Dominik’s Radio Times

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Arcadia: Jazz, Blues, And Czech Heritage

Programme
Arcadia
Date
16 December 2007
Length
2 h

About this show

Introduction

In this episode of Arcadia, Dominik presents a personal journey through jazz and blues, drawing on his upbringing in the Czech Republic. The recording begins with news updates from Nick Raschi before Dominik discusses Czech jazz history and shares a personal anecdote about composer Jaroslav Jecek. He also provides a musical analysis of Tom Waits' work and reads feedback from listeners.

Dominik presents a personal journey through jazz and blues, drawing on his upbringing in the Czech Republic. He discusses Czech jazz history, including the wealth acquired by Martin Katochvil through a 1990s record label and a personal connection to composer Jaroslav Jecek. The music selection features Herbie Mann, Tom Waits, and a favorite track by Stefan Grappelli and McCoy Tyner for drifting off to sleep. Dominik also notes his hoarse voice and mentions a future tech news roundup for Community Chest on December 28th. The broadcast begins with news updates from Nick Raschi regarding Tommy Sheridan, British troops in Basra, and a mid-air collision in Staffordshire.

Topics

  • Current news and sports updates
  • A personal journey through jazz and blues music
  • Czech jazz history and composers
  • Contact methods for Future Radio
  • Future Radio programming and schedule
  • Jazz and blues music influences
  • Czech jazz and folklore music
  • Collaborations between jazz musicians
  • Listener feedback via Studio Messenger

Participants

  • Dominik
  • Nick Raschi

Names are taken from the archive as written and may include spelling variants.

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She likes your voice. Well, I'm uh, I'm sorry to disappoint you, Claire, but my voice is tonight is a fake voice, which is a sort of a made hoarser and perhaps more appealing by whatever has decided to.

That everybody should own, like a sort of music, and it's if you if you sort of thought that in the middle of the track you heard the Pink Panther theme, then you're absolutely right.

With this theme of the blues, but quite a different way of approaching it, and we'll, for that, we'll go to another Czech, Czech band. Of course, I'm from the Czech Republic, so I tend to think in terms of Czech.

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A Personal Journey Into Jazz And Blues

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    Hat And Beard · Eric Dolphy
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    Gypsy In My Soul · Andrej Havelka
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    Why it was chosen The speaker recalls having an LP with this track when he was a child, noting the band's effort in "Finding original instruments and playing old forgotten tunes" [24].

  3. 3
    Strejček Hlad · Jiří Voskovec And Jan Werich

    Why it was chosen The presenter explains the song is from the 1930s after the "bubble burst" and the "recession has set upon the world", and describes it as being "about somebody walking through the streets of Prague"

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    Strejček Hlad · Jiří Stivín & Co. Jazz Quartet
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    Slap That Bass · Fred Astaire
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    Caravan · Duke Ellington, Charlie Mingus, And Max Roach

    Why it was chosen The speaker was introduced to the track "very early on when I was staying at my aunt's house in Prague" [151] via an "old LP from the 1960s" [151].

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    Memphis Underground · Herbie Mann

    Why it was chosen The speaker has a "very soft spot for it" and thinks the track "is a lot of fun to listen to at any time".

  8. 8
    Give Me One Reason · Larry Coryell And Tracy Peerless

    Why it was chosen The presenter shifts gears to a more recent live album by Larry Coryell, noting this track is a "reworking of the of Tracy Chapman's "Give Me One Reason" [195].

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    Short Tales Of The Black Forest · Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin

    Why it was chosen The presenter describes the track as being from a "super super-selling CD, and a great great CD" [220] featuring "the three perhaps greatest jazz guitarists" [221].

  10. 10
    The One That Got Away · Tom Waits
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    Everybody's Crying Mercy · Karen Allison
  12. 12
    Dejvické Blues · Jazz Q
  13. 13
    Svita · Bella Band
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    Shibanichki · Emil Vykletsky

    Why it was chosen The presenter describes the song as "a kind of a folk tune, but with a bit of a jazz rhythm and the background" [373].

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    Blues Connotation · Bobby McFerrin And Chick Corea
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    Road To Hope · Psychogress

    Why it was chosen The speaker notes it has "a lot of the texture and sensibility that is typical for jazz" [427] and is "a good one for this time of day" [428].

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    Summertime · Stefan Grappelli

    Why it was chosen This is the speaker's "favorite track" [453] and they have "collected so many [covers] over the years" [454].