Tomorrow is an Octopus Wed Nov 2 with Dan Ruccia on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

Here we go y'all. You ready for a lunchtime dance party??

Off to a good start!

i wasnt aware of the Jazz Disco genre. Very cool

It's a totally silly and fun little corner of the jazz/fusion scene. A lot of it ends up being folks chasing fads, but some of it is legit fantastic

heh definitely getting the silly part

My brain always visualizes grainey film clips with a blip, of people in vertical striped pants, wearing brown leather belted jackets, some jaunty round soft shaped hat, walking on a city sidewalk & asking everyone they see, "Can you dig it?"

This song feels like the soundtrack for that montage, Lee

Hi Dan, just tuning in now... I have some trust but remain skeptical. This should be an interesting ride

Definitely the right attitude, gboss. That's how I started in researching this show. But I think I've managed to cut out all the chaff

Fun show! Papa John Creach's lp "Filthy!" almost fits.. a little basic ... not quite jazz. Pre dates the main disco years but has a similar vibe

Oooo this Lonnie L S is a cop car chase through San Francisco!

Yeah, there's so much fun stuff that's just ever so slightly off to the side of disco (i.e. a little too "conventionally" funky or whatever). I'm gonna probably work those in to future shows

It's not a genre I've been into enough to actively pursue, but I appreciate it & never turn it off when I hear it.

This one is definitely not disco, but it's too good/terrible/incredible to pass up

Anything that starts with Vibra....has my ttn.

yea this one is a hit

I have to wonder what 76-year-old Lionel was thinking as he recorded this

It's kinda like hearing Louis Armstrong doing "The Creator Has a Master Plan"

Hee this one sounds like a loop

I think i saw Lionel Hampton perform on 1 of the big late night tv shows when he was about 90 years old

Perfect music for the warm weather and the sofrito we are eating

This is a Quality Concept!

The thing I realized in prepping for this show is that Ornette's band was basically taking what Captain Beefheart was doing with rhythm and groove and making jazz out of it

Can you play ‘Huevos’ by Tim Berne off Science Friction?

Love that Prime Time band! Way to go Ornette doing it his way

Fantastic show as always

@Andrew: Totally. It'll in pretty well with this set!

Also, I'm putting out the call for someone, somewhere to reissue this Alfonia Tims album! It came out on cassette on ROIR in 1982 has essentially disappeared beyond that. You can hear it all here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_52nvpx1Sk

Ornette was on Saturday Night Live in 1979 around same time that Of Human Feelings was recorded but that lp wasn't realeased until 82. I guess Body Meta was the most current lp at the time of the SNL appearance

That SNL recording is sooooo good

Cool, thought it was close!

Ahh looks like they performed the piece Times Square on SNL which is on Of Human Feelings

Was hoping JBU showed up!

Oh yeah, couldn't skip him!

I'm definitely going to check out the Ornette on SNL....

Fun fact I just learned: one of the guitarists on this Herbie song is Ray Parker, Jr.

Dancing up a storm while unloading the dishwasher.

im torn between doing the hustle and the boogie

Whatever you do....dress well & do it with style.

Even Mr Brown (James) did it with "Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump". Might not fall into the " succeeded" category

I had to drive up and down 76 to get to various appointments today. Gorgeous autumn foliage, lush disco-jazz trompibulations all afternoon. Bless that Cephalopod-chthonic harmelodic supersonic Funk! 🐙🎶

Thanks, Dan!

Glad to make a good driving soundtrack, Christopher!

Thanks for listening everyone! Hope you had as much fun with this as I did!

12:02 PM		Brick Dazz (Dazz Disco Mix) Good High (Expanded Edition) Legacy Recordings 1976
12:07 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:11 PM		Yusef Lateef Robot Man Autophysiopsychic Epic 1977
12:17 PM		Maynard Ferguson The Fly Conquistador Columbia/Legacy 1977
12:22 PM		Jamaaladeen Tacuma Sunk In The Funk Show Stopper Grammavision 1983
12:28 PM		Donald Byrd Close Your Eyes and Look Within Thank You...For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) Rhino/Elektra 1978
12:34 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:39 PM		Idris Muhammad Could Heaven Ever Be Like This Turn This Mutha Out CTI 1977
12:48 PM		Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes Expansions Expansions Flying Dutchman 1975
12:54 PM		Lionel Hampton Vibramatic Vibramatic 12" Glad-Hamp Records 1984
1:02 PM		Roy Ayers Ubiquity Running Away (12-Inch Long Version) Lifeline Polydor 1977
1:09 PM		James White & The Blacks Contort Yourself (August Darnell Remix) Off White ZE Records 1979
1:15 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:21 PM		Ornette Coleman Air Ship Of Human Feelings Island Records 1982
1:27 PM		Alfonia Tims and his Flying Tigers Alfonia? Alfonia! Future Funk/Uncut! ROIR 1982
1:32 PM		James Blood Ulmer Pleasure Control Free Lancing Columbia 1981
1:37 PM		Science Friction & Tim Berne Huevos R Science Friction Screwgun 2002
1:43 PM		Jean Carne, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad The Summertime N Jean Carne JID012 Jazz Is Dead 2022
1:46 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:54 PM		Sun Ra UFO On Jupiter El Saturn 1979
2:03 PM		Gary Bartz Swing Thing Music Is My Sanctuary Capital 1977
2:10 PM		Herbie Hancock I Thought It Was You Sunlight Columbia 1977
2:18 PM		Norman Connors & The Starship Orchestra Captain Connors This Is Your Life Arista 1977
2:22 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:26 PM		Don Cherry I Walk Home Boy (Sister Out) Barclay 1985
2:29 PM		Candido Thousand Finger Man Dancin' & Prancin' Salsoul Records 1979
2:38 PM		Weather Report River People (Live) Mr. Gone Columbia/Legacy 1978
2:43 PM		Patrice Rushen Shout It Out Shout It Out Prestige 1977
2:49 PM		Ronald Shannon Jackson & The Decoding Society Belly Button Mandance Antilles 1982
2:53 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:57 PM		Dinosaur L #5 Go Bang! (Francois K Mix) 24->24 Music Sleeping Bag Records 1981

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Tomorrow is an Octopus

Disco Jazz and Harmelodic Funk