After the local news at noon, an Election Day 2022 broadcast celebrating America, its triumphs, and its shortcomings, featuring American musical themes as well as pieces that are political in nature. Roughly half of the broadcast will present Ornette Coleman’s Skies of America sandwiched between other musical portraits of America, from Charles Ives and Albert Ayler to the Minutemen and Marion Williams.

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.

Overlooked Playlist Archive