Serenade to a Cuckoo with Jerry Gordon Fri Sep 30 with Jerry Gordon on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

Hello everyone, and welcome to Serenade to a Cuckoo

Hey Jerry!

It's that time again! Fridays are the best. How are you doing?

Hi Christine! Thank you for being here again, as always!

Happy Friday, Jerry!

I am good, thank you, but saddened by Pharoah's passing

Hi GBoss, I bookmarked your Dad's blog!

I'm sorry; I'm sure it's been rough.

GBoss's Dad has a great, informed blog

Hello weekend people. Love to Pharoah!

Pharoah's passing leaves a gaping hole in the soul of jazz listeners everywhere.

Hi Brian, yes!

One balm for the grief is knowing how much of Pharoah Sanders' music has been played in the past week. This Spinitron search just shows the last 24 hours of just the Spinitron stations. https://spinitron.com/m/search?q=Pharoah

Love that growl

You are right, Christine!

Jerry, glad you enjoyed the blog. I thought you might.

Christine, that's amazing! Love to see it!

Who else would write about Fred Below?

Last night Tom on his Super Radio Show devoted almost the entire time to Pharoah, and played snippets of interviews.

Greetings to Jerry and his fans.I am certain Jerry has a Master Plan for todays show

@gboss, could you share the url for the blog?

I sure do, Patrick

@Christine https:(Slash)(Slash)otheraspects(DOT)com(SLASH)category(SLASH)music(SLASH)

I am fighting my natural inclinations to gab to much and let the music do the talking

Thank you, gboss!

Today is the feast of Saint Jerome.Shout out to Jerome Kern Jerome Robbins Jerome Bettis Jerome Garcia JD Salinger Doc Pomus Curly Howard and our very own Jerome Gordon.

Thank you, Patrick! I feel a great kinship with Curly Howard!

Why Soitenly.nyuk nyuk nyuk

The Three Stooges were the Pharoah Sanders of comedy

Also Selecta Jerome...

He is one of the greatest exponents of Reggae

This is such a Will C moment here

I'll have a Jeroboam bottle of all the great Jerome's.

🍾 yes!

Throw in the Bo Diddley song "Bring It To Jerome"!

Ullulating and illuminating

There you go!

This percussion 💕

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Hey Jerry Are we watching the Phillies games or are we sitting Shiva for them?

Gets me ready for Jon Solomon's marathon! Sleigh bells mic breaks

They are shiva-worthy to me.

I feel like Charley Brown, playing football with Lucy

I think we are about 85 days away from JSXMASEVE25

Great racket she had with the psychiatrist booth set up right near the football field that Lucy.

Haha!

I learned so much from Charles M Schulz. Those books were my world as a kid.

More than a psychiatrist, Charley Brown provided comfort

Always wondered why nobody called DHS on Pigpens parents?

I must have about 20 albums with Pharaoh ( his, Alice and John C. etc) but I never got to see him live. I was just a bit young to go to The Empty Foxhole.

Patrick, they probably smelled like Pigpen also

Hi Marcus! Well his music is embedded in your soul

Maybe Pigpen lived alone and with complete freedom like Pippi Longstocking: with a pet monkey, a horse, and a suitcase full of gold.

Well put, friend.

Thanks, Marcus. Pharoah transformed you and me.

I'm a big fan of Pippy Longstocking. I don't remember the suitcase. Pippy, where are you?

So glad to hear that full seamless "Creator...". Just right

Thank you for mentioning that, Brian. I had briefly considered playing a slightly shortened version, but Russ Woessner started cursing at me

That was perfect. 💯

Several of the albums I mentioned were purchased from Third St. And I have a bunch of Evidence. Mostly Sunny.

Nice, thank you Marcus!

Truly!

A post 1pm Cuckoo!

Hey Marcus 👋

There's that theme song... 🎶 🐦

Yes, Brian, you noticed! The new record!

Love the cuckoo/birdie icon!

Lookit that little bird there...

I bet 100 dollars on one pm cuckoo at Sugar House.i won big.now i will take the money and bet on Phillies.

Jerry Did Mr.Sanders ever visit Third Street Jazz?

Well said, Jerry

Thanks, Christine. Patrick, I knew Pharoah. He was on my label. I was in his company, but not at the store.

Thanks for the tribute - can't get enough of the Pharoah! And his last record with Floating Points a couple years ago showed how vibrant he still was.

Hi Bud, thank you!

Jerry not sure if you knew or heard that Paul Glaser passed away. music director WLFR. I Use to come up to your shop in Philly with him

Hi JJ, I did not know. What a shame, I am sorry to hear. Thats very sad, thank you for letting me know.

Patrick, some Phila. facts: one of my greatest moments was seeing Pharoah at 52nd and Chancellor, a great landmark in my opinion, the Aqua Lounge

Patrick, also at the Arena for a Kwanzaa festival that featured Pharoah, Alice Coltrane, Mandrill, Nikki Giovanni, Voices of East Harlem

When I heard about Pharaoh, I sent Upper Egypt to a few friends who don't listen to jazz, thinking they might like Sonny S. Haven't heard from any of them yet. Idiots?

What a stellar line-up. 🌠

Marcus, it is an unwillingness to travel

Christine, it was an event I'll never ever forget.

