This Is Art On CBC Radio
Sometime in 1991 or so, a CBC producer friend of mine, Ann McKeigan and I dreamed up the idea for what became "This is Art". I think it all started when I surprised her by singing a blues scale, with solfa syllables, over one those Jamey Aebersold "Jazz minus one" CD's. I was probably trying to make a point about the similarities between Indian music and blues. I still remember her doing a triple take and saying "Gee, could you do that on the radio?" Well, the answer turned out to be yes, more or less. I've included five batches of playlists here, to match the shows that ran at various times.
"This is Art" CBC Playlist: Instruments - Summer 2000
1) From Gershwin's Time - The Original Sounds of George Gershwin 1920-1945 - Sony Classical MH2K 60648 - d2, trk 12 (3:00) - Rhapsody in Blue -Borah Minnevitch & his Harmonica Rascals - rec. 1933
2) Lan & Diep - Chung Trinh Ca C - Minh Canh, Tran, Bach Lan - Ng Mi Music Productions, Westminster, California - trk 2
3) True North Brass - Opening Day Records 9313 - CANCON - trk 6 (5:00) - Vittorio Monti - Czardas
4) Catherine Perrin - Clavecin - 24 Preludes - Atma ACD 2 2172 - CANCON - trk 18 (2:00) - Chopin prelude b- on harpsichord
5) Orbitones, Spoon Harps, & Bellowphones: Experimental Musical Instruments - Ellipsis Arts CD 3610 - trk 7 (4:10) - Stiltophones
6) Johann David Heinichen: Dresden Concerti - Reinhard Goebel, Musica Antiqua Kln - Archiv 437 549 2 - disc 2, trk 1 (3:05) - horns; Concerto F major, Seibel 233, movÕt I
7) Dorothy Fields: American Songbook Series - Smithsonian AD 048-13 A 24150 - trk 19 (3:25) - Aretha Franklin: Today I love everybody
8) Thomas Tallis - Lamentations, Motets, Strings M. - Theatre of Voices (P. Hillier); The King's Noyse (D. Douglas) - Harmonia Mundi 907154 - trk 5 (2:01) - If ye love me
9) Nano S. - Kalangkang: Degung Music from Sunda - Blue Vision BVCD 93.212 - trk 1 (6:20, fade at 1:55)- Kalangkang
10) Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas on Period Instruments - Malcolm Bilson et al - Claves CD 50-9707/10 - cd 4, trk 13 (5:00) - op.27 #2 "Moonlight" mov't I - M. Bilson
11) Karsilama - Green Goat Music GGM CD 001 - CANCON - trk 1 (4:06) - Kalamatya
Whirled Music
1) Jazz & Standards - Hibari Misora - Columbia (Japan) CA 4545 - PCD 50234 - trk 3 (3:20) - Shanghai
2) Francis Poulenc - The Complete Chamber Music - Nash Ensemble - Hyperion CDA 67255/6 - CD 60218 - disc 2, trk 1 (4:45) - Sonata for clarinet & piano, 1st mov't - theme based on BeethovenÕs Violin concerto, 1st mov't
3) Deep Polka - Dance music from the midwest - Smithsonian Folkways CD 40088 - trk 26 (2:40) - Around the Moon - Clete Bellin Orchestra - sung in Walloon & English
4) James Booker - Junco Partner - Hannibal HNCD 1359 - PCD 42376 -trk 1 - Black Minute Waltz (3:10)
5) The Music of Eastern Europe - The Rough Guide - RGNET 1024 (from Ann) - trk (6:00, fade at 3:05) - The East is Red (courtesy Mao Tse Tung) played by Macedonian brass band
6) The Capitol Recordings - Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Sam Butera -Bear Family BCD 15 776 - JCD 10332 - disc 1, trk 1 (2:55) - Buona Sera
7) The Story of Arabic Song - Hemisphere 7243 5 24341 - trk 8 (6:30 - fade after 4:45) - Yalli Naweit Tishghilni - Mohammed Abdel Wahab - quote "La donna e mobile"
