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This Week On Radio Free Athens: May 18, 2024
< < Back toRadio Free Athens (RFA) is broadcast Saturdays on WOUB 1340 AM and allows community volunteers and Ohio University students to present music and interview content through a format-free, host-driven program. Find the schedule and details about Saturday’s programs below. Listen to 1340 AM at this link.
From Excursions: Jazz Motifs w/ Dr. Art Cromwell – 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Previously unreleased concert recordings open up two areas of focus for the next “Excursions” program. The first segment, a Mal Waldron, Steve Lacy concert, provides a jumping off point for an overview of American Jazz artists who made Europe their home base at various periods of their careers.
A second concert recording, this by Yusef Lateef, extends our three part examination of Detroit masters. Yusef will be presented in a retrospective outline of his legacy.
Lastly a two-part prequel-first a birthday pre-celebration for Miles Davis (May 26). Next, a tease of our Juneteenth celebration (June 15),
a commemoration of Greg Tate, in celebration of his Pulitzer Prize Citation. Words & music by Greg and Burnt Sugar.