Columbia/Legacy)
Raices - Parallax - Raices (Nemperor)
Freddie Hubbard - Two Moods For Freddie - Ride Like The Wind (Rhino/Elektra)
P'taah - Staring At The Sun - Staring At The Sun (Ubiquity)
Wildcookie - Serious Drug - Cookie Dough (feat. Freddie Cruger & Anthony Mills) (Tru Thoughts)
Minnie Ripperton - Les Fleur - Come To My Garden (Janus)
Nubya Garcia - Triumphance - Odyssey (Concord Jazz)
Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - Great Black Music - Open Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (Spiritmuse)
Organic Pulse Ensemble - September Beach Breeze - Formative Stages (RR Gems)
Maribou State - Blackoak (Ninja Tune)
Ezra Collective - No One's Watching Me (feat. Olivia Dean) - Dance, No One's Watching (Partisan)
Kuja Orchestra - Dancing Hips - Seasons In Rhythm (Jazzaggression)
After 'Ours - Clearer Skies (feat. Kevin Mark Trail) - Long Road (Funky Mamas and Papas)
The Boom Yeh - Near-Earth Objects - Keep Right On (Cosmosium)
Robert Glasper - Paint The World (ft. Thundercat) - Keys To The City Vol. 1 (Loma Vista)
The Bad Plus - Casa Ben - Complex Emotions (Mack Avenue)
Johnny 'Hammond" Smith - Soul Talk - Jazz Dispensary: The Golden Hour (Craft)

08/10/2024

No one expects Leonard Cohen on a show such as this, and yet it appeared to fit in perfectly, alongside Sonny Rollins, London Brew, Young-Holt Trio, Seun Kuti, Plantfood, Bantukemistry, Hot 8 Brass Band and the other artists that comprised the remainder of the program. It’s a head-spinning, jaw dropping, sock-hopping, hip-hopping, 120 mins of - say it with me - beats, rhythm and sound!

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Sonny Rollins - Newkleus - Jazz Dispensary: The Golden Hour (Craft)
Herbie Hancock - Palm Grease - Thrust (Columbia/Legacy)
Plantfood - Birdgang, Pt. II - Carnivores (Bridge The Gap)
Leonard Cohen - Democracy - The Future (Columbia/Legacy)
Bonobo - Shadows (ft. Jordan Rakei) - Expander (Ninja Tune)
Egidio Rondinone - Multiverse (feat. Fontaine Burnett & Matt Demerritt) - OOPARTS (A. MA)
Seun Kuti - Move - Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head) (Record Kicks)
Ezra Collective - God Gave Me Feet For Dancing (feat. Yazmin Lacey) - Dance, No One's Watching (Liberator/Partisan)
Cotonete - Isaac Washington - Heavenly Sweetness 15: Jazz (Heavenly Sweetness)
John Calloway - Roll Call - The Code (Round Whirled)
London Brew - Miles Chases New Voodoo In The Church - London Brew (Concord Jazz)
Polyplus - Close Tail - Cosmic (Playwright)
Emanative - We Travel The Spacebeats - Space (Home Planet)
Freeform Arkestra - Lava - Metamorphosis (Freeform Arkestra)
Shirley Scott - It's Your Thing - Shirley Scott & The Soul Saxes (WM UK)
Dave Guy - Dave Wants You - Ruby (Big Crown)
Young-Holt Trio - Wack Wack - The Golden Age Of American Popular Music: The Jazz Hits (Ace)
Bantukemistry - Saudade - Makorokoto (Irma)
K.O.G - Nowhere To Pass - Don't Take My Soul (Pura Vida)
Hot 8 Brass Band - Sexual Healing - Rock With The Hot 8 (Tru Thoughts)
Tomoaki Baba - Season Of Harvest - Electric Rider (Universal)
Society Of Seven - Superstar (Remember How You Got To Where You Are) - Strange Breaks & Mr Thing (BBE)
Ross Valory - Incident At Neshabur - All Of The Above (Oid Music)

02/10/2024

We sizzled the shizzle out of two Tuesdays in a row, both outside and inside the studio. The music was hotter than July and the beats were cool as a cucumber, starting with 1968 and moving forward to the present day. Richard Spaven, Dorothy Ashby, Roy Hargrove, Littlefingers, Dr. John, Ezra Collective and Kelly Finnigan helped to provide the soundtrack that awaits you below.

