Overlooked: Sonny Sharrock: Sep 27, 2018

In this broadcast, an exploration of the career of guitarist Sonny Sharrock, from his work as a sideman in the 1960s with visionaries such as Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Mann and Pharoah Sander...

Overlooked: Ben Ratliff 3: Aug 23, 2018

The music critic Ben Ratliff recently prepared a half-hour mix called "The Sound of the Room" for BBC3 radio's experimental show "Late Junction.” Ben played recordings that convey the dimensions of th...

Overlooked: Miles Davis’ Jack Johnson: Jul 26, 2018

This edition of Overlooked will celebrate our Dear Leader’s recent posthumous pardon of heavyweight boxing champ Jack Johnson (1878-1946). The first African-American boxing champ, Johnson was the most...

Overlooked: Jazz Record Labels Vol. 2: Jun 28, 2018

This Radio Everywhere! pledge drive edition of Overlooked focuses on jazz record labels, their role in the development of the music and how each had its own sound, graphic style and personality. This...

Overlooked: Sun Ra, Composer: May 24, 2018

This installment of Overlooked celebrates the May 22, 1914 ‘arrival day’ of Herman Sonny Blount, better known as Sun Ra, the space—jazz keyboardist/bandleader/composer/arranger/philosopher/poet and go...

Overlooked: Jazz Soundtracks with Marc Epstein: Mar 22, 2018

This edition of Overlooked explores film soundtracks made by jazz musicians such as Miles Davis, Sun Ra, Duke Jordan, Marion Brown, Chico Hamilton, as well as other artists known and unknown, movies p...

Overlooked: Ben Ratliff: Jan 25, 2018

Music critic, cultural commentator, journalist and author Ben Ratliff, formerly of The New York Times, shares music he’s been listening to over the past months: contemporary composed, world, experime...

Overlooked: African Guitar: Dec 28, 2017

Host Rob Saffer features African music that showcases guitar, from griots to AfroRock. Rather than focusing on commonly heard African guitar music like King Sunny Ade, we’ll focus on ‘overlooked’ mast...

Overlooked: Third Annual Thanksgiving Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music: Nov 23, 2017

Overlooked presents the Third Annual Thanksgiving Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music. Host Rob Saffer will present an array of music so unlistenable that you’ll actually want to turn off the radio an...

Overlooked: Ben Ratliff, Part 2: Jul 24, 2017

“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....

Overlooked: Ben Ratliff: May 25, 2017

This month Overlooked host Rob Saffer is honored and humbled to welcome his dear friend, music/cultural writer Ben Ratliff, to WGXC’s studios to listen to music from here to Burkina Faso and from the...

Overlooked: Ellington & Mingus: Apr 27, 2017

This installment of “Overlooked,” WGXC’s monthly guide to overlooked and under-heard music, comes sandwiched between two April birthdays: Duke Ellington (4/29) and Charles Mingus (4/22). Host Rob Saff...

Overlooked: Ben Ratliff: Jan 18, 2017

“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....

Overlooked: Monk and Coltrane: Sep 29, 2016

This edition of Overlooked falls in between the birthdays of John Coltrane (September 23) and Thelonious Monk (October 10) and that’s what we’ll listen to - Monk and Trane together in classic as well...

Overlooked: Jazz Soundtracks with Marc Epstein: Aug 08, 2016

“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....

Overlooked: Amiri Baraka's Jazz Poetry: Mar 24, 2016

Overlooked: Bowie, Bley and More: Jan 21, 2016

A show focusing on overlooked and under-heard jazz, improvisational music and other fringe music, from early roots to contemporary experiments...a real mix of familiar to rare, classic to weird.

Overlooked: Jazz Jews for Xmas Eve: Dec 24, 2015

Overlooked: First Annual Thanksgiving Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music: Nov 26, 2015

A show focusing on overlooked and under-heard jazz, improvisational music and other fringe music, from early roots to contemporary experiments...a real mix of familiar to rare, classic to weird.

Overlooked: Couplets and Connections: Oct 22, 2015