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Overlooked: Eighth Annual Thanksgiving Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music

Nov 22, 2022: 12pm - 2pm
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Structural model of Tryptophan

Structural model of Tryptophan. From Rob Saffer. (Nov 22, 2022)

Hosted by Rob Saffer.

After the local news at noon, this live broadcast from Overlook Mountain in Ulster County, continues a WGXC tradition with the Eighth Annual Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music. In addition to its regular broadcast time at noon on Tuesday, the show will also kick off the Thanksgiving weekend with a rebroadcast at 10 p.m., Wed., Nov. 23. Tryptophanfests are designed to get listeners to turn off their radios and turn on their (hopefully less intolerable) families. Technical difficulties scuttled Overlooked’s Election Day showcase of music celebrating America in a variety of musical portraits, so this Tryptophanfest will reprise that playlist for the uniquely American holiday of Thanksgiving. The broadcast will feature music celebrating America, its triumphs, and its shortcomings, by featuring American musical themes as well as pieces that are political in nature. Roughly half the broadcast will present Ornette Coleman’s Skies of America sandwiched between other musical portraits of this country, from Charles Ives and Albert Ayler to the Minutemen and Marion Williams. Tune in, tune out, and enjoy Thanksgiving.

Playlist
Washington Post March - Bill Frisell
Ives Symphony #2-5 - Gustavo Dudamel
They Are There! - Ives/Kronos Quartet
Skies of America - Ornette Coleman (21 parts)
Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane
Viet Nam - Minutemen
Politician Man - Betty Davis
Freedom Day - Abbey Lincoln/Max Roach
Fables of Faubus - Charles Mingus
Our Prayer/Truth is Marching In - Albert Ayler
The Storm is Passing Over - Marion Williams
We Shall Overcome - Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra

“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.

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