After the local news at noon, host Rob Saffer serves up a head-spinning selection of nearly 30 new releases, most relatively short in length. This rebroadcast from May 10, 2022 from Overlook Mountain will serve up a sonic menu of oratorios, masses, drones, and drone masses, music that is sacred and profane, African-inspired jazz and jazz-inspired African music, African-tinged psychedelia, and Satie-inflected ambiance, pieces maximal and minimal, a Carnatic clarinet, some Slovenian jazz noise, several duos and trios, a prelude for banjo and a piano prelude by Shostakovich, and many other sounds inspired by Cuba, Canada, Gabon, Morocco and beyond. Included in the broadcast: Sofia Gubaidulina, Johann Johannsson, Dave Douglas, Mark Turner, Kalia Vandever, Eucalyptus, Bye Bye Tsunami, Ches Smith, Matthew Stevens and Walter Smith III, Jerome Begin and David Friend, Pape Nziengui, Martin Bejerano, Igor Levit, Claremont Trio, Matt Haimovitz, Lloyd Miller, Club D’Elf, Julie Doiron and Dany Placard, Steve Gunn, Wet Tuna, Big Thief, Jason Blake, John Bullard, Sirom, LEYA, Pan American, Tapani Rinne and Juha Maki Patola, and Tangerine Dream.

"Overlooked" is a show focusing on overlooked and under-heard jazz, improvisational, and other fringe music, from early roots to contemporary experiments, a mix of familiar to rare, classic to weird. Live from the shadow of Overlook Mountain in Ulster County.

Host Rob Saffer is the former Executive Director and Producer of the Creative Music Foundation.

Overlooked Playlist Archive