Wow Jerry West Philly was the place to be.Did you come back later in thecweek for Roller Derby Action.

Nah, wish I had. Just watched it on TV

Despite atheism, I play 'A Love Supreme ' and 'The Creator...' all the time.

Interestingly, three other radio stations under the Spinitron umbrella have played tracks from this album in the past 24 hours: KUBU in Sacramento, KPCA in Petaluma, and KVMR in Nevada City, CA. Evidence of Evidence Records! 🔎

originally Theresa Records

Who doesn't love Evidence Records?

Those records you mentioned, Marcus, will center anybody, God or no God.

When it comes to Jazz Recird labels.Its Evidence Records and everybody else!

If not for Jerry, I'd have never heard 'Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy '

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Strawberry girl?

Thank you, Patrick, Marcus, Christine. It is sad for me personally to be out of the record business since Evidence. I am proud of my accomplishments with Evidence, but it paled in comparison to so many great record labels that created more and pushed the music further..

Marcus, it sounds like Cosmic Tones worked on you

And Coltrane piece to bring it home. Tastefully done. That was some great stuff by Sanders.

Hi RS, thank you for that. Pharoah is going to take us through Jerry's Room to 3 PM

Somehow, I was getting that vibe. :) Very cool. It's really nice to listen too.

Right on, RS

Has anyone other than you from Philadelphia done more for jazz than Michael Cuscuna?

Thanks, Marcus. Joel Dorn!

Sonny Blount, and many others

All these selections are gems.

Indeed

Jerry appreciate this Third Hour Tribute.Does this mean the Partridge Family Tribute rescheduled to next Friday?

Say it isn't so!

No, I will be playing one of their tracks in the next half hour that featured Pharoah

Hi Mike 👋

ha!

Hi Mike, I was tempted to insert "I'm High Alright" but will do that another time!

Hi Christine!

But not on false drugs!

No, the real thing...

Clean burning gasoline!

and a shoeshine!

Don't forget a clean windshield

But I digress....

Hahahahahahahahahahaha. When does "no air" show up

This is/was a great Coltrane track and composition

I don't know but I've been up for a week....and I'm coming down

This percussion ✨️

This Christine ✨️

Don't forget Lonnie.

Marcus, this is one of the few times I am not really mentioning the other musicians, as much as I love them and Lonnie. And I do love him. I'm trying to reduce the chatter today and focus on Pharoahs's music.

I do appreciate your suggestion!

Once again the great percussion

Really enjoyed the show again, Jerry. Thank you for the excellent tribute to Pharoah Sanders. Have a great weekend.

Same Bat time same Bat channel...

Thanks very much, G Boss

Thank you, Jerry.

Thank you, Christine, your ability to appreciate different music is a beautiful thing

A musical question answered...I heard The Creator Has a Master Plan many many years ago but didn't know who did it...thanks

Brian, thank you, see you at the Bat Mitzvah

A great talent. He'll be missed. Thank you, Jerry.

Creator... has the classic Coltrane Love Supreme 4 Note motif quote too...

Thank you, Marcus! I hope I won't be doing a LLS tribute anytime soon.

All connected

Marcus, Brian, et. al., thank you for your contributions.

Thank you, Russ!

Just the right amount of air pressure on the ears. Thanks Jerry!

12:02 PM		Pharoah Sanders/New York Unit Naima Over the Rainbow King
12:11 PM		Pharoah Sanders Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum Allah Jewels of Thought Impulse! 1998
12:30 PM		Pharoah Sanders The Creator Has a Master Plan Karma Impulse! 1995
12:59 PM		Pharoah Sanders Astral Traveling Thembi Impulse! 1998
1:05 PM		Roland Kirk Quartet & Rahsaan Roland Kirk Quartet Serenade to a Cuckoo I Talk with the Spirits Verve 1998
1:17 PM		Pharoah Sanders Think About the One Journey to the One EVIDENCE MUSIC INC. 1994
1:18 PM		Pharoah Sanders After the Rain Journey to the One EVIDENCE MUSIC INC. 1994
1:28 PM		Pharoah Sanders Yemenja Journey to the One EVIDENCE MUSIC INC. 1994
1:32 PM		Pharoah Sanders You've Got to Have Freedom Journey to the One EVIDENCE MUSIC INC. 1994
1:37 PM		Pharoah Sanders Moments Notice Rejoice EVIDENCE MUSIC INC. 1992
1:50 PM		Pharoah Sanders Village of the Pharoahs, Pt. 1 Village of the Pharoahs GRP 1973
1:56 PM		Pharoah Sanders Lonnie's Lament Crescent With Love Evidence
2:03 PM		Franklin Kiermyer with Pharoah Sanders If I Die Before I Wake Solomon's Daughter Evidence
2:23 PM		Pharoah Sanders Body and Soul Ballads With Love Evidence
2:26 PM		Pharoah Sanders Wise One Crescent With Love Evidence
2:38 PM		Pharoah Sanders Africa Africa Timeless Records 1987
2:48 PM		Pharoah Sanders High Life Wisdom Through Music Verve Reissues 1973
3:06 PM		Pharoah Sanders Central Park West Rejoice EVIDENCE MUSIC INC. 1992

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