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Don't Call It Jazz: Kieth Kelley Part 2

Don't Call It Jazz welcomes back Kieth Kelley to take you on a deep dive into two great records: Alice Coltrane's Ptah the El Daoud and Qasim Naqvi's Two Centuries. Jon and Keith put together a playlist of tracks from each of the principal players on both of these legendary albums.

1. Ron Carter, “117 Special” - 7:02

All Blues, 1974 [CTI]

Featuring Joe Henderson on saxophone.

2. Thelonious Monk, “Boo Boo’s Birthday” - 5:56

Underground, 1968 [Columbia]

Ben Riley on drums

Dedicated to daughter Barbara Evelyn Monk

3. Qasim Naqvi, “Wraith”, 4:14

Two Centuries, 2022 [Red Hook]

4. Andrew Cyrille, “Kaddish”, 5:11

The Declaration of Musical Independance, 2016 [ECM]

Andrew Cyrille – drums, percussion

Bill Frisell – guitar

Richard Teitelbaum - synthesizer, piano

Ben Street – bass

(produced by Sun Chung, who left ECM to start Red Hook)

5. Wadada Leo Smith, “Harumi”, 6:56

Golden Quartet, 2000 [Tzadik]

Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet, flugelhorn

Anthony Davis - piano

Malachi Favors - bass

Jack DeJohnette - drums

Host of Don't Call it Jazz (DCiJ) on KISU-FM. DCiJ air's twice monthly on Saturday nights at 7:00 pm.