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Overlooked: Years End New Releases: Dec 10, 2024

As 2025 looms on the horizon, “Overlooked” host Rob Saffer is eager to share what’s left of worthy 2024 new releases: in this case mostly jazz and world music. The early December cornucopia includes c...

Overlooked: The First Annual Thanksgiving Tryptophanfest of Relentless & Ecstatic Music: Nov 28, 2024

For nine years, “Overlooked” host Rob Saffer has presented the “Annual Thanksgiving Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music” as a public service to get his listeners to spend holiday time with their hopef...

Overlooked: The First Annual Thanksgiving Tryptophanfest of Relentless & Ecstatic Music: Nov 26, 2024

For nine years, “Overlooked” host Rob Saffer has presented the “Annual Thanksgiving Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music” as a public service to get his listeners to spend holiday time with their hopef...

Overlooked: Mostly New Music: Nov 12, 2024

In this live broadcast from Overlook Mountain, “Overlooked” host Rob Saffer will primarily highlight contemporary, classically-inspired tunes that are often known as "New Music." Through compositions...

Overlooked: Bird in Kansas City plus New Jazz (re-air of October 22, 2024): Oct 25, 2024

It’s not every day that new recordings by Charlie Parker are unearthed. It’s even rarer when they’re private recordings and not well-traveled bootlegs. Rarer still when they’re recorded in Bird’s hom...

Overlooked: Bird in Kansas City plus New Jazz: Oct 22, 2024

It’s not every day that new recordings by Charlie Parker are unearthed. It’s even rarer when they’re private recordings and not well-traveled bootlegs. Rarer still when they’re recorded in Bird’s hom...

Overlooked: Points of Departure, Part 4 (Disease & Accidents): Oct 08, 2024

This live broadcast from Overlook Mountain will be the fourth in a multipart series devoted to showcasing overlooked jazz musicians whose careers were sadly cut short by early deaths, whether due to d...

Overlooked: More Newly Released Music: Sep 24, 2024

After a string of thematic shows focused on The Wildflowers Sessions, jazz musicians who died too young, and music that’s relentless and ecstatic, “Overlooked” host Rob Saffer is dedicating the month...

Overlooked: More Newly Released Music: Sep 24, 2024

After a string of thematic shows focused on The Wildflowers Sessions, jazz musicians who died too young, and music that’s relentless and ecstatic, “Overlooked” host Rob Saffer is dedicating the month...

Overlooked: New Releases - Short & Spiky: Sep 10, 2024

The most recent installment of “Overlooked” focused on freely flowing relentless and ecstatic music that featured nine long tracks, many between 10 and 20 minutes long. This live broadcast from Overl...

Overlooked: Relentless & Ecstatic (2): Aug 27, 2024

This late-summer live broadcast from Overlook Mountain will be the second in a periodic series that showcases deliriously over-the-top music that’s ecstatic, sometimes relentlessly so. Through pieces...

Overlooked: The Wildflowers: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions: Aug 13, 2024

In the 1970s, some of the most promising jazz musicians occupied cheap spaces in downtown New York City that became known as jazz lofts. These included Ornette Coleman’s Artist House and Ali’s Alley,...

Overlooked: Newly Released Jazz: Jul 23, 2024

In this live broadcast from Overlook Mountain, “Overlooked” host Rob Saffer spins more newly released music. This time it’s solely jazz, much centered on piano-led groups. Most of the show will be com...

Overlooked: Points of Departure, Part 3 (Disease): Jul 09, 2024

This live broadcast from Overlook Mountain will be the third in a multipart series devoted to showcasing overlooked jazz musIcians whose careers were sadly cut short by early deaths, whether due to di...

Overlooked: More Newly-Released Music: Jun 29, 2024

In this live broadcast from Overlook Mountain, “Overlooked” host Rob Saffer spins more newly released music of all shapes and sizes, colors, and flavors. The first third of this show will primarily fo...

Overlooked: More Newly-Released Music: Jun 25, 2024

In this live broadcast from Overlook Mountain, “Overlooked” host Rob Saffer spins more newly released music of all shapes and sizes, colors, and flavors. The first third of this show will primarily fo...

Overlooked: Bard College Young Composers: Jun 11, 2024

In this very special edition of WGXC’s “Overlooked,” listeners will be treated to performances of works by young composers from Bard College. With the help of composer and Bard Music Conservatory Prof...

Overlooked: More Newly Released Music: May 28, 2024

Continuing New Music May, this live broadcast from Overlook Mountain will feature nearly two dozen brand new pieces of music with the typical “Overlooked” wide-ranging mix of sounds and styles. There...

Overlooked: Newly Released Music: May 14, 2024

After three consecutive thematic programs, “Overlooked” will devote the month of May to newly released music. In this live broadcast from Overlook Mountain, host Rob Saffer will spin nearly two dozen...