The linkage:

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Dr. John, The Night Tripper - I Walk On Gilded Splinters - Gris Gris (Atlantic)
Nostalgia 77 - Cheney Lane - The Garden (Tru Thoughts)
Egidio Rondinone - Children Of Lions - OOPARTS (A.MA)
Zoe's Shanghai - Some Words - Undergrowth (Naïve)
On-Ly - Fresco - Wonderlust (La Sape)
Rodney Jones - Articulation - Articulation (Timeless)
Littlefingers - Everything Starts Here - Primasuara (La Munai)
Mongo Santamaria - Windjammer - Mongo '70 (Rhino Atlantic)
Richard Spaven - Find Peace Within - Sole Subject (self)
Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street - Across 110th Street (OST) (MGM)
Kelly Finnigan - Get A Hold Of Yourself - A Lover Was Born (Colemine)
Vito Lalinga (Vi Mode Inc. Project) - Wonderfull World - Soft & Strong (Sound-Exhibitions)
Derek Frank - Off The Top (Live) - In Case You Missed It, Vol. 1 (Live)
Dorothy Ashby - Soul Vibrations (Alt. Take) - Afro-Harping (Deluxe Ed.) (Cadet/Verve)
Alice Coltrane - Huntington Ashram Monastery - Huntington Ashram Monastery (Impulse!)
Brandee Younger - Olivia Benson - Somewhere Different (Impulse!)
Roy Hargrove's Crisol - Priorities - Grande-Terre (Verve)
Ezra Collective - Expensive - Dance, No One's Watching (Partisan)
Julian Bahula's Jazz Afrika - Morwa Bahula - Son Of The Soil (Strut)
Nubya Garcia - The Seer - Odyssey (Concord Jazz)
Chris Bangs - Mozambique - Dream World (Acid Jazz UK)
Les Hommes - Sonorissima Bay - Si, cosi (Sudden Hunger)
Lady Blackbird - Whatever His Name - Slang Spirituals (Foundation)
Mausiki Scales - Ozim! - Long Memory (Tippin' Da Scales)

28/09/2024

Don Was & The pan-Detroit Ensemble tonight SFJAZZ

25/09/2024

We zigged, we zagged, we played soulful jazz. We had “Dumplings For Dinner” at our “Funky Funky Rib Crib,” then went to the “Composers Collective” and “The Code” to get in. If you’re catching my drift, then today’s program will surprise and delight!

The linkage:

Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/FreeFallRadio/
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freefall-w-david-bassin/id1504620209

Lady Blackbird - When The Game Is Played On You - Slang Spirituals (Foundation)
The Bamboos - I Don't Wanna Stop - Shapes 25 (Tru Thoughts)
Byard Lancaster - Just Test - Funny Funky Rib Crib (Kindred Spirits)
Nubya Garcia - Set It Free [Feat. Richie] - Odyssey (Concord Jazz)
Marquis Hill - Meshell - Composers Collective: Beyond The Jukebox (Black Unlimited)
Warren Wolf - Captain Señor Mouse - History Of The Vibraphone (Cellar Live)
Return To Forever - Señor Mouse (Live) - The Mothership Returns (Forever Unlimited)
Miles Davis - So What [Live At Festival Mondial Du Jazz Antibesjuan-Les-Pins - 7.26.63] - Miles In France - Miles Davis Quintet 1963/64: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 (Columbia/Legacy)
Chris Bangs - Dream World - Dream World (Acid Jazz UK)
Nicola Conte - Ghana (ft. Gregory Porter) - Love & Revolution (Schema)
African Head Charge & Adrian Sherwood - Dervish Chant - Five Decades of Destruction - 90's (On-U)
Agile Experiments - Got Something - Loukoumades (None More)
K.O.G - Live For Today - Don't Take My Soul (Pura Vida Sounds/Heavenly Sweetness)
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - Stand Well Well - Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head) (Record Kicks)
Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad (ft. Ebo Taylor) - Obi Do Woa (If Someone Loves You) - Jazz Is Dead 21 (Jazz Is Dead)
The Headhunters - Attitude Of Gratitude - The Stunt Man (Ropeadope)
John Calloway - El Ron de Ron - The Code (Bombo)
Jabberloop - 6th Continent - NOW (Junonsaisai)
Quantic, Alice Russell & Combo Bárbaro - Look Around The Corner - Shapes 25 (Tru Thoughts)
The Boom Yeh - Near-Earth Objects - Keep Right On (Cosmosium)
Calibro 35 & Marco Castello - Lunedì Cinema (Record Kicks)
After 'Ours - Dumplings For Dinner - Long Road (Funky Mamas & Papas)

11/09/2024

We threw out the first pitch of the day during our second week of fund-raising! We’re still celebrating our sixth year anniversary of launching our FM signal at 102.5 and trying to raise some $$$ to take us into the new year. KXSF is a 5013c non-profit organization, so your contributions are tax-deductible! For a donation of $30 or more, you’ll receive our new limited edition t-shirt as a thank-you gift.

