A 1970s assortment.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Bill Reddie: Channel 1 Suite (rec. Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas 7 July 1968)
Arranged by Bill Reddie
Don Menza - tenor sax, Bill Prince - trumpet, Buddy Rich - drums, The Buddy Rich Big Band
Mercy, Mercy
Pacific Jazz, CDP 7243 8 54331 2 2
12:50

2. Michel Legrand: Selections from Ice Station Zebra (1968)
Michel Legrand - conductor
Ice Station Zebra Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Film Score Monthly, Vol.6 No.2
37'
(First half of score, "Overture" through to "Intermission Card". Ever been undersea with Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, and Patrick McGoohan? Apparently screened incessantly by Howard Hughes in that Vegas suite.)

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

3. Norma Beecroft: From Dreams of Brass (1963-64)
Text by Jane Beecroft
Barry Morse - speaker, Mary Morrison - soprano, John Avison - conductor, CBC Toronto Chorus & Symphony Orchestra
Canadian Composers Portraits: Norma Beecroft
Centrediscs, CMCCD 9303
16:13

4. Sun Ra: Concert for the Comet Kohoutek (rec. NYC 22 Dec. 1973)
Sun Ra Arkestra
ESP-DISK', ESP3033
55:17
(A good wank on the pitch bend wheel never hurt nobody, recorded four days before the comet’s closest approach to the sun.)

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

5. Jonni Malone & Allan Barnes: Freedom Serenade (rec. 1976)
Malone & Barnes & Spontaneous Simplicity
Freedom Serenade (A Tribute to Paul Robeson)
Luv n' Haight, LHCD052
29'
(The whole album. Jazz/funk with Sun Ra-inspired spaciness, only somewhat tamer.)

6. Rick Kitaeff: Star of India (rec. 18 Oct. 1975)
Electric Ninja Group: Rick Kitaeff - electric piano, synthesizer, gamelan, melodica & percussion, Yoshiharu Yamamoto - trumpet, Hirofumi Imada - alto sax, Steve Mindel - shakuhachi & flute, Koji Mima - guitar, Nobuo Eda - bass, Donald Laghezza - drums & percussion, Yasytaka Ohuci - drums & percussion
4:42

7. Michael Abene: My Sister (rec. Expo 67, Montreal 19 May 1967)
Maynard Ferguson Sextet: Maynard Ferguson - trumpet, Art Maiste - piano, John Christie - alto sax, Buddy Fasano - bass, Brian Barley - tenor sax, Ronny Page - drums
5:15

Tracks 6-7
Ready or Not: Deep Jazz Grooves from the CBC Radio Canada Archive 1967-1977
Do Right Music, DR010CD