Feeling Groovy
Jazz musician Django Bates muses on that sense of being at one with the world, of being 'in the groove'.
The jazz musician Django Bates has a professional instinct for finding his way into 'the groove'. In 'Feeling Groovy', he reflects on what that means, both musically and in reference to our daily lives - that sense of all things being possible, of being at one with the world.
He draws on the experience of other musicians - such as Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane and Morton Feldman - as well as the poetry of Elizabeth Jennings and the writings of James Baldwin. He also visits Air Studios in London to talk to legendary mastering engineer Ray Staff about the particular appeal of vinyl grooves.
The readers are Jacqueline King and Cleveland Watkiss.
Produced by Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for 主播大秀 Radio 4
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Harpers Bizarre
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
- Feelin鈥� Groovy: The Best of Harper鈥檚 Bizarre.
- Rhino.
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Baka Pygmies
Music for the Buma Dance
- Cameroon: Baka Pygmy Music.
- Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / Auvidis-UNESCO.
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Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington
It Don鈥檛 Mean a Thing (If It Ain鈥檛 Got That Swing)
- The Great Summit.
- EMI.
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Charles Mingus
惭辞补苍颈苍鈥�
- Blues & Roots.
- Rhino Atlantic.
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Steve Reich
Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ
- Reich 鈥� Six Pianos etc.
- Hungaroton.
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Aphex Twin
Flim
- Come To Daddy.
- Warp Records.
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John Coltrane
Favourite Things
- My Favourite Things.
- Atlantic.
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Morton Feldman
Piano and String Quartet
- Morton Feldman: Piano and String Quartet.
- Bridge.
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Earth, Wind & Fire
Can鈥檛 Let Go
- Greatest Hits.
- CMG.
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Simon & Garfunkel
The 59th Street Bridge Song
- Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.
- Columbia.
Readings
Title: The First Music (Collected Poems)
Author: Elizabeth Jennings
Publisher: Carcanet
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Title: Go Tell It on the Mountain
Author: James Baldwin听
Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics
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Title: The Baby鈥檚 Dance
Author: Ann Taylor听
Publisher: Harvey and Darton
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- Sun 31 May 2015 06:05主播大秀 Radio 4
- Sun 31 May 2015 23:30主播大秀 Radio 4
- Sun 14 Jan 2024 06:05主播大秀 Radio 4