8) Francois Couperin - Quatrieme livre de clavecin (1730) - Kenneth Gilbert - Harmonia Mundi France 190359.60 - CD 15633, v.4 - disc 2, trk 21 (3:35) - Les Chinois
9) Orchestra Baobab - On Verra Ca - World Circuit WCD 027 - ECD 79020 - trk 9 - (4:35) - Mi Son
10) Sweet Follia - Ensemble Caprice - Atma ACD 2 2213 - CD 60181 -CANCON - trk 26 (1:30) - Matthias Maute - La petite etude
11) Cambodge - Musiques du Palais Royal (Annees soixante ...) - Ocora 560034 - trk 2 (6:55) - Sakrava Mohori
Illustrative music
1) Bossa Nova & Samba - The Gold Collection - 40 Classic Performances - Retro R2CD 40-63 - disc 1, trk 9 (4:20) - Tarde em Itapoa - Joyce, Maria Bethania
2) Marin Marais - Pieces de Viol du Cinquieme Livre - W. Kuijken, K. Uemera, R. Kohnen - Accent ACC 78744 D - CD 37260 - trk 10 - (8:00) - Depiction of an operation for the removal of a stone = last movement of Suite in G minor
3) Jim & Jesse 1952 - 1955 - Bear Family BCD 15635 - trk 9 (2:05) -Air Mail Special
4) Mendelssohn - A Midsummer NightÕs Dream - Montreal Symphony, Charles Dutoit - London 417 541 - CANCON - CD 36312 - trk 2 (4:30) - Scherzo
5) Sacred Rhythms of Cuban Santeria - Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40419 - ECD 6360 - trk 17 (5:00 - fade at 2:35) - Eleggua
6) The British Invasion - The history of British Rock, vol.5 - Rhino R2 70323 - PCD 46320 v.5 - trk 2 (3:15) - Telstar - The Tornadoes
7) Naida Cole - Faur, Chabrier, Satie, Ravel - Deutsche Grammophon 7697 48021 - CANCON - CD 60520 - trk 6 (5:10) - Ravel - Jeux d'eau
8) Alloy Orchestra - New Music for Silent Films - Accurate AC 5005 - CD 53494 - trk 6 (2:30) - Aelita, Queen of Mars
9) Haydn - Symphonies, vol.9 - #22, 29, 60 - Northern Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Ward - Naxos 8.550724 - trk 13 & 14 (4:55) - symphony #60, mov'ts 5 & 6
10) Liu Fang - Traditional & Contemporary Pieces for pipa & zheng -Radio-Canada 1999 - demo CD - CANCON - trk 7 (5:00 fade at 4:40) - The ambush
Scales
1) Temptations - Anthology - Motown MCD 06189 MD2 - PCD 37771 - disc 1, trk 5 (2:40) - My girl
2) Works by Kemani Tatyos Effendi - Kudsi Erguner Ensemble - Traditional Crossroads CD 4277 - trk 16 (5:45 - fade) - Bestenigar peshrev
3) J.S. Bach - The complete sonatas for obbligato harpsichord and a melodic instrument, 2 - Chantal Rmillard, Jean-Pierre Pinet, Genevieve Soly - Analekta Fleurs de Lys FL 2 3061 - trk 8 (2:15) - Sonata in F minor BWV 1018 for violin & obbligato harpsichord, last mov't "Vivace"
4) Brazil - Roots - Samba Rounder CD 5045 - trk 14 (2:14) - Luanda, Luande - Wilson Moreira
5) Brenda Stubbert - In Jig Time - CECD 001 - ECD 8542 - CANCON - trk 1 (5:35)
6) Tasa - Bhakti - TASA 001 - CANCON - trk 7 (2:20) - Durga
7) Robin is to the Greenwood Gone - Elizabethan Lute M. - Paul O'Dette - Electra Nonesuch 9 79123 - trk 6 (4:40) - Fantasia - Gregorio Huwet
8) Great American Song Writers, vol.2 - Johnny Mercer - Rhino R2 71504 - trk 7 (3:10) - Midnight Sun - June Christy
9) The Bali Sessions - Living Art, Sounding Spirit - Rykodisc RCD 10449 - disc 1, trk 8 (5:10)
10) Taboo - Ray Barretto & New World Spirit - Concord Picante CCD 4601 - JCD 8475 - trk 1 (6:15)
