Playlist for the Unpopular Music Webcast for October 28, 2017

I may promise unpopularity, but I see only now that I've programmed both Body and Soul and Autumn Leaves, two of the most popular songs ever, but in obviously transformed interpretations. But there's also some old and new jazz, blues, Brazilian, some odd-meter pop, a bit of Reggae, some bits of high-modernism, and a token Halloween number from Frank Zappa, presented with an assortment of smooth and high-contrast transitions.

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see for yourself after the break...

artist	title	album	comments	label / date
Katie Lee	Real Sick Sounds	Songs of Couch and Consultation	1st part of theme	Commentary Records 1957
Naked City	Inside Straight	Naked City	2nd part of theme	Nonesuch 1989
Charles Mingus	Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting	Blues & Roots	Charles Mingus (b) Willie Dennis, Jimmy Knepper (tbn) John Handy, Jackie McLean (as) Booker Ervin (ts) Pepper Adams (bs) Horace Parlan (p) Dannie Richmond (d)	Atlantic 1959
Bill Frisell	Some Song and Dance - II: Love Motel	Before We Were Born	Bill Frisell (g) Julius Hemphill, Billy Drewes (as) Doug Wieselman (bs) Hank Roberts (vc) Kermit Driscoll (b) Joey Baron (d)	Elektra Musician 1988
Cab Calloway and his Orchestra	Lonesome Nights	Chu	Lamar Wright, Dizzy Gillespie, Mario Bauza (trp) Tyree Glenn, Keg Johnson, Quentin Jackson (tbn) Hilton Jefferson, Andrew Brown (as) Chu Berry, Walter Thomas (ts) Jerry Blake (bs, clt) Jerry Blake (p) Danny Barker (g) Milt Hilton (b) Cozy Cole (d) tune by Benny Carter and Irving Mills, arr. by Benny Carter	Columbia 1940
Wayne Horvitz	This New Generation	This New Generation	music behind DJ	Nonesuch 1985
Harold Land	Sims A-Plenty	The Fox	Harold Land (ts) Dupree Bolton (trp) Elmo Hope (p, tune) Herbie Lewis (b) Frank Butler (d)	Contemporary 1959
Wadada Leo Smith	The Mississippi River: Dark and Deep Dreams Flow the River – a National Memorial Park c. 5000 BC (part one) [excerpt]	America's National Parks	Wadada Leo Smith (trp) Anthony Davis (p) Ashley Walters (vc) John Lindberg (b) Pheeroan akLaff (d)	Cuneiform Records 2016
Bobby Previte	Pichl	Empty Suits	Bobby Previte (p, prc) Robin Eubanks (tbn) Steve Gaboury (keys) Jerome Harris (b) Allan Jaffee (g) from the album notes “Pichl is a small town in the Austrian Alps. I've never been there”	Gramavision 1990
Jason Moran	Body and Soul	The Bandwagon	Jason Moran (p) Tarus Mateen (b) Nasheet Waits (d) song by Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, and Frank Eyton	Blue Note 2003
John Lee Hooker	Time is Marching	Whiskey & Wimmen: John Lee Hooker's Finest	John Lee Hooker (voc, g) Jimmy Reed (hca) Eddie Taylor (g) George Washington (b) Tom Whitehead (d)	Vee Jay 1955
Spaceheads	Trip to the Moon	Trip to the Moon EP	music behind DJ	Electric Brass
Deerhoof	Life is Suffering	The Magic	John Dieterich; Satomi Matsuzaki; Ed Rodriguez; Greg Saunier	Polyvinyl 2016
The Police	The Other Way of Stopping	Zenyatta Mondatta	music behind DJ	A&M 1980
Bobby McFerrin and Chick Corea	Autumn Leaves	Play	music by Joseph Kosma, original lyrics by Jacques Prevert, English lyrics by Johnny Mercer	Blue Note 1990
Naná Vasconcelos, Nelson Angelo, Novelli	Toshiro	Naná Vasconcelos, Nelson Angelo, Novelli	Naná Vasconcelos (prc, voc) Nelson Angelo (g, org, voc) Novelli (b,g,p,voc)	Saravah 1975
Marius Constant / Ens. Ars Nova de l’O.R.T.F.	Polytope de Montreal - Sound and light show, music for four identical orchestras	Collection of Historical Recordings of Essential Works	music by Iannis Xenakis	Edition RZ 2003
Stan Kenton	A Trumpet	City of Glass	Buddy Childers, Maynard Ferguson (solo), Conte Candoli, Don Dennis, Ruben McFall, Pete Candoli (trp) Bob Burgess, Frank Rosolino, Bill Russo, Keith Moon (tbn) George Roberts (b tbn) Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as) Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts) Bob Gioga (bs) Stan Kenton (p) Sal Salvador (g) Don Bagley (b) Stan Levey (d) music by Bob Graettinger	Capitol 1953
Kronos Quartet	K'in sventa ch'ul me´tik kwadulupe	Nuevo	David Harrington, John Sherba (vln) Hank Dutt (vla) Jennifer Culp (vc) Luanne Warner (mrb) Rominko Patixtan Patixtan (hrp) Pegro Lunes Tak’il Bek’et, vob (g) Carmen Gomez Oso, Xun Perez Hol Cotom, Rominko Mendez Xik (voc) "Festival for the Holy Mother of Guadalupe" music by Osvaldo Golijov	Nonesuch 2001
Radiohead	Ful Stop	A Moon Shaped Pool	Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Philip Selway, Thom Yorke, plus Clive Deamer – additional drums	XL 2016
Frank Zappa	Zomby Woof	The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life	Frank Zappa - lead guitar, computer-synth, vocal Ike Willis - rhythm guitar, synth, vocal Mike Keneally - rhythm guitar, synth, vocal Bobby Martin - keyboards, vocal Ed Mann - vibes, marimba, electronic percussion Walt Fowler - trumpet, flugel horn, synth Bruce Fowler - trombone Paul Carman - alto sax, soprano sax, baritone sax Albert Wing - tenor sax Kurt McGettrick - baritone sax, bass sax, contrabass clarinet Scott Thunes - electric bass, mini-moog Chad Wackerman - drums, electronic percussion	Barking Pumpkin 1988
Michael Gordon	My Frig	Light Is Calling	music behind DJ	Nonesuch 2004
The Congos	Can't Come In	Heart of the Congos	Cedric Myton; Roydel Johnson	Black Art 1977