Help support community radio - please go to KXSF.FM/support and make a tax-deductible contribution for whatever you can!

And now for something completely different:

Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/FreeFallRadio/freefall-1101/
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freefall-w-david-bassin/id1504620209

Jade Warrior - Barazinbar - Released (Esoteric)
Huit Edmi - Heart Beat - Huit Edmi (Jazz Family)
Jenova 7 - Deep Star Deception - Lost Sci-Fi Movie Themes (Cold Busted)
Mieke Miami - Son Of A Preacher Man - Birdland (Sonar Kollektiv)
Ari Joshua, Grant Schroff & Skerik - Rare Groove (Music Factory)
Telemakus - FYIB (Only Right) - Seven Of Eight (Fresh Selects)
Return To Forever - Renaissance (Live) - The Mothership Returns (Mercury Studios)
The Little Debbies - Live At The Baked Potato (Independent)
POLYPLUS - Galaxy - COSMIC (Playwright)
Emmanuel Ohemeng III & Perpetual Motion - Fall Back - Eklipse (EKO3)
Shane Sato - Peach & Love - Until We Meet Again (Sumiko)
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Mais Que Nada - Mas Que Nada (Universal)
Kuja Orchestra - Galloping Zebras - Seasons In Rhythm (Jazzaggression)
Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra - Tension (Batov)
Ross Valory - Incident At Neshabur - All Of The Above (Oid Music)
Spirits Rejoice - Music Is Our Purpose - Spirits Rejoice! (As-Shams/The Sun)
Ill Considered - Composite Sequelisation - Infrared (New Soil)
Exploding Pig - Licor de Nacho - Jazz Futura (Planet Arts)
Ambient Jazz Ensemble - Never In Doubt (Widescreen Rework) - Suite Shop Reworks (Here & Now)
Greg Foat - The Glass Frog - The Glass Frog (Blue Crystal)

04/09/2024

Today’s program marked our 1100th in the span of 24 years and that’s sayin’ something! There wasn’t cake and punch, but we did celebrate KXSF’s sixth year at 102.5 on the FM dial and kicked off our annual fund drive that will run for the next two weeks. In between pitches, we managed to squeeze in a few musical selections too!

If you want to help keep us on the air and support community radio, please go to KXSF.FM/support and make a tax-deductible contribution for whatever you can!

While you’re mulling that over, have a listen at the links below!

Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/FreeFallRadio/freefall-1100/
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freefall-w-david-bassin/id1504620209

Ross Valory - Wild Kingdom - All Of The Above (Oid Music)
Weather Report - Man In The Green Shirt - Tale Spinnin' (Columbia/Legacy)
Jamaha!! - 02 According To / A Business Inside - Extended Nose (Hot Club)
Warren Wolf - Bopstacle Course - History Of The Vibraphone (Cellar Live)
The Rare Sounds - Yeah, You! - Introducing The Rare Sounds (Color Red)
After 'Ours - Clearer Skies - Long Road (Funky Mamas and Papas)
Nubya Garcia - Set It Free [Feat. Richie] - Odyssey (Concord Jazz)
Nat Birchall - The Black Ark - World Without Form (Sound Soul And Spirit)
Emmanuel Ohemeng III & Perpetual Motion - Always & Forever - Eklipse (Eko3)
Mausiki Scales - Together Again - Long Memory (Tippin' Da Scales)
Allysha Joy - Dropping Keys (First Word)
Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together - Why Can't We Live Together (Rhino Atlantic)
Peter Gall - Closing The Chapter - Love Avatar (Compost)
Bob Dylan - If Dogs Run Free - New Morning (Columbia/Legacy)
Blvck Spvde & The Cosmos - Doom - Overjoyed Through The Noise (Mello)
Mamman Sani & Tropikal Camel - Touareg Spaceship - Nijerusalem (Batov)
Daggerboard - Certified Clockwork - Escapement (Wide Hive)
Greg Spero - Under Earth: Expansion - The Chicago Experiment Revisited (Ropeadope)
Lars Bartkuhn - Nomad - Nomad (Rush Hour)
Weather Report - Boogie Woogie Waltz - Sweetnighter (Columbia/Legacy)
Claudio Corona - Hittin' the Strip - Imagination Unlimited (Vintage League)