#2189: A Private Reel

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

This installment of New Sounds is the latest in the ongoing series called “A Private Reel,” where we dig into some of the live recordings made here in our WNYC studios. Tonight’s program features performances by songwriters Lucy Kaplansky, and John Hiatt; Ken Field’s Alto Sax Project; pianist Vijay Iyer and poet/vocalist Michael Ladd; composer/accordionist Pauline Oliveros; and pianist Jason Moran.

PROGRAM #2189, A Private Reel - live music from "Soundcheck" (Wednesday, 9-10-03)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Lucy Kaplansky	Live,WNYC's Soundcheck, 7/3/03	Land of the Living [4:00]	Not commercially available. Info about Kaplansky at www.lucykaplansky.com/
Scott Tennant	Live, WNYC's Soundcheck, 4/24/02	The Bells Of Dawn [3:00]	Not commercially available. Tennant's website is: www.scotttennant.com
John Hiatt	Live, Soundcheck 7/11/03	How Bad's The Coffee? [4:30]	Also on Hiatt's CD "Beneath this Gruff Exterior"** More info at www.johnhiatt.com/
Pauline Oliveros	Live, Soundcheck 5/22/03	Accordion Improvisation [3:30]	Not commercially available. More info at www.deeplistening.org
Ken Field's Alto Sax Project	Live, 5/30/03	Why Not Circulate [3:30]	The cut appears on a Birdsongs of the Mesozoic CD, "Pyroclastics" www.birdsongsofthemesozoic.org. Field's website is: http://kenfield.org
Vijay Iyer& Michael Ladd	Live, Soundcheck 5/7/03	In What Language? 2 excerpts [9:30]	To be released in October 2003 on Pi records www.pirecordings.com More about Vijay Iyer at www.vijay-iyer.com
Jason Moran	Live, Soundcheck 11/21/02	Gentle Glide South [4:00]	Also on his CD, "Modernistic" Blue Note # 39838 www.bluenote.com OR available for purchase at Amazon.com*
Rennie Harris/Phillip Hamilton, Grisha Coleman, Kenny Muhammed	Facing Mekka	Pt. 4 [10:00] Pt. 1 [2:00]	Not commercially available.

*, ** - Find the recordings you've heard - go to the New Sounds Recordings Information page

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