Overlooked: Big Ears 11: Apr 24, 2024

Each year at the end of March, Knoxville, Tennessee is taken over by hundreds of musicians from every corner of the world for the Big Ears Festival, widely considered the most diverse music festival i...

Overlooked: Points of Departure, Part 2 (Disease): Apr 09, 2024

This live broadcast from Overlook Mountain will be the second in a multipart series devoted to showcasing overlooked jazz musicians whose careers were sadly cut short by early deaths; from disease, ad...

Overlooked: Aural Illusions: Mar 27, 2024

This pre-recorded edition of “Overlooked” will explore fast music that appears to sound slow and slow music that appears to sound fast. Many listeners are aware of an optical illusion known as 'wagon...

Overlooked: Aural Illusions: Mar 22, 2024

This pre-recorded edition of “Overlooked” will explore fast music that appears to sound slow and slow music that appears to sound fast. Many listeners are aware of an optical illusion known as 'wagon...

Overlooked: New Releases - The Long and the Short of It: Mar 12, 2024

This live broadcast from Overlook Mountain focuses on new releases, but starts with a re-issued track that's nearly 60 years old -- by Ornette Coleman, whose music always sounds new, and whose March 9...

Overlooked: Newly Released Music - "Lucky 13 Pledge Drive" Edition: Feb 28, 2024

This WGXC “Lucky 13” Pledge Drive live broadcast of “Overlooked” will feature over 20 newly released gems. Like most “Overlooked” new releases shows, it spans many genres, from new classical and jazz...

Overlooked: Newly Released Music - "Lucky 13 Pledge Drive" Edition: Feb 27, 2024

This WGXC “Lucky 13” Pledge Drive live broadcast of “Overlooked” will feature over 20 newly released gems. Like most “Overlooked” new releases shows, it spans many genres, from new classical and jazz...

Overlooked: Relentless & Ecstatic: Feb 13, 2024

Coming a day before Valentine’s Day, this live broadcast will celebrate music that’s ecstatic, sometimes relentlessly so. Through pieces short and long, improvised and composed, the program will explo...

Overlooked: Relentless & Ecstatic: Feb 12, 2024

Coming a day before Valentine’s Day, this live broadcast will celebrate music that’s ecstatic, sometimes relentlessly so. Through pieces short and long, improvised and composed, the program will explo...

Overlooked: 23 Left Over From 2023: Jan 24, 2024

This live broadcast from Overlook Mountain will feature 23 newly released recordings left over from 2023. They were too good to pass up so host Rob Saffer will give them some air in the second “Overlo...

Overlooked: 23 Left Over From 2023: Jan 23, 2024

This live broadcast from Overlook Mountain will feature 23 newly released recordings left over from 2023. They were too good to pass up so host Rob Saffer will give them some air in the second “Overlo...

Overlooked: Max at 100: Jan 09, 2024

After the local news at noon, this broadcast will celebrate the birthday of drummer and composer Max Roach, one day before he would have turned 100. Roach could improvise in small and large settings;...

Overlooked: 20231227: Dec 27, 2023

After the local news at noon, “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 famili...

Overlooked: Points of Departure Part 1 (Disease): Dec 26, 2023

This live broadcast from Overlook Mountain will be the first in a multipart series devoted to showcasing overlooked jazz musicians whose careers were sadly cut short by early deaths: from disease, add...

Overlooked: Overlooked: Dec 20, 2023

Underheard and Overlooked Music - hosted by Rob Saffer

Overlooked: Overlooked: Dec 20, 2023

Underheard and Overlooked Music - hosted by Rob Saffer

Overlooked: New and Old Jazz: Dec 12, 2023

After the local news at noon, this live broadcast wil feature a mix of newly recorded and released jazz and improvised music along with newly re-released older classics from the 1960s ‘free’ jazz move...

Overlooked: From Spirituals to Swing: Nov 28, 2023

After the local news at noon, music recorded at two concerts entitled, “From Spirituals to Swing” in the late 1930s. Not even 30 at the time, producer John Hammond went against all odds and assembled...

Overlooked: The Annual Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music: Nov 23, 2023

Overlooked's “The Seventh Annual Thanksgiving Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music” is rebroadcast from Nov. 23, 2021. Tryptophanfests are created to present an array of music so unlistenable that you...

Overlooked: 20231122: Nov 22, 2023

After the local news at noon, “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 famili...

Overlooked: Jazz Supergroups: Nov 14, 2023

The local news at noon is followed by Jazz Supergroups — Good, Bad and Mediocre, an overlooked aspect of jazz music. Many listeners are aware of rock and roll supergroups such as Cream, Blind Faith, a...

Overlooked: Overlooked: Nov 02, 2023